CMLL World Welterweight Championship

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CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Místico (21 years, 190 days)[6]
Heaviest championOlímpico (92 kg (203 lb))
Lightest championMístico (76 kg (168 lb))[6]

The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter del CMLL) is a

bookers
of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen wrestler "wins" a match.

Overall there has been a total of 34 official championship reigns, shared between 22 different wrestlers.

Máscara Dorada is the only wrestler to hold the championship four times. Mephisto's first reign was the longest individual reign, for 1,141 days from 2004 to 2007. The championship has been defended in Mexico and Japan, with three title changes in Japan. The championship has been vacated three times, and CMLL has held three tournaments
for the championship.

History

In the late 1980s, CMLL left the

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).[7]

In 1996 the championship was vacated after then-champion

Bushi, which was officially acknowledged by CMLL.[10]

Reigns

Masked wrestler Mephisto wearing a mask with a skull motif and horns
Mephisto, a two-time champion, whose first reign from 2004 to 2007 lasted 1,141 days
Main article: List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions

The championship is designated as a welterweight title, which means that the championship can officially only be competed for by wrestlers weighing between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb).[11] In the 20th century Mexican wrestling enforced the weight divisions more strictly, but in this century the rules have occasionally been ignored for some weight divisions. The heaviest welterweight champion on record is Olímpico who was announced as weighing 92 kg (203 lb), 14 kg (31 lb) above the maximum weight limit.[12] While the heavyweight championship is traditionally considered the most prestigious weight division in professional wrestling, CMLL places more emphasis on the lower weight divisions.[a] All title matches promoted in Mexico take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules, while championship matches promoted in Japan follow the local custom, decided by a single fall.[14]

Arena Mexico on December 8, 2019[1] He is the 34th overall champion. Mephisto has the longest combined reigns,2,191 days, divided over two separate reigns,[2] he also holds the record for the longest individual reign of all champions at 1,141 days from 2004 to 2007.[3][4] The first champion Fuerza Guerrera is also the person who has held the title the shortest time, 22 days, except possibly for Mascara Magica, whose second reign was shorter; no specific date for the start of the reign has been confirmed, so his reign may have been as short as 6 days.[2]

Tournaments

1992

On February 15, 1992, CMLL held a one-night, four-man tournament to crown the first ever CMLL World Welterweight Champion.[2] The welterweight championship was the fifth CMLL branded world championship created after the CMLL World Heavyweight, CMLL World Light Heavyweight, CMLL World Trios and CMLL World Middleweight Championship.[15][16][17][18] In the tournament finals Fuerza Guerrera defeated El Khalifa to win the championship.[2]

Semifinals Final
      
Fuerza Guerrera W
El Felino  
Fuerza Guerrera W
El Khalifa  
América  
El Khalifa W

1996

Wrestler Rey Bucanero on his way to the ring for a match.
Rey Bucanero who was eliminated in the second round.

In 1996 CMLL decided not to acknowledge that La Pantera had lost the CMLL World Welterweight Championship during a tour of Japan, declaring the title vacant instead. They held a 16-man tournament from May 7 to May 21, 1996, to crown a new champion.[2] In the finals Máscara Mágica defeated El Felino to become the seventh champion.[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Rey Bucanero W
Fantastik   Rey Bucanero  
Black Panther W Black Panther W
Olimpico
  Black Panther  
Astro Rey Jr. W Máscara Mágica W
Atlantico   Astro Rey Jr.  
Máscara Mágica W Máscara Mágica W
Guerrero Maya   Máscara Mágica W
Karloff Lagarde Jr. W El Felino  
Ultimatum   Karlof Lagarde Jr.  
Ciclón Ramírez
 		W Ciclón Ramírez W
Yone Genjin   Ciclón Ramírez  
El Felino W El Felino W
Alacran de Durango   El Felino W
Ángel Azteca W Ángel Azteca  
Zumbido  

2014-2015

Masked wrestler Místico standing in a wrestling ring.
Místico, who was forced to vacate the championship in 2014

On May 2, 2015, then-reigning CMLL World Welterweight Champion

Místico crashed his motorcycle, breaking the fibula and tibia in his right leg. He had surgery the following day.[19][20] Due to the injury the Welterweight championship became inactive for several months, as Místico was unable to compete. During a press conference on November 19, 2014, Místico announced that he was not ready to return to the ring, which led to the CMLL World Welterweight Championship being declared vacant.[21] On December 26, 2014, CMLL held a 10-man Torneo cibernetico elimination match to determine the next champion. Negro Casas and Máscara Dorada outlasted the other eight competitors; Delta, Fuego, Kamaitachi, Pólvora, Rey Cometa, Sangre Azteca, Titán and Tritón. A week later Máscara Dorada defeated Negro Casas to become the 29th CMLL World Heavyweight Champion.[22]

Torneo cibernetico order of elimination
# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 Sangre Azteca Tritón
2 Rey Cometa Pólvora
3 Tritón Delta
4 Fuego Kamaitachi
5 Delta Titán
6 Kamaitachi Negro Casas
7 Pólvora Máscara Dorada
8 Titán Negro Casas
9 Winner Negro Casas
9 Winner Máscara Dorada

2019

The tournament winner and 34th champion Titán.

On September 27, 2019, CMLL fired then-reigning CMLL World Welterweight Champion

Drone, Fuego, Fugaz, Dulce Gardenia, Rey Cometa, Star Jr., Stigma, and Templario to qualify for the finals the following week.[25] The following week Titán defeated Sobreano Jr. two falls to one, to become the 34th CMLL World Welterweight Champion.[1][26]

Torneo cibernetico order of elimination
# Eliminated Eliminated by[25]
1
Drone
 TBD
2
Fugaz
 Templario
3 Rey Cometa Dulce Gardenia
4 Fuego Star Jr.
5 Templario Negro Casas
6 Dulce Gardenia TBD
7 Audaz
Soberano Jr.
8 Negro Casas Star Jr.
9 Star Jr. Titán
10 Winners
Soberano Jr.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Madigan (2007) p. 115: "Traditionally the heavyweight division was not considered the biggest draw, nor the most important division in Mexico"[13]

References

Madigan, Dan (2007). Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

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  20. ^ "Místico 'La Nueva Era' sufrió un accidente y fue operado". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). May 4, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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  26. ^ Rosas Plata, Arturo (December 9, 2019). "Titán nuevo rey Welter". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved December 11, 2019.

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