CMLL World Middleweight Championship

CMLL World Middleweight Championship

The CMLL World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. El Cuatrero is the reigning champion, having defeated Ángel de Oro for the title on January 19, 2018. Since its creation in 1991, there have been 19 individual championship reigns shared between 15 wrestlers. The winner of the title is either a non-Mexican wrestler or a wrestler from Mexico.

About CMLL World Middleweight Championship in brief

Summary CMLL World Middleweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. El Cuatrero is the reigning champion, having defeated Ángel de Oro for the title on January 19, 2018. The official definition of the middleweight division in Mexico is a person between 82 kg and 87 kg, but the weight limits are not strictly adhered to. The championship 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. Since its creation in 1991, there have been 19 individual championship reigns shared between 15 wrestlers.

El Dandy is the only three-time champion; he also has the shortest reign of any champion at 63 days. Dragón Rojo Jr. is the longest reigning champion in the history of the championship, with a total of 5 years, 127 days. The title has not been vacant since May 3, 2010, when Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Negro Casas to win the title. The champion has held the title for the last five years. The winner of the title is either a non-Mexican wrestler or a wrestler from Mexico, with the most recent winner being El Cuatrero on January 19, 2018, at Fantastica Mania, a joint show held by CMLL and New Japan Pro Wrestling.