NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Shocker, the 57th and 61st NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion
Details
Current champion(s)	Super Nova
Date won	May 19, 2013
Date established	November 6, 1952
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Statistics First champion(s) Gypsy Joe Most reigns Ray Mendoza (6 reigns) Longest reign Frank Stojack (1,573 days) Shortest reign Roddy Piper (2 days) Oldest winner Frank Stojack (41 years, 182 days) Youngest winner Gypsy Joe (18 years, 341 days) Heaviest champion Vampiro (260 lb (120 kg)) Lightest champion Tarzan Boy (190 lb (86 kg))

The NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship is a currently inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). For the majority of its existence it has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de NWA. It began as an official National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) title and was given to the NWA's Mexican affiliate, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), to control. The title was also promoted in NWA's Los Angeles, California circuit until its closure in 1981. The title remained under the control of EMLL even after EMLL pulled out of the Alliance and changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Due to its history, it was considered the most important title in EMLL/CMLL. As 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 light heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.

The first champion was Gypsy Joe, who won the title on November 6, 1952. In 1957 the NWA stripped Frank Stojack of the title for lack of NWA-mandated title defenses, but Stojack kept the physical belt and defended the title for over a year until the NWA regained possession of the actual Championship belt. After Stojack was stripped of the title, the NWA Executive board decided to give Salvador Lutteroth and Empressa Mexican de Lucha Libre control of the championship in 1958. The first champion under Lutteroth's authority was Dory Dixon, who had worked for EMLL for many years. During the late 1970s and early 1980s the title was also defended in the Los Angeles area until that promotion closed in the mid-1980s; from then on the title has only been defended in Mexico.

In March 2010 Blue Demon, Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, telling them to stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim either; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented, simply stating that the titles belonged to CMLL. Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship and returned the old title to NWA. NWA has not determined a new champion since receiving the belt back.

There have been a total of 64 reigns shared between 39 wrestlers. Ray Mendoza has held the Championship the highest number of times with six title reigns; Gory Guerrero's two reigns combined come to 1,963 days, the highest total of any champion. Roddy Piper is the champion with the shortest reign, 2 days; while the longest title reign belongs to Frank Stojack with 1,573 days.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
No.	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
[Note]	Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Gypsy Joe	1	November 6, 1952		Des Moines, Iowa	Live event	Gypsy Joe defeated Johnny Balbo in a decision match to become the inaugural champion.	[G][G]
2	Frank Stojack	1	August 10, 1953		Spokane, Washington	Live event		[G]
—	Vacated	—	November 30, 1957	—	N/A	N/A	Stojack was stripped of the title due to inactivity.	[G]
3	Dory Dixon	1	February 13, 1958		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event	Dixon defeated Al Kashley to win the vacant championship.	[G]
4	Ray Mendoza	1	September 11, 1959		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event		[G]
5	Gory Guerrero	1	July 30, 1960		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
6	Ali Bey	1	August 6, 1963		El Paso, Texas	Live event		[G]
7	Gory Guerrero	2	September 24, 1963		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
—	Vacated	—	February 1, 1966	—	N/A	N/A	Guerrero was stripped of the title after leaving the promotion; Guerrero kept the physical belt for nine years after being stripped of the championship.	[G]
8	Ray Mendoza	2	August 4, 1967		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event	Mendoza defeated Dory Dixon in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	[G]
9	Ángel Blanco	1	May 19, 1968		Torreón, Coahuila	Live event		[G]
10	Ray Mendoza	3	December 25, 1968		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
11	Coloso Colosetti	1	December 19, 1969		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
12	Ray Mendoza	4	March 20, 1970		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
13	El Solitario	1	November 27, 1970		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
14	David Morgan	1	March 17, 1972		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
15	Ray Mendoza	5	April 21, 1972		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
16	Alfonso Dantés	1	June 13, 1972		Tijuana, Baja California	Live event		[G]
17	Kim Sung Ho	1	June 29, 1973		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
18	Ray Mendoza	6	December 21, 1973		Los Angeles, California	Live event		[G]
—	Vacated	—	February 1974	—	N/A	N/A	The championship was vacated when Mendoza left EMLL to form the Universal Wrestling Association.	[G]
19	Dr. Wagner	1	September 22, 1974		Mexico City, Mexico	EMLL 41st Anniversary Show	Dr. Wagner defeated El Halcon in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	[G]
20	Adorable Rubí	1	February 27, 1976		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
21	Carlos Plata	1	July 16, 1976		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
22	Alfonso Dantés	2	October 24, 1976		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event		[G]
23	Chavo Guerrero	1	February 11, 1977		Los Angeles, California	Live event		[G]
24	Roddy Piper	1	March 13, 1977		California	Live event		[G]
25	Chavo Guerrero	2	March 15, 1977		Los Angeles, California	Live event		[G]
26	Alfonso Dantés	3	April 21, 1977		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
27	El Faraón	1	June 2, 1978		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
28	Pak Choo	1	December 8, 1978		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
29	Alfonso Dantés	4	April 30, 1979		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
30	Raul Mata	1	January 20, 1980		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event		[G]
31	Alfonso Dantés	5	December 15, 1980		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
32	Tony Salazar	1	April 3, 1981		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
33	David Morgan	2	March 12, 1982		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
34	Máscara Año 2000	1	April 2, 1982		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
35	El Faraón	2	November 16, 1982		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
36	Ringo Mendoza	1	January 15, 1983		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event		[G]
37	El Satánico	1	July 28, 1983		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
38	Ringo Mendoza	2	October 23, 1983		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event		[G]
39	MS-1	1	February 13, 1985		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G]
40	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.	1	June 21, 1985		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
41	MS-1	2	March 20, 1987		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
42	Cien Caras	1	June 24, 1987		Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State	Live event		[G]
43	Lizmark	1	March 20, 1988		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
44	Fabuloso Blondy	1	June 24, 1988		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
45	Lizmark	2	December 9, 1988		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
46	El Satánico	2	July 21, 1989		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
47	Pirata Morgan	1	October 21, 1989		Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event		[G]
47	Fabuloso Blondy	2	February 14, 1990		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
49	Lizmark	3	March 21, 1990		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G]
50	El Satánico	3	November 25, 1990		León, Guanajuato	Live event		[G]
51	Lizmark	4	May 1, 1991		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G]
52	El Satánico	4	April 5, 1992		Mexico City, Mexico	CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico		[G]
53	Apolo Dantés	1	July 25, 1992		Puebla, Puebla	Live event		[G]
54	Jaque Mate	1	March 25, 1993		Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event		[G]
55	El Dandy	1	December 4, 1994		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
56	Black Warrior	1	October 15, 1996		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
57	Shocker	1	May 4, 1997		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
58	Black Warrior	2	March 10, 1998		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event		[G]
59	Tarzan Boy	1	March 6, 2000		Puebla, Puebla	Live event		[G]
—	Vacated	—	2003	—	N/A	N/A	The championship was vacated when Tarzan Boy was unable to defend the championship due to injury.
60	Vampiro Canadiense	1	February 9, 2003		Mexico City, Mexico	Live event	Vampiro defeated Tarzan Boy in a decision match for the vacant title.
61	Shocker	2	May 3, 2004		Puebla, Puebla	Live event
—	Vacated	—	2005	—	N/A	N/A	CMLL stripped Shocker of the title when he did not appear for a scheduled title defense.
62	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	1	April 17, 2005		Mexico City, Mexico	CMLL Domingos De Coliseo	Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Último Guerrero in a decision match for the vacant title.
63	Atlantis	1	July 22, 2006		Mexico City, Mexico	Super Viernes
64	El Texano, Jr.	1	April 5, 2009		Guadalajara, Jalisco	CMLL Guadalajara Domingos	Title renamed the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship on August 12, 2010.
—	Vacated	—	August 12, 2010	—	N/A	N/A	The championship was vacated when CMLL returned it to NWA.
65	Super Nova	1	May 19, 2013	+	Blackfoot, Idaho	Live event	Defeated El Hijo de Rey Misterio and Lizmark Jr. in a tournament finals.

Reigns by combined length

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	Indicates the current champion
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
+	Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of Reigns	Combined Days
1	Gory Guerrero	2	1,963
2	Ray Mendoza	6	1,318¤
3	Alfonso Dantés	5	1,275
4	Apolo Dantés	1	1,098
5	Tarzan Boy	1	1,031¤
6	Atlantis	1	988
7	Black Warrior	2	928
8	Lizmark	4	909
9	Super Nova †	1	+
10	El Dandy	1	681
11	Ringo Mendoza	2	673
12	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.	1	637
13	Jaque Mate	1	619
14	Dory Dixon	1	575
15	Shocker	3	553¤
16	Dr. Wagner	1	523
17	Fabuloso Blondy	2	511
18	El Texano, Jr.	1	494
19	El Solitario	1	476
20	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	1	461
21	Vampiro Canadiense	1	450
22	El Satánico	4	447
23	Tony Salazar	1	343
24	Raul Mata	1	330
25	Gypsy Joe	1	277
26	Cien Caras	1	270
27	El Faraón	2	253
28	Adorable Rubí	1	231
29	Máscara Año 2000	1	228
30	Ángel Blanco	1	220
31	Kim Sung Ho	1	175
32	Pak Choo	1	145
33	Pirata Morgan	1	116
34	MS-1	1	104
35	Carlos Plata	1	100
36	Coloso Colosetti	1	91
37	Ali Bey	1	49
38	David Morgan	2	56
39	Chavo Guerrero	2	36
40	Roddy Piper	1	2

Footnotes

• The NWA endorced another NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in New Jersey in 1997 and 1998, referred to as the "New Jersey version"; this short-lived title was not connected to the CMLL version.

References

General source for title changes before 2000

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Specific

External links

• Official website
• NWA Title Histories