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List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions

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The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1992. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

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Current champion Titán

The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Fuerza Guerrera, who defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament that took place on February 15, 1992. In addition to being the first champion, Fuerza Guerrera is the individual to have held the championship the shortest time, at 22 days. Mephisto holds the record for the longest individual title reign, at 1,141 days, as well as the longest combined reign, 2,191 days in total.[G][3] Titán is the current champion;[4] he is on his first reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion and is the 34th overall champion. He defeated Soberano Jr. on December 8, 2019, to win the title. In 1996, then reigning champion El Pantera planned on leaving CMLL to join their main rival AAA; before doing so he lost the CMLL Welterweight Title to Super Delfin in a match not sanctioned by CMLL. As CMLL knew that Pantera was leaving they used the opportunity to vacate the title, stating that Super Delfin's claim to the title was void. After El Felino became the CMLL-endorsed champion, he defeated Super Delfin to ensure that there was only one undisputed CMLL World Welterweight Champion.

Title history

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
1 Fuerza Guerrera February 15, 1992 Sabados Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla 1 22 Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament [G]
2 América March 8, 1992 Domingos de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 131 América later held the title as Pantera and then Pantera II. [G]
3 El Felino July 17, 1992 Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos 1 308   [G]
4 Ciclón Ramírez May 21, 1993 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 313   [G]
5 El Felino March 30, 1994 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero 2 83   [G]
6 El Pantera June 21, 1994 Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos 2 633   [G]
— Vacated March 15, 1996 — — — — Championship vacated when Pantera lost the title to Super Delfin without it being sanctioned by CMLL. [G]
7 Máscara Mágica May 21, 1996 Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 73 Defeated El Felino in the finals of a 16-man tournament. [G]
8 Guerrero de la Muerte August 2, 1996 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 [Note 2]   [G]
9 Máscara Mágica January 1998 Live event N/A 2 [Note 3]   [G]
10 Karloff Lagarde Jr. February 6, 1998 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 221   [G]
11 Olímpico September 15, 1998 Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 38   [G]
12 Halcón Negro October 23, 1998 CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 51   [G]
13 Olímpico December 13, 1998 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 2 76   [G]
14 Super Delfin February 27, 1999 Live event Nagoya, Japan 1 164   [G]
15 Arkangel de la Muerte August 10, 1999 Live event Kawasaki, Japan 1 [Note 4]   [G]
16 Nosawa January 2001 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero 1 [Note 5]   [5]
17 Pantera II March 2, 2001 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero 3 31 Won the title by forfeit due to Nosawa being injured. [6]
18 Nosawa April 2, 2001 Lunes Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla 2 172   [7]
19 El Felino September 21, 2001 CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal 3 795   [3]
20 El Satánico November 25, 2003 Martes de Coliso Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 91   [8]
21 Mephisto February 24, 2004 Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 1,141   [9]
22 Místico April 10, 2007 Guadalajara Martes Guadalajara, Jalisco 1 710   [10]
23 Negro Casas March 20, 2009 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico 1 536   [11]
24 Máscara Dorada September 7, 2010 CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1 137   [12]
25 Ryusuke Taguchi January 22, 2011 Fantastica Mania 2011 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 147   [13]
26 Máscara Dorada June 18, 2011 Dominion 6.18 Osaka, Japan 2 512 This was a one fall match. [14]
27 Pólvora November 11, 2012 Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1 462   [15]
28 Místico (II) February 16, 2014 Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1 276  Not the same Místico who won the title in 2007. [16]
— Vacated November 19, 2014 — — — — Vacated due to Místico suffering a severe injury from a motorcycle accident. [17]
29 Máscara Dorada January 2, 2015 CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Mexico 3 351 Defeated Negro Casas in the finals of a tournament. [18]
30 Bushi December 19, 2015 Road to Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1 34 This was a one fall match. [19]
31 Máscara Dorada January 22, 2016 Fantastica Mania 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 103 This was a one fall match. [20]
32 Mephisto May 4, 2016 CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal 2 1,049   [21]
33 Dragon Lee March 19, 2019 CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 193   [22][23]
— Vacated September 28, 2019 — — — — Championship vacated when Dragon Lee was fired by CMLL [24]
34 Titán December 8, 2019 CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 2,480+ Defeated Soberano Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship [4][25]
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Combined reigns

Current champion Titán

As of September 22, 2026.

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1 Titán † 1 2,480+ [4]
2 Mephisto 2 2,191 [9][10][21][22]
3 El Felino 3 1,186 [G]
4 Máscara Dorada 4 1,103 [12][13]
5 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 875¤ [G]
6 Pantera II 3 795 [G]
7 Místico 1 710 [10][11]
8 Negro Casas 1 536 [11][12]
9 Guerrero de la Muerte 1 517¤ [G]
10 Pólvora 1 462 [15][16]
11 Ciclón Ramírez 1 313 [G]
12 Místico (II) 1 277 [16][17]
13 Karloff Lagarde Jr. 1 221 [G]
14 Nosawa 2 203¤ [G]
15 Dragon Lee 1 193 [22]
16 Super Delfin 1 164 [G]
17 Ryusuke Taguchi 1 147 [13][14]
18 Olímpico 2 114 [G]
19 El Satánico 1 91 [G]
20 Máscara Mágica 1 79¤ [G]
21 Halcón Negro 1 51 [G]
22 Bushi 1 34 [18][19]
23 Fuerza Guerrera 1 22 [G]
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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. [2]
    The exact date on which Guerrero de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 517 and 547 days.
  3. [3]
    The exact date on which Máscara Magica won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 6 and 36 days and his combined reigns at 79 days, at the least.
  4. [4]
    The exact date on which Arkangel de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 875 and 905 days.
  5. [5]
    The exact date on which Nosawa won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 30 and 60 days and his combined reigns 203 days, at the least.

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