Mexican National Welterweight Championship

Current Champion

Sangre Azteca, 67th Champion

Sangre Azteca won the title on 2006.12.17 in Arena Coliseo DF, defeating La Mascara.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
decision match to decide initial champion
1	Mario Nunez	Tony Canales	1934.06.17	Mexico City
Nunez vacates championship for unknown reasons
decision match for vacant championship
2	Tarzan Lopez	Dientes Hernandez	1936.03.11	Mexico City
Lopez vacates championship in 1939 for unknown reasons
tournament for vacant championship
3	Bobby Arreola	?	1940.02.03	Mexico City
Arreola suffers injury in November of 1940, forced to vacate championship
tournament for vacant championship
4	Lobo Negro	Bobby Bonales	1941.04.06	Arena Mexico
5	Jack O'Brien	Lobo Negro	1941.11.23	Arena Coliseo DF
6	Ciclon Veloz	Jack O'Brien	1942.03.01	Pachuca
7	El Santo	Ciclon Veloz	1943.02.21	Mexico City
8	Jack O'Brien [2]	El Santo	1944.02.18	Mexico City
9	Gori Guerrero	Jack O'Brien	1945.04.20	Mexico City
Guerrero wins the NWA World Middleweight Championship on 1946.02.23, vacates this title
some sources do not acknoweldge the next two reigns
10	El Santo	?	19??.??.??	?
	1	Black Shadow	1953.07.30	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
11	Blue Demon	El Santo	1953.09.25	Arena Mexico
tournament for vacant championship
12	Jalisco Gonzalez	El Enfermero	1956.04.06	Guadalajara
13	Karloff Lagarde	Jalisco Gonzalez	1957.03.02	Arena Coliseo DF
14	Blue Demon [2]	Karloff Lagarde	1962.04.04	Arena Mexico
15	Karloff Lagarde [2]	Blue Demon	1962.04.28	Pachuca
Lagarde already holds the NWA World Welterweight Championship, vacates this title in 1963
tournament for vacant championship
16	Javier Escobedo	Halcon Dorado	1963.11.15	Arena Coliseo DF
Escobedo dies in 1964 due to a car accident
tournament for vacant championship
17	Rizado Ruiz	Black Shadow	1964.04.13	Arena Mexico
18	Huracan Ramirez	Rizado Ruiz	1965.04.03	Arena Mexico
19	Alberto Munoz	Huracan Ramirez	1966.02.06	Guadalajara
Munoz wins the Mexican National Middleweight Championship on 1968.10.20, vacates this title
decision match for vacant championship
20	Huracan Ramirez [2]	Espectro II	1969.06.14	Pista Arena Revolucion, Mexico City
21	Karloff Lagarde [3]	Huracan Ramirez	1969.09.09	Guadalajara
	1	Huracan Ramirez	1970.01.23	Queretaro
22	Huracan Ramirez [3]	Karloff Lagarde	1970.08.04	?
23	Karloff Lagarde [4]	Huracan Ramirez	1972.10.20	Arena Mexico
24	El Marquez	Karloff Lagarde	1973.08.11	Pista Arena Revolucion, Mexico City
25	Fishman	El Marquez	1973.10.03	Acapulco
	1	Alberto Munoz	1975.05.01	Plaza De Toros, Mexico City
Fishman vacates this title for unclear reasons on 1975.05.03
tournament for vacant championship
26	Fishman [2]	Alberto Munoz	1975.10.12	Guadalajara
Fishman wins the NWA World Welterweight Championship on 1976.04.09, vacates this title
tournament for vacant championship
27	Blue Demon [3]	Mano Negra	1976.07.30	Arena Coliseo DF
28	Fishman [3]	Blue Demon	1977.02.27	Guadalajara
	1	Kung Fu	1977.07.29	Arena Mexico
29	Kung Fu	Fishman	1977.09.26	Guadalajara
30	Americo Rocca	Kung Fu	1978.02.07	Pista Arena Revolucion, Mexico City
	1	Kung Fu	1979.03.02	Arena Mexico
31	Lizmark	Americo Rocca	1979.04.18	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
32	Americao Rocca [2]	Lizmark	1980.03.29	Mexico City
33	Franco Columbo	America Rocca	1980.11.01	Arena Coliseo DF
34	Supremo	Franco Columbo	1981.02.01	Guadalajara
35	Talisman	Supremo	1982.03.30	Arena Coliseo DF
36	Mocho Cota	Talisman	1982.11.12	Arena Mexico
37	Chamaco Velaguez	Mocho Cota	1983.08.04	Cuernavaca
	1	El Dandy	1984.05.25	Arena Coliseo DF
Chamaco Valaguez wins the NWA World Welterweight Championship on 1984.07.26, vacates this championship
lightning tournament for vacant championship
38	El Talisman [2]	Americo Rocca	1984.08.19	Arena Coliseo DF
39	Americo Rocca [3]	El Talisman	1985.03.29	Arena Coliseo DF
40	El Dandy	Americo Rocca	1985.09.01	Guadalajara
El Dandy wins the NWA World Welterweight Championship on 1985.11.17, vacates this championship
decision match for vacant championship
41	Fuerza Guerrera	Javier Cruz	1985.12.03	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Javier Cruz	1986.01.17	Arena Coliseo DF
championship vacant on August 1986 when Fuerza leaves EMLL
lightning tournament for vacant championship
42	El Simbolo	Solar II	1987.01.27	Pista Arena Revolucion, Mexico City
43	Aguila Solitaria	El Simbolo	1987.07.19	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Leon Chino	1988.06.12	Pista Arena Revolucion
	2	Bestia Salvaje	1988.07.13	Arena Neza
44	Bestia Salvaje	Aguila Solitaria	1988.09.03	Pista Arena Revolucion
	1	El Hijo Del Santo	1988.09.30	Arena Mexico
45	Angel Azteca	Bestia Salvaje	1989.02.26	?
Azteca wins the NWA World Middleweight Championship on 1989.04.28, vacates this title
tournament for vacant championship
46	Ciclon Ramirez	Bestia Salvaje	1989.05.21	Pista Arena Revolucion
	1	Fantasma De La Quebrada	1990.03.21	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
47	Canelo Casas	Ciclon Ramirez	1990.07.25	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	1	Ciclon Ramirez	1991.02.05	Pista Arena Revolucion
48	Ciclon Ramirez [2]	Canelo Casas	1991.02.13	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	1	El Supremo II	1991.07.14	Arena San Lorenzo, Mexico City
49	Felino	Ciclon Ramirez	1992.07.05	Pista Arena Revolucion, Mexico City
	1	Oro	1992.07.15	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
Felino wins the CMLL World Welterweight Championship 1992.07.16, vacates this championship
finals of 16 man tournament for vacant title
50	Ciclon Ramirez [3]	Fantasma de la Quebrada	1992.08.16	Pista Arena Revolucion
51	Fantasma de la Quebrada	Ciclon Ramirez	1992.09.30	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
52	Rey Misterio Jr.	Fantasma de la Quebrada	1992.10.28	Aguascalientes
53	Heavy Metal [2]	Rey Misterio Jr.	1993.02.26	Gimnasio Juan De La Barera, Mexico City
	1	Rey Misterio Jr.	1993.03.30	Puebla
	2	El Hijo Del Santo	1993.05.28	Queretaro
	3	Rey Misterio Jr.	1993.06.20	Chihuahua
title for title match with Santo's WWA World Welterweight Championship
54	El Hijo del Santo	Heavy Metal	1993.10.29	Gimnasio Juan De La Barera, Mexico City
55	Psicosis	El Hijo del Santo	1995.05.03	Aguascalientes
56	Ultraman 2000	Psicosis	1996.01.18	Auditorio De Tijuana
vacant March 1996 when Ultraman changes identity to Damian 666
finals of 8 man tournament for vacant title
57	Psicosis [2]	Super Elektra	1997.02.14	Arena Xochimilco
58	Salsero	Psicosis	1997.02.16	Juarez
59	Nygma	Salsero	1997.06.13	Xochimilco
60	Torero	Nygma	1997.07.25	Cualtitlan
	1	El Hijo Del Diablo	1997.12.20	Guanajuato
61	Arkangel	Torero	1998.09.25	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	1	Mascara Magica	1998.11.20	Arena Neza
	2	Torero	1998.12.07	Arena Puebla
	3	Astro Rey Jr.	1999.01.31	Arena Coliseo DF
	4	Pantera	1999.02.21	Arena Neza
62	Astro Rey Jr.	Arkangel	1999.03.22	Arena Puebla
	1	El Hijo del Gladiador	1999.04.25	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	1999.07.06	Arena Coliseo DF
	3	Valentin Mayo	1999.10.12	Arena Coliseo DF
	4	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	1999.10.29	Arena Neza
	5	Dr. O'Borman Jr.	2000.02.13	Arena Coliseo DF
	6	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	2000.03.26	Arena Neza
63	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	Astro Rey Jr.	2000.10.23	Arena Puebla
	1	Super Kendo	2001.02.27	Arena Coliseo DF
64	Tigre Blanco	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	2001.04.17	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Tarahumara	2004.03.04	Arena Puebla
65	Dr. X	Tigre Blanco	2003.03.11	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Mr. Power	2004.01.29	Arena San Juan Pantitlan
66	La Mascara	Dr. X	2005.05.13	Arena Mexico
	1	Dr. X	2005.05.31	Arena Queretaro
	2	Nitro	2005.06.21	Arena Aficion De Pachuca
	3	Magnum	2005.07.17	Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
	4	Sangre Azteca	2005.07.30	Arena Lopez Mateos
	5	Misterioso II	2005.10.03	Arena Puebla
	6	Sangre Azteca	2005.10.05	Tampico
	7	El Averno	2005.10.27	Arena Neza
	8	Judas El Traidor	2006.03.21	Arena Lopez Mateos
	9	Sangre Azteca	2006.04.12	Arena Xalapa
	9	Misterioso II	2006.06.17	Parque Revolucion, Culiacan
	10	Sangre Azteca	2006.08.30	Arena Lopez Mateos
	11	Misterioso II	2006.10.16	Arena Puebla
	12	Misterioso II	2006.12.10	Arena Neza
67	Sangre Azteca	La Mascara	2006.12.17	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Maximo	2007.04.11	Arena Coliseo Acapulco
	2	Magnifico	2007.04.29	Coliseo Coalaco
	3	Vuelo Espacial	2007.05.18	Oaxaca
	4	Alex Koslov	2007.06.28	Arena Queretaro
	5	Maximo	2007.08.11	Poliforum Juan Gabriel - Ciudad Juarez
	6	Mascara Purpura	2007.11.01	Arena Isabel de Cuervanaca
	7	La Mascara	2007.12.25	Arena Mexico
	8	Valiente	2008.01.03	Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
	9	La Mascara	2008.03.15	Arena Solidaridad
	10	Sagrado	2008.04.21	Cancha German Evers de Mazatlan
	11	Dragon Rojo Jr.	2008.12.16	Arena Mexico
	12	Mictlan	2009.01.05	Arena Puebla
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

El Santo, 7th & 10th Champion

Karloff Lagarde, 13th, 15th, 21st & 23th Champion

Huracan Ramirez, 18th, 20th & 22nd Champion

Alberto Munoz, 19th Champion

Fishman, 25th, 26th & 28th Champion

Americo Rocca, 30th, 32nd & 39th Champion

Talisman, 36th & 39th Champion

Aguila Solitaria, 43th Champion

Bestia Salvaje, 44th Champion

Angel Azteca, 46th Champion

Ciclon Ramirez, 47th, 49th & 51st Champion

Canelo Casas, 47th Champion

Rey Misterio Jr., 52nd Champion

Heavy Metal, 53rd Champion

Psicosis, 56th & 58th Champion

Torero, 61st Champion

Arkangel, 62nd Champion

Dr. X, 66th Champion

La Mascara, 67th Champion

Gallery of Title Belts

Old Belt

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Sources

• Luchas 2000 Especial #21

Mexican National Championships
Men's: Light (Panterita del Ring Jr.) • Welter (vacant) Middle (Templario) • Light Heavy (Ángel de Oro) Heavy (Euforia) • Tag (Esfinge & Fugaz) Trios (Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Raziel and Cancerbero))
Women's: Singles (Dark Silueta) • Women's Tag (Jarochita & Lluvia)
Defunct: Mini • Feather • Cruiser • Atomicos

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