CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Current Champion
Mascara Dorada is the current champion, having won a 10 man Cibernetico to claim the vacant title on April 7, 2009. The title had been vacated when Rocky Romero left CMLL.
History of Championship
CMLL created the Super Light (Super Ligero) championship in 2003 due to the strong positive reaction to a series of matches between the NJPW-LA Havana Brothers team and a CMLL tecnico trio of Ricky Marvin, Virus, and Volador Jr.. By creating a new CMLL Championship, they didn't need to take away a belt from a current champion and they could allow anyone to compete for the title, unlike the Mexican Championships.
The participants in the championship opening cibernetico were Super Comando, Loco Max, Sangre Azteca, Ricky Marvin, Tigre Blanco, Rocky Romero (as Havana Brother I), Ricky Reyes (as Havana Brother II(b)), Puma (as Havana Brother III), Neutron, Sombra de Plata, Volador Jr., and Virus. A heavily clipped version, showing only the final two eliminations, was shown on television.
Virus was quickly set up as the first challenger, and defeated Romero with little trouble. Only the last fall was shown on television. At that point, the NJPW-LA crew were done in CMLL, and the championship dropped to the level of the least visible CMLL Championships.
The championship appeared to be forgotten when Romero was brought to Arena Mexico with no previous buildup. Romero won the championship near the end of 2004, and the title appeared to leave CMLL, with no future Mexico title defenses scheduled at this time.
Tommy Williams won the championship from Romero in a 2005 Labor Day weekend show, though the results weren't well publicized at the time (it was only apparently when Williams was defending the championship on other shows much later.) Romero won the championship for the third time on an AWS show.
The championship continued to be inactive, even thru a multi-month stint of returning of to CMLL in 2008, this time as the masked Grey Shadow. The championship continued to be ignored after Romero jumped to AAA late in 2008. In April 2009, out of the blue and clearly as filler for a fan appereciation day show, CMLL announced a tournament to decide a new champion.
Champions Listing
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decision match with the finalists of a twelve man cibernetico on 2003.09.05 | |||||
| 1 | Rocky Romero | Volador Jr. | 2003.09.12 | Arena Mexico | |
| 2 | Virus | Rocky Romero | 2003.11.14 | Arena Mexico | |
| 1 | Eddy Montana | 2004.06.13 | Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara | ||
| 3 | Rocky Romero [2] | Virus | 2004.12.10 | Arena Mexico | |
| 4 | Tommy Williams | Rocky Romero | 2005.09.0? | Los Angeles | |
| 5 | Rocky Romero [3] | Tommy Williams | 2006.01.20 | Los Angeles | |
| 1 | Mikey Nicholls | 2006.08.25 | Santa Monica, California, United States | ||
| tournament to decide new champion announced on 2009.04.03, championship inactive for years prior | |||||
| decision match with the finalists of a ten man cibernetico on 2009.04.07 | |||||
| 6 | Mascara Dorada [1] | Angel Azteca Jr. | 2009.04.07 | Arena Mexico | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
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See Also: CMLL Japan Super Light Championship
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