CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
| CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championships | |||||||||||||||||||
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La Máscara, the current and fifteenth CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 26, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | La Máscara | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Jerry Estrada |
| Most reigns |
Dr. Wagner Jr. (2 times) Atlantis (2 times) |
| Longest reign | Último Guerrero (3 years, 213 days) |
| Shortest reign | Jerry Estrada (175 days) |
| Oldest winner | Villano III (39 years, 244 days) |
| Youngest winner | Rush (23 years, 146 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Rey Escorpión (92 kg (203 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Jerry Estrada (87 kg (192 lb)) |
The CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Semicompleto del CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1991. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the light heavyweight division in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to. Because CMLL puts more emphasis on the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the heavyweight division, which is considered the most important championship by most promotions outside of Mexico.
The current CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign is La Máscara, who won it by defeating Ángel de Oro on April 8, 2016. La Máscara is the 15th overall champion and the 13th wrestler to officially hold the championship. The title has been only once since its creation in 1991, and has had one unofficial reign.
The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) was founded in 1933 and initially recognized a series of "Mexican National" wrestling championships, endorsed by the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). The Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship was created in 1942 as EMLL began promoting matches for that championship with the approval and oversight of the wrestling commission. In the 1950s EMLL became a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and began promoting the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in the late 1950s. Previously that championship had been promoted in the US, but the NWA gave EMLL full control of the championship in 1958, positioning the NWA title as the highest-ranking title in the light heavyweight division with the Mexican National title positioned as the secondary championship.
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