The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de CMLL in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling world championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1991. 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. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.
The current champion is Averno, who won the championship by defeating Bárbaro Cavernario at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 29, 2024.
The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Jerry Estrada, who defeated Pierroth Jr. in the finals of a 16-man tournament that took place between September 15 and September 26, 1991. Overall, there have been sixteen reigns shared among fourteen wrestlers. Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis are the only two wrestlers to have held the title twice; Dr. Wagner Jr. is listed as an unofficial three-time champion, but he is not recognized as such by CMLL.[Note 2] Jerry Estrada's 175 day reign is the shortest in history, while Niebla Roja holds the record for his first reign, at 2,721 days. Aquarius' unofficial title reign is the shortest on record, 8 days, but is not acknowledged by CMLL.
Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Jerry Estrada | September 26, 1991 | Live event | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 1 | 175 | 175 | Defeated Pierroth Jr. in a tournament final | [G] |
| 2 | Pierroth Jr. | March 19, 1992 | Live event | Cuernavaca, Mexico | 1 | 379 | 379 | [G] | |
| 3 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | April 2, 1993 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 334 | 334 | [G] | |
| 4 | Atlantis | March 2, 1994 | Live event | Acapulco, Mexico | 1 | 655 | 655 | [G] | |
| 5 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | December 17, 1995 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 2 | 215 | 1,240 | [G] | |
| † | Aquarius | July 19, 1996 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 8 | — | Title change is not officially recognized by CMLL | [G] |
| † | Dr. Wagner Jr. | July 27, 1996 | Live event | Sapporo, Japan | 3 | 1,017 | — | CMLL does not recognize Dr. Wagner Jr. as a three-time champion as they do not recognize Aquarius' title win. | [G] |
| 6 | Atlantis | May 10, 1999 | Live event | Puebla, Mexico | 2 | 196 | 196 | [G] | |
| 7 | Villano III | November 22, 1999 | Live event | Tampico, Mexico | 1 | 685 | 685 | [G] | |
| 8 | Shocker | October 7, 2001 | Live event | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | 432 | 432 | [3] | |
| 9 | Último Guerrero | December 13, 2002 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 1,309 | 1,309 | [4] | |
| 10 | Rey Bucanero | July 14, 2006 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 1,047 | 1,047 | [5] | |
| 11 | Ephesto | May 26, 2009 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 637 | 637 | [6] | |
| 12 | Rush | February 22, 2011 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 693 | 693 | [7] | |
| — | Vacated | January 15, 2013 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | — | — | — | Rush vacated the title to get a match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. | [8] |
| 13 | Rey Escorpión | January 29, 2013 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 637 | 637 | Defeated Volador Jr. in a tournament final. | [9] |
| 14 | Ángel de Oro | October 28, 2014 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 528 | 528 | [10] | |
| 15 | La Máscara | April 8, 2016 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 409 | 409 | [11] | |
| — | Vacated | May 22, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | La Máscara was fired by CMLL | [12][13] |
| 16 | Niebla Roja | June 10, 2017 | Live event | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 2,721 | 2,721 | Won a 10-man Torneo Cibernetico match to win the vacant title. | [14] |
| 17 | Bárbaro Cavernario | July 15, 2022 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 860 | 860 | [15] | |
| 18 | Averno | March 29, 2024 | Homenaje A Dos Leyendas | Mexico City, Distrito Federal | 1 | 237+ | 237+ | [16]
| |
Combined reigns
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As of November 21, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niebla Roja | 1 | 2,721 | [14] |
| 2 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | 2 | 1,574 | [G] |
| 3 | Último Guerrero | 1 | 1,309 | [4][5] |
| 4 | Rey Bucanero | 1 | 1,047 | [5][6] |
| 5 | Atlantis | 2 | 851 | [G] |
| 6 | Rush | 1 | 693 | [7][8] |
| 7 | Villano III | 1 | 685 | [G][3] |
| 8 | Ephesto | 1 | 637 | [6][7] |
| 9 | Rey Escorpión | 1 | 637 | [9][10] |
| 10 | Bárbaro Cavernario | 1 | 860 | [17]
|
| 11 | Ángel de Oro | 1 | 528 | [10] |
| 12 | Shocker | 1 | 432 | [3][4] |
| 12 | La Máscara | 1 | 409 | [11][13] |
| 13 | Pierroth Jr. | 1 | 379 | [G] |
| 14 | Averno † | 1 | 237+ | [18] |
| 15 | Jerry Estrada | 1 | 175 | [G] |
| 16 | Aquarius | 1 | 8 | [G] |
Footnotes
edit- ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
- ^ Before the Internet made information readily available on a global scale, it was not uncommon for championships to be lost and won back during a tour of a foreign country without being recognized by the promotion.
References
edit- General source
[G] -Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: CMLL EMLL Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific sources
- ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "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 2009-04-03.
Articulo 242: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ a b c "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship > Title Reigns > 07.10.2001 - 13.12.2002: Shocker". CageMatch. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship > Title Reigns > 13.12.2002 - 14.07.2006: Ultimo Guerrero". CageMatch. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship > Title Reigns > 14.07.2006 - 26.05.2009: Rey Bucanero". CageMatch. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship > Title Reigns > 26.05.2009 - 22.02.2011: Ephesto Bucanero". CageMatch. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c Ruiz Glez, Alex (February 23, 2011). "Arena México (resultados 22 de febrero) ¡Rush nuevo campeón mundial semicompleto del CMLL" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Rush renunció al Campeonato Semicompleto del CMLL". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ a b Mexicool, Rey (January 29, 2013). "Rey Escorpión… ¡nuevo monarca mundial semicompleto del CMLL!" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c Granados, Sandra (October 29, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Martes 28 de Octubre '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ a b Salazar, Alexis (April 8, 2016). "Viernes 8 de Abril '16". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ Ocampo, Ernest (May 20, 2017). Ocampo, Ernesto (ed.). "Máximo y La Máscara fuera del CMLL — El Sindicato de Luchadores, nido de corrupción". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Comuniado Oficial: CMLL". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). May 22, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Pulido, Luis (March 30, 2024). "Averno Beats Barbaro Cavernario, Wins World Light Heavyweight Title On CMLL Homenaje A Dos Leyendas". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Pulido, Luis (March 30, 2024). "Averno Beats Barbaro Cavernario, Wins World Light Heavyweight Title On CMLL Homenaje A Dos Leyendas". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
External links
edit- CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship Archived 2021-11-20 at the Wayback Machine