List of Mexican National Championships

The masked wrestler Octagón on his way to the right prior to a match.
Octagón, the last man to hold both the Mexican National Middleweight and Tag Team Championships.

The Mexican National Championships (Campeonatos Nacionales in Spanish) is a group of Lucha libre professional wrestling championships that are sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. ("the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission" in Spanish). While the Commission sanctions the championships, it does not promote the events in which the championships are defended.[1] Being professional wrestling championships, they are not won legitimately; they are instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler or wrestlers as a result of a storyline.[2] The earliest Mexican National Championship, the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, was created as far back as 1926. The Mexican National Welterweight Championship crowned its first champion on June 17, 1934, making it the oldest, still active, professional wrestling championship.[Note 1][3] Eléctrico, the current Lightweight champion, is the longest reigning Mexican National Championship, having won the title on August 13, 2013.[4] Atlantis, the reigning Light Heavyweight Champion, has the shortest active reign of any champion, having defeated Mephisto for the championship on August 25, 2015.[5]

Over the years the Commission has created a total of 13 different championships, seven of which for various weight divisions in Mexico. Three of the championships are for various forms of male tag teams. They also created two championships for Women's professional wrestling, a singles championship and a tag team championship.[1] From 1993 through 2006 the commission sanctioned the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship, exclusively for the Mini-Estrella championship.[1] Since 2008 the Mexican National Lightweight Championship has been modified to be for Mini-Estrellas division.[6] The Commission's most recent championship addition was in 1996 when they created the Mexican National Atómicos Championship, contested for by teams of four.[7] Of the 13 championships, only five remain active. The individual promotions have the promotional control of the championship while the Commission only serves to approve the champions and supervise championship matches. The Commission normally approve all champions but has on occasion decided to vacate a championship if the promotions did not follow the Commissions' guidelines. One instance was in 1957 when Mishima Ota won the Lightweight championship, deeming him ineligible because he was a Japanese citizen.[1] Originally the Commission also stated that championships could not be defended in anything other than normal matches, stripping Psicosis II of the championship for defending the Mexican National Middleweight Championship in a hardcore match.[8] At a later point they allowed the Heavyweight Championship to be defended in a Steel cage match.[9]

The Mexican National Championships have been promoted by a number of Mexican-based wrestling promotions over the years. Founded in 1933 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), has promoted Mexican National Championships since its inception and currently promotes five of the championships, the Lightweight,[4] Light Heavyweight,[5] Welterweight,[10] Women's,[11] and Trios championships.[12] Over the years CMLL has promoted every single Mexican National Championship except the Atómicos, Featherweight and Cruiserweight Championship.[1] In 1992 Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) was formed when a number of CMLL wrestlers broke away to create a new company. Several of the wrestlers that left were reigning Mexican National Champions and the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission allowed AAA to take promotional control of those championships at that point.[1] Of the championships. In 2008 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championships, ending the Middleweight, Atómicos and Tag Team Championship. In 2006 then Mini-Estrellas champion Mascarita Sagrada left AAA while still holding the championship, there was no subsequent announcement that the title was vacated, rendering it inactive from that point on.[1][13] The Commission recognized the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship for just under 7 years, creating it for CMLL's Women's division and abandoning it when CMLL practically stopped promoting women's wrestling in 1997.[1][14]

Championship overview

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates that the championship is not active
— Title is still active
Championship Champion(s) Won Division Created Abandoned Notes Ref(s).
Featherweight Championship † Rayo de Oro 1992 57 kg (126 lb)
63 kg (139 lb)		 February 25, 1938 1992 Promoted on the Mexican Independent circuit. [1][15]
Lightweight Championship Eléctrico August 13, 2013 63 kg (139 lb)
70 kg (150 lb)		 June 28, 1934 — Promoted by CMLL. Is now exclusively for the Mini-Estrella division. [1][4][16]
Welterweight Championship Rey Cometa June 10, 2016 70 kg (150 lb)
77 kg (170 lb)		 June 17, 1934 — Promoted by CMLL [1][3][10]
Middleweight Championship † Octagón July 15, 2006 82 kg (181 lb)
87 kg (192 lb)		 1933 December 8, 2008 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championship [1][8][17]
Light Heavyweight Championship Atlantis August 24, 2015 87 kg (192 lb)
97 kg (214 lb)		 September 25, 1945 — Promoted by CMLL [1][5][16]
Cruiserweight Championship † Parka Jr., LaLa Parka Jr. July 8, 2003 97 kg (214 lb)
105 kg (231 lb)		 November 13, 1983 December 8, 2008 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championship [1][18][19]
Heavyweight Championship † Garza, HéctorHéctor Garza February 14, 2012 Over 105 kg (231 lb) 1926 May 26, 2013 Garza died while holding the championship [1][20][21]
Tag Team Championship † Octagón and La Parka June 20, 2003 Two man tag teams June 14, 1957 December 8, 2008 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championship [1][22]
Trios Championship Hijos del Infierno, LosLos Hijos del Infierno
(Ephesto, Lucifierno and Mephisto)		 August 9, 2015 Three man tag teams March 10, 1985 — Promoted by CMLL [1][23][12]
Atómicos Championship † Chessman and Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown) January 18, 2009 Four man tag teams August 9, 1996 January 24, 2009 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championship [1][24]
Women's Championship Zeuxis January 19, 2015 Women 1955 — Promoted by CMLL [1][25][11]
Women's Tag Championship † La Rosa and La Sirenita January 19, 1996 Female tag teams August 10, 1990 1997 Abandoned due to inactivity in the CMLL Women's division. [1][14]
Mini-Estrella Championship † Mascarita Sagrada November 5, 2004 Mini-Estrellas January 8, 1993 2006 Championship abandoned when Mascarita Sagrada left AAA [1][13]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The oldest non-Mexican National Championship is the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, which was created on January 5, 1948.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ Alfredo Ascencio (September 24, 2008). "En honor a Panther" (in Spanish). ESTO, OEM Online. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
  7. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Atómicos Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. ↑ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  10. 1 2 "Rey Cometa, nuevo campeón nacional welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "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.
  12. 1 2 Vacah (August 10, 2015). "CMLL: Resultados 9/08/2015". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Mexican National Midget (Miniestrella) Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  15. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  16. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  17. ↑ "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244.
  18. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 391–392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  19. ↑ "Xtreme Tiger vs. Rey Astral por el Campeonato Nacional Crucero" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  20. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  21. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (February 15, 2012). "Perros del Mal (Resultados 14 de feb.): Héctor Garza, nuevo Campeón Nacional Completo – Halloween gana la Copa Extrema de la jauría" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  22. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Tag Team Titles". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 396–397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  23. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  24. ↑ "El cetro Atómico lo declaran vacante". AAA official website. January 26, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  25. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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