List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions

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Dr. Wagner Jr., one of two men to hold the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship twice. Dr-Wagner-Jr.jpg
Dr. Wagner Jr., one of two men to hold the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship twice.

The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de CMLL in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling world championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1991. 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. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. [Note 1] [1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion. [2] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

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The current champion is MJF, who won the title by defeating Averno on the August 1, 2025 Super Viernes.

The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Jerry Estrada, who defeated Pierroth Jr. in the finals of a 16-man tournament that took place between September 15 and September 26, 1991. Overall, there have been eighteen reigns shared among seventeen wrestlers. Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis are the only two wrestlers to have held the title twice; Dr. Wagner Jr. is listed as an unofficial three-time champion, but he is not recognized as such by CMLL. [Note 2] Jerry Estrada's 175 day reign is the shortest in history, while Niebla Roja holds the record for his first reign, at 2,980 days. Aquarius' unofficial title reign is the shortest on record, 8 days, but is not acknowledged by CMLL.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
N/AUnknown information
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
 1  Jerry Estrada  September 26, 1991 Live event Cuernavaca, Mexico  1 175 175 Defeated Pierroth Jr. in a tournament final [G]
 2 Pierroth Jr.  March 19, 1992 Live event Cuernavaca, Mexico  1 379 379   [G]
 3  Dr. Wagner Jr.  April 2, 1993 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 334 334   [G]
 4 Atlantis  March 2, 1994 Live event Acapulco, Mexico  1 655 655   [G]
 5  Dr. Wagner Jr.  December 17, 1995 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2 2151,240   [G]
†  Aquarius  July 19, 1996 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 8— Title change is not officially recognized by CMLL [G]
† Dr. Wagner Jr.  July 27, 1996 Live event Sapporo, Japan  3 1,017— CMLL does not recognize Dr. Wagner Jr. as a three-time champion as they do not recognize Aquarius' title win. [G]
 6 Atlantis  May 10, 1999 Live event Puebla, Mexico  2 196 196   [G]
 7 Villano III  November 22, 1999 Live event Tampico, Mexico  1 685 685   [G]
 8 Shocker  October 7, 2001 Live event Guadalajara, Mexico  1 432 432   [3]
 9  Último Guerrero  December 13, 2002 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 1,309 1,309   [4]
 10 Rey Bucanero  July 14, 2006 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 1,047 1,047   [5]
 11 Ephesto  May 26, 2009 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 637 637   [6]
 12 Rush  February 22, 2011 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 693 693   [7]
— Vacated  January 15, 2013 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal ——— Rush vacated the title to get a match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. [8]
 13 Rey Escorpión  January 29, 2013 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 637 637 Defeated Volador Jr. in a tournament final. [9]
 14 Ángel de Oro  October 28, 2014 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 528 528   [10]
 15  La Máscara  April 8, 2016  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 409 409   [11]
— Vacated  May 22, 2017—————La Máscara was stripped of the title when he was fired by CMLL. [12] [13]
 16 Niebla Roja  June 10, 2017 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 1,861 1,861Won a 10-man Torneo Cibernetico match to win the vacant title. [14]
 17 Bárbaro Cavernario  July 15, 2022  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 623 623  [15]
 18 Averno  March 29, 2024 Homenaje A Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 490 490  [16]
 19 MJF  August 1, 2025  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 6+ 6+During this reign, MJF unofficially renamed the title simply the CMLL World Championship while on All Elite Wrestling programming, although it was still officially recognized as the World Light Heavyweight Championship by CMLL. [17]

Combined reigns

Atlantis, two time CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion. LuchaLibreObrera151.JPG
Atlantis, two time CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion.

As of August7, 2025.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days		Ref(s).
1 Niebla Roja 11,861 [14]
2 Dr. Wagner Jr. 21,574 [G]
3 Último Guerrero 11,309 [4] [5]
4 Rey Bucanero 11,047 [5] [6]
5 Atlantis 2851 [G]
6 Rush 1693 [7] [8]
7 Villano III 1685 [G] [3]
8 Ephesto 1637 [6] [7]
9 Rey Escorpión 1637 [9] [10]
10 Bárbaro Cavernario 1623 [18]
11 Ángel de Oro 1528 [10]
12 Averno 1490 [19]
13 Shocker 1432 [3] [4]
14 La Máscara 1409 [11] [13]
15 Pierroth Jr. 1379 [G]
16 Jerry Estrada 1175 [G]
17 Aquarius 18 [G]
18 MJF 16+

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. ↑ Before the Internet made information readily available on a global scale, it was not uncommon for championships to be lost and won back during a tour of a foreign country without being recognized by the promotion.

References

General source

[G] -Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: CMLL EMLL Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.

Specific sources
  1. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Articulo 242: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN   978-0-06-085583-3.
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  6. 1 2 3 "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship > Title Reigns > 26.05.2009 - 22.02.2011: Ephesto Bucanero". CageMatch. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Ruiz Glez, Alex (February 23, 2011). "Arena México (resultados 22 de febrero) ¡Rush nuevo campeón mundial semicompleto del CMLL" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Rush renunció al Campeonato Semicompleto del CMLL". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  9. 1 2 Mexicool, Rey (January 29, 2013). "Rey Escorpión… ¡nuevo monarca mundial semicompleto del CMLL!" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 Granados, Sandra (October 29, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Martes 28 de Octubre '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  11. 1 2 Salazar, Alexis (April 8, 2016). "Viernes 8 de Abril '16". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ Ocampo, Ernest (May 20, 2017). Ocampo, Ernesto (ed.). "Máximo y La Máscara fuera del CMLL — El Sindicato de Luchadores, nido de corrupción". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Comuniado Oficial: CMLL". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). May 22, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  14. 1 2 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (June 10, 2017). "Niebla Roja ha cumplido su sueño esta noche en la Arena Coliseo! Es el nuevo Campeón Mundial Semicompleto del CMLL" [Niebla Roja has fulfilled his dream tonight at Arena Coliseum! He is the new CML World Lightweight Champion]. CMLL_Oficial (in Spanish). Twitter. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  15. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  16. ↑ Pulido, Luis (March 30, 2024). "Averno Beats Barbaro Cavernario, Wins World Light Heavyweight Title On CMLL Homenaje A Dos Leyendas". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  17. ↑ Pulido, Luis (August 1, 2025). "MJF Beats Averno, Wins CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title" . Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  18. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  19. ↑ Pulido, Luis (March 30, 2024). "Averno Beats Barbaro Cavernario, Wins World Light Heavyweight Title On CMLL Homenaje A Dos Leyendas". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

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