List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions

The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Completo de CMLL in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The Championship has been in existence since 1991.[G] Unlike other heavyweight titles such as the WWE Championship or the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, it is not the main championship in the promotion because CMLL has emphasized the lower weight levels since there are more workers in the lower levels. The title was the first to be created after Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the early 1990s.

Marco Corleone, the 19th CMLL World Heavyweight Champion and the first American to hold the title

As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.[1] As the championship is designated as a heavyweight title, it can only officially be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least 105 kg (231 lb). The rule is not strictly adhered to as several champions have been under the weight limit, including the 16th champion, Héctor Garza who weighed 95 kg (209 lb).[2] All title matches take place under two-out-of-three falls rules.

The first champion was Konnan El Barbaro, who won a 16-man tournament in 1991.[G] The current champion is Último Guerrero, who is in his second reign. He defeated Diamante Azul in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title on October 16, 2018.[3] The championship has been vacated three times; all instances were when the champion left CMLL for another promotion. Universo 2000 holds the record for most reigns, with three.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Konnan el Barbaro June 9, 1991 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 70 Defeated Cien Caras in a tournament final. [G]
2 Cien Caras August 18, 1991 Live event Monterrey, Mexico 1 299   [G][4]
— Vacated June 12, 1992 — — — — Championship vacated when Cien Caras left CMLL to work for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). [G]
3 Black Magic November 20, 1992 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 219 Defeated Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. in a tournament final. [G]
4 Brazo de Plata June 27, 1993 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 396   [G][5]
5 Silver King July 28, 1994 Live event Cuernavaca, Mexico 1 330   [G]
6 Apolo Dantés June 23, 1995 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 296   [G]
7 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. April 18, 1996 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 369   [G]
8 Steele April 18, 1997 41. Aniversario de Arena México Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 N/A   [G][6]
— Vacated September 1997 — — — — Championship vacated when Steele left CMLL for the World Wrestling Federation. [G]
9 Universo 2000 October 17, 1997 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 331 Defeated Cien Caras and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in a three-way match to win the championship. [G]
10 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. September 13, 1998 Live event Guadalajara, Mexico 2 453   [G]
11 Universo 2000 December 10, 1999 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 2 1,225   [G]
12 Mr. Niebla April 18, 2003 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 543   [7]
13 Universo 2000 October 12, 2004 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 3 999   [8]
14 Dos Caras Jr. July 8, 2007 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1
533
   [9]
15 Último Guerrero December 22, 2008 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 963   [10]
16 Héctor Garza August 12, 2011 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 128   [11]
— Vacated December 18, 2011 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal — — Championship announced vacated on the December 18, 2011, edition of Domingos Arena Mexico after Garza left CMLL to join Perros del Mal Producciones on November 11, 2011. [12]
17 El Terrible January 1, 2012 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 1,125 Defeated Rush to win the vacant title. [13]
18 Máximo/Máximo Sexy January 30, 2015 Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 843   [14]
— Vacated May 22, 2017 — — — — Championship vacated when Máximo Sexy was fired by CMLL [15][16]
19 Marco Corleone June 6, 2017 Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal 1 442 Corleone defeated El Terrible in the finals of a torneo cibernetico to win the vacant title [17]
— Vacated August 22, 2018 — — — — Championship vacated when Corleone left CMLL [18]
20 Último Guerrero October 16, 2018 Martes de Nuevos Valores Mexico City, Distrito Federal 2 601+ Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title [3]

Combined reigns
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days		 Ref(s).
1 Universo 2000 3 2,555 [G][7][8][9]
2 Último Guerrero † 2 1564+ [10][11]
3 El Terrible 1 1,125 [14][13]
4 Máximo/Máximo Sexy 1 843 [14][16]
5 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. 2 822 [G]
6 Mr. Niebla 1 543 [7][8]
7 Dos Caras Jr. 1 533 [9][10]
8 Marco Corleone 1 442 [17]
9 Brazo de Plata 1 396 [G]
10 Silver King 1 330 [G]
11 Cien Caras 1 299 [G]
12 Apolo Dantés 1 296 [G]
13 Black Magic 1 219 [G]
14 Steele 1 [Note 1] [G]
15 Héctor Garza 1 128 [11][12]
16 Konnan el Barbaro 1 70 [G]

Footnotes
  1. Steel vacated the title on an unspecified day in September 1997, putting his reign between 136 and 165 days.

References
General sources
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