NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship

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NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
A color photograph of professional wrestler Rey Bucanero making his way to the ring
Current champion Rey Bucanero
Details
Current champion(s) Rey Bucanero[1]
Date won March 8, 2015[1]
Date established August 12, 2010[2]
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Light Heavyweight Championship[3]

The NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Semicompleto de la NWA in Spanish)[2] is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL had held the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship for over 48 years, when the relationship between the promotion and National Wrestling Alliance broke down in March 2010, when Blue Demon Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, telling them to stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim either; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented, simply stating that the titles belonged to CMLL.[4] Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship belt and named El Texano Jr., the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion, as the inaugural champion.[2]

The current champion is Rey Bucanero, who defeated La Sombra in a tournament final on March 8, 2015, to win the vacant title.[1] This is Bucanero's second title reign; his current reign is the fifth in the title's history. All title matches take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# 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 so as not to count it as an official reign
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s)
1 El Texano Jr. 1 August 12, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. N/A N/A El Texano Jr. was the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion and was thus named the first NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion. [3]
2 Shocker 1 December 14, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event [5]
— Vacated — May 26, 2011 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Shocker was unable to defend it due to undergoing a knee surgery. [6]
3 Rey Bucanero 1 June 21, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated El Hijo del Fantasma in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant championship. [7]
4 Diamante Azul 1 June 4, 2013 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event [8]
— Vacated — February 23, 2015 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated due to Diamante Azul not working for CMLL for several months prior. [9]
5 Rey Bucanero 2 March 8, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated La Sombra in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]

List of combined reigns

Picture of Shocker signing an autograph.
Shocker, the 2nd NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days Ref(s).
1 Rey Bucanero† 2 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ [7][8][1]
2 Diamante Azul 1 629 [8][9]
3 Shocker 1 163 [5][7]
4 El Texano Jr. 1 124 [3][5]

Tournaments

2011

In May, 2011 CMLL declared the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship for vacant when the then reigning champion Shocker had to undergo knee surgery after suffering an injury and thus would be unable to defend the championship for an indetermined amount of time.[6] CMLL decided to hold a tournament to determine the next champion, splitting the 16 man group of competitors into two groups, each of which would compete in a torneo cibernetico elimination match to find a finalist. After the two torneo cibernetico matches the two winners would face off the following week in a singles, one-on-one best two-out-of-three falls. Block A of the tournament took place on June 7, 2011 and saw El Hijo del Fantasma win, while Block B took place a week later on June 14 and had Rey Bucanero as the victor.[10][11] The following week, on June 21, Rey Bucanero defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to become the third ever NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion.[7] Bucanero became the first champion to have not also held the previous NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.

Block A Cibernetico
# Eliminated[10] Eliminated by[10]
1 Ephesto Toscano
2 Metro Olímpico
3 Toscano Psicosis
4 Olímpico La Máscara
5 La Máscara Psicosis (Double DQ)
6 Psicosis La Máscara (Double DQ)
7 Mr. Águila El Hijo del Fantasma
8 El Hijo del Fantasma Winner
Block B Cibernetico
# Eliminated[11] Eliminated by[11]
1 El Sagrado El Felino
2 El Felino La Sombra
3 El Texano Jr. La Sombra
4 Maximo Atlantis
5 Blue Panther Rey Bucanero
6 Atlantis La Sombra
7 La Sombra Rey Bucanero
8 Rey Bucanero Winner

2015

Wrestler La Sombra standing on the second rope of a wrestling ropes, pointing to the fans during an outdoor event.
La Sombra, finalist in 2015 tournament.

Due to the championship being vacated on February 23, 2015, CMLL held a tournament for the vacant Light Heavyweight Championship starting March 1, 2015. La Sombra and Rey Bucanero outlasted Atlantis, Blue Panther, Dragón Rojo Jr., Ephesto, Misterioso Jr., Mr. Águila, Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr., Valiente and Último Guerrero in a torneo cibernetico elimination match.[12][13] On March 8, Bucanero defeated La Sombra to win the tournament and the vacant title.[1]

2015 Torneo Cibernetico
# Eliminated[12][13] Eliminated by[12][13]
1 Misterioso Jr. Dragón Rojo Jr.
2 Stuka Jr. Ephesto
3 Dragón Rojo Jr. Mr. Águila
4 Niebla Roja Blue Panther
5 Ephesto Valiente
6 Mr. Águila La Sombra
7 Blue Panther Último Guerrero
8 Valiente Rey Bucanero
9 Último Guerrero Double DQ - Mask pull
10 Atlantis Double DQ - Low blow
11 La Sombra and Rey Bucanero Winners

References

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External links

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