List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions#Title history
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The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Completo de CMLL in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The Championship has been in existence since 1991.{{sup|[G]}} Unlike other heavyweight titles such as the WWE Championship or the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, it is not the main championship in the promotion because CMLL has emphasized the lower weight levels since there are more workers in the lower levels. The title was the first to be created after Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the early 1990s.
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.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |author=Ed Grabianowski |publisher=How Stuff Works |access-date=2009-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archive-date=2013-11-29 }} As the championship is designated as a heavyweight title, it can only officially be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least {{convert|105|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The rule is not strictly adhered to as several champions have been under the weight limit, including the 16th champion, Héctor Garza who weighed {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf|title=Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estados Unidos Méxicanos|author=Arturo Montiel Rojas|publisher=Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre México D.F.|date=2001-08-30|access-date=2009-04-03|quote="Completo 105 kilos sin limite"|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130181418/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2006}} All title matches take place under two-out-of-three falls rules.
The first champion was Konnan El Barbaro, who won a 16-man tournament in 1991.{{sup|[G]}} The current champion is Gran Guerrero, who is in his first reign. He defeated Hechicero on November 7, 2022. The championship has been vacated three times; all instances were when the champion left CMLL for another promotion. Universo 2000 holds the record for most reigns, with three.
Title history
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|unknown=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number = 1
|champion = Konnan El Barbaro
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1991|6|9}}
|days = {{age in days|June 9, 1991|August 18, 1991}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = EMLL Domingos Arena Mexico
|notes = Defeated Cien Caras in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 2
|champion = Cien Caras
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1991|8|18}}
|days = {{age in days|August 18, 1991|June 12, 1992}}
|location = Monterrey, NL
|event = Wrestling In Monterrey
|notes =
|ref = {{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-august-18-brock-lesnar-vs-cm-punk-daniel-bryan-vs-john | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (August 18): Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2014 | date=August 18, 2015 | access-date=February 19, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online | archive-date=February 20, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220092943/http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/day-pro-wrestling-history-august-18-brock-lesnar-vs-cm-punk-daniel-bryan-vs-john | url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=323903|title=Wrestling In Monterrey - Event @ Toreo de Plaza Monumental in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexiko|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=August 18, 1991|access-date=February 14, 2022|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214052106/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=323903|url-status=live}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|type=vacated
|sort number = 2.5
|date = {{dts|1992|6|12}}
|notes = The championship was vacated when Cien Caras left CMLL to work for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
|ref = {{sup|[G]}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 3
|champion = Black Magic
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1992|11|20}}
|days = {{age in days|November 20, 1992|June 27, 1993}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Televisa
|notes = Black Magic Defeated Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 4
|champion = Brazo de Plata
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1993|6|27}}
|days = {{age in days|June 27, 1993|July 28, 1994}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 5
|champion = Silver King
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1994|7|28}}
|days = {{age in days|July 28, 1994|June 23, 1995}}
|location = Cuernavaca, Morelos
|event = Live event
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 6
|champion = Apolo Dantés
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1995|6|23}}
|days = {{age in days|June 23, 1995|April 14, 1996}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Televisa
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 7
|champion = Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1996|4|14}}
|days = {{age in days|April 14, 1996|April 18, 1997}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 8
|champion = Steele
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1997|4|18}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = 41. Aniversario de Arena México
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|type=vacated
|sort number = 8.5
|date = {{dts|1997|9|1}}
|notes = The championship was vacated when Steele left CMLL for the World Wrestling Federation.
|ref = {{sup|[G]}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 9
|champion = Universo 2000
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1997|10|17}}
|days = {{age in days|October 17, 1997|September 13, 1998}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Super Viernes
|notes = Universo 2000 Defeated Cien Caras and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 10
|champion = Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|1998|9|13}}
|days = {{age in days|September 13, 1998|December 10, 1999}}
|location = Guadalajara, Jalisco
|event = CMLL Guadalajara Domingos
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 11
|champion = Universo 2000
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|1999|12|10}}
|days = {{age in days|December 10, 1999|April 18, 2003}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Televisa
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 12
|champion = Mr. Niebla
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2003|4|18}}
|days = {{age in days|April 18, 2003|October 12, 2004}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Televisa
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 13
|champion = Universo 2000
|reign = 3
|date = {{dts|2004|10|12}}
|days = {{age in days|October 12, 2004|July 8, 2007}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Martes De Coliseo
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 14
|champion = Dos Caras Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2007|7|8}}
|days = {{age in days|July 8, 2007|December 22, 2008}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Domingos De Coliseo
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 15
|champion = Último Guerrero
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2008|12|22}}
|days = {{age in days|December 22, 2008|August 12, 2011}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = Live event
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 16
|champion = Héctor Garza
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2011|8|12}}
|days = {{age in days|August 12, 2011|December 18, 2011}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Televisa
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|type=vacated
|sort number = 16.5
|date = {{dts|2011|12|18}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = Live event
|notes = The Championship announced vacated on the December 18, 2011, edition of Domingos Arena Mexico after Héctor Garza left CMLL to join Perros del Mal Producciones on November 11, 2011.
|ref = {{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2011/11/12/hector-garza-deja-el-cmll-se-une-con-los-perros-del-mal/|title=Héctor Garza deja el CMLL, se une con los Perros del Mal|author=Ruiz Glez, Alex|date=November 12, 2011|access-date=November 12, 2011|work=Súper Luchas|language=es|archive-date=February 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206050306/http://superluchas.com/2011/11/12/hector-garza-deja-el-cmll-se-une-con-los-perros-del-mal/|url-status=live}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 17
|champion = El Terrible
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2012|1|1}}
|days = {{age in days|January 1, 2012|January 30, 2015}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Guerreros del Ring
|notes = El Terrible defeated Rush to win the vacant championship.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 18
|champion = Máximo/Máximo Sexy
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2015|1|30}}
|days = {{age in days|January 30, 2015|May 22, 2017}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL on Fox Sports
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|type=vacated
|sort number = 18.5
|date = {{dts|2017|5|22}}
|notes = The Championship vacated when Máximo Sexy was fired by CMLL.
|ref = {{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2017/05/20/maximo-la-mascara-del-cmll-sindicato-luchadores-nido-corrupcion/ | title=Máximo y La Máscara fuera del CMLL — El Sindicato de Luchadores, nido de corrupción | first=Ernest | last=Ocampo | date=May 20, 2017 | access-date=May 20, 2017 | work=Súper Luchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico | archive-date=June 6, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606110925/http://superluchas.com/2017/05/20/maximo-la-mascara-del-cmll-sindicato-luchadores-nido-corrupcion/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=http://cmll.com/?p=98900 | title=Comuniado Oficial: CMLL | date=May 22, 2017 | access-date=May 22, 2017 | work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | language=es | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622083848/http://cmll.com/?p=98900 | archive-date=June 22, 2017 }}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 19
|champion = Marco Corleone
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2017|6|06}}
|days = {{age in days|June 6, 2017|August 22, 2018}}
|location = Guadalajara, Jalisco
|event = CMLL Guadalajara Martes
|notes = Corleone defeated El Terrible in the finals of a torneo cibernetico to win the vacant championship.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|type=vacated
|sort number = 19.5
|date = {{dts|2018|8|22}}
|notes = Championship vacated when Marco Corleone left CMLL.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 20
|champion = Último Guerrero
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|2018|10|16}}
|days = {{age in days|October 16, 2018|September 24, 2021}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL Martes Arena Mexico
|notes = Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul to win the vacant title
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 21
|champion = Hechicero
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2021|09|24}}
|days = {{age in days|September 24, 2021|November 7, 2022}}
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = CMLL 88. Aniversario
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 22
|champion = Gran Guerrero
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2022|11|07}}
|days = {{age in days|November 7, 2022}}+
|location = Mexico City, D.F.
|event = Lunes Clásico
|notes =
}}{{BundleEnd}}
Combined reigns
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
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|Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank !Wrestler !No. of !Combined |
| 1
|Universo 2000 || 3 || 2,555 |
|---|
| 2
|Último Guerrero || 2 || 2,037 |
| 3
|El Terrible || 1 || 1,125 |
| 4
|style="background-color: #ffe6bd"|Gran Guerrero † || 1 || {{age in days|November 7, 2022}}+ |
| 5
|Máximo/Máximo Sexy || 1 || 843 |
| 6
|Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. || 2 || 822 |
| 7
|Mr. Niebla || 1 || 543 |
| 8
|Dos Caras Jr. || 1 || 533 |
| 9
|Marco Corleone || 1 || 442 |
| 10
|Hechicero || 1 || 409 |
| 11
|Brazo de Plata || 1 || 396 |
| 12
|Silver King || 1 || 330 |
| 13
|Cien Caras || 1 || 299 |
| 14
|Apolo Dantés || 1 || 296 |
| 15
|Black Magic || 1 || 219 |
| 16
|Steele || 1 || Steel vacated the title on an unspecified day in September 1997, putting his reign between 136 and 165 days. |
| 17
|Héctor Garza || 1 || 128 |
| 18
|Konnan el Barbaro || 1 || 70 |
Notes
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References
;General sources
- [G] {{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|chapter=Mexico: EMLL CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre heavyweight Title|page=395|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
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External links
- [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=91 CMLL World Heavyweight Title History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926160150/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=91 |date=2021-09-26 }} at Cagematch.net
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