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Current Champion
Templario is the current champion, having defeated Dragon Rojo Jr. on May 12 , 2023 at Arena México .
History of Championship
13: Averno defeated Negro Casas for the championship on September 17 , 2006 , part of Averno's continued rise up the rudo ranks. Averno would end up holding the belt for nearly three years, but it was the same afterthought of a championship as it had been prior. Averno defended the title against younger tecnicos, typically in smaller CMLL arenas.
Averno won the NWA World Middleweight Championship in 2007. CMLL did not unify the two similar championships, treating them instead as distinct titles to be defended separately. In practice, this meant Averno defended the more historically important NWA title, and this championship was ignored until the loss to Fantasma.
14: After Hijo del Fantasma pinned Averno to turn back the title challenge of Averno's Los Hijos del Averno team and retain the CMLL World Trios Championship for his team, Fantasma challenged Averno to defend his CMLL title next. Averno surprisingly agreed, and Fantasma defeated him the next week for the title. The period from challenge to title win was surprisingly quick, even at a point when 2-4 weeks was the standard. Fantasma became a double CMLL champion upon winning the title, and appears to be the youngest champion ever at 25.
Fantasma's title reign was more a status symbol than an active championship. It was part of Fantasma's general ascension - he was also the CMLL World Trios Champion during his reign - but not very feuded over. The sudden end of his title reign was a mild surprise.
15: Veteran rudo Negro Casas cleanly defeated the young champion in his second defense. Negro was also CMLL World Welterweight Champion , and interviews in following weeks reminded fans he was also held the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship (though hadn't defended it since CMLL broke ties with IWRG), as well as a belt billed as the UWA World Welterweight Championship (which had not been seen in six years, and there is no record of Negro winning the belt.) This presentation of Negro Casas as a four belt champion seems to designed to soften the blow of what would be to come in retrospect.
16: Negro Casas took a tour with NJPW in late April/early May of 2010 to celebrate his 30th year of wrestling. The tour climaxed with a middleweight title defense against Jushin Liger . Liger had come to Mexico the previous year, but was unsuccessful in title challenges against Ultimo Guerrero (for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship ) and Mistico (for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship ).) Back in Japan, Liger was able to defeat Negro to win the title, becoming 16th champion.
18: Ángel de Oro defeated Dragon Rojo Jr. on March 25th , 2017 to capture the CMLL World Middleweight Championship.
Champions Listing
#
Champion(s)
Defeated
Date
Location
final of a tournament
1
Blue Panther
Satanico
1991 .12.18
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
[ 1]
1
El Dandy
1992 .01.18
Pista Arena Revolucion
[ 2]
2
Filoso
1992 .03.21
Pista Arena Revolucion
[ 3]
championship announced vacant on 1992 .06.25 ; Panther had jumped to AAA a month prior
finalists from a battle royal the previous week
2
El Dandy
Negro Casas
1992 .07.03
Arena Mexico
1
Negro Casas
1992 .07.14
Irapuato
2
Negro Casas
1992 .07.19
Arena Villahermosa
3
Negro Casas
1992 .07.30
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
[ 4]
3
Bestia Salvaje
El Dandy
1992 .09.04
Arena Mexico
[ 5]
1
Love Machine
1992 .09.20
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Love Machine
1992 .10.07
Arena Naucalpan
[ 6]
3
Mascara Magica
1992 .10.18
Arena Mexico
4
El Dandy
1992 .10.20
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
[ 7]
5
Kato Kung Lee
1992 .12.06
Pista Arena Revolucion
[ 8]
4
El Dandy [2]
Bestia Salvaje
1992 .12.16
Arena Naucalpan
[ 9]
1[ 10]
Bestia Salvaje
1993 .01.30
Arena Puebla
2[ 11]
Negro Casas
1993 .02.03
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
3[ 12]
Mano Negra
1993 .02.16
Arena Morelos, Morelia, Michoacán
4
Emilio Charles Jr.
El Dandy
1993 .05.12
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
1
Negro Casas
1993 .05.20
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
2
Satanico
1993 .06.01
Arena Coliseo DF
3
El Dandy
1993 .09.21
Arena Coliseo DF
6
El Dandy [3]
Emilio Charles Jr.
1993 .10.05
Arena Coliseo DF
1
El Engendro
1993 .12.14
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
2
Emilio Charles Jr.
1994 .01.19
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
7
Javier Llanes
El Dandy
1994 .02.22
Arena Coliseo DF
8
Apolo Dantes
Javier Llanes
1994 .09.11
Arena Coliseo DF
1
Satanico
1994 .10.23
Arena Coliseo
9
Satanico
Apolo Dantes
1994 .11.27
Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
1
Hector Garza
1995 .01.06
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Negro Casas
1995 .03.05
Arena Coliseo DF
3
Hector Garza
1995 .03.26
Monterrey
4
Hector Garza
1995 .04.25
Arena Coliseo DF
5
Hector Garza
1995 .08.03
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
6
Lizmark
1996 .01.31
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
[ 13]
7
Lizmark
1996 .07.21
Arena Coliseo DF
8
Solar I
1996 .10.03
Pista Arena Revolucion
9
El Dandy
1997 .04.01
Arena Coliseo DF
10
Solar I
1997 .08.04
Arena Puebla
11
Lizmark
1997 .12.14
Arena Coliseo Acapulco
[ 14]
12
Mascara Sagrada
1997 .12.25
Mexico City
13
Lizmark
1998 .07.14
Arena Coliseo DF
14
Solar I
1998 .08.07
Arena Neza
15
Lizmark
1998 .08.21
Odawara, Japan
16
La Fiera
1998 .09.13
Arena Neza
17
Negro Casas
1998 .10.27
Arena Coliseo DF
18
Negro Casas
1998 .12.02
La Carpa Astros
19
Brazo de Oro
1998 .12.17
Mexico City
20
Tony Rivera
1999 .01.10
Arena Coliseo DF
10
Ringo Mendoza
Satanico
1999 .03.07
Arena Coliseo DF
1
Blue Panther
1999 .04.27
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Scorpio Jr.
1999 .07.02
Arena Neza
3
Rey Bucanero
1999 .11.27
La Carpa Astros
4
Zumbido
2000 .01.02
Arena Coliseo DF
5
Blue Panther
2000 .02.27
Arena Coliseo DF
6
Apolo Dantes
2000 .03.06
Arena Tropicana
7
Mr. Mexico
2000 .04.14
Arena Neza
8
Black Warrior
2000 .07.18
Arena Coliseo DF
9
Villano III
2000 .08.10
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
10
Mano Negra
2000 .09.17
Arena Coliseo DF
11
Emilio Charles Jr. [2]
Ringo Mendoza
2001 .03.18
Arena Coliseo DF
1
Atlantis
2002 .12.11
Arena Lopez Mateos
2
Atlantis
2003 .01.14
Arena Coliseo DF
3
Negro Casas
2003 .03.19
Arena Lopez Mateos
4
Satanico
2003 .07.09
Arena Lopez Mateos
5
Sagrado
2003 .11.13
Arena San Juan Pantitlan
6
Sagrado
2003 .12.16
Arena Coliseo DF
7
Black Warrior
2004 .01.20
Arena Coliseo DF
12
Negro Casas
Emilio Charles Jr.
2004 .04.26
Arena Puebla
1
Scorpio Jr.
2004 .12.18
Plaza de la Unidad PRI - Toluca
2
El Averno
2005 .03.01
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
3
Damian 666
2005 .04.17
Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
4
Averno
2006 .08.14
Arena Puebla
13
Averno
Negro Casas
2006 .09.17
Arena Coliseo DF
1
Alex Koslov
2006 .11.19
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Volador Jr.
2006 .12.22
Arena Mexico
3
Volador Jr.
2007 .01.14
Arena Neza
4
Volador Jr.
2007 .02.05
Arena Puebla
5
Mistico
2007 .02.20
Arena Queretaro
6
Mistico
2007 .02.26
Arena Puebla
7
Blue Panther
2009 .05.29
Arena Mexico
14
Hijo del Fantasma
Averno
2009 .07.21
Arena Mexico
1
Sangre Azteca
2009 .12.21
Arena Puebla
15
Negro Casas [2]
Hijo del Fantasma
2010 .02.14
Arena Mexico
16
Jushin Liger
Negro Casas
2010 .05.03
Fukuoka International Center - Fukuoka, Japan
1
Sombra
2010 .09.27
Arena Puebla
2
Sombra
2011 .01.22
Korakuen Hall
3
Mascara Dorada
2011 .05.03
Fukuoka International Center - Fukukoa, Japan
4
Texano Jr.
2011 .10.24
Arena Puebla
17
Dragon Rojo Jr.
Jushin Liger
2011 .11.18
Arena Mexico
1
Angel de Oro
2012 .01.03
Arena Mexico
2
Sombra
2012 .04.30
Arena Puebla
3
Sombra
2012 .05.20
Arena Mexico
4
Titan
2012 .07.20
Arena Mexico
5
Valiente
2012 .10.22
Arena Puebla
6
Titan
2013 .02.05
Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
7
Sombra
2013 .04.07
Arena Coliseo
8
Rey Escorpion
2014 .08.08
Arena Mexico
9
Polvora
2014 .12.22
Arena Puebla
10
Niebla Roja
2015 .02.03
Arena Mexico
11
Mr. Aguila
2015 .02.20
Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
12[ 15]
La Mascara
2015 .09.19
Arena Coliseo
13[ 16]
Titán
2015 .12.22
Arena México
14
Guerrero Maya Jr.
2016 .06.14
Arena Mexico
15
Ángel de Oro
2016 .09.26
Arena Puebla
16
Blue Panther
2016 .10.25
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
17
Ángel de Oro
2017 .01.17
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
18
Delta
2017 .03.12
Arena Pavilion del Norte
18
Ángel de Oro
Dragon Rojo Jr.
2017 .03.25
Arena Coliseo
1
Rey Bucanero
2017 .08.02
Arena México
19
El Cuatrero
Ángel de Oro
2018 .01.19
Korakuen Hall , Tokyo , Japan
1
Ángel de Oro
2018 .06.01
Arena México
2
Ángel de Oro
2018 .07.16
Arena Puebla
3
Titán
2018 .11.06
Arena México
4
Caristico
2019 .12.14
Arena Coliseo
championship vacant on 2021.08.10 when Cuatrero leaves the promotion
final of a tournament
20
Soberano Jr.
Templario
2021 .12.10
Arena México
21
Dragon Rojo Jr. [2]
Soberano Jr.
2022 .04.02
Arena Coliseo
1
Robbie Eagles
2022 .08.12
Arena Mexico
22
Templario
Dragón Rojo Jr.
2023 .05.12
Arena México
1
Dragon Rojo Jr.
2023 .07.24
Arena Puebla
2
Volador Jr.
2023 .11.19
Arena Puebla
3
Flip Gordon
2024 .05.10
Arena México
4
Volador Jr.
2024 .09.27
Arena México
5
Volador Jr.
2025 .01.03
Arena México
6
Ary Bradford
2025 .03.22
Arena Cwe, Curridabat, Costa Rica
7
Villano III Jr.
2025 .09.26
Arena Mexico
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
Gallery of Champions
Sources
Wrestling-Titles.com