CMLL World Middleweight Championship

CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Peso Medio del CMLL
Details
Current champion(s) Dragón Rojo, Jr.
Date won 02011-11-18 November 18, 2011[1]
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date established 01991-12-18 December 18, 1991

The CMLL World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial peso Medio de CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). While weight classes are regularly ignored in wrestling promotions in the United States, with most emphasis placed on "heavyweights", more emphasis is placed on weight classes in Mexican companies who still maintain many weight classes. The official definition of a Middleweight in Mexico is a person under 87 kg (190 lb), but is not strictly adhered to these days.

Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.

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Championship history

In the late 1980s CMLL left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to avoid the politics of the NWA. In 1991, CMLL decided to create a series of World Championships, one of which was the for the Middleweight division. They use a one night, eight man tournament to determine the first Middleweight Champion. The tournament final saw Blue Panther defeat El Satánico to become the first CMLL World Middleweight Champion. The title has not been vacated at any time since it was first created and is current held by the 10th overall champion on the 14th title reign.

Reigns

Main article: List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions

Dragón Rojo, Jr. is the current champion having won the title on November 18, 2011 from Jushin Liger.[1] This is Rojo's first reign as Middleweight Champion and he is the 17th overall champion. El Dandy holds the record for most World Middleweight Championship reigns with three and is one of only three wrestlers to hold the title more than once, the others being Negro Casas and Emilio Charles, Jr. Satánico holds the record for longest individual reign, with 1,561 days. Apolo Dantés has held the title the shortest with 77 days.

Title tournaments

1991 CMLL World Middleweight Championship Tournament

In 1991, CMLL held an eight man, one night tournament to crown the first ever CMLL World Middleweight champion.

  First round Semifinals Final
                           
   Blue Panther W  
 Ringo Mendoza    
     Blue Panther W  
     El Dandy    
 Espectro, Jr.  
   El Dandy W  
       Blue Panther W
     Satánico  
   Ángel Azteca W  
 Emilio Charles, Jr.    
     Ángel Azteca  
     Satánico W  
 El Satánico W
   El Hijo de Gladiador    

References

General
  • Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: EMLL CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Middleweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
Specific
  1. ^ a b González, Fernando (2011-11-19). "Dragón Rojo Jr., nuevo Campeón peso Medio del CMLL" (in Spanish). Récord. http://www.record.com.mx/tmf/2011-11-19/dragon-rojo-jr-nuevo-campeon-peso-medio-del-cmll. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 

External links

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) championships
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CMLL World Middleweight Champions