The following champion history features the NWA World Welterweight Championship.
Champion history[]
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | Days Held: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Santo | 1 | March 15, 1946 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Pete Pancoff in the final of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. | 337 | ||||
| Jack O'Brien | 1 | February 15, 1947 | Mexico City, Mexico | 804 | |||||
| Gory Guerrero | 1 | April 29, 1949 | Mexico City, Mexico | 805 | |||||
| Bobby Bonales | 1 | July 13, 1951 | Mexico City, Mexico | 441 | |||||
| El Santo | 2 | September 26, 1952 | Mexico City, Mexico | Won at the EMLL 19th Anniversary Show. | 302 | ||||
| Blue Demon | 1 | July 25, 1953 | Mexico City, Mexico | Won at the EMLL 20th Anniversary Show. | 1,651 | ||||
| Karloff Lagarde | 1 | January 31, 1958 | Mexico City, Mexico | 2,743 | |||||
| Huracán Ramírez | 1 | August 5, 1965 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 50 | |||||
| Karloff Lagarde | 2 | September 24, 1965 | Mexico City, Mexico | Won at the EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show. | 590 | ||||
| Vento Castella | 1 | May 7, 1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | 57 | |||||
| Karloff Lagarde | 3 | July 3, 1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1,469 | |||||
| Alberto Muñoz | 1 | July 11, 1971 | Mexico City, Mexico | 837 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on October 25, 1973. | |||||||||
| Mano Negra | 1 | December 14, 1973 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Karloff Lagarde to win the vacant championship. | 562 | ||||
| Blue Demon | 2 | June 29, 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico | 285 | |||||
| Fishman | 1 | April 9, 1976 | Mexico City, Mexico | 224 | |||||
| Mano Negra | 2 | November 19, 1976 | Mexico City, Mexico | 892 | |||||
| Américo Rocca | 1 | April 30, 1979 | Mexico City, Mexico | 264 | |||||
| Kato Kung Lee | 1 | January 19, 1980 | Mexico City, Mexico | 106 | |||||
| El Supremo | 1 | May 4, 1980 | Mexico City, Mexico | 31 | |||||
| Lizmark | 1 | June 4, 1980 | Acapulco, Mexico | 506 | |||||
| La Fiera | 1 | October 23, 1981 | Mexico City, Mexico | 268 | |||||
| Américo Rocca | 2 | July 18, 1982 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 558 | |||||
| Mocho Cota | 1 | January 27, 1984 | Mexico City, Mexico | 181 | |||||
| Chamaco Valaguez | 1 | July 26, 1984 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 359 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on July 20, 1985 after Valaguez won the NWA World Middleweight Championship. | |||||||||
| El Dandy | 1 | November 17, 1985 | Mexico City, Mexico | 141 | |||||
| Javier Cruz | 1 | April 7, 1986 | Monterrey, Mexico | 139 | |||||
| El Dandy | 2 | August 24, 1986 | Mexico | 70 | |||||
| Américo Rocca | 3 | November 2, 1986 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 636 | |||||
| Solar II | 1 | July 30, 1988 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 66 | |||||
| Fuerza Guerrera | 1 | October 4, 1988 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 241 | |||||
| Águila Solitaria | 1 | June 2, 1989 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 111 | |||||
| Fuerza Guerrera | 2 | September 21, 1989 | Puebla, Mexico | 806 | |||||
| Misterioso | 1 | December 6, 1991 | Mexico City, Mexico | 196 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on June 19, 1992 after Misterioso left CMLL. | |||||||||
| Negro Casas | 1 | December 1, 1995 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated El Hijo Del Santo in the final of a tournament to win the vacant championship. | 246 | ||||
| Shinjiro Otani | 1 | August 3, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | |||||
| Ultimo Dragon | 1 | August 4, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | |||||
| The Great Sasuke | 1 | August 5, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | The championship became one of the eight titles apart of the J-Crown Championship. | 67 | ||||
| Ultimo Dragon | 2 | October 11, 1996 | Osaka, Japan | 85 | |||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | January 4, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | Won at Wrestling World 1997. | 183 | ||||
| El Samurai | 1 | July 6, 1997 | Sapporo, Japan | 35 | |||||
| Shinjiro Otani | 2 | August 10, 1997 | Nagoya, Japan | 87 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on November 5, 1997 after the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) requested the return of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Shinjiro Otani returned the title, along with vacating all the other championships apart of the J-Crown Championship, except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. | |||||||||
| Dragon Kid | 1 | February 6, 1999 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Dr. Cerebro to win the vacant championship. | 78 | ||||
| Judo Suwa | 1 | April 25, 1999 | Kawasaki, Japan | 454 | |||||
| Kenichiro Arai | 1 | July 22, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | 146 | |||||
| Susumu Mochizuki | 1 | December 15, 2000 | Kawasaki, Japan | 6 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on December 21, 2000 due to outside interference during the match that Susumu Mochizuki won the title in. | |||||||||
| Kenichiro Arai | 2 | January 29, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yasushi Kanda in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | 118 | ||||
| Susumu Mochizuki | 2 | May 27, 2001 | Kobe, Japan | 126 | |||||
| Ryo Saito | 1 | September 30, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | 210 | |||||
| Genki Horiguchi | 1 | April 28, 2002 | Kobe, Japan | 56 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on June 23, 2002 after a match between Genki Horiguchi and Dragon Kid ended in a No Contest. | |||||||||
| Ricky Marvin | 1 | July 7, 2002 | Kobe, Japan | Defeated Súper Nova to win the vacant championship. | 17 | ||||
| Genki Horiguchi | 2 | July 24, 2002 | Kumamoto, Japan | 4 | |||||
| Darkness Dragon | 1 | July 28, 2002 | Shimonoseki, Japan | 236 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on March 21, 2003 after Darkness Dragon was injured. | |||||||||
| YOSSINO | 1 | March 22, 2003 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Genki Horiguchi to win the vacant championship. | 456 | ||||
| The championship was vacated on June 20, 2004 by YOSSINO so he could focus on winning the Último Dragón Gym Championship. | |||||||||
| Hajime Ohara | 1 | May 13, 2006 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated La Mascara to win the vacant championship. | 252 | ||||
| Super Delfin | 1 | January 20, 2007 | Osaka, Japan | 21 | |||||
| Hajime Ohara | 2 | February 10, 2007 | Osaka, Japan | 290 | |||||
| La Sombra | 1 | November 27, 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico | Following La Sombra's win, the title was under CMLL control. | 547 | ||||
| Mephisto | 1 | May 27, 2009 | Acapulco, Mexico | 442 | |||||
| The championship was vacated on August 12, 2010 after CMLL returned the title to the NWA and replaced it with the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. | |||||||||
| Cassandro | 1 | June 25, 2011 | London, United Kingdom | Defeated Dr. Cerebro to win the vacant championship. | 1,331 | ||||
| Magno | 1 | February 15, 2015 | El Paso, Texas | Won in a Three Way Match that also involved Boby Zavala. | 70 | ||||
| The championship was vacated on April 26, 2015 after Magno signed with WWE. | |||||||||
| Impostor Jr. | 1 | May 31, 2015 | El Paso, Texas | Defeated Boby Zavala to win the vacant championship. | 189 | ||||
| Ultimo Samuray | 1 | December 6, 2015 | El Paso, Texas | 19 | |||||
| Impostor Jr. | 2 | December 25, 2015 | El Paso, Texas | 121 | |||||
| Akantus | 1 | April 24, 2016 | El Paso, Texas | ||||||
| Championship deactivated. | |||||||||