CMLL World Tag Team Championship
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The CMLL World Tag Team Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Parejas in Spanish
) is a professional wrestling
championship
promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL) in Mexico
for Tag team
s only. The title was created in 1993 and is still promoted to this day. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion
that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
as their top tag title for decades. The teams of El Canek
and Dr. Wagner, Jr.
faced off against Vampiro Canadiense
and Pierroth, Jr.
in the finals of an 16-team tournament to determine the first champions, with Canek and Wagner, Jr. becoming the first tag team champions. The duo would hold the title until El Canek left CMLL in November 1994. CMLL held a 32-team tournament from November 11 to December 16, 1994. In the finals "Los Cowboys" (Silver King and El Texano
) defeated El Satánico
and Emilio Charles, Jr.
to become the second ever CMLL World Tag Team Champions. Six months later Los Cowboys would lose the titles to their longtime rivals The Headhunters
. In September 1996 the champions Atlantis
and Lizmark
were stripped of the titles after an inconclusive match against the Headhunters. In the subsequent 8-team tournament brothers Silver King and Dr. Wagner, Jr. captured the titles with a victory over Dos Caras
and Último Dragón. The title would be vactated once again only 6 months later as Silver King left CMLL to work for World Championship Wrestling
(WCW). Dr. Wagner, Jr. teamed up with Emilio Charles, Jr. and the two former champions won an 8-team tournament in August 1997. The title would be vacated once again in 1998 when one half of the tag team champions, Mr. Niebla
, is injured. Bestia Salvaje
and Emilio Charles, Jr. became champions by winning an 8-team tournament and began working a storyline with the team of Negro Casas
and El Hijo del Santo
, whom they traded the title back and forth with over the next year. In early 1999 El Hijo del Santo left CMLL forcing them to vacate the titles once again. Los Guerreros del Infierno
(Último Guerrero
and Rey Bucanero
) defeated Mr. Niebla and Villaño IV
in a tournament final bringing some stability to the titles as they have not been vacated since then. Guerrero and Bucanero has held the title three times since then and Guerrero has teamed with Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis to win the title twice more for Los Guerreros del Infierno.
(Dragón Rojo, Jr.
and Último Guerrero
) having defeated the team of Los Invasores
(Mr. Águila
and Hector Garza
) for the championship on November 2, 2010. It's Rojo Jr.'s and Guerrero's first title reign as a team, while Guerrero has previously held the tag team championship on five occasions. They are the 31st overall champions and the 19th championship team. Último Guerrero has held the title 6 times a record for individual reigns and three teams are tied for most title reigns as a team with Guerrero and Rey Bucanero, Averno and Mephisto
and Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo who all have three reigns. Místico
and Negro Casas held the titles for 455 days, which is the longest reign of any champions. Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner, Jr. held the titles for a week, 7 days, and are thus the team with the shortest reign.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) is a professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
(CMLL) in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
for Tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
s only. The title was created in 1993 and is still promoted to this day. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion
Sports entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience...
that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
Championship history
In early 1993 CMLL decided to create their own Tag team title after having used the Mexican National Tag Team ChampionshipMexican National Tag Team Championship
The Mexican National Tag Team Championship is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." and contested for by Tag teams only...
as their top tag title for decades. The teams of El Canek
El Canek
Felipe Estrada , known as Canek and El Canek, is a masked Mexican professional wrestler and former Mixed Martial Arts fighter currently performing part time for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In 1972, he debuted as "El Universitario" at the age of 18. In 1973, he would change his name to Canek, a...
and Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...
faced off against Vampiro Canadiense
Vampiro
Ian Richard Hodgkinson , better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working as a wrestler and a consultant for Juggalo Championship Wrestling. Hodgkinson is semi-retired and is a member of the citizen crime patrol organization Guardian Angels, acting as...
and Pierroth, Jr.
Pierroth, Jr.
Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...
in the finals of an 16-team tournament to determine the first champions, with Canek and Wagner, Jr. becoming the first tag team champions. The duo would hold the title until El Canek left CMLL in November 1994. CMLL held a 32-team tournament from November 11 to December 16, 1994. In the finals "Los Cowboys" (Silver King and El Texano
El Texano
Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui , better known by his ring name El Texano, was a Mexican professional wrestler...
) defeated El Satánico
El Satánico
Daniel López López is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Satánico . López is currently working as a wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , the company he's worked for most of his career...
and Emilio Charles, Jr.
Emilio Charles, Jr.
Sergio Emilio Charles Garduño is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Emilio Charles, Jr. He is the son of professional wrestler Emilio Charles. Over the years Emilio Charles, Jr...
to become the second ever CMLL World Tag Team Champions. Six months later Los Cowboys would lose the titles to their longtime rivals The Headhunters
The Headhunters (professional wrestling)
The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago , better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B.-Career:The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987.In the early 1990s, The...
. In September 1996 the champions Atlantis
Atlantis (wrestler)
Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...
and Lizmark
Lizmark
Lizmark is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. His ring name is taken from the German battleship Bismarck. He is a multiple-time champion, having held singles and tag team championships in both Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and...
were stripped of the titles after an inconclusive match against the Headhunters. In the subsequent 8-team tournament brothers Silver King and Dr. Wagner, Jr. captured the titles with a victory over Dos Caras
Dos Caras
José Luis Rodríguez is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras . Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times...
and Último Dragón. The title would be vactated once again only 6 months later as Silver King left CMLL to work for World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
(WCW). Dr. Wagner, Jr. teamed up with Emilio Charles, Jr. and the two former champions won an 8-team tournament in August 1997. The title would be vacated once again in 1998 when one half of the tag team champions, Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...
, is injured. Bestia Salvaje
Bestia Salvaje
Juan Manuel Rodriguez was a Mexican luchador, best known by his ringname Bestia Salvaje, who competed in Mexican and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably with Emilio Charles, Jr. and Scorpio, Jr. as part of the stable Los Talibanes...
and Emilio Charles, Jr. became champions by winning an 8-team tournament and began working a storyline with the team of Negro Casas
Negro Casas
José Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal...
and El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
, whom they traded the title back and forth with over the next year. In early 1999 El Hijo del Santo left CMLL forcing them to vacate the titles once again. Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000...
(Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...
and Rey Bucanero
Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero . Outside of lucha libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor...
) defeated Mr. Niebla and Villaño IV
Villano IV
Thomas Díaz Mendoza is a Mexican professional wrestler. Within the stable Los Villanos, he has wrestled for Universal Wrestling Association , Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , and World Championship Wrestling . While popular and successful in Mexico, he frequently performed as a jobber in WCW...
in a tournament final bringing some stability to the titles as they have not been vacated since then. Guerrero and Bucanero has held the title three times since then and Guerrero has teamed with Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis to win the title twice more for Los Guerreros del Infierno.
Reigns
The current tag team champions are Los Guerreros de la AtlantidaLos Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000...
(Dragón Rojo, Jr.
Dragón Rojo, Jr.
Dragón Rojo, Jr. born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado Dragón Rojo, Jr. (Red Dragon, Jr., real name unrevealed) born November 3, 1982 is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado...
and Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...
) having defeated the team of Los Invasores
Los Invasores
Los Invasores is a Mexican lucha libre, or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The group is portrayed as a group of "outsiders" invading CMLL, but in fact they all work full time for CMLL...
(Mr. Águila
Mr. Águila
José Seldano is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
and Hector Garza
Héctor Garza
Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
) for the championship on November 2, 2010. It's Rojo Jr.'s and Guerrero's first title reign as a team, while Guerrero has previously held the tag team championship on five occasions. They are the 31st overall champions and the 19th championship team. Último Guerrero has held the title 6 times a record for individual reigns and three teams are tied for most title reigns as a team with Guerrero and Rey Bucanero, Averno and Mephisto
Mephisto (wrestler)
Mephisto , whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto...
and Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo who all have three reigns. Místico
Místico
Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara...
and Negro Casas held the titles for 455 days, which is the longest reign of any champions. Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner, Jr. held the titles for a week, 7 days, and are thus the team with the shortest reign.