NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
| NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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The belt design of all three NWA Historic championships | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 12, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Averno | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 26, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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CMLL Historic Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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The World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship, also known as the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Semicompleto de la NWA in Spanish), is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL had held the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship for over 48 years, when the relationship between the promotion and National Wrestling Alliance broke down 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 no longer part of the NWA. On August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship belt and named El Texano Jr., the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion, as the inaugural champion. All title matches in CMLL take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules.
The current champion is Averno, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Atlantis Jr. at Fantastica Mania: Night 6 in Tokyo, Japan, on February 26, 2026.