Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (
CMLL) (
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for
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Lucha LibreLucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
-style professional wrestling promotion based in
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while running cards in
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and elsewhere in central and southern
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. The promotion is also referred to by its previous name
Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (
EMLL) (
Mexican Wrestling Enterprise). It is currently the world's oldest pro wrestling promotion still in existence.
History
The promotion was founded by "The Father of Lucha Libre"
Salvador Lutteroth GonzalesSalvador Lutteroth was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter of the mid-twentieth century. Lutteroth's promotion, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre , has been the dominant Mexican promotion since its founding in 1933, until Lutteroth left the company in the 1950s...
when he ran a card under the banner of EMLL on September 21, 1933. The promotion flourished and quickly became the premier spot for workers. If wrestlers were big in Mexico City, they were considered stars throughout Mexico. With stars like El Santo, Bobby Bonales, Tarzán Lopez,
Cavernario GalindoRodolfo Galindo Ramirez was a Mexican luchador and film actor, best known by his ring name Cavernario Galindo , who was active in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the 1930s to the 1990s...
and
Gory GuerreroSalvador Guerrero Quesada , better known as Gory Guerrero, was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside of Mexico. He wrestled primarily in Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre between the 1940s and 1960s...
(father of
Eddie GuerreroEduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
), "La Empresa" was at the forefront of the Lucha Libre movement and for the next 50 years, EMLL would continue its place as the leader.
In the 1970s, Lutteroth left the company in the hands of his son Chavo, but the company weakened with
Ray MendozaJosé Díaz Velazquez was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Ray Mendoza. Diaz had great success in the National Wrestling Alliance, where he was a five time World Light Heavyweight Champion, as well as the first Mexican to hold the championship...
along with a few promoters breaking off and forming the
Universal Wrestling AssociationThe Universal Wrestling Association was a Mexican Lucha Libre or professional wrestling promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995...
. UWA ran in Mexico City and in nearby
NaucalpanNaucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining Mexico State. The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means “place of the four neighborhoods or four houses. “de Juárez was added to the official name in 1874 in honor of...
against EMLL. UWA would be a tremendous force for 15 years but due to a weakening talent pool and affiliates, it died in the 1990s.
EMLL joined the
National Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
(NWA) as its Mexican affiliate as NWA-EMLL. In time, it pulled out in the 1980s due to promoter disunity, and the NWA's losing battle to stave off the
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's expansion and consolidation of the U.S. wrestling scene. At this time, it changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre to make itself sound more international. At the start of the 1990s the company began appearing on
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. This led to a big boom in business due to national television exposure (before this, magazines were the sole medium of Lucha Libre). After the initial boom, long time booker
Antonio PeñaAntonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 1992, which today is the largest wrestling promotion in Mexico. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the...
broke off and formed his own promotion,
Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
, taking many of the young talent with him. AAA took the lead for several years but when the Mexican economy declined in the mid-1990s, AAA scaled-back and CMLL started re-building with the famous
El Hijo del SantoJorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
vs.
Negro CasasJosé Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal...
feud where Santo shocked the world by turning heel when he dressed up like Negro Casas' brother Felino and attacked him. CMLL followed this up by pushing younger stars, leading to another boom period.
On March 16, 2010, a video was posted on
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featuring an interview David Marquez had with NWA Executive Director and Legal Counsel Robert Trobich. Trobich announced that CMLL did not have permission to use the NWA trademark. The rights to usage of the NWA trademark in Mexico is now held by NWA Mexico, represented by
Blue Demon, Jr.Blue Demon, Jr. is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.-Origins and heritage...
From 2007 to 2009, CMLL had a working relationship with American promotion
Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
, which saw CMLL's Averno,
Rey BucaneroArturo 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...
,
Último GuerreroÚltimo 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...
and Volador, Jr. winning the
2008 TNA World X CupThe Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2008 World X Cup Tournament was the 3rd World X Cup that was hosted by TNA in the months of June and July 2008. The tournament featured four Teams: Team TNA, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and Team International...
and TNA worker
Alex ShelleyPatrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...
winning the 2008 CMLL International Grand Prix. In 2008, CMLL established a working relationship with
New Japan Pro Wrestlingis a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
as part of "G-1 World", several wrestlers have since toured between the two companies winning titles, including
MísticoLuis 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...
winning the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling junior heavweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on February 6, 1986 at a NJPW show....
and
Jushin Liger, better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...
winning the
CMLL Universal ChampionshipThe CMLL Universal Championship is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 2009. The tournament format is a "tournament of champions" with all all officially recognized male CMLL Champions at the time of the...
. In 2011, CMLL established a working relationship with Japanese women's promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina and announced that the two promotions would create a new championship for women who have been in the business for less than ten years, called the CMLL-REINA International Junior Championship.
Style and Television
Most CMLL events are held in the famous
Arena MexicoArena México is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico located in the Colonia Doctores neighboorhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or Lucha libre, shows promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The building is called the "cathedral of lucha...
in Mexico City, with the biggest weekly show being the Friday night
Super ViernesCMLL Super Viernes is the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's banner event that takes place every Friday in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico...
("Super Friday") show. Of all the major promotions in the world, CMLL is one of the most conservative. Matches with blood are not broadcasted and, other than an annual cage match, specialty matches such as ladder matches are never used.
CMLL's main programming, hosted by Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Miguel Linares, is broadcast regularly on
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in Mexico, on
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in the
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, and formerly on
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in
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and The Wrestling Channel in the
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. CMLL also had a syndicated show called "Sin Limite de Tiempo" ("with no time limit") which shows matches from Arena Coliseo shows and matches they could not fit onto the regular broadcast. It aired in
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on KWHY. This show was followed up by "Guerreros del Ring" on Canal 52MX. Also, Spanish-language American sports channel
Fox Sports en EspañolFox Deportes is a cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish...
recently started broadcasting CMLL programming.
Recently CMLL also added the Mexican network Cadena Tres to its list of networks airing CMLL Wrestling.
GalavisionGalavisión is a Miami, Florida based Spanish language cable network owned by Univision Communications, Inc. The station is unrelated to the Mexican channel of the same name, other than sharing the Televisa-produced programming.-History:...
began airing CMLL wrestling in the spring of 2011.
CMLL shows have been available in the
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via
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's download service. As of July 29, 2010 54 episodes of CMLL wrestling is available to view. The first show featured was from CMLL's
75th Anniversary ShowThe CMLL 75th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on September 19, 2008 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. hair match...
from 2008. In
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you can follow CMLL through online video and Web-2.0 media platform
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.
Major shows
Each year CMLL promotes a number of signature events, some shown as pay-per-view events and others shown on regular television. Over the last couple of years CMLL have held three regular events each year and a number of one off, special events. The Major show, shown in order of when they happen during the year, include:
| Event |
Next Date |
Notes |
| La Hora Cero La Hora Cero was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , which took place on January 11, 2009 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Six matches took place at La Hora Cero, with the main event being a multi-man Steel Cage where the last man in the cage...
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Not announced for 2010 |
A Pay-Per-View held on January 11, 2009. No indications of it becoming an annual event |
| Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2010 was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , which took place on March 19, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico...
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March 18, 2011 |
Annual show since 2005, honors 2 "legends", one is always Salvador Lutteroth, CMLL's founder. |
| Infierno en el Ring |
September 30, 2011 |
Infierno en el Ring is an annual "multi-man" Steel Cage elimination match, sometimes it gets it own show, other years it's the main event of another Major Event. |
| CMLL Anniversary Show The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Show is the biggest annual professional wrestling event promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , held in September every year, commemorating the creationg of CMLL, then known as Empressa Mexican de Lucha...
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Not announced for 2012 |
The biggest show of CMLL's year, commemorates CMLL's debut in 1933. The longest running annual show in professional wrestling. Most recent anniversary was the 78th Anniversary The CMLL 78th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on September 30, 2011 in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico...
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| Sin Salida Sin Salida was a professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on June 6, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event was centered around the storyline between CMLL wrestlers and a group called Los Invasores, a group portraying an "invading...
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Not announced for 2011 |
Sin Salida is a more recent show, so far held in December and in June |
Championships and tournaments
CMLL championships
| Championship |
Current Champion(s) |
Held since |
| CMLL Universal Championship The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 2009. The tournament format is a "tournament of champions" with all all officially recognized male CMLL Champions at the time of the...
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La Sombra 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...
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CMLL World Heavyweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and has been in existence since 1991...
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Vacated |
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CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship-External links:* at Wrestling-titles.com...
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Rush William Arturo Muñoz González is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Rush. After originally starting his career in 2007, working for various independent promotions under the ring name Latino, Muñoz was signed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 2009 and...
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CMLL World Middleweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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Dragón Rojo, Jr.Dragón Rojo, Jr. born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado...
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CMLL World Mini-Estrella ChampionshipThe CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...
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Pequeño Olímpico Pequeño Olímpico is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Pequeño Olímpico is a part of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Mini-Estrella, or "Mini", division and holds the record for the longest CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship reign, 1,442 days...
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CMLL World Super Lightweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Lightweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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Virus Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name, Virus. Amezquita originally worked in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Minis division and held the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship under the name Damiancito El Guerrero, but was later...
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CMLL World Tag Team ChampionshipThe CMLL World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico for Tag teams only. The title was created in 1993 and is still promoted to this day...
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Los Guerreros del Atlantida Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000...
(Dragón Rojo, Jr.Dragón Rojo, Jr. born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado...
and Último GuerreroÚltimo 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...
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CMLL World Trios ChampionshipThe CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
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Los Hijos del Averno
(Averno, EphestoEphesto 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 MephistoMephisto , 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...
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CMLL World Welterweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The official definition of a Welterweight in Mexico is a person between and but is not strictly adhered to these days...
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Máscara 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...
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| CMLL World Women's Championship The CMLL World Women's Championship is the top female professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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Ayumiis a joshi puroresu wrestler who grew up around pro wrestling. Her parents' Tokyo yakiniku barbecue restaurant, "The Three Treasures of Buddha" was not only a place where wrestlers often ate, but is also a sponsor of pro wrestling events...
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| CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling Tag team championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 2000...
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Flash Flash is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Flash's ring character is inspired by the comic book character The Flash. Flash regularly teams with Stuka, Jr., with whom he...
and Stuka, Jr.Stuka, Jr. is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Stuka, Jr. is not, despite what the name indicates, the son of Luchador Stuka but his much younger brother. Stuka, Jr...
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| CMLL-REINA International Junior Championship - External links :* at Lucha Wiki...
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La Silueta |
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Other championships used by CMLL
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Current Champion(s) |
Held since |
Mexican National Trios ChampionshipThe Mexican National Trios Championship is a three-man tag team professional wrestling championship controlled by a "National title" controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." , which regulates all matches where the title is defended...
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Los Invasores Los Invasores is a Mexican lucha libre, or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The group is portrayed as a group of "outsiders" invading CMLL, but in fact they all work full time for CMLL...
(OlímpicoJoel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...
, Psicosis IIJuan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...
and Volador Jr.Volador Jr. is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in his native Mexico, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the United States...
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| Mexican National Welterweight Championship The Mexican National Welterweight Championship is a Mexican professional wrestling championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . While the commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events at which the title is defended...
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Pólvora Pólvora is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler best known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is the current Mexican National Welterweight Champion...
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Mexican National Light Heavyweight ChampionshipThe Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship is a national Mexican singles professional wrestling championship controlled by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F....
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La MáscaraLa 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...
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| Mexican National Lightweight Championship The Mexican National Lightweight Championship is a Mexican professional wrestling singles championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F....
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Pierrothito Pierrothito is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Pierrothito is a part of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Mini-Estrella, or "Mini", division and is a former CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion. He is also the first Mini to hold the Mexican National Lightweight...
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| Mexican National Women's Championship The Mexican National Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship for female wrestlers created and sanctioned by the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . While the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the Championship is defended...
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Princesa Blanca |
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| NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship The NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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Rey BucaneroArturo 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...
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| NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship The NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The title, being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a wrestling match...
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La MáscaraLa 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...
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| NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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La Sombra 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...
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CMLL Guadalajara Championship
These titles controlled by the Guadalajara branch of CMLL.
| Championship |
Current Champion(s) |
Held since |
| Occidente Heavyweight Championship |
Vacant |
Unclear |
| Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship |
Okumura Shigeo Okumura is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and is currently billed simply as Okumura. Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling and later on All Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan but...
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Palacio Negro |
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| Occidente Tag Team Championship |
Vacated |
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| Occidente Trios Championship |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Occidente Welterweight Championship |
Metal Blanco |
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CMLL Japan championships
These title are now defunct and was only when CMLL toured
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in 1999 and 2000.
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Last Recognized Champion(s) |
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End of Recognition |
| CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship |
Ricky Marvin Ricardo Fuentes Romero is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Ricky Marvin and is most known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH...
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Vacated |
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| CMLL Japan Women's Championship |
Vacated |
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Tournaments
CMLL conducts several annual tournaments which usually signify a big push. Tournaments have been left out of the schedule for unexplained reasons. Some tournaments are conducted as
torneo cibernéticos, a large multi-man tag team elimination match, others are normal single elimination tournament.
Active tournaments
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Last winner |
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| Torneo Gran Alternativa The Torneo Gran Alternativa is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The tournament was not held in 1997, 2000 and 2002 and was held twice in 1996 and 1998...
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Escorpion and Último GuerreroÚltimo 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...
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An elimination tag team tournament where an established star teams with a young midcarder with the intent to give the younger wrestler more credibility. |
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Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...
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An elimination tournament consisting of all champions to determine the "Universal champion". Winner received a title belt but it is defended in the annual tournament. |
Copa Jr.
("Junior Cup") |
Dragón Rojo, Jr.Dragón Rojo, Jr. born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado...
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This tournament features wrestlers who are at least second generation wrestlers, though worked In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
family relations have been accepted as well. This tournament has been held four times in CMLL in 1996, 2005, 2006 and 2010. In 1996 the winner was 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...
. The 2005 winner was ShockerJosé Luis Jair Soria is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name Shocker. He has in the past branched out into the United States, working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :...
. The 2006 winner was Dos Caras, Jr. After a four year hiatus, the tournament was brought back in December 2010, when Dragón Rojo, Jr.Dragón Rojo, Jr. born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado...
emerged as the fourth winner. |
Reyes del Aire
("King of the Air") |
Ángel de Oro Ángel de Oro is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
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This tournament is for high flyers. The tournament usually works as a cibernetico with mostly young and undercard tecnicos, with the idea of focusing more attention on the winner. |
Pequeño Reyes del Aire
("Miniature King of the Air") |
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Like the Reyes del Aire but for Mini-Estrellas |
| Leyenda de Plata The Leyenda de Plata is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 1998. The tournament honors El Santo, Enmáscarado de Plata and has been held every year since 1998 except for 2003 when El Hijo del Santo did not...
("Silver Legend") |
Volador Jr.Volador Jr. is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in his native Mexico, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the United States...
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A tournament in honor of El Santo. This is the most prestigious of the CMLL tournaments and the tournament is usually made up of the best in-ring workers. |
| Leyenda de Azul The Leyenda de Azul is a lucha libre tournament held six times by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre between 2000 and 2008 and again in 2011. The tournament honors Blue Demon, or Demonio Azul as he's sometimes referred to...
("Blue Legend") |
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...
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A tournament in honor of Blue DemonAlejandro Muñoz Moreno , better known as Blue Demon , was a Mexican luchador Enmascarado who was widely considered to be one of the greatest Mexican wrestlers of his time...
. It is secondary to the Leyenda de Plata tournament but features most of the top wrestlers in the promotion. It has been conducted as a normal torneo cibernético and as a one night tournament. |
Past annual tournaments
These are all the tournament that have been held in the past by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre but have not been promoted in the last two years.
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| International Gran Prix The CMLL International Gran Prix was an annual tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , that was held from 1994 to 2008, although there was no tournament in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004. The tournament was inspired by New Japan Pro Wrestling's...
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Alex ShelleyPatrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...
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Previously an elimination tournament, now a tornero Cibernetico. Features a "Mexico vs. International" wrestlers theme with one side being native Mexicans and the other side of the Cibernetico being foreigners, in 2008 it featured several Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
wrestlers. |
| Copa de Arena Mexico |
Team Tall (Black Warrior 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...
, Lizmark, Jr.Juan Carlos Baños , is a Mexican professional wrestler or "Luchador" known as Lizmark, Jr. or El Hijo del Lizmark . Baños currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Lucha Libre USA. Lizmark, Jr...
, and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...
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A one night tournament for trios teams. The winners earns a trophy; each team comes up with a name for their trio. The tournament was only held in 1999, 2001, and 2002. In 1999, the winners were Satánico, Rey BucaneroArturo 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...
and Ultimo GuerreroÚltimo 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...
as "Team Guerreros del Infierno". The 2001 winners were Black Warrior, ShockerJosé Luis Jair Soria is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name Shocker. He has in the past branched out into the United States, working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :...
, and Apolo DantesJosé 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...
as "Team Shocker". |
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