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CMLL World Women's Championship
A Championship belt where the face plate reads "Campenon Mundial Feminil"
The CMLL World Women's Championship belt.
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedJune 12, 1992[G]
Current champion(s)Zeuxis
Date wonSeptember 13, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Bull Nakano[G]
Most reignsMarcela
(5 times)
Longest reignLa Amapola
(3 years, 346 days)
Shortest reignMarcela
(2nd reign, 29 days)
Oldest championMarcela
(47 years, 172 days)
Youngest championXóchitl Hamada
(22 years, 324 days)
Heaviest championBull Nakano
(91 kg (201 lb))
Lightest championHiroka
(45 kg (99 lb))

The CMLL World Women's Championship (Campeonato Mundial Femenil de CMLL in Spanish) is the championship in women's professional wrestling that is most highly promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The championship has existed since 1992 and is one of two women's championships currently promoted by CMLL; the other is the Mexican National Women's Championship. 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. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

Bull Nakano became the first CMLL World Women's Champion after winning a 12-woman battle royal to receive the title on June 12, 1992. La Amapola holds the record for the longest reign with 1,442 days. Marcela has had the most reigns, with five. Marcela has had the shortest title reign, at 29 days. The CMLL World Women's Championship is the only Women's Championship and one of the only of two championships, the other being the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to be defended in the country of North Korea at the event Collision in Korea in a match between at the time CMLL World Women's Champion Akira Hokuto defeated Bull Nakano.[1]

Title history

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On June 12, 1992, Bull Nakano became the first champion in the title's history by defeating Lola González in a 12-woman 12-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match.[G] On November 4, 1996, CMLL stripped the fourth champion Reina Jubuki out of the title for wrestling on WCW Monday Nitro.[G] On November 8, 1996, Lady Apache won the vacant championship by defeating Chaparita Asari in the finals of a four-woman tournament final.[G] In February 1999, the championship was vacated due to inactivity of the CMLL's women's division.[G] Apache won the vacant championship for the second time on May 15, 1999, however, the title was vacated once again with Apache leaving CMLL.

On 2001, La Diabólica, who previously was the number one contender for the title at the time, was awarded the vacant championship. In April 2003, the title was vacated again as Diabólica left the promotion. On September 16, 2005, at the CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show, Marcela defeated Dark Angel to win the vacant championship in the final of 12-woman tournament. On August 16, 2023, The championship was vacated once again after the previous titleholder Princesa Sugehit sustained an injury.[2] On September 29, at CMLL Noche de Campeones, Stephanie Vaquer won the vacant championship by defeating La Catalina.[3]

Reigns

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As of December 24, 2024, there have been 22 reigns between 15 champions and six vacancies. Bull Nakano was the inaugural champion. Marcela holds the record for most reigns at five. La Amapola's first and only reign is the longest at 1,442 days, while Marcela's second reign is the shortest at 29 days. Marcela is the oldest champion at 47 years old, while Xóchitl Hamada is the youngest at 22 years old.

Zeuxis is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title at CMLL 91st Anniversary Show on September 13, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico, when she defeated Willow Nightingale.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Bull Nakano June 12, 1992 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 282 Nakano defeated Lola González to become the inaugural champion in the final of a 12-woman 12-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match. [G]
2 Xóchitl Hamada March 21, 1993 Live event Mexico City, D.F. 1 203 [G][4]
3 La Diabólica October 10, 1993 Live event Mexico City, D.F. 1 293 [G]
4 Reina Jubuki July 30, 1994 Live event Puebla, Puebla 1 828 [G]
Vacated November 4, 1996 CMLL stripped Reina Jubuki of the title for wrestling on WCW Monday Nitro. [G]
5 Lady Apache November 8, 1996 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 90 Lady Apache defeated Chaparita Asari in the finals of a four-woman tournament final to win the championship. [G]
6 Mariko Yoshida February 6, 1997 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1] [G]
Vacated February 1999 The championship was vacated due to inactivity in CMLL's women's division. [G]
7 Lady Apache May 15, 1999 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico 2 461 [G]
Vacated August 18, 2000 The championship was vacated when Lady Apache left the promotion. [5]
8 La Diabólica 2001 N/A N/A 2 456 La Diabólica was awarded the championship by CMLL as she was the number one contender at that time. [6]
Vacated April 2003 The championship was vacated when La Diabólica left the promotion. [5]
9 Marcela September 16, 2005 CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show Mexico City, D.F. 1 266 Marcela defeated Dark Angel to win the vacant championship in the final of a 12-woman tournament. [7]
10 Hiroka June 9, 2006 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 199 [8]
11 Lady Apache December 25, 2006 Live event Mexico City, D.F. 3 326 [9]
12 La Amapola November 16, 2007 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 1,442 [10]
13 Marcela October 28, 2011 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 2 29 [11]
14 Ayumi November 26, 2011 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 104 [12]
15 Marcela March 9, 2012 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 3 1,008 [13]
16 Syuri December 12, 2014 Reina Joshi Puroresu Shin-Kiba Tournament Tokyo, Japan 1 119 [14]
17 Marcela April 10, 2015 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 4 336 [15]
18 Dalys la Caribeña March 11, 2016 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 983 [16]
19 Marcela November 19, 2018 Lunes Clásico Mexico City, D.F. 5 704
20 Princesa Sugehit October 23, 2020 Super Viernes Mexico City, D.F. 1 1,027 This was a Two-out-of-three falls match. [17]
Vacated August 16, 2023 The championship was vacated when Princesa Sugehit sustained an injury. [2]
21 Stephanie Vaquer September 29, 2023 CMLL Noche de Campeones Mexico City, D.F. 1 285 Defeated La Catalina to win the vacant championship, where the featured matches at the event were voted by fans online. [3]
Vacated July 10, 2024 Stephanie Vaquer was stripped of the title when she left the promotion, joining WWE. NJPW and CMLL announced a three-way match to determine the next champion at the ensuing weekend's Fantastica Mania event at Mt. Pleasant High School in San José, California. [18]
22 Willow Nightingale July 13, 2024 CMLL x NJPW: FantasticaMania USA San Jose, California, U.S. 1 62 Defeated Viva Van and Lluvia in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [19]
23 Zeuxis September 13, 2024 CMLL 91st Anniversary Show Mexico City, D.F. 1 102+ [20]

Combined reigns

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Longest reigning champion La Amapola at 1,442 days
Indicates the current champion.
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
Days
1 Marcela 5 2,343
2 La Amapola 1 1,442
3 Princesa Sugehit 1 1,027
4 Dalys la Caribeña 1 983
5 Lady Apache 3 877
6 Reina Jubuki 1 828
7 La Diabólica 2 749¤
8 Mariko Yoshida 1 725¤
9 Stephanie Vaquer 1 285
10 Bull Nakano 1 282
11 Xóchitl Hamada 1 203
12 Hiroka 1 199
13 Syuri 1 119
14 Ayumi 1 104
15 Zeuxis 1 102+
16 Willow Nightingale 1 62

Championship tournaments

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1992 Championship tournament

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CMLL held a 15-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match on June 5, 1992, to determine the two women who would fight for the newly created CMLL World Women's champion the following week. La Diabólica was originally scheduled to work the match, but did not appear which led to the uneven sides in the elimination match. Several of the participants had recently joined CMLL, leaving the Universal Wrestling Association to join CMLL and its recently restarted women's division. Zuleyma was the reigning UWA World Women's Championship going into the match and CMLL allowed her to keep and defend the UWA championship in the years following Zuleyma's jump to CMLL. The finals came down to Lola Gonzales, a pioneer for women's wrestling in Mexico, and Bull Nakano, a Japanese wrestler that worked regularly for CMLL. The following week, on June 12, 1993, Bull Nakano became the first CMLL World Women's Champion by virtue of her victory over Lola Gonzales.

# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 Guerrera Purpura Unknown
2 Selene Unknown
3 Atenas Unknown
4 Neftali Unknown
5 Wendy Unknown
6 Pantera Sureña Unknown
7 Zuleyma Unknown
8 Maria del Angel Unknown
9 La Sirenita Unknown
10 Kaoru Unknown
11 Lady Apache Unknown
12 Xóchitl Hamada Unknown
13 Martha Villalobos Lola Gonzales
14 Lola Gonzales Winner
14 Bull Nakano Winner

1996 Championship tournament

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On November 6, 1996, CMLL took the CMLL World Women's Championship away from then reigning champion Reina Jubuki because she had wrestled on a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) show in North America only a few days prior. At the time WCW had a working relationship with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), CMLL's main rival in Mexico and thus appearing for WCW was enough for CMLL to sever ties with Jubuki. CMLL held a tournament to crown a new champion only 2 days after announcing the title being vacated, choosing four of their top female competitors for a quick four-woman tournament.

semifinals Final
      
1 Xochitl Hamada  
4 Lady Apache W
Lady Apache W
Chaparita Asari  
3 La Diabólica  
2 Chaparita Asari W

2005 Championship tournament

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Tournament winner and record five-time champion Marcela

The reigning champion, La Diabólica left CMLL to join rival Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) on April 5, 2003, which forced CMLL to vacate the championship. This happened during a time of very low activity in CMLL's female division, which meant the title was inactive for over two years before CMLL held a tournament for the title starting on September 9, 2005. CMLL held a nine-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match to determine the two finalists that would face off the next week in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Dark Angel and Marcela survived the match and met on September 16, 2005, with Marcela winning the match and her first CMLL World Women's Championship.[7]

# Eliminated Eliminated by
X Hiroka Unknown
X India Sioux Unknown
X La Medusa Unknown
X La Nazi Unknown
X Linda Star Unknown
X Princesa Sujei Unknown
X Sahori Unknown
8 Dark Angel Winner
8 Marcela Winner

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means that the title reign lasted between 725 and 752 days.

References

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General sources
  • [G1]Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Women's Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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