NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship: Difference between revisions
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{{Gallery|name=Al_kashey_nwachamp.JPG|caption=[[Al Kashey]], 3rd Champion}} | {{Gallery|name=Al_kashey_nwachamp.JPG|caption=[[Al Kashey]], 3rd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=nwalh_d-dixon.jpg|caption=[[Dory Dixon]], 4th Champion}} | {{Gallery|name=nwalh_d-dixon.jpg|caption=[[Dory Dixon]], 4th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Mendoza-nwa_lh-1stbelt.JPG|caption=[[Ray Mendoza]], 5th, | {{Gallery|name=Mendoza-nwa_lh-1stbelt.JPG|caption=[[Ray Mendoza]], 5th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 17th & 20th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh guerrero.jpg|caption=[[Gory Guerrero]], 6th & | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh guerrero.jpg|caption=[[Gory Guerrero]], 6th & 9th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=nwalh_alibey.jpg|caption=[[Ali Bey]], 7th Champion}} | {{Gallery|name=nwalh_alibey.jpg|caption=[[Ali Bey]], 7th & 8th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh angel.jpg|caption=[[Angel Blanco]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh angel.jpg|caption=[[Angel Blanco]], 11th Champion}} | ||
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{{Gallery|name=Coloso-Title.jpg|caption=[[Coloso Colosetti]], | {{Gallery|name=Coloso-Title.jpg|caption=[[Coloso Colosetti]], 13th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Solitalio_nwalight.jpg|caption=[[El Solitario]], | {{Gallery|name=Solitalio_nwalight.jpg|caption=[[El Solitario]], 15th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=DavidMorgan-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[David Morgan]], | {{Gallery|name=DavidMorgan-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[David Morgan]], 16th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=AlfonsoDantes-NWA.jpg|caption=[[Alfonso Dantes]], | {{Gallery|name=AlfonsoDantes-NWA.jpg|caption=[[Alfonso Dantes]], 18th, 24rd, 28th, 31th & 33rd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Kimsungho-nwalh-champ.JPG|caption=[[Kim Sung Ho]], | {{Gallery|name=Kimsungho-nwalh-champ.JPG|caption=[[Kim Sung Ho]], 19th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh wagnersr.jpg|caption=[[Dr. Wagner]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh wagnersr.jpg|caption=[[Dr. Wagner]], 21st Champion}} | ||
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{{Gallery|name=Adorable_rubi_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Adorable Rubi]], | {{Gallery|name=Adorable_rubi_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Adorable Rubi]], 22nd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Carlos-plata_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Carlos Plata]], | {{Gallery|name=Carlos-plata_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Carlos Plata]], 23rd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh chavo.jpg|caption=[[Chavo Guerrero]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh chavo.jpg|caption=[[Chavo Guerrero]], 25th & 27th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=nwalh_elfaraon.jpg|caption=[[El Faraon]], | {{Gallery|name=nwalh_elfaraon.jpg|caption=[[El Faraon]], 29th & 37th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Pak-choo_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Kengo Kimura|Pak Choo]], | {{Gallery|name=Pak-choo_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Kengo Kimura|Pak Choo]], 30th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Raul_mata_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Raul Mata]], | {{Gallery|name=Raul_mata_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Raul Mata]], 32nd Champion}} | ||
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{{Gallery|name=TSalazar-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Tony Salazar]], | {{Gallery|name=TSalazar-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Tony Salazar]], 34th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Mascara-ano2000_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Mascara Ano 2000]], | {{Gallery|name=Mascara-ano2000_nwa-lh.jpg|caption=[[Mascara Ano 2000]], 36th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Ringo-NWAChamp.jpg|caption=[[Ringo Mendoza]], | {{Gallery|name=Ringo-NWAChamp.jpg|caption=[[Ringo Mendoza]], 38th & 40th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh_ms-1.jpg|caption=[[MS-1]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh_ms-1.jpg|caption=[[MS-1]], 41st & 43rd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh_rayojr.jpg|caption=[[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh_rayojr.jpg|caption=[[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], 42nd Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalh lizmark.jpg|caption=[[Lizmark]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh lizmark.jpg|caption=[[Lizmark]], 45th, 47th, 51st & 53rd Champion}} | ||
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{{Gallery|name=Nwalh blondy.jpg|caption=[[Fabuloso Blondy]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalh blondy.jpg|caption=[[Fabuloso Blondy]], 46th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Blondychamp.jpg|caption=[[Fabuloso Blondy]], | {{Gallery|name=Blondychamp.jpg|caption=[[Fabuloso Blondy]], 50th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Apolodantesnwa.jpg|caption=[[Apolo Dantes]], | {{Gallery|name=Apolodantesnwa.jpg|caption=[[Apolo Dantes]], 55th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=nwalh_dandy.jpg|caption=[[El Dandy]], | {{Gallery|name=nwalh_dandy.jpg|caption=[[El Dandy]], 57th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=BWarrior-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Black Warrior]], | {{Gallery|name=BWarrior-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Black Warrior]], 58th & 60th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=nwalh_tarzan.jpg|caption=[[Tarzan Boy]], | {{Gallery|name=nwalh_tarzan.jpg|caption=[[Tarzan Boy]], 61st Champion}} | ||
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{{Gallery|name=DrWagnerJr-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], | {{Gallery|name=DrWagnerJr-NWALHW.jpg|caption=[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], 64th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Nwalhtitle.JPG|caption=[[Atlantis]], | {{Gallery|name=Nwalhtitle.JPG|caption=[[Atlantis]], 65th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=texano_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Texano Jr.]], | {{Gallery|name=texano_nwalh.JPG|caption=[[Texano Jr.]], 66th Champion}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=historiclh_texano.jpg|caption=[[Texano Jr.]], as | {{Gallery|name=historiclh_texano.jpg|caption=[[Texano Jr.]], as 66th Champion with new belt}} | ||
{{Gallery|name=Super-Nova-Double-Champ.jpg|caption=[[Súper Nova]], | {{Gallery|name=Super-Nova-Double-Champ.jpg|caption=[[Súper Nova]], 67th Champion}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:40, 6 June 2014
Current Champion
Súper Nova is the current champion. He defeated El Hijo de Rey Misterio II and Lizmark Jr. on May 19, 2013 in El Centenario Salon of Blackfoot, Idaho. The title was vacate.
History of Championship
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Connection with NWA
The NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was created in the early 1950s. In it's first years, it was a United States title, but was given to EMLL in 1958, and has remained mostly in Mexico for it's lifespan. The NWA name and the long existence of the belt give it a lot of credibility in Mexico, but it's no different from other modern championships in it's many breaks between defenses.
The EMLL promotion broke from the NWA when it renamed itself CMLL in 1991 and declared new world championships for every division. CMLL appeared to plan on unifying the NWA championships, but the unification matches never took place. The NWA Light Heavyweight championship, with over thirty years of history as a major championship in Mexico, was continued to be treated as a major championship of another organization. Despite the NWA itself imploding and restarting multiple times, CMLL continued to act as if there was still an outside NWA governing body sanctioning this championship. CMLL referees would wear shirts with NWA logos for the title matches, as 'proof' of the championship's legitimacy.
In the late 2000, the current version of the NWA began to request CMLL return to this championship and the other related NWA titles. The NWA pointed out CMLL had not been a dues paying member of the NWA for decades. As a promotion, CMLL ignored the requests. When asked, the individual champions declared they'd only give up the belts if they lost them in the ring. The NWA became more insistent on the return of the belts when Blue Demon Jr. joined to start the NWA Mexico promotion. Demon first suggested matches between the CMLL NWA champions and his groups of wrestlers, then repeatedly demanded the belts be handed over. Since Demon was making these claims in Mexico directly, these claims got higher levels of attention.
Finally, 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. However, since within weeks of that press conference, CMLL had changed course. The championships were referred to as NWA World Historic Championships, angering the NWA again.
Champions Listing
Sources:
- ↑ http://www.boxylucha.com/foro/viewtopic.php?p=736821#p736821 jespena @ box y lucha foro]
- ↑ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-lh.html - source for this title change and many of the dates on this page
- ↑ date had been listed as 1970.03.20, but poster/recap lists correct date
- ↑ draw (double pin in second fall); Lucha Libre 621
- ↑ ended in a double countout draw
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo
- ↑ draw
- ↑ draw with the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship also on the line, luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 01.46.51)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 03.06.56)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 02.33.41)
- ↑ Luchas 2000 #574, p7
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.46.20)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 02.24.01)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 02.51.48)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 02.51.48)
- ↑ draw in unification match with CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 17.32.40)
- ↑ Billed as 8th defense - Lucha Libre Weekly 32
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 23.26.57)
Gallery of Champions
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Gallery of Title Belts
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Sources
| V | National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history) | E |
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| 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.) | ||
