List of current champions in CMLL

Stuka Jr., the current NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion

In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in pre-determined matches and as a result of storylines by a professional wrestling promotion roster of wrestlers. As of 2016 the Mexican Lucha libre or professional wrestling promotion known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) promotes 24 different championships; 12 championships designated as World Championships in various divisions, 6 championships on a national level and 6 championships on a regional level.[lower-alpha 1] The championships are divided into weight limits as well as gender specific and size-specific divisions.[lower-alpha 1] The professional wrestling championships are not won through legitimate athletic competition; they are instead won via scripted endings to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.[1]

A total of 32 wrestlers hold the 24 officially CMLL promoted championships, with one championship currently vacant.[lower-alpha 1] There are thirteen male singles championships spread out over various weight classes, three championships for tag teams, three for Trios (three-man teams), two for female competitors and two for Mini-Estrella competitors.[lower-alpha 1] The oldest CMLL championship is the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, created on June 17, 1934, which is also the oldest championship in professional wrestling still active.[lower-alpha 2]

The titles branded as "World" level can or have been defended outside of Mexico, whereas the Mexican National championships are normally only defended in Mexico and only Mexican citizens are eligible to hold the championships, although occasional exceptions have been made.[lower-alpha 3] The regional championships are not promoted outside the area to which they belong, such as a specific Mexican state. The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was not normally defended except in Arena Coliseo in Mexico City until 2016 when it was defended in Japan[6] In the 20th century CMLL strictly enforced the weight divisions, but since around 2000 the rules have occasionally been ignored. One example of this was Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).[7][8][9] The Mexico City Boxing and Pro Wrestling Commission governs the Mexican National Championships but have granted CMLL control of the five championships listed.[lower-alpha 4] The Occidente ("Western") championships are endorsed by the Jalisco state boxing and wrestling commission and promoted by CMLL's Guadalajara branch.[11]

World championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship Vacant N/A August 22, 2018 N/A N/A Announced as vacant when previous champion Marco Corleone was injured and might not return to wrestling
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship Niebla Roja 1 June 10, 2017 497 Mexico City, Mexico Won a 10-man elimination match to win the vacant championship [12]
CMLL World Middleweight Championship El Cuatrero 1 January 19, 2018 274 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ángel de Oro during Fantastica Mania 2018. [13]
CMLL World Welterweight Championship Mephisto 2 May 4, 2016 900 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Máscara Dorada during a CMLL house show. [14]
CMLL World Lightweight Championship Dragon Lee 2 March 4, 2016 960 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Kamaitachi during a CMLL house show. [15]
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship Shockercito 1 March 5, 2017 594 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Won a torneo cibernetico elimination match for the vacant championship [16]
CMLL World Tag Team Championship Los Ingobernables (Rush (2) and El Terrible (2)) 1 July 13, 2018 99 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Valiente and Volador Jr. on the Atlantis 35th Anniversary show. [17]
CMLL World Trios Championship Los Guerreros Lagunero
(Euforia (3), Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero (5))		 2 September 28, 2018 22 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated The Cl4n (Ciber the Main Man, The Chris and Sharlie Rockstar) on a CMLL Super Viernes show. [18]
CMLL World Women's Championship Dalys la Caribeña 1 March 11, 2016 953 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Marcela during a CMLL house show. [19]
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship Stuka Jr. 1 August 14, 2018 67 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Hechicero during a CMLL Martes Arena Mexico show. [20]
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship Carístico 1 August 21, 2018 60+ Defeated Último Guerrero [21]
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship Volador Jr. 3 August 3, 2018 78 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Matt Taven during a CMLL Super Viernes show.

National championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship El Terrible 1 October 29, 2017 356 Puebla, Puebla Defeated Diamante Azul  
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship Atlantis 1 August 24, 2015 1,153 Puebla, Puebla Defeated Mephisto during a CMLL house show. [22]
Mexican National Welterweight Championship Soberano Jr. 1 May 12, 2017 526 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Rey Cometa during a CMLL Super Viernes show. [23]
Mexican National Lightweight Championship Eléctrico 1 August 13, 2013 1,894 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Pequeño Nitro in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [24]
Mexican National Trios Championship Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) 1 July 25, 2017 452 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Los Hijos del Infierno (Mephisto, Ephesto and Luciferno) during a CMLL house show. [25]
Mexican National Women's Championship Zeuxis 1 January 19, 2015 1,370 Puebla, Puebla Defeated Estrellita during a CMLL house show. [26]

Regional championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero and Sansón) 1 July 22, 2017 455 Mexico City, Mexico Defeated Black Terry and Negro Navarro [27]
Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship Esfinge 1 December 5, 2017 319 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Puma during a CMLL Guadalajara house show.
Occidente Middleweight Championship Difunto 1 December 17, 2017 319 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Jocker in a tournament final. [28]
Occidente Welterweight Championship Vacant N/A July 12, 2018 N/A N/A Championship vacated as Star Fire moved up to a heavier division
Occidente Tag Team Championship El Rielero and Vaquero Jr. 1 July 16, 2017 461 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Frezzer and Furia Roja during a CMLL Guadalajara house show.
Occidente Trios Championship La Sangre Dinamita (Cuatrero, El Forastero and Sanson) 1 November 1, 2015 1,084 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Furia Rojo, Mr. Trueno and Rey Trueno during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [29]

Former championships

Masked wrestler Atlantis in the ring during an outdoor wrestling event.
Atlantis, the current Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion.
Former or inactive CMLL Championships

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 All stats are fully sourced in the tables below.
  2. ↑ While the National Wrestling Alliance claims that it traces the NWA World Heavyweight Championship back to 1905, the actual championship was not created until 1948.[2][3][4]
  3. ↑ Italian born Jack O'Brien was the first to hold the Mexican National Lightweight Championship and was allowed to defend it. Later on Mishima Ota won the same championship but had it taken from him for not being Mexican born.[5]
  4. ↑ In this statement, "control" refers to the everyday use of the title, determining which storylines the title is being used in, who gets to challenge for the title and how to use it in a public relations sense.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Mazer, Sharon (February 1, 1998). Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 18–19. ISBN 1-57806-021-4. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. ↑ "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. Especial 21.
  4. ↑ Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2006). "(United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2009. Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
  8. ↑ "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. 2007 Edition. weight 200 lb
  9. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (May 28, 2009). "Mephisto vence a Sombra y obtiene el título... ¿NWA Welter ? – Extraños cambios de título". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  10. ↑ Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21.
  11. ↑ Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2006). "(Mexico) Occidente Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  12. ↑ Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (June 10, 2017). "Niebla Roja ha cumplido su sueño esta noche en la Arena Coliseo! Es el nuevo Campeón Mundial Semicompleto del CMLL" [Niebla Roja has fulfilled his dream tonight at Arena Coliseum! He is the new CML World Lightweight Champion]. CMLL_Oficial (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ "NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2018 CMLL世界ミドル級選手権試合" [NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2018 CMLL World Middleweight Championship] (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  14. ↑ López Peralta, Gonzalo (May 4, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 03 de Mayo de 2016". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  15. ↑ Salazar, Alexis (March 4, 2016). "Resultados Arena México® – Viernes Espectaculares". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Resultados Arena Mexico - Domingos Familares" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. March 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  17. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (July 14, 2018). "Los Ingobernables, nuevos Campeones de Parejas del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Los Guerreros Laguneros tendrán revancha ante el Clan". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  19. ↑ López Peralta, Gonzalo (March 12, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 11 de Marzo de 2016". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Stuka destronó a Hechicero del Campeonato Histórico Semicompleto NWA". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Carístico se convierte en el nuevo campeón mundial Histórico de Peso Medio de la NWA". SoloWrestling (in Spanish). August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  23. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto, ed. (May 13, 2017). "CMLL – Atlantis toma a Rush por los cuernos; Soberano Jr., nuevo campeon Welter". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  24. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (August 14, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Martes 13 de Agosto '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Sansón, Cuatrero y Forastero, campeones nacionales de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Zeuxis campeona nacional y Demus va por el mundial mini". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  27. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (July 22, 2017). "Sansón y Cuatrero, nuevos campeones de la Arena Coliseo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  28. ↑ "CMLL Guadalajara Domingos" (in German). Cagematch.net. January 31, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Occidente Trios Championship" (in German). cagematch. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

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