NWA World Welterweight Championship
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The NWA World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The title has also been used by New Japan Pro Wrestling, and was part of its J-Crown Championship. As with the NWA World Light Heavyweight and World Middleweight Championships, it is not recognized by the current National Wrestling Alliance. The title was the first true NWA Alliance World Championship to be based in Mexico (the middleweight title had been acquired from the National Wrestling Association in 1939).
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Santo | 1 | March 15, 1946 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Pete Pancof to become the first champion. |
| Jack O'Brien | 1 | February 15, 1947 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Gory Guerrero | 1 | April 29, 1949 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Bobby Bonales | 1 | July 11, 1951 | ||
| El Santo | 2 | September 26, 1952 | ||
| Blue Demon | 1 | July 25, 1953 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Karloff Lagarde | 1 | January 31, 1958 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Huracan Ramirez | 1 | August 5, 1965 | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | |
| Karloff Lagarde | 2 | September 24, 1965 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Vento Castella | 1 | May 7, 1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Karloff Lagarde | 3 | July 3, 1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Alberto Muñoz | 1 | July 11, 1971 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Title vacated on October 25, 1973. | ||||
| Mano Negra | 1 | December 14, 1973 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Karloff Lagarde to win the vacant title. |
| Blue Demon | 2 | June 29, 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Fishman | 1 | April 9, 1976 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Mano Negra | 2 | November 19, 1976 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Americo Rocca | 1 | April 30, 1979 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Kato Kung Lee | 1 | January 19, 1980 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| El Supremo | 1 | May 4, 1980 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Lizmark | 1 | June 4, 1980 | Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico | |
| La Fiera | 1 | October 23, 1981 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Americo Rocca | 2 | July 18, 1982 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |
| Mocho Cóta | 1 | January 27, 1984 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Chamaco Velaguez | 1 | July 26, 1984 | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | |
| Title vacated on July 20, 1985. | ||||
| El Dandy | 1 | November 17, 1985 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Monarca Cruz | 2 | April 7, 1986 | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | |
| El Dandy | 2 | August 24, 1986 | ||
| Javier Rocca | 1 | November 2, 1986 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Solar II | 1 | July 30, 1988 | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | |
| Fuerza Guerrera | 1 | October 4, 1988 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Águila Solitaria | 1 | June 2, 1989 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Fuerza Guerrera | 2 | September 21, 1989 | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | |
| Misterioso | 1 | December 6, 1991 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Title vacated in May 1992 when Misterioso left CMLL. | ||||
| Negro Casas | 1 | December 1, 1995 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated El Hijo del Santo in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Shinjiro Ohtani | 1 | August 3, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Último Dragón | 1 | August 4, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| The Great Sasuke | 1 | August 5, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | The championship becomes one of eight championships comprising New Japan Pro Wrestling's J-Crown Championship. |
| Último Dragón | 2 | October 11, 1996 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Jushin Liger | 1 | January 4, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| El Samurai | 1 | July 6, 1997 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Shinjiro Otani | 2 | August 10, 1997 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Otani vacated five of the six remaining J-Crown titles on October 5, 1997, after being forced by the World Wrestling Federation to return their Light Heavyweight Championship belt. This also ended the J-Crown Championship. | ||||
| Dragon Kid | 1 | February 6, 1999 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Dr. Cerebro to win the vacant title. |
| Judo Suwa | 1 | April 25, 1999 | Kawasaki, Japan | |
| Ken'ichiro Arai | 1 | July 22, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated on December 21, 2000 due to outside interference during a match on December 15 in Kawasaki, Japan, in which Susumu Mochizuki defeated Arai. | ||||
| Ken'ichiro Arai | 2 | January 29, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yasushi Kanda in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Susumu Mochizuki | 1 | May 27, 2001 | Kobe, Japan | |
| Ryo Saito | 1 | September 30, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Genki Horiguchi | 1 | April 28, 2002 | Kobe, Japan | |
| Title vacated on June 23, 2002 following a no-contest between Horiguchi and Dragon Kid. | ||||
| Ricky Marvin | 1 | July 7, 2002 | Kobe, Japan | Defeated Super Nova to win the vacant title. |
| Genki Horiguchi | 2 | July 24, 2002 | Kumamoto, Japan | |
| Darkness Dragon | 1 | July 28, 2002 | Shimonoseki, Japan | |
| Title vacated on March 21, 2003 due to an injury to Darkness Dragon. | ||||
| YOSSINO | 1 | March 22, 2003 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Genki Horiguchi to win the vacant title. |
| YOSSINO vacated the title on June 20, 2004 in order to concentrate on the Toryumon Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship. | ||||
| Hajime Ohara | 1 | May 13, 2006 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated La Máscara to win the vacant title. |
| Super Delfin | 1 | January 20, 2007 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Hajime Ohara | 2 | February 10, 2007 | Osaka, Japan | |
| La Sombra | 1 | November 27, 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
