NWA World Middleweight Championship

From Luchawiki
Jump to navigationJump to search

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

# Champion(s) Defeated Date Location
reigning National Wrestling Association champion declared first champion
1 Gus Kallio (awarded) 1939 n/a
national champion versus local champion; EMLL's entry into the NWA
2 Octavio Gaona Gus Kallio 1939.02.19 Mexico City
1 Bobby Arreola 1939.??.?? Mexico City
3 Tarzan Lopez Octavio Gaona 1940.02.04 Mexico City
4 Black Guzman Tarzan Lopez 1941.12.16 Mexico City
5 Tarzan Lopez [2] Black Guzman 1942.02.11 Mexico City
1[1] El Santo 1943.04.02 Arena Coliseo DF
6 Gory Guerrero Tarzan Lopez 1946.02.23 Mexico City
1 Rito Romero 1947.09.26 Arena Coliseo DF
7 Mike Kelly Gory Guerrero 1948.04.12 Mexico City
8 Tarzan Lopez [3] Mike Kelly 1949.05.28 Arena Mexico
9 Sugi Sito Tarzan Lopez 1950.09.21 ?
10 Enrique Llanes Sugi Sito 1951.09.24 Mexico City
championship vacated on 1952.02.06 for unknown reasons
tournament for vacant championship
11 Tarzan Lopez [4] ? 1952.07.13 ?
12 Sugi Sito [2] Tarzan Lopez 1953.06.20 Mexico City
13 El Santo Sugi Sito 1954.01.01 Arena Coliseo DF
1 Black Shadow 1954.09.23 Arena Coliseo DF
14 Rolando Vera El Santo 1956.10.19 Monterrey
1 Black Shadow 1958.09.26 Arena Mexico
15 Rene Guajardo Rolando Vera 1960.10.13 Monterrey
16 Antonio Posa Rene Guajardo 1961.12.02 Mexico City
17 Rene Guajardo [2] Antonio Posa 1962.04.18 Mexico City
18 Rayo de Jalisco Rene Guajardo 1963.10.25 Arena Mexico
tournament for title championship
19[2] Benny Galant Rayo de Jalisco 1964.05.01 Arena Mexico
1[3] Rayo de Jalisco 1964.06.21 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
20 Rayo de Jalisco [2] Benny Galant 1964.09.25 ?
21 Rene Guajardo [3] Rayo de Jalisco 1965.04.09 Mexico City
22 Jerry London Rene Guajardo 1966.05.14 Mexico City
23 Rene Guajardo [4] Jerry London 1966.07.01 Monterrey
24 Ray Mendoza Rene Guajardo 1967.03.11 Mexico City
Ray Mendoza resigns championship on 1967.05.11 due to leaving weight class
16 man tournament for vacant championship
25 Rene Guajardo [5] Apolo Curiel 1967.07.29 ?
26 Rayo de Jalisco [3] Rene Guajardo 1969.04.18 Arena Mexico
1 El Santo 1969.04.25 Arena Mexico
27 El Solitario Rayo de Jalisco 1969.08.15 Mexico City
28 Masio Koma El Solitario 1970.08.28 Mexico City
1 Anibal 1970.10.08 Arena Mexico
29 Anibal Masio Koma 1970.12.06 Mexico City
1 Motoyuki Kitazawa 1971.08.06 Arena Mexico
30 Rene Guajardo [6] Anibal 1973.03.30 Arena Mexico
championship vacated in 1974 when Rene Guajardo leaves EMLL
final of a tournament for vacant championship
31 Anibal [2] El Cobarde 1974.09.20 Arena Mexico
1 Rene Guajardo 1975.01.29 Palacio De Los Deportes
championship vacant when Anibal jumps to UWA September 1975
tournament for vacant championship
32 Perro Aguayo Ringo Mendoza 1975.07.04 Mexico City
1 El Santo 1975.09.26 Arena Mexico
2 Ringo Mendoza 1976.04.23 Arena Mexico
33 El Faraon Perro Aguayo 1976.10.22 Mexico City
34 Perro Aguayo [2] El Faraon 1977.03.11 Mexico City
35 Ringo Mendoza Perro Aguayo 1977.07.03 Guadalajara
36 Joe Palardy Ringo Mendoza 1977.10.12 Acapulco
37 El Faraon [2] Joe Palardy 1977.11.25 Mexico City
38 Ringo Mendoza [2] El Faraon 1978.02.17 Los Angeles
39 Perro Aguayo [3] Ringo Mendoza 1978.04.09 Guadalajara
40 Ringo Mendoza [3] Perro Aguayo 1978.06.23 Mexico City
41 Tony Salazar Ringo Mendoza 1978.08.13 Mexico City
42 Ringo Mendoza [4] Tony Salazar 1979.02.07 Acapulco
1 Tony Salazar[4] 1979.06.15 Arena Mexico
43 Satoru Sayama Ringo Mendoza 1979.09.09 Guadalajara
1 [5] Ringo Mendoza 1979.09.21 Arena Mexico
2 [6] Sangre Chicana 1980.02.29 Arena Mexico
44 Satanico Satoru Sayama 1980.03.28 Mexico City
45 Cachorro Mendoza Satanico 1980.04.17 Monterrey
46 Sangre Chicana Cachorro Mendoza 1980.06.15 Monterrey
1 Ringo Mendoza 1980.08.29 Arena Mexico
2 Fantasma 1980.09.26 Arena Mexico
47 Tony Salazar [2] Sangre Chicana 1981.01.18 Monterrey
48 Sangre Chicana [2] Tony Salazar 1981.03.13 Arena Mexico
49 Ringo Mendoza [5] Sangre Chicana 1981.04.03 Mexico City
1[7] Sangre Chicana 1981.05.03 Pista Arena Revolucion
2[8] El Faraon 1981.06.12 Arena Mexico
3 Sangre Chicana 1981.06.26 Arena Mexico
50 El Faraon [3] Ringo Mendoza 1981.11.29 Guadalajara
51[9] Cesar Curiel El Faraon 1982.04.02 Arena Mexico
52 Satanico [2] Cesar Curiel 1982.10.25 Mexico City
53 El Jalisco Satanico 1983.02.20 Guadalajara
54 Satanico [3] El Jalisco 1983.04.13 Arena Neza[10]
55 Lizmark Satanico 1983.06.03 Mexico City
1 El Enfermero Jr. 1983.08.¿? Arena Mexico
56 Satanico [4] Lizmark 1983.12.02 Arena Coliseo DF
1 Kamikaze Misawa 1984.04.05 Arena Mexico
2 Lizmark 1984.¿? Arena Mexico
57 Gran Cochisse Satanico 1984.08.18 Mexico City
58 Satanico [5] Gran Cochisse 1984.09.14 Mexico City
59 Gran Cochisse [2] Satanico 1984.09.30 Guadalajara
60 Gran Hamada Gran Cochisse 1984.11.18 Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
61 La Fiera Gran Hamada 1985.04.05 Arena Mexico
62 Chamaco Valaguez La Fiera 1985.07.20 Arena Puebla
63 Gran Cochisse [3] Chamaco Valaguez 1986.05.18 ?
64 Kung Fu Gran Cochisse 1986.10.17 Mexico City
1[11] Talisman 1986.12.12 Arena Mexico
65 El Dandy Kung Fu 1987.07.17 Arena Mexico
66[12] Kung Fu [2] El Dandy 1987.10.07 Carpa Astro, Mexico City
1 Javier Cruz 1988.02.19 Arena Coliseo DF
67 Atlantis Kung Fu 1988.06.10 Arena Mexico
68 Emilio Charles Jr. Atlantis 1988.07.17 Pista Arena Revolucion
1 Atlantis 1988.07.28 Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
69 Atlantis [2] Emilio Charles Jr. 1988.07.29 Arena Mexico
70 Emilio Charles Jr. [2] Atlantis 1988.08.12 Mexico City
1 Atlantis 1988.09.24 Arena Puebla
2 Ringo Mendoza 1988.10.02 Pista Arena Revolucion
71 Angel Azteca Emilio Charles Jr. 1989.04.28 Arena Coliseo DF
1 Hombre Bala 1989.09.13 San Luis Potosi
2 Emilio Charles Jr. 1990.01.12 Arena Coliseo DF
3 Emilio Charles Jr. 1990.01.27 Pista Arena Revolucion
4 El Hijo del Gladiador 1990.05.13 Pista Arena Revolucion
72 El Dandy [2] Angel Azteca 1990.06.01 Arena Coliseo DF
73 Atlantis [3] El Dandy 1990.08.01 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
1 El Dandy 1990.08.30 Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
2 El Dandy 1990.09.05 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
3 Emilio Charles Jr. 1990.09.21 Arena Mexico
4 El Dandy 1990.10.24 Pista Arena Revolucion
5 Satanico 1990.11.20 Pista Arena Revolucion
6 Satanico 1990.11.28 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
7 Jerry Estrada 1991.01.28 Arena Isabel De Leon
8 Jerry Estrada 1991.02.13 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
9 Emilio Charles Jr. 1991.03.22 Arena Mexico
10 Espectro De Ultratumba 1991.04.12 Arena Altavilla
11 Huracan Sevilla 1991.05.01 Pista Arena Revolucion
12 Kung Fu 1991.06.13 Arena San Juan Pantitlan
13 Emilio Charles Jr. 1991.06.18 Plaza De Toros, El Cortijo
14 Satanico 1991.07.05 Arena Altavilla
15 Blue Panther 1991.08.09 Arena Mexico
16 Blue Panther 1991.10.19 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
17 Sangre Chicana 1991,11.16 Puebla
18 Javier Cruz 1992.03.17 Arena Coliseo DF
19 La Fiera 1992.04.03 Arena Mexico
20[13] La Fiera 1992.05.30 Arena Puebla
21 Bestia Salvaje 1992.06.16 Arena Coliseo DF
22[14] El Dandy 1992.06.23 Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
23[15] Emilio Charles Jr. 1992.08.14 Arena Coliseo DF
24[16] America 1992.08.15 Pista Arena Revolucion
25 Emilio Charles Jr. 1993.01.31 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
74 Mano Negra Atlantis[17] 1993.03.03 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
1 Atlantis 1993.03.24 Arena Naucalpan
2 Oro 1993.04.02 Arena Mexico
75 Oro Mano Negra 1993.05.23 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
76 Mano Negra [2] Oro 1993.07.03 Arena Puebla
1 El Dandy 1993.08.01 Pista Arena Revolucion
77 Corazon de Leon Mano Negra 1993.12.07 Pista Arena Revolucion
1 Black Magic 1993.12.15 Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
2 Ultimo Dragon 1994.11.07 Chiiba, Japan
78 Ultimo Dragon Corazon de Leon 1994.11.08 Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
1 Corazon de Leon 1995.01.06 Shizuoka, Japan
2 Corazon de Leon 1995.03.17 Arena Mexico
Negro Casas announced to challenge on 1995.04.01 in Japan, but he was hurt two days prior
3 Bestia Salvaje 1995.05.23 Arena Coliseo DF
4 Scorpio Jr. 1997.03.14 Arena Mexico
5 Dr. Wagner Jr. 1997.12.06 Arena Naucalpan
Ultimo Dragon vacates title 1998 due to arm injury
6 man tournament for vacant championship
79 The Great Sasuke Tokyo Magnum 1999.02.07 Yokohama, Japan
1 Sumo FUJI 1999.05.15 Arena Naucalpan
2 Ultimo Guerrero 1999.05.21 Arena Mexico
80 Ultimo Dragon [2] the Great Sasuke 2003.05.05 Sendai, Japan
Ultimo Dragon vacates title May 2003 due to WWE jump
decision match for vacant championship
81 El Averno Zumbido 2004.09.03 Arena Mexico
1 Volador Jr. 2004.10.04 Arena Puebla
2 Satanico 2004.11.17 Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
82 Mistico El Averno 2005.01.01 Arena Coliseo DF
1 El Averno 2005.01.30 Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
2 El Averno 2005.02.11 Arena Mexico
3 El Averno 2005.02.21 Arena Puebla
4 El Averno 2005.10.16 Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
5 El Averno 2005.12.29 Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
6 El Averno 2006.01.16 Arena Puebla
83 Black Warrior Mistico 2006.05.12 Arena Mexico
1 Mistico 2006.05.14 Balneario Olimpico de Pantitlan - Mexico City
2 Mistico 2006.06.10 Cd. Madero
3 Heavy Metal 2006.08.16 Arena Lopez Mateos
4 Mistico 2006.08.26 Plaza de Toros - Cancun
5 Mistico 2006.09.04 Arena Puebla
6 Mistico 2006.10.01 Arena Neza
84 Mistico [2] Black Warrior 2007.04.29 Arena Mexico
1 El Averno 2007.06.24 Poliforum Zamna - Merida, Yucatan
2 El Averno 2007.06.30 Arena Solidaridad
3 El Averno 2007.09.30 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
4 El Averno 2007.11.22 Palenque Expomex de Nuevo Laredo
85 El Averno [2] Mistico 2007.11.30 Arena Mexico
1 Mistico & Vangelis 2007.12.04 Queretaro
2 Heavy Metal 2008.01.01 Arena Puebla
3 Mistico 2008.01.28 Arena Puebla
4 Negro Casas 2008.03.18 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
5 Sagrado 2008.04.199 Poliforum, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
6 Blue Panther 2009.09.06 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
7 Volador Jr. 2009.10.23 Arena Mexico
8 Volador Jr. 2009.11.30 Arena Puebla
championship renamed NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
 
 
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

  1. ↑ Lucha Libre 19
  2. ↑ Lucha Libre 28 lists May 1 (not May 30th) as the title match, though does not list a result
  3. ↑ Lucha Libre 36
  4. ↑ http://www.cronicasyleyendasdelaluchalibre.com/?p=4677
  5. ↑ Cronicas Y Leyendas
  6. ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo
  7. ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y lucha
  8. ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 00.26.32)
  9. ↑ luchablog photolog (20130915_234949)
  10. ↑ Cronicas y Leyendas
  11. ↑ luchablog photolog (20130916_021147)
  12. ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 03.25.29)
  13. ↑ billed as Atlantis' 33rd defense
  14. ↑ billed as Atlantis' 35th defense
  15. ↑ billed as Atlantis' 36th defense - Lucha Libre Weekly #26
  16. ↑ billed as Atlantis' 38th defense - Lucha Libre Weekly #26
  17. ↑ 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

1st Belt
2nd Belt
3rd & 5th Belt
4th Belt

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.)
Retrieved from "http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=NWA_World_Middleweight_Championship&oldid=110606"