Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Current Champion
Volador Jr., a CMLL tecnico, is the current champion. He defeated Mistico on February 12, 2010 to capture the title.
This is his first singles championship of any kind. Volador's uncle, LA Park, has previously held this championship four times. Volador Jr.'s title win was the first time this belt has changed hands in Arena Mexico in at least 24 years.
 Volador Jr., 61st Champion |
Luchas 2000 Title History
In 2007, the Luchas 2000 magazine published a detailed and researched title history of all the Mexican National championships. For most of the titles, the histories printed in the magazine mesh with the information already available. This championship was an exception, with many people previously thought as champions removed and others added with multiple reigns.
We believe the version below is the current one, but respect Luchas 2000's research in this area. The portions of disagreement in Luchas 2000's research are presented on their own page.
History of Championship
41th change: Near the start of AAA, Mascara Sagrada lost this title to Universo 2000 via DQ. Universo's corner man, Cien Caras, liberally interfered in the matchup. Sagrada's second, Super Star, refused to stop Cien Caras. Perro Aguayo Sr. came to the ring to help out Sagrada and replace Superstar, but was caught fouling Universo 2000 for the DQ.
2000s:
In the mid 2000s, the Mexican National Light Heavyweight championships was the only active Mexican National title to not to be a part of one of the two big promotions. Up until 2002, it was part of AAA's title belts, but Dandy kept upon leaving the promotion. This belt became a central championship during the short run of the ENSEMA promotion, including the LA Park title win and following loss, but went back to being an independent title when the promotion went on a long hiatus.
While Vangelis was proclaimed to have won the belt from Dandy, it's not clear that an actual match happened. There's no other record of a show happening on that location, on that date. It's quite possible Vangelis simply bought the belt off El Dandy.
In turn, Vangelis appeared to lose the championship to Mistico in exchange for gaining a position in CMLL. By that point, it was very rare for Mistico to wrestle independent wrestlers on spot shows, and the title match occurred during a stretch where CMLL was pushing the number of championships Mistico had won.
After the title change, Vangelis joined CMLL, explaining he was looking for a rematch. When he first came to CMLL, Vangelis was consistently scheduled at a much lower level than Mistico, making it unlikely such a match would actually occur, and impossible for Vangelis to actually complete his goal. Over time, and due to an association with Texano Jr. & Terrible, Vangelis finally got into trios matches with Mistico, but never got an opportunity for a rematch while Mistico was champion.
Mistico has posed for pictures wearing this championship, but did little more for the first year and half he was champion. At the time, Mistico also held many other championships, which were better regarded and defended more frequently. In 2009, after Mistico had lost most of those championships, the Mexican Light Heavyweight belt became his primary belt for title matches.
In early 2010, Mistico broke with long time partner Volador Jr. and embraced many rudo tactics. After Volador was able to use Mistico's own move against him on February 5th, the two agreed to a title match the following week. This time, Volador was able to reverse a Mistico pin into one of his own, and grabbed the ropes to hold on for the victory and title change. Mistico, angry about being cheated, attacked both Volador and referee Tigre Hispano after the match, and absconded with the championship belt.
Champions Listing
Sources:
Gallery of Champions
 Tarzan Lopez, 3rd, 5th & 8th Champion |
 Ray Mendoza, 12th Champion |
 El Nazi, 19th Champion |
 Raul Mata(left), 21st Champion |
 Canek, 26th Champion |
 Mano Negra, 33rd Champion |
 Valente Fernandez, 34th Champion |
 El Halcon '78, 36th Chapion |
 Mogur, 38th Champion |
 La Parka, 43rd, 45th, 47th & 57th Champion |
 Pimpinela Escarlata, 48th Champion |
 Latin Lover, 49th Champions |
 Sangre Chicana, 52nd Champion |
 Electro Shock, 54th Champion |
 El Dandy, 56th & 58th Champion |
 Vangelis, 59th Champion |
 Mistico, 60th Champion |
Sources
- Wrestling-Titles.com
- Luchas 2000 Especial #21
Also Listed As
| Mexican National Championships |
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| Men's: Light (Panterita del Ring Jr.) • Welter (vacant) Middle (Templario) • Light Heavy (Ángel de Oro) Heavy (Euforia) • Tag (Esfinge & Fugaz) Trios (Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Raziel and Cancerbero)) |
| Women's: Singles (Dark Silueta) • Women's Tag (Jarochita & Lluvia) |
| Defunct: Mini • Feather • Cruiser • Atomicos |
