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The WWA World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1987. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 77 kg (170 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.

As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.

It was first won by Negro Casas in 1987 and had been defended not only in Mexico but Europe, Japan and the United States as well. The title was held by many of the top cruiserweight wrestlers of the 1990s including Heavy Metal, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Eddie Guerrero. El Hijo del Santo holds the record for most title reigns with ten reigns. The current champion is El Hijo de Rey Misterio II.

Title history

Footnotes

1. The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
2. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"
3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"
4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"
5. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."
6. ^ The location of the title change was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
7. The exact date on which Negro Casas won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 470 and 834 days.
8. ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA Welterweight Title"
9. The exact date on which Negro Casas lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 169 days.
10. ^ The exact date Fuerza Guerrea won the championship has not been documented, only that he won the championship in this time period.
11. The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrera won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 day and 168 days.
12. The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 278 days.
13. The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrero won and lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 249 days.
14. The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 512 and 541 days.
15. The exact date on which Eddie Guerrero won the title is unknown, placing his title reigns between −181 and 59 days.
16. The exact date on which Heavy Metal lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 277 days.
17. The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 47 and 276 days.
18. The exact date on which Blue Panther lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 53 and 82 days.

References

• Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
• Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

1. Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
2. Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
3. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
6. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
7. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 400.
8. ^ "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
9. ^ "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
10. F4W Staff (May 28, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (MAY 28): HULK HOGAN VS. NICK BOCKWINKEL, BRUNO VS. SUPERSTAR GRAHAM DOUBLE DQ". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. issue 2593.
12. ^ "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. issue 140.
13. ^ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
14. "Ángel Blanco Jr. vs Bandido, Campeonato Mundial Welter WWA en Todo X el Todo". Mas Luchas (in Spanish). YouTube. November 27, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

External links

• W.W.A. World Welterweight Title (Mexico)
• WWA World Welterweight Title

• Welterweight wrestling championships
• World Wrestling Association (Mexico) Championships
• World professional wrestling championships