Weight Classes

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In modern day lucha libre, weight divisions are only loosely applied and not especially meaningful. Early in history, they were strictly adhered to, with box y lucha comissions denying promotions permission to run title matches if the participants didn't make weight.

Weight Divisions
Division Spanish Limit kg pounds Major Titles Notes
Feather Pluma 63 139 Mex Nat UWA
Light Ligero 70 154 Mex Nat UWA WWA
Welter Welter 78 172 Mex Nat NWA CMLL UWA WWA IWRG
Middle Medio 87 192 Mex Nat NWA CMLL UWA WWA IWRG
Junior Light Heavy (Super Middle) Semicompleto Junior (Super Medio) 94 207 UWA WWA
Light Heavy Semicompleto 97 214 Mex Nat NWA CMLL UWA WWA WWF
Cruiser (Junior Heavy) Crucero (Completo Junior) 107 231 Mex Nat UWA 1
Heavy Completo 97 214 Mex Nat CMLL UWA WWA IWRG 2
  1. Between 97 kg.and 107 kg.for Cruiserweight in Mexico.
  2. Heavyweight championships have a minimum weight, all others are maximum.

Titles which include Super in their name indicate a higher weight limit, in between the established normal titles. For example, the limit a CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship would be in the middle of lightweight and welterweight, perhaps at 74 kg.

Junior is the opposite, a lesser weight limit than standard for that division.

While not a weight limit, there was at one time a height limit, or dividing line, to determine wrestlers who were minis and those who were normal wrestlers. Wrestlers had to be over 5 ft /152 cm to wrestle for the general titles. Any shorter would wrestle in the mini division. Like all other the divisions, this is no longer strict, and there are many rudo minis who are actually a couple of inches over the five foot mark (the better to bully the smaller tecnico minis.)

Sources

Wrestling-titles.com GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO(Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Profesional en el Estado de Mexico-CAPITURO XXVI)