The CMLL World Tag Team Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Parejas CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") since 1993. [G] 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. [G]
In early 1993, then-CMLL booker Antonio Peña decided to leave the promotion and start his own professional wrestling promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA); when Peña left CMLL, he acquired a number of wrestlers, among them the then-reigning Mexican National Tag Team Champions, Misterioso and Volador, leaving CMLL without a Tag Team title. In response, CMLL created the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to fill the void. On March 3, 1993, Canek and Dr. Wagner Jr. won a tournament to become the first CMLL World Tag Team Champions. [G] The team of Negro Casas and Shocker hold the record for the longest reign as a team at 1,335. Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero hold the record for the longest combined reigns of any team: 1,185 days divided over three reigns. Individually, Negro Casas has held the championship six times for a total of 2,577 days, the longest of any champion. The team of Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner Jr. held the championship for seven days, the shortest reign of any champion. [Note 1] Negro Casas and Último Guerrero have the most title reigns with six each, while the combinations of Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero and Averno and Mephisto are the only teams to have won the championship three times.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
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 | El Canek and Dr. Wagner Jr. | March 3, 1993 | CMLL on Televisa | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | [Note 2] | Defeated Vampiro Canadiense and Pierroth Jr. in the finals of a 16-team tournament. | [1] |
— | Vacated | November 1994 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when El Canek left the promotion. | [G] |
2 | Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) | December 15, 1994 | Juicio Final | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 197 | Defeated El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. in the finals of a 32-team tournament. | [G] |
3 | Los Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) | June 30, 1995 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 126 | ||
4 | Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | November 3, 1995 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 277 | ||
5 | La Nueva Ola Blanca (Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador) | August 6, 1996 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 43 | ||
6 | Atlantis (2) and Lizmark | September 18, 1996 | Live event | Acapulco, Guerrero | 1 | [Note 3] | ||
— | Vacated | 1997 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after an inconclusive match against Los Headhunters. | [G] |
7 | Silver King (2) and Dr. Wagner Jr. (2) | February 2, 1997 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | [Note 4] | Defeated Último Dragón and Dos Caras in the finals of an eight-team tournament. | |
— | Vacated | August 1997 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after Silver King left CMLL | [G] |
8 | Emilio Charles Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. (3) | August 29, 1997 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 147 | Defeated Los Headhunters in the final of an eight-team tournament. | |
9 | Mr. Niebla and Shocker | January 23, 1998 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | [Note 5] | ||
— | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Mr. Niebla was injured. | [G] |
10 | Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. | November 13, 1998 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 84 | Defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Satánico in the finals of an eight-team tournament. | |
11 | Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo | February 5, 1999 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 21 | Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas refused to accept the championship after winning by disqualification: a decision match is held. | |
12 | Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. | February 26, 1999 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 35 | Won the decision match | [2] |
13 | Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo | April 2, 1999 | live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 441 | ||
— | Vacated | June 16, 2000 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when El Hijo del Santo stopped working for CMLL full-time. | [3] [4] |
14 | Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) | August 4, 2000 | Entre Torre Infernal | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 455 | Defeated Mr. Niebla and Villano IV in the finals of a 16-team tournament. | [5] |
15 | Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo | November 2, 2001 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 3 | 210 | [6] | |
16 | Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) | May 31, 2002 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 602 | [7] | |
17 | La Parka and Shocker (2) | January 23, 2004 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 56 | [8] [9] | |
18 | Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) | March 19, 2004 | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2004) | Mexico City, D.F. | 3 | 128 | [10] | |
19 | Atlantis (3) and Blue Panther | July 25, 2004 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 251 | [11] | |
20 | Averno and Mephisto | April 2, 2005 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 377 | [12] | |
21 | Negro Casas (4) and Místico | April 14, 2006 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 455 | [13] | |
22 | Último Guerrero (4) and Dr. Wagner Jr. (4) | July 13, 2007 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 7 | [14] | |
23 | Negro Casas (5) and Místico (2) | July 20, 2007 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 105 | [15] | |
24 | Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis (4) and Último Guerrero (5)) | November 2, 2007 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 91 | [16] | |
25 | Averno and Mephisto | February 1, 2008 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 38 | Won a 16-team tournament to earn the title match. | [17] |
26 | Héctor Garza and Místico (3) | March 10, 2008 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 1 | 39 | [18] | |
— | Vacated | April 18, 2008 | — | — | — | — | The title was held up after a match against Averno and Mephisto ended in a double-disqualification. | |
27 | Héctor Garza (2) and Místico (4) | May 23, 2008 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 2 | 198 | Defeated Averno and Mephisto in a rematch. | [19] |
28 | Los Hijos del Averno (Averno and Mephisto) | December 7, 2008 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 3 | 40 | [20] | |
29 | Super Sky Team (La Sombra and Volador Jr.) | January 16, 2009 | CMLL Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 542 | [21] | |
30 | Los Invasores (Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza (3)) | July 16, 2010 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 109 | [22] | |
31 | Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Dragón Rojo Jr. and Último Guerrero (6)) | November 2, 2010 | Live event | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 640 | [23] | |
32 | Atlantis (5) and Diamante Azul | August 3, 2012 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 102 | [24] | |
33 | Bullet Club Latinoamerica (El Terrible and Tama Tonga) | November 13, 2012 | CMLL Domingo | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 234 | [25] | |
34 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jushin Thunder Liger | July 5, 2013 | Kizuna Road 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 71 | [26] | |
35 | Bullet Club Latinoamerica (Rey Bucanero (4) and Tama Tonga (2)) | September 14, 2013 | Road to Destruction | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 34 | [27] | |
36 | Los Ingobernables (La Máscara and Rush) | October 18, 2013 | CMLL Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 238 | Were awarded the title, when Bucanero was unable to defend the title due to an injury. Had earned the title match by winning a 16-team tournament. | [28] |
37 | Negro Casas (6) and Shocker (3) | June 13, 2014 | CMLL Super Viernes | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 1,335 | [29] | |
— | Vacated | February 7, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when decision of the company, since Casas and Shocker could not defend their titles from 2016 to date. | |
38 | Valiente and Volador Jr. (2) | March 16, 2018 | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2018) | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 119 | Defeated Rey Bucanero and El Terrible in a tournament final to crown new champions | |
39 | Los Ingobernables (Rush (2) and El Terrible (2)) | July 13, 2018 | Atlantis 35th Anniversary show | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 128 | [30] | |
40 | Diamante Azul (2) and Valiente (2) | November 18, 2018 | Domingo Arena Mexico | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 194 | [31] | |
41 | Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia and Gran Guerrero) | May 31, 2019 | Juicio Final | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 154 | [32] | |
42 | Alianza de Plata y Oro (Carístico (5) and Místico) | November 1, 2019 | Día de Muertos | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 662 | Carístico's first four reigns were under the name Místico. The second Místico took over the name in 2012. | [33] |
— | Vacated | August 24, 2021 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Místico (II) left CMLL | |
43 | Titán and Volador Jr. (3) | September 24, 2021 | Aniversario 88 | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 121 | Defeated Gemelo Diablo I and Gemelo Diablo II for the vacant titles | [34] |
44 | Los Nuevos Ingobernables (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) | January 23, 2022 | CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico | Mexico City, D.F. | 1 | 739+ | This was a two out of three falls match. | [35] |
As of February1, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Negro Casas | 6 | ¤2,105 |
2 | Último Guerrero | 6 | 1.893 |
3 | Carístico/Místico | 5 | 1460 |
4 | Shocker | 3 | ¤1,391 |
5 | Rey Bucanero | 4 | 1189 |
6 | Atlantis | 5 | ¤787 |
7 | Volador Jr. | 3 | 786 |
8 | Angel de Oro † | 1 | 739+ |
Niebla Roja † | 1 | 739+ | |
10 | Místico (II) | 1 | 663 |
11 | Dragón Rojo Jr. | 1 | 640 |
12 | La Sombra | 1 | 546 |
13 | Averno | 3 | 456 |
Mephisto | 3 | 456 | |
15 | Rush | 2 | 366 |
16 | El Terrible | 2 | 362 |
17 | Héctor Garza | 3 | 346 |
18 | Valiente | 2 | 313 |
19 | Diamante Azul | 2 | 296 |
20 | Blue Panther | 1 | 280 |
21 | Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | 1 | 277 |
22 | Tama Tonga | 2 | 268 |
23 | La Máscara | 1 | 238 |
24 | El Hijo del Santo | 3 | ¤210 |
25 | El Texano | 1 | 196 |
Silver King | 2 | ¤196 | |
27 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | 4 | ¤154 |
Euforia | 1 | 154 | |
Gran Guerrero | 1 | 154 | |
30 | Emilio Charles Jr. | 1 | 147 |
31 | Headhunter A | 1 | 126 |
Headhunter B | 1 | 126 | |
33 | Titán | 1 | 121 |
34 | Bestia Salvaje | 2 | 119 |
Scorpio Jr. | 2 | 119 | |
36 | Mr. Águila | 1 | 109 |
37 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 1 | 71 |
Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | 71 | |
39 | La Parka | 1 | 56 |
40 | El Hijo del Gladiador | 1 | 43 |
Gran Markus Jr. | 1 | 43 | |
42 | Lizmark | 1 | 37 |
43 | Mr. Niebla | 1 | ¤1 |
44 | El Canek | 1 | ¤1 |
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