Mexican National Women's Championship

Mexican National Women's Championship

Two female wrestlers inside a wrestling ring at an outdoor event..

Marcela (in blue) and Princesa Blanca (in black), both former Mexican National Women's Champions
Details
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA)(previously)
Date established 1955
Current champion(s) Princesa Sugehit
Date won February 25, 2017
Other name(s)
  • Women's Championship[1]
  • Occidente Women's championship
  • Mexican Women's Championship[1]

The Mexican National Women's Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Nacional Femenil) is a women's professional wrestling championship for female wrestlers sanctioned by the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). While the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the Championship is defended. The championship is currently promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and has in the past also been promoted by the Mexican-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion.

The championship is one of the oldest, still-promoted female professional wrestling championship, preceded only by the NWA World Women's Championship that was created in 1954 while the first Mexican women's champion was crowned in 1955. The current champion is Princesa Sugehit, who defeated Zeuxis on February 25, 2017, to win the championship. She is the 20th champion of the modern era.

History

Female wrestlers first appeared in Mexico in 1935 when United States-based wrestlers Mac Stein, Teddy Meyers, Katherine Hart and Dont Apollo wrestled in Arena México. Women would not be allowed to wrestle in Mexico again until 1942 and then again in 1945 but each time Mexican promoters brought in women from the United States.[1] In the early-, to mid-1950s Jack O'Brien, a successful wrestler in the 1930s and 1940s, trained several Mexican women. The group included Chabela Romero, La Enfermera, Irma González, Rosita Williams, and La Dama Enmascarada ("The Masked Lady"). The first recognized Mexican Women's champion was La Dama Enmascarada who won a tournament in Monterrey in the first half of 1955.[1] The title was originally identified simply as the "Women's Championship" or alternately the "Mexican Women's Championship" in contemporary newspaper coverage.[2] The title would later be won by Irma González on a show held in the el Toreo de Cuatro Caminos bullfighting arena in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.[1] In 1961 then-champion Irma Gonzales was billed as defending the "Occidente" Women's Championship in Guadalajara, but records of the various "Occidente" ("Western States") championships contain no reference to a women's championship before or after 1961, leading to researchers concluding that it was most likely González Women's Championship that was defended that day just labelled as "Occidente".[3]

In the late 1950s the Regent of Mexico City, Ernesto P. Uruchurtu, banned women's wrestling in Mexico City, effectively relegating them to minor shows in other Mexican states.[1] The championship lineage from 1959 until the Mexico City ban on women's wrestling was lifted in Mexico City in 1986 is unclear and was undocumented for a long period of time.[4] In 1986 the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission) started licensing female wrestlers to work in Mexico City and officially recognized Reyna Gallegos as the "Mexican National Women's Champion", based on the fact that she was the reigning Mexican Women's Champion, adopting the lineage of the championship retroactively.[4] The commission allowed Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") to promote the championship and determine who should challenge or win it. Unlike most championships that belong to a specific promotion the Mexican National Women's Championship was not owned by a single promotion, instead promoters holding shows in Mexico City could petition the commission to have the champion work on their show.[5] From the early 1990s the championship essentially became exclusive to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL, a renamed EMLL) as it was only defended on CMLL shows for years and only won by wrestlers under CMLL contract.[5] In 1995 Martha Villalobos won the championship on an AAA show, officially transitioning control from CMLL to AAA.[4] In 2004 Lady Apache won the championship from Tiffany on an AAA show, and took the title with her when she joined CMLL in 2005. Lady Apache would later win the CMLL World Women's Championship and then vacated the Mexican National Women's Championship.[5] The championship has remained under CMLL's control since then.[6]

Reigns

The current champion is Princesa Sugehit, who defeated Zeuxis on February 25, 2017 to win the championship. It is her first reign with the title, she is the 20th champion since the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission sanctioned the championship, and the 29th documented champion overall. Martha Villalobos holds the record for the longest verified individual reign with 1,399 days while Lady Apache's two reigns combine for 1,470 days the longest verified reign of any champion.[5] Due to the undocumented periods prior to 1986 it is possible that someone else has actually held the championship longer, but no verification of such a fact has been found.[5] Isabel Romero has held the title three times, the most for any champion, while five women have held the championship twice since it was officially sanctioned in 1986; Lady Apache, La Sirenita, Tiffany, Martha Villalobos and Zuleyma. La Diabólica holds the record for the shortest documented title reign, with 50 days.[5]

Rules

From 1986 the championship has been classified as a "National" title, which means that officially non-Mexican citizens are prohibited from challenging or holding the championship, just like all other Mexican National Championships. There have been instances where those rules have not been strictly enforced, including Puerto Rican Zeuxis winning the championship. Later CMLL announced that she actually had joint citizenship in Puerto Rico and Mexico after she won the championship in 2015. It is unclear if Zeuxis' Puerto Rican heritage is a storyline or not.[7]< All title matches take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules. On occasion single fall title matches have taken place, for example when promoting CMLL title matches in Japan, conforming to the traditions of the local promotion, for instance when Princesa Blanca defended the championship against Lady Apache in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[8] As it is 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.[9]

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
(nlt) Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" the date listed.[Note 1]
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation from that time period.
¤ Indicates that the length of the reign is too uncertain to even attempt to calculate
+ Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion.
(alphabet)(number) For the No. column, since the championship history is not fully documented, it is impossible to identify how many champions there were between this reign and the previously verified reign, and thus which number these champions were (third / fourth / fifth etc.). However, reigns with the same alphabet have been documented as consecutive reigns.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s)
1 La Dama Enmascarada 1 1955 ¤ Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event Won a tournament to become the first women's champion. [1]
2 Gonzales, IrmaIrma Gonzales 1 1955 ¤ Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event   [1]
                 
A1 Rose Williams 1 July 1, 1957 ¤ Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event   [1]
                 
B1 Chabela Romero 1 1959 (nlt) ¤ [Note 2] Live event Also known as "Isabela Romero" [5][4]
B2 Gonzales, IrmaIrma Gonzales 2 1959 ¤ [Note 2] Live event   [4][5]
                 
C1 Isabel Romero 2 1964 ¤ [Note 2] Live event   [4][5]
C2 Jarochita Rivero 1 May 12, 1966 91 Puebla, Puebla Live event   [4][5]
C3 Isabel Romero 3 August 11, 1966 ¤ Tampico, Tampico Live event   [4][5]
                 
D1 Moreno, RossyRossy Moreno 1 1980 ¤ [Note 2] Live event   [4][5]
                 
E1 Gallegos, ReynaReyna Gallegos 1 March 30, 1986 [Note 3] Apatlaco, Morelos Live event Defeated La Briosa to win the championship, unclear if La Briosa was the defending champion or if it was a tournament final. [4][5]
— Vacated — 1988 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Reyna Gallegos retired. [4][5]
E2 La Briosa 1 March 30, 1988 102 Apatalco, Morelos Live event Defeated Zuleyma in tournament final to win the championship. [4][5]
E3 Zuleyma 1 July 10, 1988 394 Xochimilco, Mexican Federal District Live event   [4][5]
E4 La Marquesa 1 August 8, 1989 234 Apatalco, Morelos Live event   [4][5]
E5 Zuleyma 2 March 30, 1990 330 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [4][5]
— Vacated — February 23, 1991 — N/A N/A Championship vacated when Zuleyma won the UWA World Women's Championship. [4][5]
E6 Neftali 1 November 7, 1991 253 Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Live event Defeated Vicky Carranza to win the vacant championship. [4][5]
E7 La Sirenita 1 July 17, 1992 [Note 4] Cuautla, Morelos Live event   [4][5]
— Vacated — January 1993 — N/A N/A The championship vacated when La Sirenita became pregnant. [4][5]
E8 Diabólica, LaLa Diabólica 1 August 21, 1993 50 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL live event[10] Defeated Lady Apache in a tournament final to win the championship [4][5]
— Vacated — October 10, 1993 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when La Diabólica won the CMLL World Women's Championship. [4][5]
E9 La Sirenita 2 January 18, 1994 676 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL Martes De Coliseo[11] Defeated Maria del Angel to win the vacant championship [4][5]
E10 Villalobos, MarthaMartha Villalobos 1 November 25, 1995 [Note 5] Culiacán, Sinaloa AAA live event[12]   [4][5]
                 
E11 Villalobos, MarthaMartha Villalobos 2 June 21, 1996 1,399 Culiacán, Sinaloa AAA live event Defeated La Practicante to win the vacant championship [4][5]
E12 Tiffany 1 April 20, 2000 745 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí AAA Sin Limite[13]   [4][5]
E13 Lady Apache 1 May 5, 2002 301 Monterrey, Nuevo León AAA live event[5]   [5][14]
E14 Tiffany 2 March 2, 2003 336 Monterrey, Nuevo León[15] Live event   [5]
E15 Lady Apache 2 February 1, 2004 1,169 Zapopan, Jalisco AAA live event[16]   [5]
— Vacated — April 15, 2007 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated four months after Lady Apache won the CMLL World Women's Championship. [5]
E16 Marcela 1 May 4, 2007 637 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL live event Defeated Princesa Sujei in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [17][18]
E17 Princesa Blanca 1 January 30, 2009 1,397 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL live event   [19]
E18 Estrellita 1 November 27, 2012 783 Guadalajara, Jalisco CMLL live event   [20]
E19 Zeuxis 1 January 19, 2015 768 Puebla, Puebla CMLL live event [6]
E20 Princesa Sugehit 1 February 25, 2016 178+ Mexico City CMLL live event

Reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
† Indicates the current champion
+ Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days[Note 6] Ref(s).
1 Lady Apache 2 1,470 [5]
2 Villalobos, MarthaMartha Villalobos 2 1,399¤[Note 5] [4][5]
3 Princesa Blanca 1 1,397 [19][20]
4 Tiffany 2 1,081 [4][5]
5 La Sirenita 2 844¤ [Note 4][4][5]
6 Estrellita 1 783 [6][20]
7 Zeuxis 1 768 [6]
8 Zuleyma 2 724 [4][5]
9 Reyna Gallegos 1 642¤[Note 3] [4][5]
10 Marcela 1 637 [17][19]
11 Neftali 1 253 [4][5]
12 La Marqueza 1 234 [4][5]
13 La Briosa 1 102 [4][5]
14 Jarochita Rivero 1 91 [4][5]
15 Diabólica, LaLa Diabólica 1 51 [4][5]
16 Princesa Sugehit† 1 178+ [6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Documentation of the specific date of a title change is not found but documentation of the champion holding the title on that date/in that period.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The location of the championship match was not captured as part of the result documentation.
  3. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 642 and 730 days
  4. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 168 and 198 days
  5. 1 2 The exact date that Villalobos' title reign ended is unknown which lasted between 1 day and 208 days.
  6. ↑ Due to the uncertainty of dates and events prior to the modern age of the Mexican National Women's Championship these reigns are not included in the combined reigns list

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "3.8 - Lucha Feminil". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lucha Libre en Guadalajara". El Informador (in Spanish). XXXVIII. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. May 25, 1955.
  3. ↑ "Lucha Libre en Guadalajara". El Informador (in Spanish). XXXXIII. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. September 8, 1961.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 "Mexican National Women's Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
  7. ↑ "tecnicos: Zeuxis". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  8. ↑ Cage match
  9. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay ... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: The Bizarre & Honorable World of Wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  10. ↑ "CMLL". Cagematch.net. August 21, 1993. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ "CMLL Martes De Coliseo". Cagematch.net. January 18, 1994. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "AAA TV". Cagematch.net. November 25, 1995. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  13. ↑ "AAA Sin Limite". Cagematch.net. April 20, 2000. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Wrestling in Monterrey". Cagematch.net. March 2, 2003. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  16. ↑ "AAA Sin Limite". Cagematch.net. February 1, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Mexican National Women's Championship > Title Reigns > 04.05.2007 - 30.01.2009: Marcela". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  18. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm (May 4, 2007). "CMLL Super Viernes". Cagematch. 244. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  19. 1 2 3 polazky (January 31, 2009). "Resultados Arena México (30 en 08)" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  20. 1 2 3 "Estrellita es la nueva Campeona Nacional Femenil". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
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