Current Champion
Electrico defeated Pequeno Nitro on August 13 in Arena Mexico on August 13 , 2013 in the finals of a tournament to crown a new champion.
History of Championship
In the prior era of this championship, it was used to transition a mini (Damiancito el Guerrero , who soon became Virus) into his new role as a full sized wrestler. Virus lost the belt to Ricky Marvin , in similar bid to give more spotlight to a small wrestler. Marvin lost in turn to Loco Max , who was a local Arena Puebla wrestler at the time. If there were further plans for the championship, they were forgotten after Loco Max joined the main CMLL roster (thru the Guapos U group) in 2002. Luchas 2000's special on the history of the Mexican National Championships included an interview with Loco Max, who said he vacated this championship, but no specific date was mentioned.
As usual, CMLL brought this championship back with no notice or advance warning in 2008 , announcing a lineup for a tournament to decide a new champion without previously mentioning the title would be returning. It never seemed to be officially announced as such, but the championship has clearly been repurposed as a minis championship, secondary to the CMLL World Minis Championship . All wrestlers in the tournament to decide a new champion were minis, and no normal size wrestler has challenged for it. (No minis wrestler has either, due to the lack of defenses.) It's not said why the Mexican National Minis Championship , a title which exists for this very use, is not being used by CMLL, but the assumption is they don't actually have control of the title.
The lightweight division has rarely had the prominence of the other weight divisions and is usually skipped by most promotions. Perhaps because of this championship switching over to the minis division, CMLL has brought back the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship to fill this niche.
Champions Listing
#
Champion(s)
Defeated
Date
Location
tournament to determine initial champion
David Barragan & Dientes Hernandez match is suspended, tournament has no finish
tournament to (again) determine initial champion
1
Jack O'Brien
Dientes Hernandez
1937 .06.28
Mexico City
1
Carlos Meza
1937 .05.03
Arena Mexico
2
Oscar Arizpe
1937 .11.07
?
2
Dientes Hernandez
Jack O'Brien
1938 .04.17
Mexico City
3
Jack O'Brien [2]
Dientes Hernandez
1938 .05.18
Mexico City
4
Bobby Bonales
Jack O'Brien
1940 .05.05
Arena Mexico
5
Dientes Hernandez [2]
Bobby Bonales
1940 .12.22
Mexico City
1
Jack O'Brien
1942 .06.21
Arena Mexico
6[ 1]
Adolfo Bonales
Dientes Hernandez
1942 .10.09
Old Arena Mexico
7
Joe Silva
Adolfo Bonales
1943 .05.30
Mexico City
8
Raul Romero
Joe Silva
1944 .04.28
Mexico City
9
Emilio Charles Sr.
Raul Romero
1946 .04.15
Mexico City
championship vacated in 1948
10
Joe Marin
?
1948 .08.05
?
11
Black Shadow
Joe Marin
1948 .10.18
Mexico City
championship vacated in 1954 when Black Shadow could no longer make weight[ 2]
12[ 3]
Juan Diaz
Chu-Chu Garcia
1957 .06.??
?
13[ 4]
Mishima Ota
Juan Diaz
1957 .09.29
Plaza de Toros Torreon
after about eight months, commission rules Mishima Ota can not be champion because he was not born in Mexico and orders championship vacant
1[ 5]
El Rebelde
1960 .09.23
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
14
Juan Diaz [2]
Jesus Garcia
1958 .05.17
Arena Coliseo DF [ 6]
1[ 7]
Pokarito Ramirez
1962 .05.13
Plaza de Toros El Cortijo , Mexico City
15
Chanoc
Juan Diaz
1963 .10.17
Acapulco
1
Juan Diaz
1963 .12.08
Plaza de Toros El Cortijo , Mexico City
16[ 8]
Ulises
Chanoc
1964 .04.21
Arena Mexico
1[ 9]
Dick Angelo
1964 .06.21
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
2[ 10]
Luis Gonzalez
1964 .?
?
3[ 11]
Chanoc
1964 .08.28
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
4[ 12]
Chanoc
1964 .?
?
5[ 13]
Chanoc
1964 .?
?
17[ 14]
Chanoc [2]
Ulises
1964 .11.01
Arena Coliseo Acapulco
18
Rodolfo Ruiz
Chanoc
1965 .01.13
Arena Coliseo
1[ 15]
Tony Sugar
1965 .04.04
Arena Puebla
19[ 16]
Alberto Munoz
Rodolfo Ruiz
1965 .04.13
Arena Mexico
championship vacated 1966 .02.06 upon winning Mexican National Welterweight Championship
tournament for vacant championship
Rolando Acosta & Raul Rojas draw, championship remains vacant
rematch for vacant championship
20
Rolando Costa
Raul Rojas
1966 .04.03
Plaza de Toros El Cortijo , Mexico City
21
Raul Rojas
Rolando Costa
1966 .05.01
Mexico City
22
Raul Guerrero
Raul Rojas
1967 .09.07
Mexico City
1[ 17]
Javier Meza
1968 .04.14
Plaza de Toros El Cortijo , Mexico City
23[ 18]
Estrella Blanca
Raul Guerrero
1968 .08.20
Arena Mexico
24
Rodolfo Ruiz [2]
Estrella Blanca
1969 .09.20
Arena Coliseo
25
Estrella Blanca
Rodolfo Ruiz
1971 .08.11
Acapulco
1
Tauro
1972 .04.21
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Tauro
1972 .05.20
Pista Arena Revolucion
26
Tauro
Estrella Blanca
1973 .04.11
Acapulco
1[ 19]
Barón Siniestro
1973 .08.28
Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
2[ 20]
Dr. Misterio
1974 .01.27
Arena Aficion
3
Rodolfo Ruiz
1974 .10.24
Pista Arena Revolucion
27
Dardo Aguilar
Tauro
1975 .01.18
Pista Arena Revolucion
28
Tauro [2]
Dardo Aguilar
1975 .06.05
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
1[ 21]
Remo
1975 .08.10
Pista Arena Revolucion
2[ 22]
Cachorro Mendoza
1975 .10.08
Arena Coliseo Acapulco
3
Cachorro Mendoza
1975 .12.16
Arena Coliseo DF
4[ 23]
Cachorro Mendoza
1976 .04.11
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
29
Flama Azul
Tauro
1976 .10.30
Pista Arena Revolucion
1
Centauro [ 24]
1976 .??.??
?
2
Rodolfo Ruiz
1976 .??.??
?
3
Mr. Niebla (70s)
1976 .??.??
?
4
Mario Valenzuela
1977 .??.??
?
5
Tauro
1977 .??.??
Acapulco
6
Rodolfo Ruiz
1977 .??.??
?
7
Tauro
1977 .??.??
?
8
Estrella Blanca
1977 .??.??
?
30
Americo Rocca
Flama Azul
1977 .04.10
Monterrey
31
Flama Azul [2]
Americo Rocca
1977 .07.01
Acapulco
1
Rodolfo Ruiz
1977 .??.??
?
2
Tauro
1977 .??.??
?
32
Mario Valenzuela
Flama Azul
1977 .09.21
Acapulco
1
Flama Azul
1977 .10.12
?
2[ 25]
El Talisman
1978 .01.24
Arena Coliseo
3[ 26]
Arturo Cruz
1978 .01.29
Arena Azteca
33
El Talisman
Mario Valenzuela
1978 .08.30
Acapulco
1
Rodolfo Ruiz
1978 .10.01
Arena Coliseo DF
2[ 27]
Tauro
1978 .10.17
Arena Ajusco, Tlalpan, Distrito Federal
34
Rodolfo Ruiz [3]
El Talisman
1979 .04.08
Cuernavaca
1[ 28]
Talisman
1979 .08.28
Arena Coliseo
35
Chamaco Velaguez
Rodolfo Ruiz
1980 .06.12
?
1[ 29]
Rodolfo Ruiz
1981 .02.08
Pista Arena Revolución
championship vacated February 1982 when Chamaco Valaguez leaves weight division
tournament for vacant championship
36
Aristoteles
Negro Casas
1982 .05.02
Arena Mexico
1[ 30]
Fuerza Guerrera
1982 .06.06
Pista Arena Revolucion
1[ 31]
Sombra Roja
1982 .08.22
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
2
Fuerza Guerrera
1983 .05.29
Pista Arena Revolucion
championship vacated July 1983 when Aristoteles leaves weight division
tournament for vacant championship
37
Fuerza Guerrera
Aguila Venezolana
1983 .11.06
Cuernavaca
championship vacated May 1984 when Fuerza Guerrera leaves weight division
decision match? for vacant championship
38
Modulo
?
1984 .08.18
Pista Arena Revolucion
39
Pegaso I
Modulo
1985 .03.17
Pista Arena Revolucion
40
Kalifa
Pegaso I
1985 .07.13
Puebla
41
Guerrero Samurai
Kalifa
1986 .04.16
Pista Arena Revolucion
42
Pantera II
Guerrero Samurai
1987 .08.09
Pista Arena Revolucion
43
Guerrero Samurai [2]
Pantera II
1988 .06.02
Arena Xochimilco
Guerrero Samurai passes away on 1990 .11.24
decision match for vacant championship
45
Flash I
Guerrero Samurai II
1991 .07.14
Guadalajara
championship vacated in 1993 for unknown reasons (leaves weight division?)
tournament for vacant championship
46[ 32]
Damiancito el Guerrero
Oriental
1998 .05.07
Guadalajara
Damiancito changes identity to Virus
1
Oriental
1998 .05.08
Arena Mexico
2
Oriental
1998 .08.07
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
3
Oriental
1998 .08.19
Jojutla, Morelia
4
Oriental
1998 .09.05
Arena Xochimilco
5
Oriental
1998 .10.01
Aguascalientes
6
Oriental
1998 .10.29
Gimnasio G-3 , Mexico City
6
Oriental
1999 .02.26
Hamamatsu - Shizuoka , Japan
7
Oriental
1999 .05.30
Arena Neza
8
Ricky Marvin
2000 .10.05
Aguascalientes
9
Moreno Casas
2000 .10.15
Arena Lopez Mateos
47
Ricky Marvin
Virus
2000 .11.29
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
1
Virus
2000 .12.12
Arena Coliseo DF
2
Virus
2001 .02.15
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
3
Virus
2001 .02.28
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
4
Virus
2001 .03.16
Arena Mexico
5
Virus
2001 .04.30
Guanajuato
6
Virus
2001 .05.23
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
48
Loco Max
Ricky Marvin
2001 .12.03
Arena Puebla
1
Volador Jr.
2002 .02.04
Arena Puebla
championship vacated 2004
finals of a tournament to crown new champion
49
Pierrothito
Mascarita Dorada
2008 .09.23
Arena Mexico
1
Electrico
2009 .09.25
Arena Mexico
2
Saturno
2010 .03.09
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
3
Astral
2011 .04.05
Arena Mexico
4
Bam Bam
2011 .09.20
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
5
Electrico
2012 .04.10
Arena Mexico
championship vacated July 2013 for unspecified reasons
finals of a tournament to crown new champion
50
Electrico
Pequeno Nitro
2013 .08.13
Arena Mexico
1
Espiritu Maligno
2014 .08.18
Arena Puebla
2
Principe Diamante
2016 .02.28
Arena México
3
Fantasy (II) [ 33]
2016 .08.16
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
Gallery of Champions
Tauro , 26th & 28th Champion
Gallery of Title Belts
3rd Belt
Sources
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