CMLL World Lightweight Championship
| CMLL World Lightweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Máscara Dorada, the 11th overall Champion
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | February 27, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Dragon Lee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 4, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship (1999 - 2000)
CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship (2003 - 2012) |
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| First champion(s) | Masatu Yakushiji |
| Most reigns | Virus (4 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Virus (3 years, 302 days) |
| Shortest reign | Ricky Marvin (between 1 day and 32 days) |
| Oldest winner | Virus (42 years, 170 days) |
| Youngest winner | Dragon Lee (19 years, 335 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Tommy Williams (84 kg (185 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Dragon Lee (75 kg (165 lb)) |
The CMLL World Lightweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Peso Ligero del CMLL) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Originally CMLL promoted the "Super Lightweight" division as part of their expansion into Japan in 1999 and 2000 and later reintroduced the division in 2003, at the same time they were running a CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship in Mexico. During Máscara Dorada's reign between 2009 and 2011, the name was changed to the CMLL Lightweight Championship, adjusting the weight limit.
Dragon Lee is the current CMLL World Lightweight Champion after his defeat of Kamaitachi on March 4, 2016. He is a two-time champion, and the 15th overall. The first CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Champion was Masatu Yakushiji, who won it on February 27, 1999. The belt that represents the championship is the original belt used in Japan in 1999 and 2000, and has not been updated to reflect the change in weight divisions.
In 1999 CMLL began to tour Japan, promoting a series of wrestling shows under the name "CMLL Japan". The shows featured a mixture of CMLL and Japanese wrestlers. On February 27, 1999, CMLL held a one night tournament to determine who would be the first ever CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Champion, marking the first time in the history of CMLL that they used a championship specifically for that weight class. The tournament finale saw the Japanese Masato Yakushiji defeat CMLL wrestler Rencor Latino to become the first champion. The next year, CMLL promoted additional shows in Japan, during which CMLL wrestler Virus won the championship from Yakushiji. Virus and Ricky Marvin, a Mexican who was working for Japanese promotions at the time, exchanged the title in the fall of 2000. The last title match between the two took place in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, after CMLL's last tour of Japan. The championship was discontinued by the end of 2000, as CMLL stopped promoting shows in Japan.
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