NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
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Current, and two-time, champion Volador Jr.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 12, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Volador Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 1, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
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CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship
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| First champion(s) | Mephisto |
| Most reigns | La Sombra and Volador Jr. (2 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Volador Jr. (991) |
| Shortest reign | La Sombra (56 days) |
| Oldest winner | Negro Casas (52 years, 34 days) |
| Youngest winner | La Sombra (21 years, 130 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Mephisto (90 kg (200 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Máscara Dorada (78 kg (172 lb)) |
The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Welter de la NWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL had held the NWA World Welterweight Championship for over 53 years even after leaving the NWA in 1989. In 2010 the National Wrestling Alliance, represented by Blue Demon Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL telling them to stop promoting NWA-branded championships since CMLL was not part of the NWA any longer. On August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship belt and named Mephisto, the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Welterweight Champion, as the inaugural champion. The championship was initially announced as the CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship, but when the belt was unveiled, it was labelled the "NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship".
In Mexico, the lucha libre commission's definition of the welterweight weight class is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb). Volador Jr. is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, having defeated La Sombra on August 1, 2014. This is Volador Jr.'s second run with the title; he is the seventh overall champion, and his current reign is the longest of any champion at 991 days and counting. All title matches take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules when they take place in Mexico, but has been defended in single fall matches in Japan.
In 1948 the Mexican lucha libre or professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") created the World Welterweight Championship. When EMLL became a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1952 the championship was given the "NWA" prefix and became known as the NWA World Welterweight Championship. In the late 1980s, EMLL left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to avoid the politics of the NWA. While they left the NWA they did retain control of the NWA World Welterweight Championship as their main championship of the welterweight division. They also promoted the Mexican National Welterweight Championship as a secondary title in the Welterweight division. In 1992 EMLL changed their name and became Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to rebrand themselves as a separate entity after leaving the NWA. They added a third welterweight championship to the promotion when they created the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on February 15, 1992.
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