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{{TitleHistoryLine|44|[[Satanico]]|[[Satoru Sayama]]|[[1980]].[[03.28]]|[[Mexico City]]}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|44|[[Satanico]]|[[Satoru Sayama]]|[[1980]].[[03.28]]|[[Mexico City]]}} | ||
{{TitleHistoryLine|45|[[Cachorro Mendoza]]|[[Satanico]]|[[1980]].[[04. | {{TitleHistoryLine|45<ref>El Informador 1980-04-27; this had been listed as 04.17 in Monterrey, but [http://thecubsfan.com/cmll/events/posters/00048000/00048806_00014335.png the poster for 04.27 indicates Satanico is still champion]</ref>|[[Cachorro Mendoza]]|[[Satanico]]|[[1980]].[[04.27]]|[[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara]]}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseIffy|1<ref>El Informador 1980-05-18</ref>|[[Carlos Plata]]|[[1980]].[[05.18]]|[[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara]]}} | |||
{{TitleHistoryLine|46|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[Cachorro Mendoza]]|[[1980]].[[06.15]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|46|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[Cachorro Mendoza]]|[[1980]].[[06.15]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseLine| | {{TitleDefenseIffy|1<ref>El Informador 1980-07-13</ref>|[[Ringo Mendoza]]|[[1980]].[[07.13]]|[[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara]]}} | ||
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{{TitleDefenseLine|4|[[Fantasma]]|[[1980]].[[September 26|09.26]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}} | |||
{{TitleHistoryLine|47|[[Tony Salazar]] [2]|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[1981]].[[01.18]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|47|[[Tony Salazar]] [2]|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[1981]].[[01.18]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | ||
{{TitleHistoryLine|48|[[Sangre Chicana]] [2]|[[Tony Salazar]]|[[1981]].[[03.13]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|48|[[Sangre Chicana]] [2]|[[Tony Salazar]]|[[1981]].[[03.13]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}} | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 9 November 2015
Current Champion
 Averno, 85th Champion |
El Averno was the 85th champion, having won it on November 30, 2007 in Arena Mexico. The championship is current inactive.
History of Championship
The NWA World Middleweight Championship dated back to the early 1920s. The NWA name only existed to establish it as a world championship; since the 30s, it has been property of EMLL (much later CMLL.) It's one of the oldest active wrestling championships in the world.
Corazon de Leon won the championship on December 7, 1993 by defeating Mano Negra. Negra had defeated Bestia Salvaje in a hair match the night prior, but suffered an ankle injury during the match. Leon attacked the hurt ankle, beating Negra in the same straight falls via anklelock. This would be the last time this title would change hands in a CMLL ring for over a decade.
For most of it's existence, the NWA World Middleweight Championship been held by Mexican wrestlers and defended in Mexico. In 1994, the title was sold to Ultimo Dragon, who brought it to Japan to be defended first by himself, and later as a championship belt for his promotions. When Ultimo Dragon left Japan to join WWE in 2003, he sold the belt back to CMLL. CMLL did nothing with it for a year, before doing a decision match with no particular build up.
On 01/01/05, Mistico beat Averno for the NWA World Middleweight Championship, using it as a launch point for his rise to the top of the promotion. Mistico winning was not an upset, but it signaled his transition from a momentarily favored young wrestler to a new permanent star. The match was well received, and the two met many times the rest of the year in rematches of the initial title match (which has never been shown on television.)
Black Warrior won the belt from Mistico, as part of the lead up to their mask match, and to provide big rematches after Mistico won the mask. Mistico was finally able to get the belt back on Kid's Day, 2007.
Averno won the belt back from Mistico in November of 2007. Despite holding the belt for almost 3 years, defenses were rare and the championship was rarely considered.
On August 12, 2010, CMLL announced a change with the NWA group of championships. The current physical title belts were all retired, replaced by newly belts with a different design. The old belts are now part of CMLL's mobile museum, though copies of them have turned up elsewhere.
CMLL referred to the new championships as the CMLL Historic Championships and said the former NWA champions would be the first champions of the new belts. Outside not getting the physical belt back, that appeared to satisfy the NWA's complaints about using their trademarks. However, since within weeks of that press conference, CMLL had changed course. The championships were referred to as NWA World Historic Championships.
This title has not been revived by NWA Mexico.
Champions Listing
Sources:
- ↑ a repint article in Lucha Libre (dated 1939-01-10) talks about Kallio defending the title against Gaona soon , says he's been champ sevenyears
- ↑ Lucha Libre 19
- ↑ Rolando Vera defeated El Santo in Arena Coliseo Monterrey on 1956.08.19, but the Mexico City commission rules it not to be a title match after the fact, declaring Santo had defended the title too many times recently and Vera had lost in two previous title challenges. The commission attempted to return the belt to Santo, who refused it. The title was vacant going into a rematch two months later - SuperLuchas
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ El Informador 1959-07-19
- ↑ Lucha Libre 28 lists May 1 (not May 30th) as the title match, though does not list a result
- ↑ Lucha Libre 36, Superluchas
- ↑ Lucha Libre 48 - no date is specified, but possibly the 7th
- ↑ Lucha Libre 50
- ↑ Lucha Libre 59, may be off a week
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ SuperLuchas - previously listed as 03.11
- ↑ El Informador 1969-07-06
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ El Informador 1969-10-05
- ↑ DJ Spectro
- ↑ CMLL
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ UWA debut show; advertised as a defense and treated like one, but NWA (EMLL) announced they stripped Anibal of the title (for working the rival promotion)
- ↑ Informador 1975-10-12
- ↑ El Informador 1976-02-08
- ↑ El Informador 1976-05-23
- ↑ El Informador 1976-11-14
- ↑ El Informador 1976-12-26
- ↑ El Informador 1977-04-10, Mendoza apparently beat Adorable Rubi the previous shot to win a title shot.
- ↑ El Informador 1977-05-15
- ↑ El Informador 1977-06-05
- ↑ El Informador 1977-07-03 lists title match
- ↑ El Informador 1977-11-06
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ El Informador 1978-10-08
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ Cronicas Y Leyendas de Lucah Libre
- ↑ El Informador 1979-09-09
- ↑ Cronicas Y Leyendas
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo
- ↑ El Informador 1980-04-27; this had been listed as 04.17 in Monterrey, but the poster for 04.27 indicates Satanico is still champion
- ↑ El Informador 1980-05-18
- ↑ El Informador 1980-07-13
- ↑ El Informador 1980-09-07
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y lucha
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 00.26.32)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (20130915_234949)
- ↑ Cronicas y Leyendas
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ luchablog photolog (20130916_021147)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 03.25.29)
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ billed as Atlantis' 33rd defense
- ↑ billed as Atlantis' 35th defense
- ↑ billed as Atlantis' 36th defense - Lucha Libre Weekly #26
- ↑ billed as Atlantis' 38th defense - Lucha Libre Weekly #26
- ↑ would've been Atlantis' 42nd Defense
Gallery of Champions
 Tarzan Lopez, 3rd, 5th, 8th & 11th Champion |
 Sugi Sito, 9th & 12th Champion |
 Enrique Llanes, 10th Champion |
 El Santo, 13th Champion |
 Rolando Vera, 14th Champion |
 Rene Guajardo, 15th, 17th, 21st, 23th, 25th & 30th champion |
 Antonio Posa, 16th Champion |
 Rayo de Jalisco, 18th, 20th & 26th Champion |
 Benny Galant, 19th Champion |
 Jerry London, 22nd Champion |
 Ray Mendoza, 24th Champion |
 El Solitario, 27th Champion |
 Masio Koma, 28th Champion |
 Anibal, as 29th Champion |
 Anibal, as 31st Champion |
 Perro Aguayo, 32nd, 34th & 39th Champion |
 El Faraon, 33rd, 37th & 50th Champion |
 Ringo Mendoza, 35th, 38th, 40th, 42nd & 49th Champion |
 Joe Palardy, 36th Champion |
 Tony Salazar, 41st & 47th Champion |
 Satoru Sayama, 43rd Champion |
 Satanico, 44th, 52nd, 54th, 56th & 58th Champion |
 Cachorro Mendoza, 45th Champion |
 Sangre Chicana, 46th & 48th Champion |
 Cesar Curiel, 51st Champion |
 El Jalisco, 53rd Champion |
 Lizmark, 55th Champion |
 Gran Cochisse, 57th, 59th & 63rd Champion |
 Gran Hamada, 60th Champion |
 Chamaco Valaguez, 62nd Champion |
 Kung Fu, 64th & 66th Champion |
 El Dandy, 65th & 72nd Champion |
 Atlantis, 67th, 69th & 73rd Champion |
 Emilio Charles Jr., 68th & 70th Champion |
 Angel Azteca, 71st Champion |
 Mano Negra, 74th & 76th Champion |
 Oro, 75th Champion |
 Corazon De Leon, 77th Champion |
 Ultimo Dragon, 78th & 80th Champion |
 The Great Sasuke, 79th Champion |
 El Averno, as 81st Champion |
 Mistico, 82nd & 84th Champion |
 Black Warrior, 83rd Champion |
 Mistico, as 84th Champion |
 El Averno, as 85th Champion, with old belt |
Gallery of Title Belts
Sources
| 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.) | ||
