Occidente Heavyweight Championship

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Occidente Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion CMLL Guadalajara
Current champion(s)Bestia Negra
Date wonMarch 1, 2023 [1]
Other name(s)
Western Heavyweight Championship
CMLL Western Heavyweight Championship
CMLL Guadalajara Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)El Bulldog
Most reignsEl Bulldog (2 times)
Longest reign Diamante Azul (1,500 days)
Shortest reignPolo Torres (42 days)

The Occidente Heavyweight Championship (called the Campeonato de Peso Completo de Occidente in Spanish) is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) championship created by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Guadalajara branch. The term Occidente refers to the western part of Mexico, specifically the state of Jalisco. sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Guadalajara ("the Guadalajara Boxing and Wrestling Commission" in Spanish). Although the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the title is defended. The current champion is Bestia Negra who won the championship on March 1, 2023 when he defeated Exterminador.

Contents

While Diamante Azul is the longest reigning champion, at 3,691 days, the title has been inactive for long periods of time when Diamante Azul lived in France. [2]

The championship is designated as a heavyweight title, which means that the Championship can officially only be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least 105 kg (231 lb). In the 20th century Mexican wrestling enforced the weight divisions more strictly, but in the 21st century the rules were occasionally ignored for the various weight divisions. [3] One example was Diamante holding the championship while officially being billed as weighing 99 kg (218 lb), well below the weight limit. [4] While the Heavyweight title is traditionally considered the most prestigious weight division in professional wrestling, CMLL places more emphasis on the lower weight divisions. As such, the CMLL World Heavyweight Title is not considered the top CMLL Championship. [5] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won through legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match.

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
Championship history is unrecorded from 1950s to 1950s.
1El BulldogN/A Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1 [Note 1] [6]
2Polo TorresSeptember 5, 1954 Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico142  [6]
3El BulldogJune 20, 1954CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico2182 [6]
4 Lotario December 19, 1954N/AGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1231  [6]
5 Médico Asesino August 7, 1955 Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1  [7]
Vacated N/AChampionship was vacated when Médico Asesino won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship [7]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1955 to 1970s.
6Monje LocoN/A Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1 [Note 2] Unclear if Monje Loco won a tournament or someone else lost the championship to Monje Loco. [8]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1970s to May 9, 2004.
7 Sheriff May 9, 2004 Live event Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1 [Note 3] Defeated Leon Blanco for the title. [9]
Vacated July 2008Sheriff changed his ring character to Cien Caras Jr. in 2005 and started working in other parts of Mexico. The championship was inactive until vacated at some point in June 2008 or possibly earlier. [10]
8 Diamante July 20, 2012CMLL Guadalajara ViernesGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico160Defeated Misterioso II in a tournament final for the vacant title. [11]
9 Olímpico September 18, 2012CMLL Guadalajara TVGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1502 [12]
10 Diamante Azul February 2, 2014CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico11,500  [13]
11Furia RojaMarch 13, 2018CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1229  [1]
12Star BlackOctober 28, 2018CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico11,962 
Vacated October 20, 2019CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoStar Black vacated the title due to an injury.
13ExterminadorOctober 20, 2019CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico11,605 
14Bestia NegraMarch 1, 2022CMLL Guadalajara DomingosGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1742+ 

Tournaments

Brazo de Plata, who was one of ten men competing for the vacant championship BrazoDePlata.JPG
Brazo de Plata, who was one of ten men competing for the vacant championship

2012

The Occidente Heavyweight Championship was officially declared vacant in June, 2008. [10] The title had in effect been inactive since former champion Sheriff had begun working under the enmascarado (masked) character Cien Caras Jr. in 2005, with no reference being made to his former ring character. [14] CMLL decided to hold a 10-man torneo cibernetico on July 13, 2012 to determine which two wrestlers would face off for the title the following week. Diamante and Misterioso Jr. outlasted the remaining field that included Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro, Rey Escorpión, Espectrum, El Hijo del Fantasma, Ráfaga, León Blanco and Gran Kenut. [10] On July 20 Diamante defeated Misterioso Jr. becoming the first Occidente Heavyweight Champion in seven years. [10]

Footnotes

  1. The exact date El Bulldog won the championship has not been verified, making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.
  2. The exact date Monje Loco won the championship has not been verified, making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.
  3. The exact date Sheriff vacated the championship has not been verified making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.

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