List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions

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Dr. Wagner Jr., one of two men to hold the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship twice.

The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de CMLL in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling world championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1991. 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 Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

Místico is the current champion, in his first reign. He won the title by defeating MJF in a Title vs. Mask match at the CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show on September 19, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.

The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Jerry Estrada, who defeated Pierroth Jr. in the finals of a 16-man tournament that took place between September 15 and September 26, 1991. Overall, there have been twenty reigns shared among eighteen wrestlers, and two vacancies. Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis are the only two wrestlers to have held the title twice; Dr. Wagner Jr. is listed as an unofficial three-time champion, but he is not recognized as such by CMLL.[Note 2] MJF's sole reign is the shortest at 49 days, while Niebla Roja's sole reign is the longest at 1,861 days. Aquarius' unofficial title reign is the shortest on record, 8 days, but is not acknowledged by CMLL.

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
N/A Unknown information
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
 1  Jerry Estrada  September 26, 1991  Live event Cuernavaca, Mexico  1  175  175  Defeated Pierroth Jr. in a tournament final [G]
 2  Pierroth Jr.  March 19, 1992  Live event Cuernavaca, Mexico  1  379  379    [G]
 3  Dr. Wagner Jr.  April 2, 1993  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  334  334    [G]
 4  Atlantis  March 2, 1994  Live event Acapulco, Mexico  1  655  655    [G]
 5  Dr. Wagner Jr.  December 17, 1995  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  215 1,240    [G]
†  Aquarius  July 19, 1996  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  8 —  Title change is not officially recognized by CMLL [G]
†  Dr. Wagner Jr.  July 27, 1996  Live event Sapporo, Japan  3  1,017 —  CMLL does not recognize Dr. Wagner Jr. as a three-time champion as they do not recognize Aquarius' title win. [G]
 6  Atlantis  May 10, 1999  Live event Puebla, Mexico  2  196  196    [G]
 7  Villano III  November 22, 1999  Live event Tampico, Mexico  1  685  685    [G]
 8  Shocker  October 7, 2001  Live event Guadalajara, Mexico  1  432  432    [3]
 9  Último Guerrero  December 13, 2002  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,309  1,309    [4]
 10  Rey Bucanero  July 14, 2006  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,047  1,047    [5]
 11  Ephesto  May 26, 2009  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  637  637    [6]
 12  Rush  February 22, 2011  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  693  693    [7]
— Vacated  January 15, 2013  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal — — —  Rush vacated the title to get a match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. [8]
 13  Rey Escorpión  January 29, 2013  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  637  637  Defeated Volador Jr. in a tournament final. [9]
 14  Ángel de Oro  October 28, 2014  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  528  528    [10]
 15  La Máscara  April 8, 2016  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  409  409    [11]
— Vacated  May 22, 2017 — — — — — La Máscara was stripped of the title when he was fired by CMLL. [12][13]
 16  Niebla Roja  June 10, 2017 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,861  1,861 Won a 10-man Torneo Cibernetico match to win the vacant title. [14]
 17  Bárbaro Cavernario  July 15, 2022  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  623  623   [15]
 18  Averno  March 29, 2024  Homenaje A Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  490  490   [16]
 19  MJF  August 1, 2025  Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  49  49 During this reign, MJF unofficially renamed the title simply the CMLL World Championship while on All Elite Wrestling programming, although it was still officially recognized as the World Light Heavyweight Championship by CMLL. [17]
 20  Místico  September 19, 2025  CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  234+  234+ This was a Title vs. Mask match. [18]

Combined reigns

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Atlantis, two time CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion.

As of May 11, 2026.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days 		Ref(s).
1 Niebla Roja 1 1,861 [14]
2 Dr. Wagner Jr. 2 1,574 [G]
3 Último Guerrero 1 1,309 [4][5]
4 Rey Bucanero 1 1,047 [5][6]
5 Atlantis 2 851 [G]
6 Rush 1 693 [7][8]
7 Villano III 1 685 [G][3]
8 Ephesto 1 637 [6][7]
9 Rey Escorpión 1 637 [9][10]
10 Bárbaro Cavernario 1 623 [19]
11 Ángel de Oro 1 528 [10]
12 Averno 1 490 [20]
13 Shocker 1 432 [3][4]
14 La Máscara 1 409 [11][13]
15 Pierroth Jr. 1 379 [G]
16 Jerry Estrada 1 175 [G]
17 Místico † 1 234+ [18]
18 MJF 1 49 [17][18]
19 Aquarius 1 8 [G]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. ^ Before the Internet made information readily available on a global scale, it was not uncommon for championships to be lost and won back during a tour of a foreign country without being recognized by the promotion.

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