CMLL World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | March 3, 1993 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Los Nuevos Ingobernables (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 23, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The CMLL World Tag Team Championship (CMLL Campeonato Mundial de Parejas in Spanish) is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") in Mexico and is for two-man tag teams only. The championship was created in 1993 to replace the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and is still promoted by CMLL to this day. It is the top championship promoted by CMLL, with the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente Tag Team Championship considered lower ranked, regional tag team championships. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won or lost via wrestling matches.
The reigning champions are Los Nuevos Ingobernables ("The New Ungovernables"; Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja), having defeated Titán and Volador Jr., on January 23, 2022, at CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico. They are the 44th overall champions in their first reign together. Negro Casas and Shocker hold the record for the longest reign as a team, at 1,335 days. Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero hold the record for the longest combined reigns of any team: 1,185 days divided over three reigns. Individually, Último Guerrero has held the championship six times for a total of 1,923 days, the longest of any individual. The team of Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner Jr. held the championship for seven days, the shortest reign of any championship team. Casas and Último Guerrero have the most title reigns with six each, while the combinations of Casas and El Hijo del Santo, Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero and Averno and Mephisto are the only teams to have won the championship three times.
The championship has been declared vacant on a number of occasions, either because of an injury to one of the champions or because a wrestler stopped working for CMLL for a period of time. The championship has been held up once, based on the inconclusive outcome of a match, being vacant for a week until the two teams had a rematch. CMLL has also held a couple of tournaments designed to give the winners of the tournament a match against the champions, declaring them the official number one contender for the champions.
Starting in 1957 the Mexican Lucha libre , or professional wrestling, promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL) began promoting the Mexican National Tag Team Championship as the top championship of their tag team division. [lower-alpha 2] In 1991 EMLL was rebranded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) after the promotion left the National Wrestling Alliance in the late 1980s.{{efn|Madigan (2007) p. 32: "in the late 1980s EMLL withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance" [4] In 1992 then-CMLL executive Antonio Peña left CMLL along with a number of the promotion's wrestlers to form Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Among the wrestlers that left CMLL were then-reigning Mexican National Tag Team Champions Misterioso and Volador. The Mexican National Tag Team Championship was not owned by CMLL but rather by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission and the commission allowed AAA to take control of the championship. [lower-alpha 2] In early 1993 CMLL decided to create their own tag team championship to replace the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and introduced the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. The team of Canek and Dr. Wagner Jr. faced off against Vampiro Canadiense and Pierroth Jr. in the finals of a 16-team tournament to determine the first champions, with Canek and Wagner Jr. winning the match to become the first tag team champions. The duo would hold the title until El Canek left CMLL in November 1994. CMLL held a 32-team tournament from November 11 to December 16, 1994. In the finals "Los Cowboys" (Silver King and El Texano) defeated El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. to become the second ever CMLL World Tag Team Champions. [lower-alpha 3] Six months later Los Cowboys would lose the title to their longtime rivals los Headhunters . [lower-alpha 4]
In September 1996 the champions, the team of Atlantis and Lizmark, were stripped of the championship after an inconclusive match against Los Headhunters. [lower-alpha 5] In the subsequent eight-team tournament brothers Silver King and Dr. Wagner Jr. captured the title with a victory over Dos Caras and Último Dragón. [lower-alpha 6] The title would be vacated once again only six months later as Silver King left CMLL to work for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). [lower-alpha 7] Dr. Wagner Jr. teamed up with Emilio Charles Jr. and the two former champions won an eight-team tournament in August 1997. [lower-alpha 8] The title would be vacated once again in 1998 when one half of the tag team champions, Mr. Niebla, was injured. Bestia Salvaje and Emilio Charles Jr. became champions by winning an 8-team tournament and began working a storyline with the team of Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo, whom they traded the title back and forth with over the next year. [lower-alpha 9] In early 1999 El Hijo del Santo left CMLL forcing them to vacate the title once again. [lower-alpha 10] Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Warriors from the Inferno"; Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) defeated Mr. Niebla and Villano IV in a tournament final bringing some stability to the title as they have not been vacated since then. Guerrero and Bucanero have held the title three times since then and Guerrero has teamed with Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis to win the championship twice more. [2] CMLL held a number one contender's tournament in both 2008 and in 2013, using the tournament to build the credibility of the tournament winners. Both the 2008 winners, Averno and Mephisto, and the 2013 winners, Rush and La Máscara would go on to win the championship. [lower-alpha 11]
In 2000 CMLL revived the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship after it had been dormant since the 1980s. The title became a secondary tag team championship for CMLL, primarily for younger, lower ranked wrestlers. [6] The Guadalajara branch of CMLL has intermittently promoted the Occidente (western) tag team championship, a local championship that is not defended outside the Mexican state of Jalisco. [lower-alpha 12]
The current champions are Los Nuevos Ingobernables (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja). The team won the championship on January 23, 2022, by defeating Titán and Volador Jr. at CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico. [8] Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja are the 44th overall champions in their first reign. Negro Casas and Último Guerrero share the record for individual reigns with six, and three teams are tied for most title reigns as a team with Guerrero and Rey Bucanero, Averno and Mephisto and Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo, who all have three reigns. Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Dragón Rojo Jr. and Último Guerrero) held the title for 640 days, which is the longest reign of any team while Último Guerrero's six reigns combine to 1,923 days. Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner Jr. held the title for seven days and are thus the team with the shortest reign to date. CMLL has been forced to declare the championship vacant on eight different occasions since its creation in 1993, which meant that there were no champions for a period of time. The title has been declared vacant twice because one of the champions (El Canek and Silver King respectively) left CMLL, and four times due to a major injury to one of the champions. [2] On one occasion CMLL held up the championship, vacating the championship until a rematch between the teams of Místico/Héctor Garza and Averno/Mephisto, a match that Místico and Héctor Garza won to become two-times champions. On February 5, 1999, El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas defeated Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. by disqualification, which in CMLL meant that they also won the championship. Casas and Hijo del Santo refused to win the championship in that matter, vacating the championship until the two teams could have a rematch. [lower-alpha 13] Casas and Hijo del Santo won the rematch without controversy to win the championship once more. [lower-alpha 14]
As the CMLL World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship. Championship matches usually take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules. [lower-alpha 15] On occasion single fall title matches have taken place, especially when promoting CMLL title matches in Japan, conforming to the traditions of the local promotion. An example of this was when Bushi won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship in a one-fall match on a New Japan Pro-Wrestling show in 2015. [lower-alpha 16]
The CMLL World Tag Team Championship was the last of the CMLL branded championships to be created in the years immediately following the name change to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Until early 1993 the Mexican National Tag Team Championship had served as the main tag team title, but the title moved to AAA when the champions left CMLL to jump to AAA leaving CMLL without a tag team championship. [lower-alpha 17] CMLL co-promoted the tournament with the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), holding the tournament spread out over several CMLL and UWA shows, the tournament started on February 26, 1993, featuring wrestlers from both promotions. [11] The finals were spread out over three shows, with one fall of the match on each of the shows. The finals started place on March 19 on a CMLL show, [12] followed by a second match on March 21 at a UWA show, [13] and the third and final match on March 26 on CMLL's Super Viernes show. [14] The tournament was won by Dr. Wagner Jr. a CMLL regular, and El Canek who had been synonymous with the UWA for over a decade at that point in time. [11]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Vampiro and Pierroth Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
Pirata Morgan and El Satánico | Vampiro and Pierroth Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Jaque Mate and Massakre | W | Jaque Mate and Massakre | |||||||||||||
Kahoz and Gran Markus Jr. | Vampiro and Pierroth Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Los Headhunters | W | Los Headhunters | |||||||||||||
Sangre Chicana and Emilio Charles Jr. | Los Headhunters | W | |||||||||||||
Scorpio Sr. and Scorpio Jr. | Máscara Mágica II and Oro | ||||||||||||||
Máscara Mágica II and Oro | W | Vampiro and Pierroth Jr. | |||||||||||||
Mano Negra and Bestia Salvaje | Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek | W | |||||||||||||
Apolo Dantés and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | W | Apolo Dantés and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Black Magic and Negro Casas | W | Black Magic and Negro Casas | |||||||||||||
Gran Hamada and King Lee | Apolo Dantés and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Atlantis and El Dandy | W | Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek | W | ||||||||||||
El Texano Jr. and Silver King | Atlantis and El Dandy | ||||||||||||||
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek | W | |||||||||||||
Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek | W |
In the summer of 1994 El Canek was planning on leaving CMLL, which meant that CMLL had to make plans for the tag team championship that Canek held at the time alongside Dr. Wagner Jr. The decision was made to hold a 16-team tournament to determine the next champions. The tournament started on July 22, 1994, and ran until August 5. As it turned out El Canek stayed in CMLL longer than expected and was still working for them by the time El Texano and Silver King won the tournament. CMLL named the winning team the "number one contenders", but before they got a chance to wrestle against Canek and Dr. Wagner Jr., Canek left CMLL. Without a championship team to defend against El Texano and Silver King CMLL organized a second 16-team tournament to determine who would wrestle the previous tournament winners for the vacant championship. The second tournament, which ran from November 18 until December 2 featured several wrestlers that also competed in the first tournament, most with different partners. [15] The second tournament was won by El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr., who ended up losing to El Texano and Silver King on December 16, 1994. With their victory El Texano and Silver King became the second CMLL Tag Team Champions. [lower-alpha 3] [15]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
El Texano and Silver King | W | ||||||||||||||
Nobutaka Araya and Takashi Okano | El Texano and Silver King | W | |||||||||||||
Pierroth Jr. and Emilio Charles Jr. | Vampiro Canadiense and Pegasus Kid | ||||||||||||||
Vampiro Canadiense and Pegasus Kid | W | El Texano and Silver King | W | ||||||||||||
Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiator | W | Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | |||||||||||||
Bestia Salvaje and El Felino | Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiator | ||||||||||||||
Espectro Jr. and Cadaver de Ultratumba | Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | W | El Texano and Silver King | W | ||||||||||||
Los Headhunters | W | Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana | |||||||||||||
Black Magic and Mano Negra | Los Headhunters | W | |||||||||||||
Super Astro and Hayabusa | Negro Casas and El Dandy | ||||||||||||||
Negro Casas and El Dandy | W | Los Headhunters | |||||||||||||
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | W | Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana | W | ||||||||||||
La Fiera and Apolo Dantés | Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | ||||||||||||||
Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza | W | Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana | W | ||||||||||||
Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Dr. Wagner Jr. and Pierroth Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador | Blue Demon Jr. and Dos Caras | ||||||||||||||
Blue Demon Jr. and Dos Caras | W | Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Negro Casas and El Dandy | W | Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés | |||||||||||||
Jaque Mate and Guerrero de la Muerte | Negro Casas and El Dandy | ||||||||||||||
Héctor Garza and Humberto Garza Jr. | Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés | W | |||||||||||||
Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés | W | Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | |||||||||||||
Atlantis and Corazon de Leon | W | El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Hijo del Solitario | Atlantis and Corazon de Leon | W | |||||||||||||
Black Power and Black Magic | La Fiera and Shocker | ||||||||||||||
La Fiera and Shocker | W | Atlantis and Corazon de Leon | |||||||||||||
Último Dragón and Hayabusa | W | El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
El Felino and Mano Negra | Último Dragón and Hayabusa | ||||||||||||||
Sangre Chicana and Bestia Salvaje | El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. | W |
On October 25, 1996 Los Headhunters defeated then reigning CMLL World Tag Team Champions Atlantis and Lizmark to win the titles. After the match was over Los Headhunters continued to attack both of their opponents, which led to the referee disqualifying the team, negating the championship change. Los Headhunters took the championship belts with them, ignoring that they were not actually the champions. [lower-alpha 5] The storyline was that the team declared themselves the tag team champions, but CMLL did not have the same opinion, declaring the titles vacant instead. [lower-alpha 5] CMLL followed up the decision to vacate the championship by holding an eight-team tournament that spanned their February 21 and February 28, 1997 Super Viernes shows. [16] In the end, the brother team of Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King defeated Dos Caras and Último Dragón to become the seventh overall champions. [lower-alpha 6] [16]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Negro Casas and Black Magic | W | ||||||||||
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | Negro Casas and El Dandy | ||||||||||
Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King | W | Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King | W | ||||||||
El Dandy and Lizmark | Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King | W | |||||||||
Dos Caras and Último Dragón | W | Dos Caras and Último Dragón | |||||||||
Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje | Dos Caras and Último Dragón | W | |||||||||
Los Headhunters | W | Los Headhunters | |||||||||
Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. |
The team of Silver King and Dr. Wagner Jr. had held the championship since winning a tournament on February 2, 1997, but in August, 1997 Silver King left CMLL to work for Promo Azteca and the U.S. based World Championship Wrestling (WCW). CMLL held a two-night, eight-team tournament to fill the void left by Silver King leaving. The finals took place on August 29, where Dr. Wagner Jr. and his new partner Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Los Headhunters to become the eight overall champions. [lower-alpha 18] [17]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Gran Markus Jr. and Steel | W | ||||||||||
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata | Gran Markus Jr. and Steel | ||||||||||
Los Headhunters | W | Los Headhunters | W | ||||||||
Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 | Los Headhunters | ||||||||||
Emilio Charles Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | Emilio Charles Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | ||||||||
Atlantis and Mr. Niebla | Emilio Charles Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | |||||||||
Cien Caras and Apolo Dantés | W | Cien Caras and Apolo Dantés | |||||||||
Lizmark and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. |
In the fall of 1998 Mr. Niebla suffered an injury while holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with Shocker. Due to the injury Mr. Niebla was unable to compete so CMLL declared the championship vacant and put together an eight-team tournament to crown new champions. The tournament started on October 30 and lasted until November 13 where the team of Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. defeated El Satánico and Dr. Wagner Jr. to become the tenth over all tag team champions. [lower-alpha 19] [18]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. | W | ||||||||||
Los Headhunters | Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. | W | |||||||||
Atlantis and Lizmark | W | Atlantis and Lizmark | |||||||||
Fuerza Guerrera and Villano III | Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. | W | |||||||||
Black Warrior and Blue Panther | El Satánico and Dr. Wagner Jr. | ||||||||||
El Hijo del Santo and Shocker | W | El Hijo del Santo and Shocker | |||||||||
Felino and La Fiera | El Satánico and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | |||||||||
El Satánico and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W |
On June 16, 2000, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship was announced as vacant. The official explanation was that co-champion Negro Casas voluntarily gave up the championship to "give other teams a chance", but in reality his partner, El Hijo del Santo, had stopped working for CMLL. CMLL organized a 16-team tournament from June 23 through August 4, 2000, with the finals being at CMLL's Entre Torre Infernal pay-per-view. The finals of the tournament was set to be Los Infernales ("The Infernal Ones"; Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) against the team of Emilio Charles Jr. and Mr. Niebla but Emilio Charles Jr. had suffered an injury before the show began. As a result, Los Infernales were declared the new champions. The team was then ordered to defend the championship against Mr. Niebla and his new partner Villano IV so there was still a championship match on the show. Los Infernales retained the championship. [19] They later successfully defended against Mr. Niebla and Emilio Charles Jr. on August 18, 2000. [20]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Fuerza Guerrera and Black Warrior | |||||||||||||||
Emilio Charles Jr. and Mr. Niebla | W | Emilio Charles Jr. and Mr. Niebla | W | ||||||||||||
Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido | W | Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido | |||||||||||||
Tony Rivera and Antifaz del Norte | Emilio Charles Jr. and Mr. Niebla | W | |||||||||||||
Dr. Wagner Jr. and Shocker | W | Dr. Wagner Jr. and Shocker | |||||||||||||
Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | Dr. Wagner Jr. and Shocker | W | |||||||||||||
Ringo Mendoza and Tinieblas Jr. | W | Tinieblas Jr. and Ringo Mendoza | |||||||||||||
Apolo Dantés and El Satánico | Emilio Charles Jr. and Mr. Niebla | ||||||||||||||
Villano IV and Villano V | W | Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||
Gran Markus Jr. and Pimpinela Escarlata | Villano IV and Villano V | ||||||||||||||
El Felino and Tarzan Boy | Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero | W | |||||||||||||
Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero | W | Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||
Lizmark and Lizmark Jr. | W | Lizmark and Lizmark Jr. | |||||||||||||
Cien Caras and Universo 2000 | Lizmark and Lizmark Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Olímpico and Brazo de Plata | Bestia Salvaje and Blue Panther | ||||||||||||||
Bestia Salvaje and Blue Panther | W |
In January 2008 CMLL put together a 16-team tournament to determine which team would get a title match against then-champions Atlantis and Último Guerrero. The tournament took place over three weeks, with two qualifying blocks and then the final match in the third week. The finals saw former CMLL World Tag Team Champions Los Hijos del Averno ("The Sons of Hell"; Averno and Mephisto) defeating the team of Dos Caras Jr. and La Sombra. [21] On February 1, 2008, Averno and Mephisto defeated Atlantis and Último Guerrero to become the 25th overall champions. [22] [23]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Villano IV and Villano V | W | ||||||||||||||
Rey Bucanero and Stuka Jr. | Villano IV and Villano V | W | |||||||||||||
Blue Panther and Sagrado | W | Blue Panther and Sagrado | |||||||||||||
Ohara and Okumura | Villano IV and Villano V | ||||||||||||||
Dos Caras Jr. and La Sombra | W | Dos Caras Jr. and La Sombra | W | ||||||||||||
Héctor Garza and Pierroth Jr. | Dos Caras Jr. and La Sombra | W | |||||||||||||
Perro Aguayo Jr. and El Texano Jr. | W | Perro Aguayo Jr. and El Texano Jr. | |||||||||||||
La Máscara and Volador Jr. | Dos Caras Jr. and La Sombra | ||||||||||||||
El Felino and Heavy Metal | W | Averno and Mephisto | W | ||||||||||||
Misterioso Jr. and Sangre Azteca | El Felino and Heavy Metal | ||||||||||||||
Flash and Último Dragón | Averno and Mephisto | W | |||||||||||||
Averno and Mephisto | W | Averno and Mephisto | W | ||||||||||||
Super Nova and Valiente | Black Warrior and Olímpico | ||||||||||||||
Damián 666 and Mr. Águila | W | Damián 666 and Mr. Águila | |||||||||||||
Black Warrior and Olímpico | W | Black Warrior and Olímpico | W | ||||||||||||
Marco Corleone and Alex Koslov |
In September, 2013 CMLL arranged a 16-team tournament to determine which duo would be next in line to get a match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. In the end, the team of La Máscara and Rush defeated the team of Atlantis and La Sombra. [lower-alpha 20] The duo would be awarded the championship on September 18, 2013, when champions Rey Bucanero and Tama Tonga were unable to defend the title due to Bucanero being injured. [lower-alpha 11] Months later La Máscara, Rush and La Sombra formed Los Ingobernables during La Máscara and Rush's tag team title reign. [lower-alpha 21]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. | Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | W | |||||||||||||
Diamante Azul and Marco Corleone | W | Diamante Azul and Marco Corleone | |||||||||||||
El Terrible and Vangelis | Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | ||||||||||||||
Místico II and Valiente | Atlantis and La Sombra | W | |||||||||||||
Psicosis and Volador Jr. | W | Psicosis and Volador Jr. | |||||||||||||
Misterioso Jr. and Ephesto | Atlantis and La Sombra | W | |||||||||||||
Atlantis and La Sombra | W | Atlantis and La Sombra | |||||||||||||
Morphosis and Kraneo | W | La Máscara and Rush | W | ||||||||||||
Thunder and Tritón | Morphosis and Kraneo | ||||||||||||||
La Máscara and Rush | W | La Máscara and Rush | W | ||||||||||||
Dragón Rojo Jr. and Rey Escorpión | La Máscara and Rush | W | |||||||||||||
Brazo de Plata and Máximo | El Felino and Mr. Niebla | ||||||||||||||
El Felino and Mr. Niebla | W | El Felino and Mr. Niebla | W | ||||||||||||
Máscara Dorada and Titán | Averno and Mephisto | ||||||||||||||
Averno and Mephisto | W |
On February 7, 2018, CMLL announced that they had stripped then-champions Negro Casas and Shocker of the championship due to a lack of championship defenses. [30] The team had not defended the championship since October 11, 2016, a total of 485 days without a championship match. [31] CMLL held a 16 team tournament starting on Friday March 2 and is slated to end on March 16 at CMLL's annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show.
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Dragon Lee and Místico | W | ||||||||||||||
Forastero and Sansón | [32] [33] | Dragon Lee and Místico | [32] [33] | ||||||||||||
Valiente and Volador Jr. | W | Valiente and Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Euforia and Kraneo | [32] [33] | Valiente and Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Pierroth and Rush | W | Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero} | [32] [33] | ||||||||||||
Hechicero and Máscara Año 2000 | [32] [33] | Pierroth and Rush | [32] [33] | ||||||||||||
Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | W | Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||
Atlantis and Soberano Jr. | [32] [33] | Valiente and Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Titán and Tritón | [34] [35] | Rey Bucanero and El Terrible | |||||||||||||
Mephisto and Ephesto | W | Mephisto and Ephesto | [34] [35] | ||||||||||||
Diamante Azul and Stuka Jr. | W | Diamante Azul and Stuka Jr. | W | ||||||||||||
Blue Panther and Blue Panther Jr. | [34] [35] | Diamante Azul and Stuka Jr. | [34] [35] | ||||||||||||
Rey Bucanero and El Terrible | W | Rey Bucanero and El Terrible | W | ||||||||||||
Okumura and Sam Adonis | [34] [35] | Rey Bucanero and El Terrible | W | ||||||||||||
Marco Corleone and Niebla Roja | W | Marco Corleone and Niebla Roja | [34] [35] | ||||||||||||
Bárbaro Cavernario and Mr. Niebla | [34] [35] |
Los Guerreros Laguneros is a lucha libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The stable was created in 2001 and has, since its inception, been led by Último Guerrero and has been the top rudo stable in CMLL. Los Guerreros Laguneros currently consists of Último Guerrero, his younger brother Gran Guerrero and Stuka Jr.
César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón was a Mexican luchador enmascarado. He was known best as Silver King, but also had an extensive stint as the third wrestler to portray the Black Tiger character. He was the son of luchador Dr. Wagner and the brother of Dr. Wagner Jr. González worked for many years with El Texano as the tag team "Los Cowboys," winning tag team championships in both Mexico and Japan.
José Gutiérrez Hernández, better known by his ring name Último Guerrero, is a Mexican luchador, who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is not related to the lucha libre legend Gory Guerrero or any of his children; "Guerrero" in this case is the Spanish word for warrior and not the surname of the character. On September 19, 2014, Último Guerrero lost a Lucha de Apuestas match to Atlantis, after which he was forced to unmask and reveal his birth name.
Atlantis is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he performs as a Técnico and is one of the longest-tenured luchador in CMLL history. Atlantis was trained by Diablo Velasco, made his in-ring debut in 1983 and has always wrestled under the ring name Atlantis, named after the sunken city of Atlantis. Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan, both individually and as a tag team. He has also won the mask of several prominent wrestlers through his career including Kung Fu, Villano III, Último Guerrero and La Sombra.
Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is Spanish for "Buccaneer King", which was originally reflected in his mask that featured a skull face and an eye patch. Ortiz was unmasked in 1999 and has worked unmasked ever since.
The CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers. Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. p. 550. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2. Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities - but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters
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Renato Ruíz Cortes, better known by his ring name Averno (Hell), is a Mexican professional wrestler, currently signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. Ruíz initially worked for (CMLL) as Rencor Latino in 1995, but did not achieve any significant success until he adopted the ring name Averno in June 2001. Under his new ring name, Ruíz went on to become a one–time CMLL World Middleweight, CMLL World Trios Champion, NWA World Middleweight Champion and NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion and a three–time CMLL World Tag Team Champion. His ring name is most commonly translated as "Hell" in English.
José Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler turned referee Pepe Casas, and part of the large Casas wrestling family; brother of professional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal and uncle of Puma, Tiger, Canelo Casas, Rocky Casas, Danny Casas and many more.
Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz, better known by his ring name El Felino, is a Mexican luchador working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas started his professional wrestling career under the name Babe Casas, working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). In 1989, he adopted the "Felino" ring character, wearing an orange full body suit and cat inspired mask. With the exception of a short stint in AAA in 1999, Casas has worked for CMLL since adopting the "El Felino" ring character. El Felino was originally an enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, but was forced to unmask in March 2010 due to losing a match.
Ephesto is a Mexican luchador enmascarado. Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. The wrestler currently known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 and worked for almost 20 years as Pantera del Ring with limited success. He later worked under the name Safari where he won the Mexican National Trios Championship on two occasions.
Efrén Tiburcio Márquez, known under the ring name Mr. Niebla, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado who worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). "Niebla" is Spanish for "fog". His in-ring style focused more on comedy, which often included pratfalls, dancing and mocking his opponents during matches.
Los Infernales is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The stable was created in 1984 and consisted of El Satánico, MS-1 and Espectro Jr. A later version where Pirata Morgan replaced Espectro Jr. is considered the "classic" Infernales team that helped popularize the "Trios" team concept in lucha libre. MS-1, Satánico and Pirata Morgan were both the first Mexican National Trios Champions and the first CMLL World Trios Champions.
Joel Bernal Galicia is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler retired, better known under the ring name Olímpico. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish. From his debut in 1992 until late 2008 Olímpico worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL); since then he has worked for promotions including Perros del Mal, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and other promotions on the Mexican independent circuit before returning to CMLL in mid-2010 as part of Los Invasores. For many years Olimpico's real name was not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He was unmasked on September 3, 2010, and had to reveal his real name as is traditional.
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2013) was a professional wrestling supercard show event, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The Dos Leyendas show took place on March 15, 2013 in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event was to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, who died in March 1987. Starting in 1999 CMLL honored not just their founder during the show, but also a second lucha libre legend, making it their version of a Hall of Fame event. For the 2013 show CMLL commemorated the life and career of wrestler and lucha film star Rayo de Jalisco Sr. This was the 15th March show held under the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas name, having previously been known as Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth from 1996 to 1998.
The CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles 2013 or "National Incredible Pairs Tournament 2013" was the fourth of a series of Lucha Libre tournaments for Tag Teams traditionally held early in the year. The tournament was based on the Lucha Libre Parejas Increíbles match type where two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, portraying either villains, referred to as "Rudos" in Lucha Libre wrestling terminology or fan favorites, or "tecnicos". At times some of the team members were part of a pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines with each other. The tournament was won by the team of La Sombra and Volador Jr.
The Torneo Gran Alternativa was the a professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1996. As it is a professional wrestling tournament, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decisions of the bookers of a wrestling promotion that is not publicized prior to the shows to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
Atlantis Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado who is currently working for the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion, and one-third of the CMLL World Trios Champion. He portrays a tecnico wrestling character.
The Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held a Mexican National Tag Team Championship tournament from February 28, through March 13, 2020. The tournament marked the return of the Mexican National Tag Team Championship to CMLL after a 28-year absence. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament, with the teams of Templario/El Hijo del Villano III and Atlantis Jr./Flyer qualifying for the finals on March 13. In the end, the team of Atlantis Jr. and Flyer won the tournament to become the 42nd Mexican National Tag Team Champions.