10 Most Prestigious Wrestling Championship Belts Ever

4. The Mexican National Welterweight Championship (CMLL)

Date established: 17 June, 1934 # Of Reigns: 72 Wrestler with Most Reigns: Karloff Lagarde (4) Longest Reign: Karloff Lagarde (1,859 Days) Shortest Reign: Psicosis (2 Days) Due to lucha libre wrestling€™s emphasis on light heavyweights, the lower weight classes (and their accompanying belts) are often considered more important than Heavyweight belts. In the case of the CMLL promotion, there isn€™t a belt more prestigious than the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. Created in 1934, this belt is older than any wrestling belt promoted in the United States, Canada and Japan. It has also been defended by some of the greatest lucha libre wrestlers of all time, including El Santo, Karloff Lagarde, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Gory Guerrero, Blue Demon, just to name a few. What also makes this title especially prestigious is the number of long reigns. Out of the 72 recognized reigns, fifteen were less than 100 days, while 24 reigns lasted over a year. What this means is that the champions managed to successfully defend the title on numerous occasions, which elevates the value of the title in the long run. Considering the belt has been defended so much for over eighty years, and has created legends out of title holders, it must definitely have a lot of value and prestige. So if you want to see some of the best in lucha libre wrestling matches, and some of the finest title defenses, go watch any match involving the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. You€™ll be glad that you did.