CMLL World Trios Championship
Encyclopedia
The CMLL World Trios Championship ("Campeonato Mundial de Trios" in Spanish
) is a professional wrestling
championship
promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL) in Mexico
. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams
of three wrestlers. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion
that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
" (MS-1
, Pirata Morgan
and El Satánico
) defeat Los Brazos (El Brazo
, Brazo de Oro
and Brazo de Plata
) to become the first Trios Champions. Over the next couple of years the title would be held by such teams as "Los Intocables" (Jaque Mate
, Masakre
and Pierroth, Jr.
) and "La Ola Blanca" (Gran Markus, Jr.
, El Hijo del Gladiador
and Dr. Wagner, Jr.
). In 1997 reigning champion Héctor Garza
, who held the title along with Dos Caras
and La Fiera
, left CMLL and vacated the title. Subsequently the team of Rey Bucanero
, Emilio Charles, Jr.
and Satánico won the titles in a tournament final over Apolo Dantés
, Black Warrior
, and Dr. Wagner Jr. In October 1998 the titles were vacated again when Mr. Niebla
was injured, forcing his team mates Atlantis
and Lizmark
to give up the Championship. The Lagunero crew of Black Warrior, Blue Panther
and Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated "Los Guapos" (Bestia Salvaje
, Scorpio, Jr.
and Zumbido
) in a tournament final, but vacated the titles when the team split up in February 2002. Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner, Jr. replaced BlacK warrior with Fuerza Guerrera
and defeated BlacK Warrior's new team of himself, Mr. Niebla and Antifaz del Norte. In 2006 the titles were vacated once again after not being defended for almost 20 months and the champions not having worked together for several months. Los Guerreros de Atlantida
(Atlantis, tarzan Boy
and Último Guerrero
) won the titles on September 29, 2006 and defended them regularly. In February 2007 Los Perros del Mal
(Perro Aguayo, Jr.
, Mr. Águila
and Héctor Garza) won the titles and held them for 15 months before splitting up and vacating the titles. The team of El Hijo del Fantasma, Héctor Garza and La Máscara
won the tournament, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico
in the finals.
and Mephisto
). They defeated the team of La Generación Dorada (Máscara Dorada
, La Máscara
and La Sombra
) on July 15, 2011. The team is the 23rd overall champions, it is each member's first reign with the title. 21 different teams have held the title, combining for 23 individual title reigns. The team of Héctor Garza, Tarzan Boy and El Terrible have the longest run of any team with 666 days, while Héctor Garza holds the record for the longest combined reigns, with 1,256 and counting for five reigns. Only two teams have held the title more than once, the first champions Los Infernales and the team of Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara. Héctor Garza's five individual reigns is the most reigns for any wrestler.
Spanish language
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) is a professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
(CMLL) in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
of three wrestlers. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion
Sports entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience...
that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
Championship history
In 1991 CMLL decided to create a World Championship for Trios, three man teams which is one of the most common types of matches in Lucha Libre. They held a 16-team tournament to crown the first champions, a tournament that saw "Los InfernalesLos Infernales
Los Infernales is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The stable was created in 1984 and consisted of El Satánico, MS-1 and Espectro, Jr.. A later version where Pirata Morgan replaced Espectro, Jr. is considered the "classic" Infernales team that helped popularize the "Trios"...
" (MS-1
MS-1 (wrestler)
Pablo Fuentes Reyna is a retired Luchador who's most known under the ring name MS-1...
, Pirata Morgan
Pirata Morgan
Pedro Ortiz Villanueva is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, and wrestling trainer who is best known under the ring name Pirata Morgan...
and El Satánico
El Satánico
Daniel López López is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Satánico . López is currently working as a wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , the company he's worked for most of his career...
) defeat Los Brazos (El Brazo
El Brazo
Juan Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador currently working for the Mexican based Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion. He is best known under the ring name El Brazo that he has been using since his debut in 1980...
, Brazo de Oro
Brazo de Oro (wrestler)
Jesús Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador who works under the name Brazo de Oro . Alvarado currently works as a booker for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and as head of the wrestlers' union...
and Brazo de Plata
José Alvarado Nieves
José Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata that he has been using since his debut in 1977 and also for his appearences for WWE as "Super Porky"...
) to become the first Trios Champions. Over the next couple of years the title would be held by such teams as "Los Intocables" (Jaque Mate
Jaque Mate
Jaime Álvarez Mendoza is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known for working under the ring name Jaque Mate in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Àlvarez worked under the ring name El Enfermero, Jr. for 13 years and has also worked as Skorvikan...
, Masakre
Masakre
Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador who is best known for working under the ring name Masakre in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
and Pierroth, Jr.
Pierroth, Jr.
Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...
) and "La Ola Blanca" (Gran Markus, Jr.
Gran Markus, Jr.
Cándido Robles Cruz is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler . Cruz is best known under the ring name Gran Markus, Jr. and for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
, El Hijo del Gladiador
Arturo Beristain
Arturo Beristain is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador in Spanish, who currently works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's gym in Mexico City, Mexico...
and Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...
). In 1997 reigning champion Héctor Garza
Héctor Garza
Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
, who held the title along with Dos Caras
Dos Caras
José Luis Rodríguez is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras . Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times...
and La Fiera
La Fiera
Arturo Casco Hernández was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler who was best known under the ring name La Fiera, which is Spanish for "The Fierce". Hernández was a second generation wrestler, following in the footsteps of his father Hércules Poblano...
, left CMLL and vacated the title. Subsequently the team of Rey Bucanero
Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero . Outside of lucha libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor...
, Emilio Charles, Jr.
Emilio Charles, Jr.
Sergio Emilio Charles Garduño is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Emilio Charles, Jr. He is the son of professional wrestler Emilio Charles. Over the years Emilio Charles, Jr...
and Satánico won the titles in a tournament final over Apolo Dantés
Apolo Dantés
José Luis Amezcua Muñoz , best known by his ring name Apolo Dantés, is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who has been a longtime mainstay of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre throughout the 1990s and now owns and operates "Dantés Wrestling Factory" in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...
, Black Warrior
Black Warrior (wrestler)
Jesus Toral López is a luchador or professional wrestler who has worked almost exclusively in Mexico. López has achieved most success under the ring name Black Warrior and has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 1995...
, and Dr. Wagner Jr. In October 1998 the titles were vacated again when Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...
was injured, forcing his team mates Atlantis
Atlantis (wrestler)
Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...
and Lizmark
Lizmark
Lizmark is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. His ring name is taken from the German battleship Bismarck. He is a multiple-time champion, having held singles and tag team championships in both Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and...
to give up the Championship. The Lagunero crew of Black Warrior, Blue Panther
Blue Panther
Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...
and Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated "Los Guapos" (Bestia Salvaje
Bestia Salvaje
Juan Manuel Rodriguez was a Mexican luchador, best known by his ringname Bestia Salvaje, who competed in Mexican and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably with Emilio Charles, Jr. and Scorpio, Jr. as part of the stable Los Talibanes...
, Scorpio, Jr.
Scorpio, Jr.
Rafael Núñez Juan is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio, Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985...
and Zumbido
Zumbido
José Angel García Paz is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring nameZumbido . He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración throughout his career, but currently works on the Mexican independent circuit...
) in a tournament final, but vacated the titles when the team split up in February 2002. Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner, Jr. replaced BlacK warrior with Fuerza Guerrera
Fuerza Guerrera
Fuerza Guerrera is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who made his debut in 1978. In his career Guerrera has worked for ever major wrestling organization in Mexico including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , Universal Wrestling Association , World Wrestling...
and defeated BlacK Warrior's new team of himself, Mr. Niebla and Antifaz del Norte. In 2006 the titles were vacated once again after not being defended for almost 20 months and the champions not having worked together for several months. Los Guerreros de Atlantida
Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000...
(Atlantis, tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy (wrestler)
Oziel Toscano Jasso is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are known in Spanish, best known under the ring name Tarzan Boy and Toscano . Toscano currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
and Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...
) won the titles on September 29, 2006 and defended them regularly. In February 2007 Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal is a Lucha libre stable originally formed in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and currently based in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. The name is play on the name of the founder of the group, Perro Aguayo, Jr.. It was one of the main rudo stables in CMLL until October, 2008,...
(Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...
, Mr. Águila
Mr. Águila
José Seldano is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
and Héctor Garza) won the titles and held them for 15 months before splitting up and vacating the titles. The team of El Hijo del Fantasma, Héctor Garza and La Máscara
La Mascara (wrestler)
La Mascara is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Also one of his uncle is Brazo de Plata. His cousins are Psycho Clown and Máximo. La Mascara is the son of Brazo de Oro, and the...
won the tournament, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico
Místico
Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara...
in the finals.
Reigns
The current champions is the team of Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, EphestoEphesto
Ephesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record...
and Mephisto
Mephisto (wrestler)
Mephisto , whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto...
). They defeated the team of La Generación Dorada (Máscara Dorada
Mascara Dorada
Máscara Dorada is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Máscara Dorada's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestler's real names often are not a matter of public record...
, La Máscara
La Mascara (wrestler)
La Mascara is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Also one of his uncle is Brazo de Plata. His cousins are Psycho Clown and Máximo. La Mascara is the son of Brazo de Oro, and the...
and La Sombra
La Sombra (wrestler)
La Sombra is a Mexican luchador enmascarado . La Sombra's real real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans...
) on July 15, 2011. The team is the 23rd overall champions, it is each member's first reign with the title. 21 different teams have held the title, combining for 23 individual title reigns. The team of Héctor Garza, Tarzan Boy and El Terrible have the longest run of any team with 666 days, while Héctor Garza holds the record for the longest combined reigns, with 1,256 and counting for five reigns. Only two teams have held the title more than once, the first champions Los Infernales and the team of Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara. Héctor Garza's five individual reigns is the most reigns for any wrestler.