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*[[AULL Lightweight Championship]] *[[AULL Welterweight Championship]]

* [[VWE Heavyweight Championship]] * [[VWE Lighting Championship]]

...zed as dual champions for most of the year before relinquishing the lesser championship. [[Category:Tournaments]]

Matches in a tournament for the [[Occidente Welterweight Championship]] were announced in November 1949. It's unclear if the tournament was compl [[Category:Tournaments]]

CMLL held a tournament for the vacant trios championship on [[March 18]], [[2022]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...Dantes]]' retirement. Box y Lucha 1894 lists names in a tournament for the championship on May 14th at Arena Coliseo Popitekus is believed to have defeated Gran Markus for the championship on May 21st.

...2019 to determine two contenders for the vacant [[CMLL World Welterweight Championship]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...nal Welterweight Championship]] after winning the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] [[Category:Championship Tournaments]]

...onal Welterweight Championship]] upon winning the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

Arena Alta Vila hosted a one-night competition for the vacant championship in 1988. (La Briosa had previously given up the title.) The tournament had Zuleyma and La Marquesa advanced to the final, with Zuleyma winning the championship.

*[[Desert Pro Wrestling Championship]] == Tournaments ==

IWRG took the [[IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship]] from [[Chicano]] for a variety reasons, about a year after he won it (and IWRG typically holds single elimination tournaments to determine vacant championships. This time, the eight announced wrestlers

...es Mora held a tournament to decide the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship. [[Category:Tournaments]]

EMLL vacated the [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]] held by [[Ray Mendoza]] due to injury. The injury would keep Mendoza out Dr. Wagner defeated El Halcón to win the championship on September 22nd.

...had not been an NWA title, but was replacing the [[Mexican National Minis Championship|Mexican National]] version. CMLL held a tournament for the new championship at Arena Mexico, with the first round on February 16, the semifinals on Feb

...ing independents; this was at the time of Televicentro. Llanes vacated the championship on [[December 27]], [[1951]] according to Lucha Libre 310. (Other sources h [[Category:Tournaments]]

A tournament was held for the (long) vacant [[Mexican National Featherweight Championship]] in 1980. Only the final three matches are known; it's likely more rounds ...on passed away in 1941 and the title was forgotten. It was the first 'new' championship since [[Promociones Mora]] started as its own group. The Mexico City commis

[[Ray Mendoza]] vacated the [[UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]] for unknown reasons. (Mendoza had a history of injuries in adjacent years * [[Gran Hamada]] defeated [[Kurisu]] for the championship.

...onal Championship]] on July 31st. CMLL had not previously acknowledged the championship was vacant. *Zeuxis won the championship. She defeated Marcela at the final of the tournament on August 13, 2017 in

CMLL ran two title shot tournaments for the [[CMLL World Trios Championship]] in 2002 [[Category:Duplicate Tournaments]]

[[Category:Tournaments]] [[Category:Heavyweight Tournaments]]

...L name change, and the [[CMLL World Middleweight Championship|Middleweight championship]] was decided on December 1991. Blue Panther would hold the championship until jumping to AAA in June of 1992.

...ne champions in the years following the CMLL name change. The Welterweight Championship was among the last to be decided. CMLL held a tournament for the new championship at Arena Puebla, starting on February 1st and concluding on February 15, 19

...romoters held a tournament to determine the first [[UWA World Middleweight Championship|UWA World Middleweight Champion]]. The semifinals were held in Monterrey an ...other championships, and Huracan Ramirez is listed in the UWA Welterweight Championship tournament instead.

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship|MEX LH]]|[[El Santo]]|[[Espanto I]]|[[1966]]|[[Mexicali]]}} {{tchange|[[UWA World Middleweight Championship|UWA MIDDLE]]|[[El Satanico]]|[[Super Astro]]|[[1984]]|[[Mexico City]]}}

[[Category:Tournaments]] [[Category:Super Lightweight Tournaments]]

Introduced the [[WWS World Championship]] in [[2015]]. == Tournaments ==

[[Category:Tournaments]] [[Category:Championship Tournaments]

* [[Mexican National Minis Championship]] * [[Mexican National Featherweight Championship]]

...[[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship]] in 1983. Like other title tournaments in 1983, the tournament was held as a tag team tournament with the winning [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[Distrito Federal Trios Championship|DF TRIOS]]|[[Yoshihiro Asai]], [[Naoki Sano]], [[Hata]]|[[Los Temerarios]] {{tchange|[[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship|TOHOKU JR]]|[[Atlantis]]|[[Dick Togo]]|[[2003]]|[[Hokkaido]]}}

[[Alberto Munoz]] relinquished the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] in late 1973. Munoz suffered a serious head injury in a match months earl Mano Negra defeated Karloff Lagarde on December 14th to win the championship. Both Halcon and Lucha Libre magazines covered the show with no mention of

...inquished the championship after winning the [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...didn't take place, and the tournament appears to have been abandoned. The championship would not be decided until 1937. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...it was all held in one day, which EMLL would occasionally do for non-title tournaments but rarely (maybe never) for a title belt. [[Category:Tournaments]]

The CMLL World Middleweight Championship was declared vacant on on August 10, 2021, when [[El Cuatrero]] left the pr [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Templario_(DF)|Templario]] won the [[CMLL World Middleweight Championship]] on May 12, 2023 and vacated this title five days later. The eight-man tournament for the vacated [[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|national title]] took place over two shows, with a seeding battle royal and

[[Category:Championship Tournaments]] [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Category:Tournaments]] [[Category:Championship Tournaments]]

...Heavyweight Championship]] upon winning the [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]]. EMLL held an eight-man tournament with bracketing determined by battle r [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Anibal]] became the second consecutive [[NWA World Middleweight Championship|NWA World Middleweight champion]] to leave [[EMLL]] as champion. The promot [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Steel]] left CMLL for WWE without losing the [[CMLL World Heavyweight Championship]]. CMLL resolved the situation with an oddly formatted twelve-man tournamen Universo 2000 defeated Rayo de Jalisco Jr. & Brazo de Plata to win the vacant championship at [[Arena Mexico]]

{{tchange|[[UWA World Middleweight Championship|UWA MIDDLE]]|[[Gran Hamada]]|[[Rene Guajardo]]|[[1976]]|[[Monterrey]]}} {{tchange|[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship|MEX LIGHT]]|[[Aristoteles]]|[[Negro Casas]]|[[1982]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}}

A one night tournament for the [[Occidente Women's Championship]] was held on [[November 11]], [[1954]]. The championship is not mentioned for 7 years, but [[Irma González]] is champion at that po

...er]]'s [[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship]]. Wagner won the championship while working for [[EMLL]], then kept it as he moved to [[Promociones Mora] [[Category:Tournaments]]

...ed [[Mascarita Sagrada (Original)]], then holder of the [[CMLL World Minis Championship]]. CMLL held a tournament in late August and early September to determine a [[Category:Tournaments]]

The [[Mexican National Lightweight Championship]] was vacant in February 1982 when [[Chamaco Valaguez]] left the division. [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[UWA World Middleweight Championship|UWA MIDDLE]]|[[Cachorro Mendoza]]|[[El Satanico]]|[[1985]]|?}} {{tchange|[[Mexican National Heavyweight Championship|MEX HEAVY]]|[[Gran Markus Jr.]] [3]|[[Popitekus]]|[[1990]]|[[Arena Coliseo

Promociones Mora held a tournament for the new [[UWA World Featherweight Championship]], a title mostly defended at small affiliated arenas. Most of the matches Tournaments matches at [[Arena Xochimilco]] with [[Turbina]], [[Constelacion | Constela

{{tretain|[[IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship|IWRG TAG]]|[[Mega]] & [[Super Mega]]|[[Sensei|Fantasy]] & [[Star Boy]]|[[20 {{tretain|[[CMLL World Mini Estrella Championship|CMLL MINI]]|[[Mini Damian 666]]|[[Bam Bam]]|[[2008]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}}

*[[Mucha Lucha Atlanta Championship|MLA Championship]] *[[MLA Global Championship‎]]

A one-night tournament for the vacant [[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship]] at Baleario Olimpico. Box y Lucha 2064 lists results but no date or day o [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[UWA World Women's Championship|UWA WOMEN]]|[[Lola Gonzalez]] [2]|[[Irma González]]|[[1983]]|[[Puebla]]}} {{tchange|[[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship|NWA LH]]|[[Jaque Mate]]|[[Apolo Dantes]]|[[1993]]|[[Arena Isabel De Cuernav

* [[Hector Garza]] ([[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship]]) * [[Espectro Jr.]] ([[Mexican National Middleweight Championship]])

A one night tournament for the [[Occidente Middleweight Championship]] was held on [[August 10]], [[1954]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Category:IWRG Tournaments]] [[Category:Tag Team Tournaments]]

...nge, and the [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship|Light Heavyweight championship]] was decided in September 1991. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...nt. The winning team would win $10,000 and the [[Mexican National Tag Team Championship]]. ...era Roja]] & [[Chale Romero]]. However, the commission invalidated the tag championship win, since EMLL claimed they already had national tag team champions.

[[El Signo]] was stripped of the [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship]] for an unauthorized title defense against [[Kato Kung Lee]] on [[January [[Category:Tournaments]]

...World Women's Championship]] for appearing at a WCW event, CMLL filled the championship with atypical speed. A tournament with four women was held only four days a ...?oe=UTF-8&output=gplain Doug Corti Recap, via groups.google.com][[Category:Tournaments]]

...contender tournament in the [[Arena Mexico]] for the [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]] on January 9th, 2024. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...an National Welterweight Champion]], then won the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] and gave up the national title. EMLL held a tournament for the vacant championship starting [[June 26]], [[1976]]. Part of the first round was held at Pista A

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship|MEX LIGHT]]|[[Rolando Costa]]|[[Raul Rojas]]|[[1966]]|[[El Cortijo]]}} {{tchange|[[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship|NWA LH]]|[[Tony Salazar]]|[[Alfonso Dantes]]|[[1981]]|[[Arena Mexico]]}}

...leaving the promotion, did not recongize the title change and declared the championship vacant. ...ournament was held in typical 16 man, 3 week style: 2 weeks of 8 man block tournaments (on 05/07 and 05/14), with the block winners facing the final week (on 05/2

...heir own welterweight championship, as part of creating the concept of UWA championship. Mano Negra and his father [[El Rebelde]] were scheduled to be involved in the championship tournament and Mano Negra would've been a favorite to win. Both men were li

...wrestler. The winner of the tournament received the [[XNL National Women's Championship]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

When the [[AAA World Mixed Tag Championship]] became vacant due to [[Fabi Apache]]'s pregnancy, a four team tournament [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tretain|[[UWA World Trios Championship|UWA TRIOS]]|[[Missioneros de la Muerte]] ([[el Signo]], [[Negro Navarro]], {{tretain|[[UWA World Trios Championship|UWA TRIOS]]|[[Shu El Guerrero]], [[Scorpio Jr.]], [[Engendro I|El Engendro]

...eneración Xtrema]] (NGX) in order to crown their inaugural [[NGX Freestyle Championship|NGX Freestyle Champion]]. It began on [[July 20]], [[2013]] with the prelim [[Category:Abandoned Tournaments]]

...iddleweight Championship]] in September 1974, requiring him to vacate this championship. [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[NWA World Welterweight Championship|NWA WELTER]]|[[Lizmark]]|[[El Supremo]]|[[1980]]|[[Arena Coliseo De Acapulc {{tchange|[[Mexican National Featherweight Championship|MEX FEATHER]]|[[El Coralillo]]|[[Juicio]]|[[1988]]|[[Arena Apatlaco]]}}

...Championship]] would be vacated. The Villano brothers had not defended the championship in the year and a half since winning them; the bigger news is the titles we * Los Compadres: [[Iron Love]] & [[Chucho El Roto]], the [[AULL Tag Team Championship|AULL Tag Team Champions]]

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Tag Championship|MEX TAG]]|[[Cien Caras]] [2] & [[Mascara Ano 2000]]|[[Rayo de Jalisco]] & [ {{tchange|[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship|MEX LIGHT]]|[[Guerrero Samurai]]|[[el Khaliffa]]|[[1986]]|[[Pista Arena Rev

A one night tournament for the [[Occidente Middleweight Championship]] was held on [[February 28]], [[1954]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...[[2013]] was vacant. Reigning champion [[Titan (CMLL)|Titan]] gave up the championship due to injury. Averno defeated Mistico to won the championship on April 26.

...1962 tournament for the [[Mexican National Heavyweight Championship]]. The championship was vacant following the death of [[Medico Asesino]]. Asesino was the star ...eta was hyped as the favorite going into the tournament before winning the championship.

The [[NWA]] stripped [[Rene Guajardo]] of the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]] as part of a break up between Guajardo and [[EMLL]] in July of 1973. Guaj ...end up leaving EMLL months later. The NWA would likewise strip him of this championship, though only after he defeated Guajardo to settle any issue.

...rinkle. All current champions in the tournament would have to defend their championship during the tournament, in order to create one unified champion. * [[Cibernetico]] held the [[IWC World Heavyweight Championship]]

A one night tournament for the [[Occidente Weltereweight Championship]] was held on [[January 25]], [[1954]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Trios Championship|MEX TRIOS]]|[[Thundercats]] ([[Leono (original)|Leono]], [[Tigro]], [[Panth {{tchange|[[WWA World Middleweight Championship|WWA MIDDLE]]|[[El Pantera]] <B>(1)</b>|[[Naohiro Hoshikawa]]|[[1996]]|[[Nos

Olimpico, Mr. Niebla, and Safari had just won the [[Mexican National Trios Championship]] the prior week. [[Category: Arena Mexico One Night Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship|MEX LIGHT]]|[[Emilio Charles Sr.]]|[[Raul Romero]]|[[1946]]|[[Mexico City]] {{tchange|[[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship|NWA LH]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]] [2]|[[Roddy Piper]]|[[1977]]|[[Los Angeles]]}}

[[Luis Robles]] beat [[Salvador Flores]] to win the championship in on [[February 25, 1938]] [[Category:Tournaments]]

The [[UWA World Welterweight Championship]] was vacant for unknown reasons in 1982. A tournament was held on May 1982 [[Category:Tournaments]]

EMLL held a tournament to determine the first [[Mexican National Tag Team Championship]] in 1982. The length and number of teams included is unknown. [[Category:Title Tournaments]]

...Mexican National Trios Championship]] after winning the [[CMLL World Trios Championship]]. CMLL announced an eight-team tournament to decide new champions. [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship|MEX WELTER]]|[[Karloff Lagarde]]|[[Jalisco Gonzalez]]|[[1957]]|[[Arena Coli {{tchange|[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|MEX MIDDLE]]|[[Jerry Estrada]]|[[Ultraman]]|[[1984]]|[[Arena Coliseo DF]]}}

...l Lightweight Championship]] after winning [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]] in 1966. A tournament was held in [[Plaza el Toros el Cortijo]]. [[Category:Tournaments]]

.... He came to [[Germany]] and bet the title against Kim Ray's [[wXw Shotgun Championship]] in a Title vs Title Match. Ray won both belts. [[Category:Tournaments]]

...was called a 'lightning' tournament, which EMLL used to refer to one-night tournaments. This one-night tournament took January 27, in Arena Coliseo. [[Category:Tournaments]]

{{tchange|[[UWA World Heavyweight Championship|UWA HEAVY]]|[[Dos Caras]]|[[Enrique Vera]]|[[1984]]|[[El Toreo De Naucalpan {{tchange|[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship|MEX WELTER]]|[[Angel Azteca]]|[[Bestia Salvaje]]|[[1989]]|?}}

...wledge both the previous identity. They also acknowledged the Middleweight championship reign, treating it as active and ongoing. However, in August of 2012, a tournament was announced to fill the championship. As usual with CMLL, there was no explanation, but it's presumed the title

...pretense they would be entering a tournament for the [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]]. They actually did not enter the tournament as a team, but the titles wer [[Category:Championship Tournaments]]

A tournament was held for the [[Occidente Heavyweight Championship]] on [[August 3]], 1958 in [[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara]]. It's unclear if i [[Category:Tournaments]]

...[[2006]], [[AULL]] held an eight man tournament for the [[AULL Lightweight Championship]]. The first two rounds were held on [[September 6]], and the final was hel [[Category:Tournaments]]

[[Aristoteles]] vacated the [[Mexican National Lightweight Championship]] in July 1983 when he could no longer make the weight. A tournament was he [[Category:Incomplete Tournaments]]

...l tournaments|XNL Trofeo Declaración De Independencia 2012]], WNF Absoluto Championship

...MLL held a four man, one night tournament to determine a contender for the championship. ...own out due to both wrestlers being counted out. Atlantis would retain the championship. (That finish was later played off in the 2004 [[Leyenda de Plata]])

Tournament held by [[IWL]] to crown their first [[IWL Women's Championship|IWL Women's Champion]]. Like the [[IWL Heavyweight Tournament, 2010|IWL Hea [[Category:Tournaments]]

...[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] for the not quite vacant [[WWA World Welterweight Championship]]. Only the winner is a regular Mexican wrestler. [[Category:Tournaments]]