CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

Current Champion

Terrible, 17th Champion

Terrible is the 17th CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. He defeated Rush in the finals of a tournament on January 1, 2012 to claim the vacant championship in Arena Mexico. Previous champion Hector Garza left the promotion the previous November.

History of Championship

A championship reign for Brazo de Plata is erroneously omitted from most listings of this championship history. His championship reign with this title overlapped his CMLL World Trios Championship with Los Brazos.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
tournament to determine first champion
1	Konnan	Cien Caras	1991.06.09	Arena Mexico
2	Cien Caras	Konnan	1991.08.18	Plaza De Toros La Monumental de Monterrey
	1	Konnan	1991.09.21	Arena Coliseo Acapulco
	2	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1991.11.28	Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
	3	Vampiro	1992.03.15	Plaza De Toros La Monumental de Monterrey
	4	Salomon Grundy	1992.03.18	Arena Mexico
	5	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1992.04.18	Arena Puebla
title vacant on June 12; Cien Caras left CMLL a month prior
tournament to fill vacant title
3	Black Magic	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1992.11.20	Arena Mexico
	1	Villano IV	1993.01.01	Pista Arena Revolucion
	2	Tigre Canadiense	1993.01.17	Plaza De Toros La Monumental de Monterrey
	3	Brazo de Plata	1993.01.31	Pista Arena Revolucion
	4	Brazo de Plata	1993.02.10	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	5	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1993.03.19	Arena Mexico
	6	King Haku	1993.03.28	Arena Mexico
	7	Vampiro	1993.05.?	Arena Mexico
4	Brazo de Plata	Black Magic	1993.06.27	Arena Mexico
	1	Black Magic	1993.07.21	Arena Coliseo Acapulco
	2	Silver King	1993.09.05	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Gran Markus Jr.	1993.10.14	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Pierroth Jr.	1994.04.18	Arena Puebla
5	Silver King	Brazo de Plata	1994.07.28	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	1	Dr. Wagner Jr.	1994.08.25	Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
	2	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1994.08.27	Pista Arena Revolucion
	3	Pirata Morgan	1994.10.05	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Zandokan	1994.11.02	Arena Naucalpan
	5	Pirata Morgan	1995.01.29	Arena San Juan Pantitlan
	6	Brazo de Plata	1995.02.01	?
	7	Dr. Wagner Jr.	1995.03.30	Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
6	Apolo Dantes	Silver King	1995.06.23	Arena Mexico
	1	Corazon De Leon	1995.09.19	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Vampiro	1995.11.12	Arena Coliseo DF
	3	Vampiro	1995.12.15	Arena Mexico
7	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	Apolo Dantes	1996.04.14	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Apolo Dantes	1996.04.28	Pista Arena Revolucion
	2	Apolo Dantes	1996.05.01	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	3	Apolo Dantes	1996.05.31	Arena Coliseo DF
	4	Gran Markus Jr.	1996.09.20	Arena Mexico
	5	Mascara Ano 2000	1996.11.06	Auditorio Morelos - Aguascalientes
	6	Apolo Dantes	1997.02.03	Japan
8	Steele	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1997.04.18	Arena Mexico
title vacant when Steel leaves CMLL
triangle match to determine new champion
9	Universo 2000	Rayo de Jalisco Jr. & Cien Caras	1997.10.19	Arena Mexico
	1	Brazo de Plata	1997.12.16	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Mascara Sagrada	1998.02.06	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	3	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1998.07.26	Arena Coliseo DF
10	Rayo de Jalisco Jr. [2]	Universo 2000	1998.09.13	Guadalajara
	1	Cien Caras	1998.10.13	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Mascara Ano 2000	1999.10.17	Arena Coliseo DF
11	Universo 2000 [2]	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	1999.12.10	Arena Mexico
	1	Mascara Sagrada	2000.01.23	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Brazo de Plata	2000.02.14	Arena Puebla
	3	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2000.04.10	Arena Puebla
	4	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2000.05.12	Auditorio De Tijuana
	5	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2000.05.30	Arena Coliseo DF
	6	Brazo de Plata	2000.08.01	Arena Coliseo DF
	7	Villano IV	2001.01.23	Arena Coliseo DF
	8	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2001.07.29	Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
	9	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2001.10.28	Arena Neza
	10	Villano IV	2001.12.04	Arena Coliseo DF
	11	Lizmark Jr.	2001.12.12	Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
	12	Mr. Niebla	2002.01.14	Arena Puebla
	13	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2002.02.26	Arena Coliseo DF
	14	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2002.04.18	Arena Neza
	15	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2002.07.04	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	16 (19th Defense)	Violencia	2003.01.01	Arena Coliseo DF
12	Mr. Niebla	Universo 2000	2003.04.18	Arena Mexico
	1	Universo 2000	2003.05.20	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Apolo Dantes	2003.08.17	Arena Coliseo DF
	3	Shocker	2003.11.30	Gimnasio Nuevo Leon
	4	Rey Bucanero	2003.12.28	Arena Coliseo DF
	5	Tinieblas Jr.	2004.05.17	Arena Puebla
13	Universo 2000 [3]	Mr. Niebla	2004.10.12	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Dos Caras Jr.	2005.05.10	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Mr. Niebla	2006.02.27	Arena Puebla
	3	Mascara Sagrada	2006.07.23	Salon Renault - Poza Rica, Veracruz
	4	Dos Caras Jr.	2006.08.06	Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
14	Dos Caras Jr.	Universo 2000	2007.07.08	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Lizmark Jr.	2007.08.19	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Universo 2000	2007.09.16	Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
	3	Ultimo Guerrero	2008.06.08	Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
15	Ultimo Guerrero	Dos Caras Jr.	2008.12.22	Arena Puebla - Puebla
	1	Hector Garza	2009.02.16	Arena Puebla
	2	Shocker	2009.03.03	Arena Mexico
	3	Villano V	2009.04.02	Arena Olimpico Laguna
	4	Hector Garza	2009.07.27	Arena Puebla
	5	Ephesto	2009.08.13	Arena Olimpico Laguna
	6	Hector Garza	2009.08.17	Arena Puebla
	7	Jushin Liger	2009.09.25	Arena Mexico
	8	Yujiro	2009.10.15	Arena Olimpico Laguna
	9	Hector Garza	2010.01.22	Arena Mexico
	10	Shocker	2010.02.28	Arena Coliseo
	11	Shocker	2010.08.30	Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
	12	La Mascara	2010.10.18	Arena Puebla
	13	Misterioso II	2010.12.30	Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio
	14	Mr. Niebla	2011.04.04	Arena Puebla
	15	Hirooki Goto	2011.04.29	Arena Mexico
	16	La Sombra	2011.05.22	Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
	17	Rush	2011.06.12	Arena Mexico
16	Hector Garza	Ultimo Guerrero	2011.08.12	Arena Mexico
title vacant when Garza leaves CMLL
10 man tournament to determine finalsts for vacant championship
17	Terrible	Rush	2012.01.01	Arena Mexico
	1	Yujiro	2012.06.24	Arena Coliseo
	2	Shocker	2012.07.16	Arena Puebla
	3	Diamante Azul	2012.09.10	Arena Puebla
	4	La Sombra	2012.12.02	Arena Coliseo
	5	Diamante Azul	2013.01.07	Arena Puebla
	6	Rush	2013.01.22	Arena Mexico
	7	Shocker	2013.09.17	Arena Mexico
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Konnan, 1st Champion

Cien Caras, 2nd Champion

Black Magic, 3rd Champion

Brazo de Plata, 4th Champion

Silver King, 5th Champion

Apolo Dantes, 6th Champion

Rayo De Jalisco Jr., 7th & 10th Champion

Universo 2000, 9th Champion

Mr. Niebla, 12th Champion

Universo 2000, 11th & 13th champion

Dos Caras Jr., 14th champion

Ultimo Guerrero, 15th Champion

Hector Garza, 16th Champion

Sources

Wrestling-Titles.com