The Crash Junior Championship

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The Crash Junior Championship
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The championship belt
Details
Promotion The Crash Lucha Libre
Lucha Libre Tijuanese
Date establishedJuly 3, 2015 [1]
Current champion(s)Gallo Extreme
Date wonNovember 3, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Star Dragon [1]
Most reignsBlack Boy (2 times) [1]
Longest reign Dinámico (622 days) [1]
Shortest reign Astrolux (64 days) [1]

The Crash Junior Championship (Spanish : Campeonato de Peso Junior de The Crash) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion The Crash Lucha Libre based in Tijuana, Baja California.

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The Junior Championship is a secondary championship, behind both The Crash Heavyweight Championship and The Crash Cruiserweight Championship, primarily for lower ranked, younger wrestlers. As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. [lower-alpha 1] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, [lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, [lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company. [lower-alpha 4]

The first junior champion was Star Dragón, which he became by winning a five-way elimination match over Black Boy, Destroyer, Enigma, Mirage and Mosco Negro. [6] Toto is the current junior champion, having defeated Dinámico, Terror Azteca, Proximo, Kamika-C and Skalibur to win the championship at The Crash X Aniversario on November 5, 2021. [7] This is his first reign as champion. Overall twelve wrestlers share eleven championship reigns, with only one wrestler, Black Boy, holding the championship twice. Astrolux's 64-day reign is the shortest in the championship's history, while Dinámico's 622-day reign is the longest reign so far. [1]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Star DragónJuly 3, 2015The Crash show Tijuana, Baja California 1100Defeated Black Boy, Destroyer, Enigma, Mirage and Mosco Negro in five-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion. [6]
2MirageOctober 11, 2015The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1124This was a two-out-of-three falls match. [8]
3Black BoyFebruary 12, 2016The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1163This was a five-way elimination match also involving Jinzo and Proximo and Septimo Dragon [9]
4 Black Danger July 24, 2016The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1181 [10]
5 Arkángel Divino January 21, 2017The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1338 [11]
6Black BoyDecember 25, 2017Team 19/27 Promotions live event Mexicali, Baja California 282 [12] [13]
Vacated March 17, 2018Declared vacant when Black Boy did not show up for a scheduled championship defense.
7 Astrolux March 17, 2018The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 164Won a six-way elimination match over Tiago, Latigo, Rayo Star and Torito Negro to win the vacant championship [14]
8Torito NegroMay 20, 2018The Crash Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala 1167
9XperiaNovember 3, 2018 The Crash VII Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1202Match also included Tiago, Baby Star and Rayo Star [15] [16]
10 Tiago May 24, 2019 The Crash show Tijuana, Baja California 1139Match also included Torito Negro. [17]
Vacated October 10, 2019The Crash announced a match for the vacant championship at The Crash VIII Aniversario. [18]
11Terror AztecaNovember 1, 2019 The Crash VIII Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1113Won the vacant championship in a match against Toto, Próximo, Baby Xtreme, and Soldado del Invierno. [19]
12 Dinámico February 22, 2020The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1622Defeated previous champion Terror Azteca and Baby Extreme in. Three-way match. [20]
13TotoNovember 5, 2021 The Crash X Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1238This was a six-way match that also included Terror Azteca, Proximo, Kamika-C and Skalibur. [7]
14ProximoJuly 1, 2022The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1266
15AnubisMarch 24, 2023The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1224
16Gallo ExtremeNovember 3, 2023The Crash 12. Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1166+Defeated the Champion Anubis, Noisy Boy and Rey Furia and El Rey in a Five Way

Combined reigns

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Dinámico 1622
2 Arkángel Divino 1338
3Proximo1266
4Black Boy2245
5Toto1238
6Anubis1224
7Xperia1202
8 Black Danger 1181
9Torito Negro1167
10Gallo Extreme †1166+
11 Tiago 1137
12Mirage1124
13Terror Azteca1113
14Star Dragón1100
15Astrolux164

Footnotes

  1. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" [2]
  2. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart" [3]
  3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson" [4]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." [5]

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