List of current champions in CMLL

In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in pre-determined matches that arise as a result of storylines featuring a professional wrestling promotion's roster of wrestlers. As of 2020 the Mexican Lucha libre or professional wrestling promotion known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) promotes 28 different championships; 12 championships designated as World Championships in various divisions, 8 championships on a national level and 8 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]

Stuka Jr., the current NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion

A total of 34 wrestlers hold the 28 officially CMLL promoted championships.[lower-alpha 1] There are thirteen male singles championships spread out over various weight classes, four championships for tag teams, three for Trios (three-man teams), three for female competitors and three for Mini-Estrella and Micro-Estrella competitors.[lower-alpha 1] The oldest CMLL championship is the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, created on June 17, 1934, 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 typically not promoted outside the area to which they belong, such as a specific Mexican state. The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was normally defended only in Arena Coliseo 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 Último Guerrero 1 October 16, 2018 817 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Diamante Azul in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title [12]
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship Niebla Roja 1 June 10, 2017 1,310 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Won a 10-man elimination match to win the vacant championship [13]
CMLL World Middleweight Championship El Cuatrero 1 January 19, 2018 1,087 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ángel de Oro during Fantastica Mania 2018. [14]
CMLL World Welterweight Championship Titán 1 December 8, 2019 399 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Soberano Jr. in the finals of a tournament for the vacant championship. [15]
CMLL World Lightweight Championship Vacant N/A — — N/A Vacated when Kawato-San was injured.
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship Shockercito 1 March 5, 2017 1,407 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Won a torneo cibernetico elimination match for the vacant championship [16]
CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship Chamuel 1 December 25, 2019 382 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Won a torneo cibernetico elimination match for the vacant championship [17]
CMLL World Tag Team Championship La Alianza de Plata y Oro
(Carístico and Místico)		 1 November 1, 2019 436 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia and Gran Guerrero) [18]
CMLL World Trios Championship Los Guerreros Lagunero
(Euforia (3), Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero (5))		 2 September 28, 2018 835 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated The Cl4n (Ciber the Main Man, The Chris and Sharlie Rockstar) on a CMLL Super Viernes show. [19]
CMLL World Women's Championship Marcela 1 March 11, 2016 1,766 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Dalys la Caribeña during a CMLL house show. [20]
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship Stuka Jr. 1 August 14, 2018 880 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Hechicero during a CMLL Martes Arena Mexico show. [21]
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship Carístico 1 August 21, 2018 873+ Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Último Guerrero [22]
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship Volador Jr. 3 August 3, 2018 891 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Matt Taven during a CMLL Super Viernes show. [23]

National championships
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship Diamante Azul 1 September 25, 2020 107 Mexico City, Mexico Defeated El Terrible [24]
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship Cavernario 1 November 6, 2018 796 Mexico City, Mexico Defeated Atlantis during a CMLL house show. [25]
Mexican National Welterweight Championship Soberano Jr. 1 May 12, 2017 1,339 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Rey Cometa during a CMLL Super Viernes show. [26]
Mexican National Lightweight Championship Eléctrico 1 August 13, 2013 2,707 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Pequeño Nitro in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [27]
Mexican National Tag Team Championship Vacant N/A – – N/A CMLL will crown new champions in a tag team tournament. [28]
Mexican National Trios Championship Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) 1 July 25, 2017 1,265 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Defeated Los Hijos del Infierno (Mephisto, Ephesto and Luciferno) during a CMLL house show. [29]
Mexican National Women's Championship Reyna Isis 1 September 25, 2020 107 Mexico City, Mexico Defeated La Metálica at the CMLL 87th Anniversary Show [30]
Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship Vacant N/A – – N/A CMLL will crown new champions in a tag team tournament. [31]

Regional championships
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Location Notes Ref(s).
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship Esfinge and Tritón 1 March 10, 2018 1037 Mexico City, Mexico Won an eight-team tournament for the vacant championship. [32]
CMLL Japanese Women's Championship Dalys la Caribeña 1 January 22, 2020 354 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Mina Shirakawa to become the inaugural champion. [33]
Occidente Heavyweight Championship Star Black 1 October 28, 2018 805 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Furia Roja during a CMLL Guadalajara house show.
Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship Esfinge 1 December 5, 2017 1,132 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Puma during a CMLL Guadalajara house show.
Occidente Middleweight Championship Difunto 1 December 17, 2017 1,132 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Jocker in a tournament final. [34]
Occidente Welterweight Championship Explosivo 1 August 26, 2018 868 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Magico to win the vacant championship [35]
Occidente Tag Team Championship Gran Kenut and León Blanco 1 November 11, 2018 791 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated El Rielero and Vaquero Jr. during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [36]
Occidente Trios Championship Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas
(Cuatrero, El Forastero and Sanson)		 1 November 1, 2015 1,897 Guadalajara, Jalisco Defeated Furia Rojo, Mr. Trueno and Rey Trueno during a CMLL Guadalajara house show. [37]

Former championships
Atlantis, the former Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion.
See also: Former Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Championships

Footnotes
  1. 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]

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