CMLL World Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 12, 1992 [G] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Zeuxis | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | September 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The CMLL World Women's Championship (Campeonato Mundial Femenil de CMLL in Spanish) is the championship in women's professional wrestling that is most highly promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The championship has existed since 1992 and is one of two women's championships currently promoted by CMLL; the other is the Mexican National Women's Championship. 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. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.
Bull Nakano became the first CMLL World Women's Champion after winning a 12-woman battle royal to receive the title on June 12, 1992. La Amapola holds the record for the longest reign with 1,442 days. Marcela has had the most reigns, with five. Marcela has had the shortest title reign, at 29 days. The CMLL World Women's Championship is the only Women's Championship and one of the only of two championships, the other being the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to be defended in the country of North Korea at the event Collision in Korea in a match between at the time CMLL World Women's Champion Akira Hokuto defeated Bull Nakano. [1]
On June 12, 1992, Bull Nakano became the first champion in the title's history by defeating Lola González in a 12-woman 12-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match. [G] On November 4, 1996, CMLL stripped the fourth champion Reina Jubuki out of the title for wrestling on WCW Monday Nitro . [G] On November 8, 1996, Lady Apache won the vacant championship by defeating Chaparita Asari in the finals of a four-woman tournament final. [G] In February 1999, the championship was vacated due to inactivity of the CMLL's women's division. [G] Apache won the vacant championship for the second time on May 15, 1999, however, the title was vacated once again with Apache leaving CMLL.
On 2001, La Diabólica, who previously was the number one contender for the title at the time, was awarded the vacant championship. In April 2003, the title was vacated again as Diabólica left the promotion. On September 16, 2005, at the CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show, Marcela defeated Dark Angel to win the vacant championship in the final of 12-woman tournament. On August 16, 2023, The championship was vacated once again after the previous titleholder Princesa Sugehit sustained an injury. [2] On September 29, at CMLL Noche de Campeones, Stephanie Vaquer won the vacant championship by defeating La Catalina. [3]
As of October5, 2024, there have been 22 reigns between 15 champions and six vacancies. Bull Nakano was the inaugural champion. Marcela holds the record for most reigns at five. La Amapola's first and only reign is the longest at 1,442 days, while Marcela's second reign is the shortest at 29 days. Marcela is the oldest champion at 47 years old, while Xóchitl Hamada is the youngest at 22 years old.
Zeuxis is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title at CMLL 91st Anniversary Show on September 13, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico, when she defeated Willow Nightingale.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
N/A | Unknown information |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Bull Nakano | June 12, 1992 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 282 | Nakano defeated Lola González to become the inaugural champion in the final of a 12-woman 12-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match. | [G] |
2 | Xóchitl Hamada | March 21, 1993 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 203 | [G] [4] | |
3 | La Diabólica | October 10, 1993 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 293 | [G] | |
4 | Reina Jubuki | July 30, 1994 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 1 | 828 | [G] | |
— | Vacated | November 4, 1996 | — | — | — | — | CMLL stripped Reina Jubuki of the title for wrestling on WCW Monday Nitro . | [G] |
5 | Lady Apache | November 8, 1996 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 90 | Lady Apache defeated Chaparita Asari in the finals of a four-woman tournament final to win the championship. | [G] |
6 | Mariko Yoshida | February 6, 1997 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 1] | [G] | |
— | Vacated | February 1999 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to inactivity in CMLL's women's division. | [G] |
7 | Lady Apache | May 15, 1999 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 2 | 461 | [G] | |
— | Vacated | August 18, 2000 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Lady Apache left the promotion. | [5] |
8 | La Diabólica | 2001 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 456 | La Diabólica was awarded the championship by CMLL as she was the number one contender at that time. | [6] |
— | Vacated | April 2003 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when La Diabólica left the promotion. | [5] |
9 | Marcela | September 16, 2005 | CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 266 | Marcela defeated Dark Angel to win the vacant championship in the final of a 12-woman tournament. | [7] |
10 | Hiroka | June 9, 2006 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 199 | [8] | |
11 | Lady Apache | December 25, 2006 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 3 | 326 | [9] | |
12 | La Amapola | November 16, 2007 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 1,442 | [10] | |
13 | Marcela | October 28, 2011 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 29 | [11] | |
14 | Ayumi | November 26, 2011 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 104 | [12] | |
15 | Marcela | March 9, 2012 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 3 | 1,008 | [13] | |
16 | Syuri | December 12, 2014 | Reina Joshi Puroresu Shin-Kiba Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | [14] | |
17 | Marcela | April 10, 2015 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 4 | 336 | [15] | |
18 | Dalys la Caribeña | March 11, 2016 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 983 | [16] | |
19 | Marcela | November 19, 2018 | Lunes Clásico | Mexico City, D.F. | 5 | 704 | ||
20 | Princesa Sugehit | October 23, 2020 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 1,027 | This was a Two-out-of-three falls match. | [17] |
— | Vacated | August 16, 2023 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Princesa Sugehit sustained an injury. | [2] |
21 | Stephanie Vaquer | September 29, 2023 | CMLL Noche de Campeones | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 285 | Defeated La Catalina to win the vacant championship, where the featured matches at the event were voted by fans online. | [3] |
— | Vacated | July 10, 2024 | — | — | — | — | Stephanie Vaquer was stripped of the title when she left the promotion, joining WWE. NJPW and CMLL announced a three-way match to determine the next champion at the ensuing weekend's Fantastica Mania event at Mt. Pleasant High School in San José, California. | [18] |
22 | Willow Nightingale | July 13, 2024 | CMLL x NJPW: FantasticaMania USA | San Jose, California, U.S. | 1 | 62 | Defeated Viva Van and Lluvia in a three-way match to win the vacant title. | [19] |
23 | Zeuxis | September 13, 2024 | CMLL 91st Anniversary Show | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 22+ | [20] |
† | Indicates the current champion. |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined Days |
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1 | Marcela | 5 | 2,343 |
2 | La Amapola | 1 | 1,442 |
3 | Princesa Sugehit | 1 | 1,027 |
4 | Dalys la Caribeña | 1 | 983 |
5 | Lady Apache | 3 | 877 |
6 | Reina Jubuki | 1 | 828 |
7 | La Diabólica | 2 | 749¤ |
8 | Mariko Yoshida | 1 | 725¤ |
9 | Stephanie Vaquer | 1 | 285 |
10 | Bull Nakano | 1 | 282 |
11 | Xóchitl Hamada | 1 | 203 |
12 | Hiroka | 1 | 199 |
13 | Syuri | 1 | 119 |
14 | Ayumi | 1 | 104 |
15 | Willow Nightingale | 1 | 62 |
16 | Zeuxis † | 1 | 22+ |
CMLL held a 15-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match on June 5, 1992, to determine the two women who would fight for the newly created CMLL World Women's champion the following week. La Diabólica was originally scheduled to work the match, but did not appear which led to the uneven sides in the elimination match. Several of the participants had recently joined CMLL, leaving the Universal Wrestling Association to join CMLL and its recently restarted women's division. Zuleyma was the reigning UWA World Women's Championship going into the match and CMLL allowed her to keep and defend the UWA championship in the years following Zuleyma's jump to CMLL. The finals came down to Lola Gonzales, a pioneer for women's wrestling in Mexico, and Bull Nakano, a Japanese wrestler that worked regularly for CMLL. The following week, on June 12, 1993, Bull Nakano became the first CMLL World Women's Champion by virtue of her victory over Lola Gonzales.
# | Eliminated | Eliminated by |
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1 | Guerrera Purpura | Unknown |
2 | Selene | Unknown |
3 | Atenas | Unknown |
4 | Neftali | Unknown |
5 | Wendy | Unknown |
6 | Pantera Sureña | Unknown |
7 | Zuleyma | Unknown |
8 | Maria del Angel | Unknown |
9 | La Sirenita | Unknown |
10 | Kaoru | Unknown |
11 | Lady Apache | Unknown |
12 | Xóchitl Hamada | Unknown |
13 | Martha Villalobos | Lola Gonzales |
14 | Lola Gonzales | Winner |
14 | Bull Nakano | Winner |
On November 6, 1996, CMLL took the CMLL World Women's Championship away from then reigning champion Reina Jubuki because she had wrestled on a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) show in North America only a few days prior. At the time WCW had a working relationship with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), CMLL's main rival in Mexico and thus appearing for WCW was enough for CMLL to sever ties with Jubuki. CMLL held a tournament to crown a new champion only 2 days after announcing the title being vacated, choosing four of their top female competitors for a quick four-woman tournament.
semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Xochitl Hamada | ||||||||
4 | Lady Apache | W | |||||||
Lady Apache | W | ||||||||
Chaparita Asari | |||||||||
3 | La Diabólica | ||||||||
2 | Chaparita Asari | W |
The reigning champion, La Diabólica left CMLL to join rival Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) on April 5, 2003, which forced CMLL to vacate the championship. This happened during a time of very low activity in CMLL's female division, which meant the title was inactive for over two years before CMLL held a tournament for the title starting on September 9, 2005. CMLL held a nine-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match to determine the two finalists that would face off the next week in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Dark Angel and Marcela survived the match and met on September 16, 2005, with Marcela winning the match and her first CMLL World Women's Championship. [7]
# | Eliminated | Eliminated by |
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X | Hiroka | Unknown |
X | India Sioux | Unknown |
X | La Medusa | Unknown |
X | La Nazi | Unknown |
X | Linda Star | Unknown |
X | Princesa Sujei | Unknown |
X | Sahori | Unknown |
8 | Dark Angel | Winner |
8 | Marcela | Winner |
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