List of current champions in CMLL

A color photo of Máximo Sexy standing in a wrestling ring.
Máximo Sexy, the current CMLL World 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 23 different championships; 12 championships designated as World Championships in various divisions, 5 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 23 officially CMLL promoted championships.[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 Lightweight Championship, created in 1932, 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 Máximo Sexy 1 January 30, 2015 681 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated El Terrible during a Super Viernes show. [12]
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship La Máscara 1 April 8, 2016 247 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Ángel de Oro during a CMLL house show. [13]
CMLL World Lightweight Championship Dragon Lee 2 March 4, 2016 282 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Kamaitachi during a CMLL house show. [14]
CMLL World Middleweight Championship Dragón Rojo Jr. 1 November 18, 2011 1,850 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Jushin Thunder Liger during a CMLL house show. [15]
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship Astral 1 September 7, 2014 826 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Pequeño Olímpico during a CMLL house show. [16]
CMLL World Tag Team Championship Casas, NegroNegro Casas and Shocker 1 June 13, 2014 912 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated La Máscara and Rush during a Super Viernes show. [17]
CMLL World Trios Championship Sky Team (Místico, Valiente and Volador Jr.) 1 February 13, 2015 667 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Euforia, Niebla Roja and Último Guerrero during a Super Viernes show. [18]
CMLL World Welterweight Championship Mephisto 2 May 4, 2016 222 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Máscara Dorada during a CMLL house show. [19]
CMLL World Women's Championship Dalys la Caribeña 1 March 11, 2016 275 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Marcela during a CMLL house show show. [20]
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship Hechicero 1 November 2, 2016 39 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Rey Bucanero during one of CMLL's 2016 Dia de los Muertos shows. [21]
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship Último Guerrero 1 August 31, 2015 468 Puebla, Puebla Defeated La Sombra during a CMLL house show. [22]
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship Volador Jr. 2 August 1, 2014 863 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated La Sombra during CMLL's 2014 El Juico Final show. [23]

National championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship Atlantis 1 August 24, 2015 475 Puebla, Puebla Defeated Mephisto during a CMLL house show. [24]
Mexican National Lightweight Championship Eléctrico 1 August 13, 2013 1,216 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Pequeño Nitro in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [25]
Mexican National Trios Championship Hijos del Infierno, LosLos Hijos del Infierno (Ephesto, Lucifierno and Mephisto) 1 August 9, 2015 490 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. during a CMLL house show. [26]
Mexican National Welterweight Championship Rey Cometa 1 June 10, 2016 184 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Bárbaro Cavernario during a CMLL house show. [27]
Mexican National Women's Championship Zeuxis 1 January 19, 2015 692 Puebla, Puebla Defeated Estrellita during a CMLL house show. [28]

Regional championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship Guerrero Maya Jr. and The Panther 1 December 19, 2015 358 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Sagrado and Misterioso Jr. during a CMLL Sabado Retro show. [29]
Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship Puma 1 July 23, 2015 507 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Malefico during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [30]
Occidente Middleweight Championship Jocker 1 January 31, 2016 315 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Omar Brunetti in a tournament final. [31]
Occidente Tag Team Championship Gallo, ElEl Gallo and Esfinge 1 February 27, 2015 653 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Bobby Zavala and Olímpico during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [32]
Occidente Trios Championship La Sangre Dinamita (Cuatrero, El Forastero and Sanson) 1 November 1, 2015 406 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Furia Rojo, Mr. Trueno and Rey Trueno during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [33]
Occidente Welterweight Championship Star Black 1 September 25, 2016 77 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Sádico during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [34]

See also

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). 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. ↑ Barradas, Bibiana (January 31, 2015). "Resultados Arena México® Viernes 30 de Enero '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  13. ↑ Salazar, Alexis (April 8, 2016). "Viernes 8 de Abril '16". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ Salazar, Alexis (March 4, 2016). "Resultados Arena México® – Viernes Espectaculares". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ González, Fernando (November 19, 2011). "Dragón Rojo Jr., nuevo Campeón peso Medio del CMLL". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  16. ↑ Salguero, Ivan (September 8, 2014). "Resultados Arena Coliseo Domingo 7 de Septiembre '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (June 14, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 13 de Junio '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  18. ↑ "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  19. ↑ López Peralta, Gonzalo (May 4, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 03 de Mayo de 2016". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  20. ↑ López Peralta, Gonzalo (March 12, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 11 de Marzo de 2016". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  21. ↑ "CMLL: Resultados Martes de Arena México – 01/11/2016 – Los Hijos de Infierno retienen el Campeonato Nacional de Tríos y Hechicero se corona superando a Rey Bucanero". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  23. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (August 2, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 1º de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ Vacah (August 10, 2015). "CMLL: Resultados 9/08/2015". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Rey Cometa, nuevo campeón nacional welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Zeuxis campeona nacional y Demus va por el mundial mini". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Resultados Arena Coliseo - Sabados Retro, Sabado 19 de Diciembre '15" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. December 19, 2015. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  30. ↑ Aldape, José (June 24, 2015). "En el Martes de glamour fue sufrida victoria de los Revolucionarios y Puma dio El Zarpazo para convertirse en monarca". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  31. ↑ "CMLL Guadalajara Domingos" (in German). Cagematch.net. January 31, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  32. ↑ Aldape, José (February 28, 2015). "Lucha por el Campeonato de parejas de Occidente". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). CMLL. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Occidente Trios Championship" (in German). cagematch. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  34. ↑ @arenacoliseogld (September 26, 2016). "Star Black logra el objetivo y se convierte en nuevo Monarca Welter de Occidente. Felicidades al nuevo campeón.". Twitter. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

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