NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship

NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship

A close of up of a masked wrestler, wearing a blue fabric mask with white horns.

Averno, the first NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion
Details
Current champion(s) Último Guerrero[1]
Date won August 31, 2015[1]
Date established August 12, 2010[2]
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Middleweight Championship[3]

The NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Medio de la NWA in Spanish)[2] is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The title, being a professional wrestling championship, is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a wrestling match. The official definition of the middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[4] For example, the current NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion Último Guerrero is billed as weighing 95 kg (209 lb).[5] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules

For over 62 years CMLL controlled NWA World Middleweight Championship, even after leaving the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the late 1980s. Up until 2010 the NWA more or less ignored CMLL's use of the championship, but in March 2010Blue Demon Jr., the president of the newly formed NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, demanding that they stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim either; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented, simply stating that the titles belonged to CMLL.[6] Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship belt and named Averno, the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Middleweight Champion, as the inaugural champion.[2]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s)
1 Averno 1 August 12, 2010 467 N/A N/A Averno was the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Middleweight Champion and was thus named the first NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. [3]
2 La Máscara 1 November 22, 2011 84 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event [7]
3 Volador Jr. 1 February 14, 2012 45 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event [8]
4 Devitt, PrincePrince Devitt 1 March 30, 2012 182 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Super Viernes [9]
5 Dragón Rojo Jr. 1 September 28, 2012 114 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Super Viernes [10]
6 Sombra, LaLa Sombra 1 January 20, 2013 953 Bunkyo, Tokyo Fantastica Mania 2013 [11]
7 Último Guerrero 1 August 31, 2015 240+ Puebla, Puebla Lunes Clasicos [1]

References

Professional wrestler Prince Devitt posing on the corner turnbuckles prior to a match.
Prince Devitt, who held the championship during his tour of Mexico
  1. 1 2 3 "Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Campeones" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Boutwell, Josh (August 20, 2010). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2012. Articulo 242: "Super welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 kilos"
  5. ↑ "Último Guerrero". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 12, 2010). "Mephisto responde a Blue Demon Jr.: "No tengo que entrar a ninguna eliminatoria porque yo soy el campeón..."". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  7. ↑ Huerta, Diego (November 22, 2011). "La Máscara recuperó el cetro Peso Medio". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (February 15, 2012). "Coliseo de Guadalajara (resultados 14 de Febrero 2012) Volador Jr. nuevo Campeón Mundial Histórico Peso Medio NWA". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (March 31, 2012). "Viernes 30 de Marzo '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  10. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 29, 2012). "Viernes 28 de Septiembre '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2013.
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