List of Lucha Underground Champions
The Lucha Underground Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Lucha Underground (LU) promotion.
Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes have occurred at Lucha Underground-promoted events; reigns that occurred on Lucha Underground usually air on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date. Prince Puma holds the record for most reigns, with two. With 217 days, Mil Muertes's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Puma's second reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day. The championship is currently held by Pentagón Dark. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared among 7 wrestlers, with 0 vacancies.
Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
|---|---|
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
As of December 13, 2016.
| # | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held |
Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Puma | 1 | October 5, 2014 | 196 | Aztec Warfare | This was a 20–man elimination Aztec Warfare match. Prince Puma lastly eliminated Johnny Mundo to become the inaugural champion. This episode aired on tape delay on January 7, 2015. | [1] |
| 2 | Mil Muertes | 1 | April 19, 2015 | 217 | Ultima Lucha 1 | This episode aired on tape delay on August 5, 2015. | [2] |
| 3 | Fénix | 1 | November 22, 2015 | 20 | Life After Death | This episode aired on tape delay on March 16, 2016. | [3] |
| 4 | Matanza Cueto | 1 | December 12, 2015 | 119 | Aztec Warfare II | This was a 21–man elimination Aztec Warfare match. Matanza lastly eliminated Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on March 23, 2016. | [4] |
| 5 | Sexy Star | 1 | April 9, 2016 | 1 | Aztec Warfare III | This was an Aztec Warfare match. Sexy Star lastly eliminated Mil Muertes to win the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on November 16, 2016. | [5] |
| 6 | Johnny Mundo | 1 | April 10, 2016 | 77 | Lucha Underground (season 3) | Cashed in his Gift of the Gods Championship on Sexy Star. Aired on tape delay on November 23, 2016. | [6] |
| 7 | Prince Puma | 2 | June 26, 2016 | 0 | Ultima Lucha Tres | This was a Career vs. Title match. This episode has yet to be aired. | [7] |
| 8 | Pentagón Dark | 1 | June 26, 2016 | 170+ | Ultima Lucha Tres | This was a "Loser Must Retire" match. This episode has yet to be aired. | [7] |
List of combined reigns
As of December 13, 2016
| † | Indicates the current champions |
|---|
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mil Muertes | 1 | 217 |
| 2 | Prince Puma | 2 | 196 |
| 3 | Pentagón Dark † | 1 | 170+ |
| 4 | Matanza Cueto | 1 | 119 |
| 5 | Johnny Mundo | 1 | 77 |
| 6 | Fénix | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sexy Star | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Lucha Underground Spoiler".
- ↑ Boutwell, Josh (2015-04-26). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly for 4/26/15". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "Lucha Underground Season 2 Episode 8 Taping". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Lucha Underground TV taping results 12/12: Aztec Warfare match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Big Lucha Underground Aztec Warfare 3 spoiler". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (April 18, 2016). "April 18, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Blackjack Mulligan and Balls Mahoney pass away, NJPW Invasion Attack review, plus tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 35. ISSN 1083-9593.
- 1 2 Meltzer, Dave (July 4, 2016). "July 4, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: NJPW G1 tournament preview, Ali vs. Inoki anniversary, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 28–29. ISSN 1083-9593.