List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions

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20th CMLL World Middleweight Champion, Soberano Jr.

The CMLL World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Peso Medio de CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). 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 middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 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.

Contents

Blue Panther was officially recognized as the first champion in 1991, after winning a 16-man tournament. The championship's history was interrupted in 1992 when Blue Panther left CMLL to work for rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). El Dandy defeated Negro Casas in a singles match to decide the new champion. El Dandy has had the most reigns as champion, with three; he also has the shortest reign, at 63 days. Dragón Rojo Jr.'s single championship reign is the longest reign, at 1,954 days. Overall, there have been 17 champions across 22 reigns, with 2 vacancies.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Blue Panther December 18, 1991Wrestling In Acapulco Acapulco, Guerrero 1190Defeated El Satánico in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [3]
— Vacated June 19, 1992————Championship vacated when Blue Panther left CMLL for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
 2 El Dandy  July 3, 1992 CMLL on Televisa Mexico City, D.F.  1 63This was a tournament final two out of three falls match, where El Dandy defeated Negro Casas. [4]
 3 Bestia Salvaje  September 4, 1992 CMLL on Televisa Mexico City, D.F.  1 103This was a two out of three falls match. [5]
 4 El Dandy  December 16, 1992 Wrestling In Naucalpan Naucalpan, Mexico  2 147This was a two out of three falls match. [6]
 5 Emilio Charles Jr.  May 12, 1993 Wrestling In Acapulco Acapulco, Guerrero  1 146This was a two out of three falls match. [7]
 6 El Dandy  October 5, 1993 CMLL Martes De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F.  3 140This was a two out of three falls match. [8]
 7 Javier Llanes February 22, 1994 CMLL Martes De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F.  1 201This was a two out of three falls match. [9]
 8 Apolo Dantés  September 11, 1994 CMLL Domingos De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F.  1 77This was a two out of three falls match. [10]
 9 El Satánico  November 27, 1994 Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco  1 1,561  [11]
 10 Ringo Mendoza  March 7, 1999 CMLL Domingos De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F.  1 742This was a two out of three falls match. [12]
11 Emilio Charles, Jr. March 18, 2001CMLL Domingos De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F. 21,135This was a two out of three falls match. [13]
12 Negro Casas April 26, 2004CMLL Lunes Arena Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza 1874This was a two out of three falls match. [14]
13 Averno September 17, 2006CMLL Domingos De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F. 11,038This was a two out of three falls match. [15]
14 El Hijo del Fantasma July 21, 2009CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, D.F. 1208This was a two out of three falls match. [16]
15 Negro Casas February 14, 2010CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, D.F. 278This was a two out of three falls match. [17]
16 Jushin Thunder Liger May 3, 2010 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 1564 [18]
17 Dragón Rojo Jr. November 18, 2011CMLL on Televisa Mexico City, D.F. 11,954This was a two out of three falls match. [19]
18 Ángel de Oro March 25, 2017CMLL Sabados De Coliseo Mexico City, D.F. 1300This was a two out of three falls match. [20]
19 El Cuatrero January 19, 2018 NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania - Nught 6 Tokyo, Japan 11,300 [21]
— Vacated August 11, 2021————Title vacated when Cuatrero left CMLL.
20 Soberano, Jr. December 10, 2021CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1111Defeated Templato in.a tournament final for the vacant title. [22]
21 Dragón Rojo Jr. April 2, 2022CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 2405
22 Templario May 12, 2023CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1391+ [23]

Combined reigns

As of June6, 2024.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1 Dragón Rojo Jr. 22,359
2 El Satánico 11,561
3 El Cuatrero 11,300
4 Emilio Charles, Jr. 21,281
5 Averno 11,038
6 Negro Casas 1879
7 Ringo Mendoza 1742
8 Jushin Thunder Liger 1564
9 Templario †1391+
10 El Dandy 3350
11 Ángel de Oro 1300
12 El Hijo del Fantasma 1208
13Javier Llanes1201
14 Blue Panther 1184
15 Soberano Jr. 1111
16 Bestia Salvaje 1103
17 Apolo Dantés 177

Notes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

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