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 and , but the weight limits for the different classes are not always strictly enforced.One example of this is Mephisto once holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a upper limit, despite weighing . Since the title was brought back after being inactive for approximately four years it has been contested for in the Mini-Estrellas division exclusively.
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.In this statement, "control" refers to the everyday use of the title, determining which storylines the title is being used in, who gets to challenge for the title and how to use it in a public relations sense. 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.At the time CMLL was known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), name changed in 1992 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.
Calavera Jr. I is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Rayo Metálico on Lunes Clásico in Puebla, Puebla, on March 23, 2026; he is the 53rd overall champion and the 43rd 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.
Championship tournaments
2008 Mexican National Lightweight 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 #EliminatedEliminated by1Pequeño LizmarkMr. AguilitaPequeño Universo 2000Bracito de OroMr. AguilitaNiño de AceroBracito de OroFireCosmicoÚltimo DragóncitoFireShockercitoNiño de AceroPierrothitoÚltimo DragoncitoPequeño OlímpicoMini Damián 666Pequeño Olímpico10ShockercitoPierrothito11Pequeño OlímpicoPierrothito12PierrothitoWinner Cibernetico – September 16, 2008 #EliminatedEliminated byBam BamUnknownCelestialUnknownPequeño NinjaUnknownPequeño Black WarriorUnknownPequeño HalloweenUnknownFantasyUnknownSombritaUnknownElectricoUnknownPequeño Black WarriorMascarita DoradaMascarita DoradaWinner
2013 Mexican National Lightweight 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
#EliminatedEliminated byTime1 Pequeño Halcón Shockercito 07:152 Shockercito Mercurio 08:043 Mercurio Bam Bam 10:584 Bam Bam Pequeño Violencia 13:275 Pequeño Violencia Eléctrico 16:246 Eléctrico Winner 16:24
Cibernetico – August 6, 2013 #EliminatedEliminated by 1 Pequeño Universo 2000 Aéreo Order of elimination not documented Pequeño Black Warrior Order of elimination not documented Fantasy Order of elimination not documented Último Dragóncito Pequeño Nitro Pequeño Nitro Winner
Title history
Combined reigns
Key SymbolMeaning†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. RankWrestler# of reignsCombined days 1 1 2 2 3 Black Shadow 1 4 2 5 Pierrothito 1 6 Guerrero Samuari 2 7 Estrella Blanca 2 8 3 9 Tauro 2 10 Loco Max 1 11 Damiancito El Guerrero/Virus 1 12 1 13 2 14 1 15 1 16 Rayo Metálico 1 17 Flash 1 18 Panterita del Ring Jr. 1 19 1 20 Futuro 1 21 Aristotle 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 Chanoc 2 26 1 27 1 28 Flama Azul 2 29 1 30 1 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 Fuerza Guerrera 1 36 Dardo Aguilar 1 37 Ulises 1 38 Pegasso I 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42Calavera Jr. I1 + 43 1
Footnotes
References General sources [G1] – [G2] – Specific
External links CMLL World Middleweight Title history at wrestling-titles.com cagematch.net