NWA World Welterweight Championship

Current Champion

La Sombra, 55th Champion

La Sombra is the current champion, defeating Hajime Ohara on November 27, 2007.

History of Championship

The NWA World Welterweight Championship is nominally a Mexico based championship, having actually been created before the formation of the NWA (and EMLL joining the NWA.)

The championship appeared to be forgotten after it was vacated in 1992. In 1997, it was filled, but soon changed hands multiple times in Japan, en route to becoming part of the J-Crown Octuple Junior Championship. After the J-Crown broke up, the championship ended up as a possession of various Ultimo Dragon promotions and off-shoots. It was widely reported Dragon purchased the NWA World Middleweight Championship from CMLL around this period, so the same may be true with this title.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
8 man tournament to determine initial champion
1	El Santo	Pete Pancoff	1946.03.15	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Tuffy Trues	1946.05.31	Arena Coliseo DF
2	Jack O'Brien	El Santo	1947.02.14	Arena Coliseo DF
3	Gory Guerrero	Jack O'Brien	1949.04.29	Mexico City
4	Bobby Bonales	Gory Guerrero	1951.07.11	?
5	El Santo [2]	Bobby Bonales	1952.09.26	?
6	Blue Demon	El Santo	1953.07.25	Mexico City
7	Karloff Lagarde	Blue Demon	1958.01.31	Mexico City
8	Huracán Ramírez	Karloff Lagarde	1965.08.05	Cuernavaca
9	Karloff Lagarde [2]	Huracán Ramírez	1965.09.24	Mexico City
10	Vento Castella	Karloff Lagarde	1967.05.07	Mexico City
11	Karloff Lagarde [3]	Vento Castella	1967.07.03	Mexico City
12	Alberto Munoz	Karloff Lagarde	1971.07.11	Mexico City
vacates championship on 1973.10.25 for unknown reasons
decision match for vacant championship
13	Mano Negra	Karloff Lagarde	1973.12.14	Mexico City
	1	Huracán Ramírez	1975.02.12	Palacio De Los Deportes - Mexico City
14	Blue Demon [2]	Mano Negra	1975.06.29	Mexico City
	1	Karloff Lagarde	1975.09.26	Arena Mexico
15	Fishman	Blue Demon	1976.04.09	Mexico City
16	Mano Negra [2]	Fishman	1976.11.19	Mexico City
17	Americo Rocca	Mano Negra	1979.04.30	Mexico City
	1	Kato Kung Lee	1979.10.19	Arena Mexico
18	Kato Kung Lee	Americo Rocca	1980.01.19	Mexico City
19	El Supremo	Kato Kung Lee	1980.05.04	Mexico City
20	Lizmark	El Supremo	1980.06.04	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
21	La Fiera	Lizmark	1981.10.23	Mexico City
22	Americo Rocca [2]	La Fiera	1982.07.18	Guadalajara
23	Mocho Cota	Americo Rocca	1984.01.27	Arena Coliseo DF
24	Chamaco Valaguez	Mocho Cota	1984.07.26	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
Chamaco Valaguez wins NWA World Middleweight Championship on 1985.07.20, vacates this championship
championship filled thru unknown means
25	El Dandy	?	1985.11.17	Mexico City
26	Javier Cruz	El Dandy	1986.04.07	Arena Coliseo De Monterrey
27	El Dandy [2]	Javier Cruz	1986.08.24	?
28	Americo Rocca [3]	El Dandy	1986.11.02	Mexico City
	1	Rodolfo Ruiz	1987.08.28	Arena Presidente - Mexico City
29	Solar II	Americo Rocca	1988.06.30	Cuernavaca
	1	Bestia Salvaje	1988.07.17	Pista Arena Revolucion
30	Fuerza Guerrera	Solar II	1988.10.04	Mexico City
	1	Pantera II	1989.01.11	Arena Naucalpan
31	Aguila Solitaria	Fuerza Guerrera	1989.06.02	Mexico City
32	Fuerza Guerrera [2]	Aguila Solitaria	1989.09.21	Arena Puebla
	1	Pantera II	1990.05.04	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Americo Rocca	1990.07.04	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	3	Americo Rocca	1990.07.19	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	4	Octagon	1990.09.02	Pista Arena Revolucion
	5	Octagon	1990.11.28	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	6	Gallo Tapado	1991.03.01	Arena Mexico
	7	Huracan Sevilla	1991.04.29	Pista Arena Revolucion
	8	Misterioso	1991.06.02	Pista Arena Revolucion
33	Misterioso	Fuerza Guerrera	1991.12.08	Arena Mexico
championship vacant when Misterioso jumps to AAA on 1992.06.19
16 man tournament for vacant championship
34	Negro Casas	El Hijo del Santo	1995.12.01	Arena Mexico
next 3 title matches are part of the J-Crown Unification Tournament
35	Shinjiro Ohtani	Negro Casas	1996.08.03	Tokyo
36	Ultimo Dragon	Shinjiro Ohtani	1996.08.04	Tokyo
37	The Great Sasuke	Ultimo Dragon	1996.08.05	Tokyo
defended as part of the J-Crown Octuple Championship
38	Ultimo Dragon [2]	The Great Sasuke	1996.10.11	Osaka, Japan
39	Jushin Liger	Ultimo Dragon	1997.01.04	Tokyo
40	El Samurai	Jushin Liger	1997.07.06	Sapporo, Japan
41	Shinjiro Ohtani	El Samurai	1997.08.10	Nagoya, Japan
vacates championship on 1997.11.05 as part of vacating most of J-Crown Octuple Championship
decision match for vacant championship
42	Dragon Kid	Dr. Cerebro	1999.02.06	Nagoya, Japan
	1	Judo Suwa	1999.02.07	Yokohama, Japan
43	Judo Suwa	Dragon Kid	1999.04.25	Kawasaki, Japan
	1	Ryo Saito	1999.10.10	Kobe, Japan
	2	Ken'ichiro Arai	1999.11.19	Nagoya, Japan
	3	Genki Horiguchi	2000.03.25	Iwate, Japan
	4	Dragon Kid	2000.06.04	Kobe, Japan
44	Ken'ichiro Arai	Judo Suwa	2000.07.22	Tokyo
	1	Genki Horiguchi	2000.08.24	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	2	Yasushi Kanda	2000.10.12	Kobe, Japan
championship vacated on 2000.12.15 after loss due to interference versus Susumu Mochizuki
7 man tournament for vacant championship
45	Ken'ichiro Arai [2]	Yaushi Kanda	2001.01.29	Tokyo
46	Susumu Mochizuki	Ken'ichiro Arai	2001.05.27	Kobe, Japan
	1	Genki Horiguchi	2001.07.15	Kumamoto, Japan
	2	Ricky Marvin	2001.08.14	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	3	Dragon Kid	2001.08.18	Nagoya, Japan
47	Ryo Saito	Susumu Mochizuki	2001.09.30	Tokyo
	1	Genki Horiguchi	2001.12.10	Komazawa Olympic Park - Tokyo
	2	Genki Horiguchi	2002.02.03	Fukuoka, Japan
	3	Ricky Marvin	2002.04.09	Yamagata, Japan
48	Genki Horiguchi	Ryo Saito	2002.04.27	Kobe, Japan
	1	Ryo Saito	2002.04.28	Nagoya, Japan
	2	Ken'ichiro Arai	2002.06.01	Ishizawa, Japan
championship vacated on 2002.06.23 after no contest versus Dragon Kid
decision match for vacant championship
49	Ricky Marvin	Super Nova	2002.07.07	Kobe, Japan
50	Genki Horiguchi	Ricky Marvin	2002.07.24	Kumamoto, Japan
51	Darkness Dragon	Genki Horiguchi	2002.07.28	Shimonoseki, Japan
	1	Dragon Kid	2002.08.25	Hokkaido, Japan
	2	Ryo Saito	2002.10.08	Osaka, Japan
	3	Dragon Kid	2003.02.27	Kobe, Japan
championship vacated on 2003.03.21 due to injury
decision match for vacant championship
52	Yossino	Genki Horiguchi	2003.03.22	Sapporo, Japan
	1	K-Ness	2003.06.29	Hyogo, Japan
	2	K-Ness	2003.08.10	Hokkaido, Japan
	3	Susmsum Yokosuka	2003.09.08	Osaka, Japan
	4	brother YASSHI	2003.12.22	Osaka, Japan
championship vacated on 2004.06.20 to focus on winning the Ultimo Dragon Gym championship
decision match for vacant championship
52	Hajime Ohara	La Mascara	2006.05.13	Arena Mexico
	1	El Hijo del Fantasma	2006.09.10	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	El Hijo del Fantasma	2006.10.12	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	3	Ultimo Gladiador	2006.11.28	Arena Lopez Mateos
53	Super Delfin	Hajime Ohara	2007.01.20	Osaka, Japan
54	Hajime Ohara [2]	Super Delfin	2007.02.10	Osaka, Japan
	1	La Mascara	2007.05.13	Arena Mexico
	2	Chris Sabin	2007.05.26	Ontario, Canada
55	La Sombra	Hajime Ohara	2007.11.27	Arena Mexico
	1	Misterioso II	2008.03.26	Arena Coliseo Acapulco
	2	El Mephisto	2008.06.02	Arena Puebla
	3	Sangre Azteca	2008.08.10	Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Blue Demon, 6th Champion

Huracan Ramirez, 8th Champion

File:Vento castella nwawelter.JPG Vento Castella, 10th Champion

Karloff Lagarde, 11th Champion

Blue Demon, 14th Champion

Americo Rocca, 17th, 22th & 28th Champion

Mocho Cota, 23rd Champion

Chamaco Valaguez, 24th Champion

Javier Cruz, 26th Champion

Fuerza Guerrera, 30th & 32th Champion

Ultimo Dragon, 36th & 38th Champion

The Great Sasuke, 37th Champion

Jushin Liger, 39th Champion

Hajime Ohara, 52nd & 54th Champion

Super Delfin, 53rd Champion

Gallery of Title Belts

Original Belt

Sources

• Wrestling-Titles.com
• DG USA

V	National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history)	E
World Welter (Akantus), NWA-Mexico: Mexico Light (Skayde), Mexico Welter (Vaquero Fantasma)
Dragon Gym: International Junior Heavy (Último Dragón)
Defunct: Middle, Light Heavy, Americas Tag
Reference: Jr. Heavy, Heavy
CMLL established titles: Historic Welter (Volador Jr.), Historic Middle (Carístico), Historic LH (Stuka Jr.)