Northern Welterweight Championship

The Northern Welterweight Championship is regional championship promoted and defended in the Northern states of Mexico. The title is not restricted to any specific wrestling promotion. It's commonly refered to as LLU Welterweight Championship due to it's conection with the promotion Lucha Libre Unida (LLU).

Current Champion

Chico de Barrio is the xurrent champion. He defeated Delirio, and Epydemius on April 24, 2016 at Gimnasio Nuevo Mezquital in San Nicolás, Nuevo León to win the title.

History of Championship

Lucha Libre Unida (LLU) announced through Facebook they agreed a deal with Luis Reyna in order to promote three championships in hands of Reyna's older brother, and former lucha libre promoter Tony Reyna. These championships were the Northern Light Heavyweight Championship, the Northern Welterweight Championship, and the Nuevo Leon Middleweight Championship, plus the fellow managed Nuevo Leon Women's Championship.

The first champions recognised under management of the promotion were Furor (Light Heavyweight), Sombra del Ring (Welterweight), and Luis Reyna (Middleweight).

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
four way match to crown the inaugural champion
1	Sombra del Ring	Gemelo Muerte I, Panthro Jr., and Shakira	2009.11.15	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
	1	El Misionero	2009.12.27	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
	2	Shakira	2010.02.14	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
2	Shakira	Eddie Pitbull, and Sombra del Ring	2010.04.04	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
	1	Rey Imagen	2010.05.16	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
vacant on May 30, 2010 when Shakira was stripped from the title by failed to appear in a scheduled title defense
decision match to crown the new champion
3	Eddie Pitbull	Rey Imagen	2010.06.06	Arena Femenil - Monterrey, Nuevo León
4	Chico de Barrio	Eddie Pitbull	2010.12.12	Gimnasio Nuevo Mezquital - San Nicolás, Nuevo León
5	Vértigo	Chico de Barrio	2011.01.23	Gimnasio Nuevo Mezquital - San Nicolás, Nuevo León
Vértigo was stripped from the title on May 29, 2011
three way match to crown the new champion
6	Neurosis	Demenzía, and Vértigo	2011.06.26	Gimnasio Nuevo Mezquital - San Nicolás, Nuevo León
7	Delirio	Neurosis	2011.10.30	Moctezuma Rock Center - Monterrey, Nuevo León
8	Neurosis [2]	Delirio	2012.04.28	Gimnasio Nuevo León - Monterrey, Nuevo León
vacant on October 28, 2012 when Neurosis was stripped from the title by failed to appear in a scheduled title defense
decision match to crown the new champion
9	Slayer Boy	Vértigo	2012.11.11	Kid's Arena - Monterrey, Nuevo León
status unclear
10	Rey Pantera	?	201?.??.??	Nuevo León
status unclear
11	Epydemius	?	201?.??.??	Nuevo León
12	Kid Lion	Delirio, and Epydemius	2016.04.24	Gimnasio Nuevo Mezquital - San Nicolás, Nuevo León
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Sombra del Ring, 1st Champion

Eddie Pitbull, 3rd Champion

Chico de Barrio, 4th & 12th Champion

Delirio, 7th Champion

Monterrey
Arenas: Arena Coliseo Monterrey, Arena Femenil, Arena Monterrey, Arena José Sulaimán, Gimnasio Nuevo León, Plaza de Toros Monumental
Local Legends: Blue Demon, Humberto Garza, Karonte, Mr. Lince, Princesa Sugehit, Super Parka, Tigre Universitario; all
Local Titles: Lucha Libre Azteca (LLA), Northern (Light Heavy), Northeast (Tag), Nuevo Leon (Junior Tag, Women's), NGX (Extreme, Tag, Women's), LLF (Junior, Juvenil, Tag), FILL (Welter, Middle, Light Heavy, Heavy, Super Heavy, Tag, Trios, Atomicos, Mixed Tag, Women's), FULL (Super Middle), OLX (Extreme)