List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions

The CMLL World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Peso Medio de CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Being 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 middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (180 lb) and 87 kg (190 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]

Blue Panther was officially recognized as the first champion in 1991, after winning a 16-man tournament. The championship's history was interrupted in 1992 with its only vacancy, when Blue Panther left CMLL to work for rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). El Dandy defeated Negro Casas in a singles match to decide the new champion. Dragón Rojo, Jr. is the current CMLL World Middleweight Champion, having defeated Jushin Liger for the championship on November 18, 2011.[3] He is the 17th overall champion and the 13th person to hold the championship. El Dandy has had the most reigns as champion, with three; he also has the shortest reign, at 63 days. El Satánico's single championship reign is the longest reign, at 1,563 days.

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Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information has not been found
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Blue Panther 1 01991-12-18 December 18, 1991 &10000000000000184000000184 Acapulco, Mexico Live event Defeated El Satánico in a tournament final
— Vacated 1 01992-06-19 June 19, 1992 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated when Blue Panther left CMLL for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
2 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 1 01992-07-03 July 3, 1992 &1000000000000006300000063 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event Defeated Negro Casas
3 Bestia Salvaje 1 01992-09-04 September 4, 1992 &10000000000000103000000103 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event  
4 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 2 01992-12-16 December 16, 1992 &10000000000000147000000147 Naucalpan, Mexico Live event  
5 Emilio Charles, Jr. 1 01993-05-12 May 12, 1993 &10000000000000146000000146 Acapulco, Mexico Live event  
6 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 3 01993-10-05 October 5, 1993 &10000000000000140000000140 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event  
7 Llanes, JavierJavier Llanes 1 01994-02-22 February 22, 1994 &10000000000000201000000201 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event  
8 Dantés, ApoloApolo Dantés 1 01994-09-11 September 11, 1994 &1000000000000007700000077 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event  
9 Satánico, ElEl Satánico 1 01994-11-27 November 27, 1994 &100000000000015610000001,561 Guadalajara, Mexico Live event  
10 Mendoza, RingoRingo Mendoza 1 01999-03-07 March 7, 1999 &10000000000000742000000742 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event  
11 Emilio Charles, Jr. 2 02001-03-18 March 18, 2001 &100000000000011350000001,135 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event [4]
12 Casas, NegroNegro Casas 1 02004-04-26 April 26, 2004 &10000000000000874000000874 Puebla, Mexico Live event [5]
13 Averno 1 02006-09-17 September 17, 2006 &100000000000010380000001,038 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event [6]
14 Hijo del Fantasma 1 02009-07-21 July 21, 2009 &10000000000000208000000208 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event [7]
15 Negro Casas 2 02010-02-14 February 14, 2010 &1000000000000007800000078 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [8]
16 Liger, JushinJushin Liger 1 02010-05-03 May 3, 2010 &10000000000000564000000564 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Wrestling Dontaku 2010 [9]
17 Rojo, Jr., DragónDragón Rojo, Jr. 1 02011-11-18 November 18, 2011 &10000000000000114000000114+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event [3]

Reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Satánico, ElEl Satánico 1 1,561
2 Charles, Jr., EmilioEmilio Charles, Jr. 2 1,281
3 Averno 1 1,038
4 Casas, NegroNegro Casas 1 879
5 Mendoza, RingoRingo Mendoza 1 742
6 Liger, JushinJushin Liger 1 564
7 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 3 350
8 Hijo del Fantasma 1 208
9 Llanes, JavierJavier Llanes 1 201
10 Blue Panther 1 184
11 Bestia Salvaje 1 103
12 Dantés, ApoloApolo Dantés 1 77
13 Rojo, Jr., DragónDragón Rojo, Jr. † 1 &10000000000000114000000114+

Footnotes

  1. ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (170 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

References

General source for title changes before 2000
  • 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. ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (in Spanish) (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03. "Articulo 242: "Super welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 kilos"" 
  2. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizare& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ Box y Lucha staff (January 13, 2002). "2001: Los Campeones" (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine: pp. 15–17. 2540. 
  5. ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 24, 2005). "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. 91. 
  6. ^ Manuel Rivera (January 23, 2006). "Averno el Campeon!" (in Spanish). Super Luchas: pp. 10–11. 180. 
  7. ^ "Ahora es doble monarca" (in Spanish). Esto, OEM Online. July 22, 2009. http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1254262.htm. Retrieved July 22, 2009. 
  8. ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (February 15, 2010). "Negro Casas nuevo campeón Mundial Medio del CMLL" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2010/02/15/negro-casas-nuevo-campeon-mundial-medio-del-cmll/. Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
  9. ^ Flores, Manuel (May 3, 2010). "Jushin Liger, nuevo campeón mundial medio del CMLL – Nakamura pierde el título IWGP" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2010/05/03/jushin-liger-nuevo-campeon-mundial-medio-del-cmll-nakamura-pierde-el-titulo-iwgp/. Retrieved May 3, 2010. 

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