NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship

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Shocker, the 2nd NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion
Details
Current champion(s) Rey Bucanero
Date won March 8, 2015[1]
Date established August 12, 2010
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Light Heavyweight Championship[2]

The NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Semicompleto de la NWA in Spanish)[3] is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL had held the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship for over 48 years, when the relationship between the promotion and National Wrestling Alliance broke down in March 2010, when Blue Demon Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, telling them to stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim either; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented, simply stating that the titles belonged to CMLL.[4] Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship belt and named El Texano Jr., the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion, as the inaugural champion.[3] The current champion is Rey Bucanero, who defeated La Sombra in a tournament final on March 8, 2015, to win the vacant title.[1] This is Bucanero's second title reign; his current reign is the fifth in the title's history. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

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 is not known
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 El Texano Jr. 1 August 12, 2010 124 N/A N/A El Texano Jr. was the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion and was thus named the first NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion.[5]
2 Shocker 1 December 14, 2010 163 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [6]
— Vacated — May 26, 2011 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Shocker was unable to defend it due to undergoing a knee surgery.[7]
3 Rey Bucanero 1 June 21, 2011 714 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to win the vacant title.[8]
4 Diamante Azul 1 June 4, 2013 629 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [9]
— Vacated — February 23, 2015 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated due to inactivity.[10]
5 Rey Bucanero 2 March 8, 2015 33+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated La Sombra to win the vacant title.[1]

List of combined reigns

As of April 10, 2015

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
days
1 Rey Bucanero† 2 747+
2 Diamante Azul 1 629
3 Shocker 1 163
4 El Texano Jr. 1 124

Championship tournaments

2011 NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight tournament

In May, 2011 CMLL declared the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship for vacant when the then reigning champion Shocker had to undergo knee surgery after suffering an injury and thus would be unable to defend the championship for an indetermined amount of time.[7] CMLL decided to hold a tournament to determine the next champion, splitting the 16 man group of competitors into two groups, each of which would compete in a torneo cibernetico elimination match to find a finalist. After the two torneo cibernetico matches the two winners would face off the following week in a singles, one-on-one best two-out-of-three falls. Block A of the tournament took place on June 7, 2011 and saw El Hijo del Fantasma win, while Block B took place a week later on June 14 and had Rey Bucanero as the victor.[11][12] The following week, on June 21, Rey Bucanero defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to become the third ever NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion.[8] Bucanero became the first champion to have not also held the previous NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.

Block A Cibernetico
# Eliminated Eliminated by Reference
1 Ephesto Toscano [11]
2 Metro Olímpico [11]
3 Toscano Psicosis [11]
4 Olímpico La Mascara [11]
5 La Mascara Psicosis (Double DQ) [11]
6 Psicosis La Mascara (Double DQ) [11]
7 Mr. Águila El Hijo del Fantasma [11]
8 El Hijo del Fantasma Winner [11]
Block B Cibernetico
# Eliminated Eliminated by Reference
1 El Sagrado El Felino [12]
2 El Felino La Sombra [12]
3 El Texano Jr. La Sombra [12]
4 Maximo Atlantis [12]
5 Blue Panther Rey Bucanero [12]
6 Atlantis La Sombra [12]
7 La Sombra Rey Bucanero [12]
8 Rey Bucanero Winner [12]

2015 NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight tournament

Due to the championship being vacated on February 23, 2015, CMLL held a tournament for the vacant Light Heavyweight Championship starting March 1, 2015. La Sombra and Rey Bucanero outlasted Atlantis, Blue Panther, Dragón Rojo Jr., Ephesto, Misterioso Jr., Mr. Águila, Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr., Valiente and Último Guerrero in a torneo cibernetico elimination match.[13][14] On March 8, Bucanero defeated La Sombra to win the tournament and the vacant title.[1]

2015 Torneo Cibernetico
# Eliminated[13][14] Eliminated by[13][14]
1 Misterioso Jr. Dragón Rojo Jr.
2 Stuka Jr. Ephesto
3 Dragón Rojo Jr. Mr. Águila
4 Niebla Roja Blue Panther
5 Ephesto Valiente
6 Mr. Águila La Sombra
7 Blue Panther Último Guerrero
8 Valiente Rey Bucanero
9 Último Guerrero Double DQ - Mask pull
10 Atlantis Double DQ - Low blow
11 La Sombra and Rey Bucanero Winners

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Barradas, Bibiana (March 9, 2015). "Resultados Arena México Domingo 8de Marzo '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (August 20, 2010). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Campeones" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 12, 2010). "Mephisto responde a Blue Demon Jr.: “No tengo que entrar a ninguna eliminatoria porque yo soy el campeón…”". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (August 20, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". Wrestleview. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 15, 2010). "Arena México (resultados 14 de diciembre) Shocker nuevo campeón histórico NWA peso semicompleto". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Desconocen título de Shocker". Récord (in Spanish). May 26, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Elías, Agustín (June 21, 2011). "Bucanero, nuevo monarca". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  9. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (June 5, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Martes 4 de Junio '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Arena Mexico". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Salazar López, Alexis A. (June 7, 2014). "Virus, nuevo Monarca Ligero del CMLL.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 Salazar López, Alexis A. (June 14, 2014). "El Hijo del Fantasma ya tiene rival para el Histórico Semicompleto de la NWA; REY BUCANERO.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 López, Gonzalo (March 1, 2015). "Lucha Libe: Función del 1 de marzo, Arena México". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Redaccion (March 2, 2015). "La Sombra y Rey Bucanero, por H. Campeonato NWA". MedioTimpo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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