NWA WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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).

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Title history

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Title history

'Wrestler:'	'Reigns:'	'Date:'	'Place:'	'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
Vacated		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
Vacated		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
Vacated		May 1992		Title vacated when Misterioso leaves 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
Vacated		October 5 1997		Otani vacated five of the six remaining J-Crown titles 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
Vacated		December 21 2000		Susumu Mochizuki defeated Arai on December 15 2000 in Kawasaki, Japan; title vacated due to outside interference during the match.
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
Vacated		June 23 2002		Title vacated 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
Vacated		March 21 2003		Title vacated due to an injury to Darkness Dragon.
YOSSINO	1	March 22 2003	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Genki Horiguchi to win the vacant title.
Vacated		June 20 2004		YOSSINO vacated the title in order to concentrate on the Toryumon Último Dragón 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

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