The following champion history features the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.
Champion history[]
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | Days Held: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuerza Guerrera | 1 | February 15, 1992 | Puebla, Mexico | Defeated El Kalifa in a Tournament Final Match to become the inaugural champion. | 22 | ||||
| América | 1 | March 8, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | 131 | |||||
| El Felino | 1 | July 17, 1992 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 308 | |||||
| Ciclón Ramirez | 1 | May 21, 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico | 313 | |||||
| El Felino | 2 | March 30, 1994 | Acapulco, Mexico | 83 | |||||
| El Pantera | 2 | June 21, 1994 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Previously won the title as América. | 633 | ||||
| Vacated on March 15, 1996, after El Pantera lost the title to Super Delfin in a match that was not sanctioned by CMLL. | |||||||||
| Máscara Mágica | 1 | May 21, 1996 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated El Felino to win the vacant championship. | 73 | ||||
| Guerrero de la Muerte | 1 | August 2, 1996 | Mexico City, Mexico | 517-547 | |||||
| Máscara Mágica | 2 | January 1998 | N/A | 6-36 | |||||
| Karloff Lagarde Jr. | 1 | February 6, 1998 | Mexico City, Mexico | 221 | |||||
| Olímpico | 1 | September 15, 1998 | Mexico City, Mexico | 38 | |||||
| Halcon Negro Jr. | 1 | October 23, 1998 | Mexico City, Mexico | 51 | |||||
| Olímpico | 2 | December 13, 1998 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 76 | |||||
| Super Delfin | 1 | February 27, 1999 | Nagoya, Japan | 164 | |||||
| Arkangel de la Muerte | 1 | August 10, 1999 | Kawasaki, Japan | 875-905 | |||||
| NOSAWA | 1 | January 2001 | Acapulco, Mexico | 30-60 | |||||
| El Pantera | 3 | March 2, 2001 | Mexico City, Mexico | Won the title by forfeit due to NOSAWA being injured. | 31 | ||||
| NOSAWA | 2 | April 2, 2001 | Puebla, Mexico | 172 | |||||
| El Felino | 3 | September 21, 2001 | Mexico City, Mexico | 795 | |||||
| El Satánico | 1 | November 25, 2003 | Mexico City, Mexico | 91 | |||||
| Mephisto | 1 | February 24, 2004 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1,141 | |||||
| Místico | 1 | April 10, 2007 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 710 | |||||
| Negro Casas | 1 | March 20, 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico | 536 | |||||
| Máscara Dorada | 1 | September 7, 2010 | Mexico City, Mexico | 137 | |||||
| Ryusuke Taguchi | 1 | January 22, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | 147 | |||||
| Máscara Dorada | 2 | June 18, 2011 | Osaka, Japan | 512 | |||||
| Pólvora | 1 | November 11, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico | 462 | |||||
| Místico II | 1 | February 16, 2014 | Mexico City, Mexico | 276 | |||||
| Vacated on November 19, 2014, after Místico II was injured in a motorcycle accident. | |||||||||
| Máscara Dorada | 3 | January 2, 2015 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Negro Casas in a Tournament Final Match to win the vacant championship. | 351 | ||||
| BUSHI | 1 | December 19, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 34 | |||||
| Máscara Dorada | 4 | January 22, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 102 | |||||
| Mephisto | 2 | May 3, 2016 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1,050 | |||||
| Dragon Lee | 1 | March 19, 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico | 193 | |||||
| Vacated on September 28, 2019, after CMLL fired Dragon Lee. | |||||||||
| Titán | 1 | December 8, 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated El Soberano Jr. to win the vacant championship. | 2169+ | ||||