Mexican National Lightweight Championship

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Current Champion

There is no current champion, but a title tournament has been announced to decide a new one.

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. All the participants listed so far are mini wrestlers, which would fit with the weight requirements of the championship but cause it to become the first weight based championship to be held by those in restricted by height. Among many things unclear at the moment is if non-Mini wrestlers who make the weight limit would still be competing for the title, or if it would be a minis-only championship (and a duplication of the Mexican National Minis Championship.

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 Adolfo Bonales Dientes Hernandez 1942.10.09 Mexico City
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
12 Juan Diaz Orquidea 1957.03.30 ?
13 Mishima Ota Juan Diaz 1957.07.17 Mexicali
Mishima Ota is not Mexican, vacates championship
14 Juan Diaz [2] Jesus Garcia 1958.05.17 Arena Coliseo DF
15 Chanoc Juan Diaz 1963.10.17 Acapulco
16 Ulises Chanoc 1964.02.04 Arena Mexico
17 Chanoc [2] Ulysses 1964.06.12 Acapulco
18 Rodolfo Ruiz Chanoc 1965.01.13 Arena Coliseo
19 Alberto Munoz Rodolfo Ruiz 1965.08.07 Mexico City
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 El Cortijo
21 Raul Rojas Rolando Costa 1966.05.01 Mexico City
22 Raul Guerrero Raul Rojas 1967.09.07 Mexico City
23 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
26 Tauro Estrella Blanca 1973.04.11 Acapulco
1 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 Cachorro Mendoza 1975.12.16 Arena Coliseo DF
29 Flama Azul Tauro 1976.10.30 Mexico City
30 Americo Rocca Flama Azul 1977.04.10 Monterrey
31 Flama Azul [2] Americo Rocca 1977.07.01 Acapulco
32 Mario Valenzuela Flama Azul 1977.09.21 Acapulco
33 El Talisman Mario Valenzuela 1978.08.30 Acapulco
1 Rodolfo Ruiz 1978.10.01 Arena Coliseo DF
34 Rodolfo Ruiz [3] El Talisman 1979.04.08 Cuernavaca
35 Chamaco Velaguez Rodolfo Ruiz 1980.06.12 ?
championship vacated February 1982 when Chamaco Valaguez leaves weight division
tournament for vacant championship
36 Aristoteles Negro Casas 1982.05.02 Arena Mexico
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 El Khaliffa Pegaso I 1985.07.13 Puebla
41 Guerrero Samurai El Khaliffa 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 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
 
 
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Raul Romero, 8th Champion
Black Shadow, 11th Champion
Alberto Munoz, 19th Champion
Raul Rojas, 21st Champion
Estrella Blanca, 24th & 26th Champion
Talisman, 34th Champion


Damiancito el Guerrero, 46th Champion
Ricky Marvin, 47th Champion
Loco Max, 48th Champion

Sources

Also Listed As

Mexican National Championships
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: MiniFeatherCruiserAtomicos
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