- Mexican National Middleweight Championship
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Mexican National Middleweight Championship
Campeon National de Peso MedioDetails Current champion(s) Octagón Date won July 15, 2006 Promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Date established 1933 Statistics Most reigns El Santo, Octagón (4 reigns) First champion(s) Yaqui Joe The Mexican National Middleweight Championship (Campeonato National Medio in Spanish) is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by a "National title" controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission), which regulates all matches where the title is defended. The title has been in use since at least 1933 and is still in use today. It has been primarily defended in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion since AAA's inception in 1992. Since it’s a National title endorsed by the Comisión it could technically be defended in various Mexican promtions, but in reality it’s been promoted mainly by AAA since 1992.
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Championship history
The Championship dates back to 1933, making it one of the oldest professional wrestling champions still in use today predating all active titles in both North America and Japan. Records of how the first champion, Yaqui Joe, are unclear due to minimal written documentation from that period. No documentation exists that the championship was created for Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL, later renamed CMLL) but during the 1930s and 40s the promotion was granted control of the title by the Comisión.[Note 1] In 1992 Antonio Peña founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración taking a number of CMLL wrestlers with him. One of these wrestlers was the then reigning National Middleweight Champion Octagón who took the championship with him. When Blue Panther won the championship in on July 27, 1992 it was officially acknowledged by the Commission that AAA controlled the booking of the championship from that point forward.
Octagón is the current Mexican National Middleweight Champion. It is his fourth title reign and the 60th overall champion. Octagón was also the 45th, 57th and 51st champion..[1] The status of Octagón's title reign is unclear after AAA announced that they would not publicly recognize any titles without the AAA name.[2] El Santo and current champion Octagón are tied for the most reigns with four each. El Santo has held the title for the most days, accumulating 4 reigns that add up to a minimum of 3256 days in total. Perro Aguayo has held the title the shortest amount with 11 days.
Championship rules
The title is a "National" title which means that non-Mexican citizens are prohibited from challenging or holding the championship. The official definition of the middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (180 lb) and 87 kg (190 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 2][3] Being 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 championship is generally not allowed to be defended in any other type of match than a regular match, as is the case for all the Mexican National titles. The commission has been inconsistent on enforcing the rules, in one case they stripped Psicosis II of the championship for defending it in a hardcore match, in another case they allowed the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship to change hands in a Steel cage match.[4]
Title history
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# The overall championship reign Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands N/A The specific information is not known — Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation on wrestling in Mexico from the 1920s to 1940s. # Wrestler Reign Date Days
heldLocation Event Notes 1 Yaqui Joe 1 1933 N/A N/A Live event 2 Octavio Gaona 1 February 6, 1937 573 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event Defeated Black Guzmán 3 Firpo Segra 1 September 2, 1938 N/A Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 4 Octavio Gaona 2 N/A N/A N/A Live event 5 Tarzán López 1 February 9, 1939 823 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 6 Black Guzmán 1 May 12, 1941 218 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event — Vacated 1 December 16, 1941 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Guzman won the NWA World Middleweight Championship, defeating Tarzán López in Mexico City 7 Murciélago Velázquez 1 May 24, 1942 299 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event Defeated Octavio Gaona to win the championship. 8 El Santo 1 March 19, 1943 43 N/A Live event 9 Bobby Bonales 1 June 1, 1943 N/A N/A Live event 10 Tarzán López 2 1943 N/A N/A Live event 11 Bobby Bonales 2 January 1, 1944 N/A N/A Live event 12 Gory Guerrero 1 September 25, 1945 N/A N/A Live event — Vacated 1 Unknown N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 13 El Santo 2 May 31, 1946 N/A N/A Live event Defeated Tuffy Truesdale 14 El Gladiador 1 Unknown N/A N/A Live event 15 El Santo 3 May 31, 1956 1,758 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 16 Karloff Lagarde 1 March 24, 1961 826 N/A Live event 17 El Santo 4 June 28, 1963 1,455 N/A Live event 18 René Guajardo 1 June 22, 1967 261 N/A Live event 19 Alberto Muñoz 1 March 9, 1968 621 N/A Live event 20 René Guajardo 2 November 20, 1969 174 N/A Live event 21 Humberto Gárza 1 May 13, 1970 328 Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event 22 Ciclón Veloz, Jr. 1 April 6, 1971 983 Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event 23 Adorable Rubí 1 December 14, 1973 196 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 24 Aníbal 1 June 28, 1974 154 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 25 Ringo Mendoza 1 November 29, 1974 822 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 26 Perro Aguayo 1 February 28, 1977 11 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event — Vacated 1 March 11, 1977 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Perro Aguayo won the NWA World Middleweight Championship, defeating El Faraón in Mexico City 27 José Luis Mendieta 1 April 14, 1977 219 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 28 Sangre Chicana 1 November 19, 1977 N/A Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event — Vacated 1 1978/1979 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 29 Cachorro Mendoza 1 June 8, 1979 133 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 30 El Satánico 1 October 19, 1979 231 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 31 Ringo Mendoza 2 June 6, 1980 182 N/A Live event 32 El Faraón 1 December 5, 1980 N/A Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event — Vacated 1 1980/1981 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 33 El Solar 1 May 29, 1981 147 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event Defeated Cachorro Mendoza 34 El Satánico 2 October 23, 1981 119 N/A Live event 35 Lizmark 1 February 19, 1982 2,204 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 36 Espectro, Jr. (II) 1 March 3, 1983 86 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 37 Lizmark 2 May 28, 1983 N/A Puebla, Puebla Live event — Vacated 1 1983 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 38 Ultraman 1 August 12, 1983 205 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event Defeated Águila Solitaria in a tournament final 39 Jerry Estrada 1 March 4, 1984 271 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 40 Atlantis 1 November 30, 1984 457 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 41 Talismán 1 March 2, 1986 273 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 42 Mogur 1 November 30, 1986 427 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 43 El Satánico 3 January 31, 1988 N/A Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 44 El Dandy 1 1989}} N/A N/A Live event 45 Javier Cruz 1 July 26, 1990 35 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 46 Emilio Charles, Jr. 1 August 30, 1990 82 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 47 Octagón 1 November 20, 1990 612 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event 48 Blue Panther 1 July 24, 1992 665 León, Guanajuato Live event 49 Octagón 2 April 30, 1994 27 Veracruz, Veracruz Live event 50 Blue Panther 2 May 27, 1994 609 Tijuana, Baja California Live event Awarded the title by default when Octagón was unable to defend due to injury 51 El Hijo del Santo 1 January 26, 1996 233 Tijuana, Baja California Live event 52 Fuerza Guerrera 1 September 15, 1996 867 Saltillo, Coahuila Live event 53 Octagón 3 January 29, 1997 58 Naucalpan, Mexico Live event 54 Pentagón (II) 1 March 28, 1997 417 Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico Live event 55 Abismo Negro 1 May 19, 1998 253 Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico Live event 56 Espectro, Jr. (II) 2 January 27, 1999 141 Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico Live event 57 Máscara Sagrada, Jr. 1 June 17, 1999 21 Toluca, Mexico Live event 58 Espectro, Jr. (II) 3 July 8, 1999 659 Toluca, Mexico Live event 59 Pimpinela Escarlata 1 April 27, 2001} 473 Querétaro, Querétaro Live event 60 Psicosis II 1 August 13, 2002 1,086 Huamantla, Tlaxcala Live event — Vacated 1 August 3, 2005 N/A N/A N/A Psicosis was stripped of the title for defending the title in a hardcore match against Histeria.[5] 61 Zumbido 1 January 29, 2006 167 Salamanca, Guanajuato Live event Defeated Histeria in a tournament final to win the championship.[6] 62 Octagón 4 July 15, 2006 1,942+ Torreón, Coahuila Live event [7] List of Championship reigns by combined length
Championships without a specific start or end date are not included as it is not possible to calculate the specific number of dates for a reign.
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† Indicates the current champion ¤ Accumulated reign is longer than listed but length of at least one reign is uncertain Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days 1 El Santo 4 3,256 ¤ 2 Lizmark 1 2,204 3 Octagón † 4 1,669 4 Blue Panther 2 1,274 5 Psicosis (II) 1 1,086 6 Ringo Mendoza 2 1,004 7 Ciclón Veloz, Jr. 1 983 8 Espectro, Jr. (II) 3 886 9 Fuerza Guerrera 1 867 10 Karloff Lagarde 1 826 11 Tarzán López 1 823 12 Alberto Muñoz 1 621 13 Octavio Gaona 1 573 14 Pimpinela Escarlata 1 473 15 Atlantis 1 457 16 René Guajardo 2 435 17 Mogur 1 427 18 Pentagón (II) 1 417 19 Satánico 2 350 20 Humberto Gárza 1 328 21 Murciélago Velázquez 1 299 22 Talismán 1 273 23 Jerry Estrada 1 271 24 Abismo Negro 1 253 25 El Hijo del Santo 1 233 26 José Luis Mendieta 1 219 27 Black Guzmán 1 218 28 Ultraman 1 205 29 Adorable Rubí 1 196 30 Zumbido 1 167 31 Aníbal 1 154 32 Solar 1 147 33 Cachorro Mendoza 1 133 34 Emilio Charles, Jr. 1 82 35 Javier Cruz 1 35 36 Máscara Sagrada, Jr. 1 21 37 Perro Aguayo 1 11 2006 Mexican Middleweight Title Tournament
The tournament ran from October 14, 2005 – January 29, 2006. Records are not clear on who Histeria and Psicosis II defeated to qualify for the semi-finals.[8]
First Round Second Round Semi-Final Finals 1 El Ángel W 16 Gran Apache L El Ángel L El Hijo del Fantasma W 8 Hijo del Fantasma W 9 Hator L El Hijo del Fantasma L Zumbido W 5 Audaz II, Jr. L 12 Charly Manson W Charly Manson L Zumbido W 4 El Orientál L 13 Zumbido W Zumbido W Psicosis II L 6 bye n/a 11 bye n/a bye n/a bye n/a 3 bye n/a 14 bye n/a Histeria L Psicosis II W 7 bye n/a 10 bye n/a bye n/a bye n/a 2 bye n/a 15 bye n/a Footnotes
- ^ In this, "control" refers to the every day use of the title, determining which storylines the title is being used it, who gets to challenge for the title, how to use it in a public relations sense.
- ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (170 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
References
- General source for title history before 2000
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Middleweight Championship". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- General source for title history before December 2004
- Lucha 2000 Staff (2004-12-20). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000. Especial 21.
- Specific sources
- ^ "Campeones" (in Spanish). www.aaa.com.mx. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20071013012109/http://www.triplea.com.mx/ESP/CAMPEONES.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ^ "¿AAA dejará de contar campeonatos de terceros?" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. http://superluchas.net/?p=9627. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (in Spanish) (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03. "Articulo 242: "Super welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 kilos""[dead link]
- ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#xiv. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 3, 2006). "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 140.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 192. http://superluchas.net/?p=44. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 26, 2007). "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 244. http://superluchas.net/?p=1491. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ "AAA Title Tournaments". prowrestlinghistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/titletny.html#middle2006. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
External links
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