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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of CMLL World Welterweight Champions
The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1992. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Fuerza Guerrera, who defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament that took place on February 15, 1992. In addition to being the first champion, Fuerza Guerrera is the individual to have held the championship the shortest time, at 22 days. Mephisto holds the record for the longest individual title reign, at 1,141 days, as well as the longest combined reign, 2,191 days in total. Titán is the current champion; he is on his first reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion and is the 34th overall champion. He defeated Soberano Jr. on December 8, 2019, to win the title. In 1996, then reigning champion El Pantera planned on leaving CMLL to join their main rival AAA; before doing so he lost the CMLL Welterweight Title to Super Delfin in a match not sanctioned by CMLL. As CMLL knew that Pantera was leaving they used the opportunity to vacate the title, stating that Super Delfin's claim to the title was void. After El Felino became the CMLL-endorsed champion, he defeated Super Delfin to ensure that there was only one undisputed CMLL World Welterweight Champion.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  Fuerza Guerrera  February 15, 1992  Sabados Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  1  22 Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament
  2  América  March 8, 1992  Domingos de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  131 América later held the title as Pantera and then Pantera II.
  3  El Felino  July 17, 1992  Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  1  308  
  4  Ciclón Ramírez  May 21, 1993  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  313  
  5  El Felino  March 30, 1994  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  2  83  
  6  El Pantera  June 21, 1994  Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  2  633  
— Vacated  March 15, 1996 — — — — Championship vacated when Pantera lost the title to Super Delfin without it being sanctioned by CMLL.
  7  Máscara Mágica  May 21, 1996  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  73 Defeated El Felino in the finals of a 16-man tournament.
  8  Guerrero de la Muerte  August 2, 1996  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1    
  9  Máscara Mágica  January 1998  Live event N/A  2    
  10  Karloff Lagarde Jr.  February 6, 1998  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  221  
  11  Olímpico  September 15, 1998  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  38  
  12  Halcón Negro  October 23, 1998  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  51  
  13  Olímpico  December 13, 1998  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  76  
  14  Super Delfin  February 27, 1999  Live event Nagoya, Japan  1  164  
  15  Arkangel de la Muerte  August 10, 1999  Live event Kawasaki, Japan  1    
  16  Nosawa  January 2001  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  1    
  17  Pantera II  March 2, 2001  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  3  31 Won the title by forfeit due to Nosawa being injured.
  18  Nosawa  April 2, 2001  Lunes Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  2  172  
  19  El Felino  September 21, 2001  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  3  795  
  20  El Satánico  November 25, 2003  Martes de Coliso Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  91  
  21  Mephisto  February 24, 2004  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,141  
  22  Místico  April 10, 2007  Guadalajara Martes Guadalajara, Jalisco  1  710  
  23  Negro Casas  March 20, 2009  Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico  1  536  
  24  Máscara Dorada  September 7, 2010  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  137  
  25  Ryusuke Taguchi  January 22, 2011  Fantastica Mania 2011 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan  1  147  
  26  Máscara Dorada  June 18, 2011  Dominion 6.18 Osaka, Japan  2  512 This was a one fall match.
  27  Pólvora  November 11, 2012  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  462  
  28  Místico (II)  February 16, 2014  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  276  Not the same Místico who won the title in 2007.
— Vacated  November 19, 2014 — — — — Vacated due to Místico suffering a severe injury from a motorcycle accident.
  29  Máscara Dorada  January 2, 2015  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Mexico  3  351 Defeated Negro Casas in the finals of a tournament.
  30  Bushi  December 19, 2015  Road to Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan  1  34 This was a one fall match.
  31  Máscara Dorada  January 22, 2016  Fantastica Mania 2016 Tokyo, Japan  4  103 This was a one fall match.
  32  Mephisto  May 4, 2016  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  1,049  
  33  Dragon Lee  March 19, 2019  CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  193  
— Vacated September 28, 2019 — — — — Championship vacated when Dragon Lee was fired by CMLL
  34  Titán  December 8, 2019  CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,673+ Defeated Soberano Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship

Combined reigns

Current champion Titán

As of July 7, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of the title reign is uncertain.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days Refs.
1 Mephisto 2 2,191
2 Titán † 1 1,673+
3 El Felino 3 1,186
4 Máscara Dorada 4 1,103
5 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 875¤
6 Pantera II 3 795
7 Místico 1 710
8 Negro Casas 1 536
9 Guerrero de la Muerte 1 517¤
10 Pólvora 1 462
11 Ciclón Ramírez 1 313
12 Místico (II) 1 277
13 Karloff Lagarde Jr. 1 221
14 Nosawa 2 203¤
15 Dragon Lee 1 193
16 Super Delfin 1 164
17 Ryusuke Taguchi 1 147
18 Olímpico 2 114
19 El Satánico 1 91
20 Máscara Mágica 1 79¤
21 Bushi 1 34
22 Fuerza Guerrera 1 22

Footnotes

  1. ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. ^ The exact date on which Guerrero de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 517 and 547 days.
  3. ^ The exact date on which Máscara Magica won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 6 and 36 days and his combined reigns at 79 days, at the least.
  4. ^ The exact date on which Arkangel de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 875 and 905 days.
  5. ^ The exact date on which Nosawa won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 30 and 60 days and his combined reigns 203 days, at the least.