NWA World Welterweight Championship
| NWA World Welterweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (1946–1990) Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1991–1996, 2007–2010) New Japan Pro Wrestling (1996–1997) Toryumon Japan / Mexico (1999–2007) NWA Mexico (2010–present) |
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| Date established | March 15, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Akantus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 24, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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World Welterweight Championship (1946–1952)
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| First champion(s) | El Santo |
| Most reigns | Karloff Lagarde, Américo Rocca (3 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Karloff Lagarde (7 years, 186 days) |
| Shortest reign | Shinjiro Otani, Último Dragón (1 day) |
| Oldest winner | Blue Demon (53 years, 66 days) |
| Youngest winner | La Sombra (18 years, 24 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Shinjiro Otani (102 kilograms (225 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Karloff Lagarde (68 kilograms (150 lb)) |
The NWA World Welterweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Mundial Welter de NWA) is a professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and currently promoted by NWA Mexico. The championship was originally created by the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1949. The promotion had control of the championship from 1946 until 1996 and again from 2007 until 2010. From 1996 until 2007 the championship was promoted mainly in Japan, first as one of eight championships that made up the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) J-Crown Championship. After the J-Crown was discontinued the title remained in Japan being promoted by the Toryumon promotion up until 2007 when it returned to Mexico and CMLL. CMLL was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance up until the late 1980s, but chose to keep the championship and the NWA prefix after leaving the NWA. As it is a professional wrestling championship, its holders are determined by promoters or promotions, not by athletic competition. The official definition of the welterweight weight limit in Mexico is 70 kg (150 lb) to 78 kg (172 lb), but promotions have ignored the weight limit at times and crowned champions both heavier and lighter than the rules defined.
The championship predates the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948 and was initially known simply as the "World Welterweight Championship", promoted by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). When EMLL joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1952, the title was given the NWA prefix. In the late 1980s, EMLL withdrew from the NWA and changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL retained ownership of three NWA-branded championships which originated in the promotion. The other two were the NWA World Middleweight Championship and the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. All continued to be billed as "Campeonatos de NWA".
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