The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 1991. Niebla Roja is the current champion after winning a tournament for the vacant championship on June 10, 2017. He is the 16th overall champion and the 14th wrestler to officially hold the championship. The championship has been vacated twice since its creation in 1991, and has had one unofficial reign.
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The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 1991. The title is not won via legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. Niebla Roja is the current champion after winning a tournament for the vacant championship on June 10, 2017. He is the 16th overall champion and the 14th wrestler to officially hold the championship. The championship has been vacated twice since its creation in 1991, and has had one unofficial reign. Only two men have held the title more than once; both Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis have officially held the championship twice. Not only is the championship not officially recognized by CMLL, Jerry Estrada’s 175-day reign is the shortest in the history of the championship, with only the longest being Último Guerrero’s 3,574 days. The official definition of the light heavyweight division in Mexico is between 92 kg and 97 kg, but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to.
Because CMLL puts more emphasis on the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the heavyweight division, which is considered the most important by most promotions outside Mexico. In 1996 the then-champion Dr. Wagner Jr. lost the championship to Aquarius on a show in Japan, but the title change was not approved byCMLL and thus was never officially recognized. On January 15, 2013, then-reigning champion Rush voluntarily gave up the title as part of his ongoing storyline feud with then-CMLL World Heavyweight Champion El Terrible. On April 8, 2016 La Máscara won the championship by defeating Ángel de Oro. On May 22, 2017, La Mánscara was fired by CM LL and the championship was vacated. On June10, 2017 Nie Bla Ro Ja won the title by outlasting 9 other wrestlers, Bárbaro Cavernario, Blue Panther, Carístico, Drone, Johnny Idol, Misterioso Jr., Pólvora, Reapper and Stuka Jr.
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