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Current Champion
Máscara Dorada won the championship on December 15th, 2023 from Rocky Romero in Arena Mexico. He is the 11th championship in the 'Historic' era of this championship, and the 68th overall.
History of Championship
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, within weeks of that press conference, CMLL had changed course. The championships were called NWA World Historic Championships. It's even been casually referred to by it's old name by the promotion, but is now considered a separate championship with NWA Mexico reviving the original named championship.
The name further changed to only "World Historic Welterweight Championship" in early 2022; company officials just stopped using the NWA name with no explanation. The championship lineage itself did not change. (We're leaving the name of the page as is for the time being.)
Mephisto made a few defenses of his championship over his 20 month reign. He feuded with Hijo del Fantasma during the late stages, retaining his championship via an illicit brass knuckles punch. The two were expected to rematch down the line. Meanwhile, Mephisto, Averno and Ephesto challenged Generacion Dorada for their CMLL World Trios Championship in early March of 2011. The champions retained, Mephisto taking the final fall to the previous champion Sombra. Sombra immediately challenged for a singles title match, and Mephisto agreed the following week. The two had a reported thirty-minute match, with Sombra regaining the championship.
Champions Listing
#
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Champion(s)
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Defeated
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Date
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Location
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Mephisto, the previous NWA World Welterweight Champion, was awarded the championship by CMLL
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1 (58)
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Mephisto
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-
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2010.08.12
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Arena Mexico - Mexico City
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1
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El Hijo del Fantasma
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2011.01.14
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Arena Mexico - Mexico City
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2 (59)
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La Sombra [2]
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Mephisto
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2011.03.13
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Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
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|
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1
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Psicosis II
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2011.04.10
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Arena Mexico - Mexico City
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|
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2
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Volador Jr.
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2011.09.18
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Arena Mexico - Mexico City
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|
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3
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Volador Jr.
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2012.01.22
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Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan
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3 (60)
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Negro Casas [2]
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La Sombra
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2012.02.13
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Arena Puebla
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|
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1
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Ángel de Oro
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2012.04.29
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Arena Mexico
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|
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2
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Ángel de Oro
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2012.09.02
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Arena Mexico
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|
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3
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Ángel de Oro
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2012.12.11
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Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
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|
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4
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Guerrero Maya Jr.
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2012.12.25
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Arena Mexico
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|
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5
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Valiente
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2013.02.04
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Arena Puebla
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|
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6
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Mascara Dorada
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2013.04.07
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Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
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7
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Ultimo Dragon
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2013.04.14
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Sala de Armas Magdalena Mixhuca
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4 (61)
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Mascara Dorada
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Negro Casas
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2013.06.02
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Arena Mexico
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1
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Averno
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2013.06.18
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Arena Mexico
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5 (62)
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Volador Jr.
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Mascara Dorada
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2013.11.19
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Arena Mexico
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1
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Averno
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2014.01.06
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Arena Puebla
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2
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Mascara Dorada
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2014.01.19
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Korakuen Hall
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|
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3
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Negro Casas
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2014.04.07
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Arena Puebla
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4[1]
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Misterioso Jr. (Los Angeles)
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2014.05.17
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Boys and Girls Club, Pacoima, California
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6 (63)
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La Sombra [3][2]
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Volador Jr.
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2014.06.06
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Arena Mexico
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7 (64)
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Volador Jr. [2]
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La Sombra
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2014.08.01
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Arena Mexico
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1
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La Sombra
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2014.10.06
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Arena Puebla
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2
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Gran Guerrero
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2015.01.18
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Korakuen Hall
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3[3]
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Negro Casas
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2015.05.31
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Arena México
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|
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4
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Mephisto[4]
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2015.10.12
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Arena Puebla
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5
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La Sombra[5]
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2015.10.30
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Arena México
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|
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6
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Negro Casas[6]
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2015.11.17
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Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
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|
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7
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Mephisto[7]
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2016.01.24
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Korakuen Hall
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8
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Negro Casas[8]
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2016.02.15
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Arena Puebla
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9
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Mephisto
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2016.04.03
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Arena Mexico
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|
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10
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Kushida[9]
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2016.07.08
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Arena México
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|
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11
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Barbaro Cavernario
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2016.10.07
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Arena Mexico
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|
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12
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Mephisto
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2016.11.22
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Arena Mexico
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|
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13
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La Mascara
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2017.01.02
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Arena Puebla
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|
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14
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Ephesto
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2017.02.21
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Arena Mexico
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|
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15
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Barbaro Cavernario
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2017.06.20
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Arena Mexico
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|
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16
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Negro Casas
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2017.11.13
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Arena Puebla
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|
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17
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Carístico
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2017.12.29
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Arena Mexico
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|
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18
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Barbaro Cavernario
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2018.01.21
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Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
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|
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19
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Barbaro Cavernario
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2018.03.12
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Arena Puebla
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8 (65)
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Matt Taven
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Volador Jr.
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2018.03.30
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Arena Mexico
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9 (66)
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Volador Jr. [3]
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Matt Taven
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2018.08.03
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Arena Mexico
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|
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1
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Barbaro Cavernario
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2018.10.08
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Arena Puebla
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|
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2
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Dragón Lee
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2019.08.05
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Arena Puebla
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|
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3
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Mephisto
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2019.08.27
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Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
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|
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4
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Templario
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2020.03.02
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Arena Puebla
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|
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5
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Templario
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2020.09.25
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Arena Mexico
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|
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6
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Bandido
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2021.03.26
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Arena Mexico
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|
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7
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TJP
|
2021.11.26
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Arena Mexico
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|
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8
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Fugaz
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2022.02.11
|
Arena Mexico
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|
10 (67)
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Rocky Romero
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Volador Jr.
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2023.01.20
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Arena Mexico
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|
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1
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Yuya Uemuera
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2023.02.04
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Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
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[10]
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2
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Jake Christ, Lince Dorado
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2023.03.04
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Horizon Event Center - Clive, Iowa
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|
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3
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Dan The Dad
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2023.03.18
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The Grandel - St. Louis, Missouri
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|
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4
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Volador Jr.
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2023.06.30
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Arena Mexico
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|
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5
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AKIRA
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2023.10.14
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2300 Arena - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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[11]
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6
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Máscara Dorada
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2023.12.07
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Melrose Ballroom - New York City, New York
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[12]
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11 (68)
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Máscara Dorada
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Rocky Romero
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2023.12.15
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Arena Mexico
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title change
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successful title defense
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championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
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Gallery of Champions