Mexican National Lightweight Championship

Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Ricky Marvin, who held the championship in 2001
Details
Current champion(s)	Eléctrico
Date won	August 13, 2013
Date established	June 28, 1934
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Statistics First champion(s) Jack O'Brien Most reigns Rodolfo Ruiz (3 Reigns) Longest reign Juan Diaz () Shortest reign Mishima Ota (1 day)

The Mexican National Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Peso Ligero in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling singles championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. ("the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission" in Spanish). Although the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the title is defended. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the lightweight weight class in Mexico is between 63 kg (139 lb) and 70 kg (150 lb), but the weight limits for the different classes are not always strictly enforced. Since the title was brought back after being inactive for approximately four years it has been contested for in the Mini-Estrellas division exclusively. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules as is tradition in Mexico.

The Mexican National Lightweight Championship was created in 1934, making it one of the oldest wrestling championships still active today. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for World Wrestling Council) has the promotional control of the championship while the Commission only serves to approve the champions and supervise championship matches. Jack O'Brien was recognized as the first champion in 1934, after winning a tournament sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. and promoted by CMLL.^[G1][G2] The championship has been vacated on a number of occasions, most notably four times because the champion moved up a weight class, once because the champion was not a Mexican citizen and once because the reigning champion, Guerrero Samurai, was killed in a car accident.^[G1][G2]

Eléctrico is the current Mexican National Lightweight Champion, having defeated Pequeño Nitro in a tournament final on August 13, 2013. He is the 49th overall champion and the 39th person to hold the title. Rodolfo Ruiz and Taro are tied for the most reigns as champion, with three in total; Mishima Ota has the shortest reign, at 1 day. Black Shadow holds the record for the longest individual reign, at over 1,901 days, while Juan Diaz held the championship 1,979 days divided over two reigns.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
#	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion at which the title changed hands
N/A	The specific information has not been found
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
+	Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref(s)
1	Jack O'Brien	1	June 28, 1934		N/A	Live event	O'Brien defeated Hernandez in the final a tournament to become first champion.	[G1][G2]
2	Dientes Hernandez	1	June 28, 1937		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
3	Jack O'Brien	2	May 18, 1938		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
4	Bobby Bonales	1	May 5, 1940		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
5	Dientes Hernandez	2	December 12, 1940		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
6	Adolfo Bonales	1	October 9, 1942		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
7	Joe Silva	1	May 30, 1943		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
8	Raul Romero	1	April 28, 1944		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
9	Emilio Charles	1	April 15, 1946		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	January 1, 19481948	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons	[G1][G2]
10	Joe Marin	1	August 5, 1948		N/A	Live event		[G1][G2]
11	Black Shadow	1	October 18, 1948		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	January 1, 19541954	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons	[G1][G2]
12	Juan Diaz	1	March 30, 1957		N/A	Live event	Defeated Orquidea to win the vacant title	[G1][G2]
13	Mishima Ota	1	July 17, 1957		Mexicali, Baja California	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	July 18, 1957	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated by the commission as Mishima Ota was not a Mexican citizen.	[G1][G2]
14	Juan Diaz	2	May 17, 1958		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Defeated Jesus Garcia.	[G1][G2]
15	Chanoc	1	October 17, 1963		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
16	Ulises	1	February 4, 1964		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
17	Chanoc	2	June 12, 1964		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
18	Rodolfo Ruiz	1	January 13, 1965		Mexico City, D.F.	EMLL Carnaval de Campeones		[G1][G2]
19	Alberto Muñoz	1	August 7, 1965		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	February 6, 1966	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Alberto Muñoz won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.	[G1][G2]
20	Rolando Costa	1	April 3, 1966		N/A	Live event		[G1][G2]
21	Raul Rojas	1	May 1, 1966		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
22	Raul Guerrero	1	September 7, 1967		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
23	Estrella Blanca	1	August 20, 1968		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
24	Rodolfo Ruiz	2	September 20, 1969		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
25	Estrella Blanca	2	August 11, 1971		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
26	Tauro	2	April 11, 1973		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
27	Dardo Aguilar	1	January 18, 1975		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
28	Tauro	3	June 1, 1975		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
29	Flama Azul	1	October 30, 1976		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
30	Américo Rocca	1	April 10, 1977		Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event		[G1][G2]
31	Flama Azul	2	July 1, 1977		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
32	Mario Valenzuela	1	September 21, 1977		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
scope="33	Talismán	1	August 30, 1978		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G1][G2]
34	Rodolfo Ruiz	3	April 8, 1979		Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event		[G1][G2]
35	Chamaco Valaguez	1	June 12, 1980		N/A	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	February 1982	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Chamaco Valaguez moved up a weight class.	[G1][G2]
36	Aristotle	1	May 2, 1982		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Defeated Negro Casas in a tournament final	[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	July 1983	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Aristotle moved up a weight class.	[G1][G2]
37	Fuerza Guerrera	1	November 6, 1983		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Defeated Aguila Venezolana in tournament final.	[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	May 1984	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Fuerza Guerrera moved up a weight class.	[G1][G2]
38	El Modulo	1	August 18, 1984		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Won a tournament.	[G1][G2]
39	Pegasso I	1	March 17, 1985		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
40	El Khalifa	1	July 13, 1985		Puebla Puebla	Live event		[G1][G2]
41	Guerrero Samurai	1	April 16, 1986		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
42	El Pantera II	1	August 9, 1987		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
43	Guerrero Samurai	2	February 6, 1988		Xochimilco, D.F.	Live event		[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	November 24, 1990	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated after Guerrero Samurai died in an automobile accident.	[G1][G2]
44	Flash	1	July 14, 1991		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	Defeated Guerrero Samurai II;	[G1][G2]
—	Vacated	1	1993	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for unknown reasons	[G1][G2]
45	Damiancito el Guerrero/Virus	1	May 7, 1998		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	Defeated El Oriental in a tournament final. Later changed ring name to Virus.	[G1][G2]
46	Ricky Marvin	1	November 29, 2000		Acapulco, Guerrero	Live event		[G2]
47	Loco Max	1	December 3, 2001		Puebla Puebla	Live event		[G2]
—	Vacated	1	February 2005	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.
48	Pierrothito	1	September 23, 2008		Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Defeated Mascarita Dorada in tournament final.
—	Vacated	1	July 24, 2013	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for unspecified reasons.
49	Eléctrico	1	August 13, 2013	+	Mexico City, D.F.	Live event	Defeated Pequeño Nitro in tournament final.

Reigns by combined length

Pierrothito (in blue), the 48th champion and the first Mini-Estrella to hold the championship.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	Indicates the current champion
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
+	Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days	Ref(s).
1	Juan Diaz	2	1,979	[G1][G2]
2	Black Shadow	1	1,901¤	[G1][G2]
3	Jack O'Brien	2	1,814	[G1][G2]
4	Pierrothito	1	1,765
5	Guerrero Samuari	2	1,502	[G1][G2]
6	Estrella Blanca	2	1,371	[G1][G2]
7	Rodolfo Ruiz	3	1,327	[G1][G2]
8	Tauro	2	1,164	[G1][G2]
9	Loco Max	1	1,156¤	[G2]
10	Eléctrico †	1	+
11	Damiancito El Guerrero/Virus	1	937	[G1][G2]
12	Raul Romero	1	717	[G1][G2]
13	Dientes Hernandez	2	666	[G1][G2]
14	Emilio Charles	1	629¤	[G1][G2]
15	Chamaco Valaguez	1	599¤	[G1][G2]
16	Flash	1	537¤	[G1][G2]
17	Raul Rojas	1	494	[G1][G2]
18	Aristotle	1	425¤	[G1][G2]
19	Ricky Marvin	1	369	[G2][G1][G2]
20	Raul Guerrero	1	348	[G1][G2]
21	Mario Valenzuela	1	343	[G1][G2]
22	Chanoc	2	325	[G1][G2]
23	Joe Silva	1	324	[G1][G2]
24	El Khalifa	1	277	[G1][G2]
25	Flama Azul	2	244	[G1][G2]
26	Adolfo Bonales	1	233	[G1][G2]
27	Bobby Bonales	1	221	[G1][G2]
	El Talisman	1	221	[G1][G2]
29	El Modulo	1	211	[G1][G2]
30	Alberto Muñoz	1	183	[G1][G2]
31	El Pantera II	1	181	[G1][G2]
32	Fuerza Guerrera	1	177¤	[G1][G2]
33	Dardo Aguilar	1	134	[G1][G2]
34	Ulises	1	129	[G1][G2]
35	Pegasso I	1	118	[G1][G2]
36	Américo Rocca	1	82	[G1][G2]
37	Joe Marin	1	74	[G1][G2]
38	Rolando Costa	1	28	[G1][G2]
39	Mishima Ota	1	1	[G1][G2]

Championship tournaments

2008 Mexican National Lightweight Tournament

Mini Damián 666 one of 24 competitors in the 2008 tournament.

In 2008 the Mexican National Lightweight Championship was reintroduced after being vacant since 2005. CMLL held two Torneo cibernetico elimination matches, one on September 9 and one on September 16 to determine the finalists. Pierrothito won the first torneo cibernetico by eliminating Pequeño Olimpico in the end. Mascarita Dorada won the second torneo cibernetico, eliminating Pequeño Black Warrior in the last fall. On September 23, 2009 Pierrothito defeated Mascarita Dorada to win the championship, becoming the first Mini-Estrella to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship.

Cibernetico – September 9, 2008

#	Eliminated	Eliminated by
1	Pequeño Lizmark	Mr. Aguilita
2	Pequeño Universo 2000	Bracito de Oro
3	Mr. Aguilita	Niño de Acero
4	Bracito de Oro	Fire
5	Cosmico	Último Dragóncito
6	Fire	Shockercito
7	Niño de Acero	Pierrothito
8	Último Dragoncito	Pequeño Olímpico
9	Mini Damián 666	Pequeño Olímpico
10	Shockercito	Pierrothito
11	Pequeño Olímpico	Pierrothito
12	Pierrothito	Winner

Cibernetico – September 16, 2008

#	Eliminated	Eliminated by
	Bam Bam	Unknown
2	Celestial	Unknown
3	Pequeño Ninja	Unknown
4	Pequeño Black Warrior	Unknown
5	Pequeño Halloween	Unknown
6	Fantasy	Unknown
7	Sombrita	Unknown
8	Electrico	Unknown
9	Pequeño Black Warrior	Mascarita Dorada
10	Mascarita Dorada	Winner

2013 Mexican National Lightweight Tournament

Último Dragóncito one of 12 competitors in the 2013 tournament.

On June 24, 2013 CMLL announced that the Mexican National Lightweight Championship had been vacated, without stating specifically why previous champion Pierrothito had been stripped of the championship. They also announced a 12-man tournament to determine a new champion that would start on July 30 with a six-man torneo cibernetico elimination match and a second six-man cibernetico the following week. The winners of each block faced off on August 13, 2013 to determine the new champion. The finals saw Eléctrico defeat Pequeño Nitro to win the championship.

Cibernetico – July 30, 2013

#	Eliminated	Eliminated by	Time
1	Pequeño Halcón	Shockercito	07:15
2	Shockercito	Mercurio	08:04
3	Mercurio	Bam Bam	10:58
4	Bam Bam	Pequeño Violencia	13:27
5	Pequeño Violencia	Eléctrico	16:24
6	Eléctrico	Winner	16:24

Cibernetico – August 6, 2013

#	Eliminated	Eliminated by
1	Pequeño Universo 2000
X	Aéreo	Order of elimination not documented
X	Pequeño Black Warrior	Order of elimination not documented
X	Fantasy	Order of elimination not documented
5	Último Dragóncito	Pequeño Nitro
6	Pequeño Nitro	Winner

References

General sources

• [G1] –
• [G2] – (Up until 2004)

Specific

External links

• CMLL World Middleweight Title history at

• wrestling-titles.com
• Cagematch.net