CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
Current Champions
Rocky Romero currently posses the championship, having it won it back from Tommy Williams in 2006. Unlike every other CMLL championship, this belt is currently primarily defended outside of CMLL, instead in the NJPW-LA/NWA PRO promotion
History of Championship
CMLL created the Super Light (Super Liegro) championship in 2003 due to the strong positive reaction to a series of matches between the NJPW-LA Havana Brothers team and a CMLL tecnico trio of Ricky Marvin, Virus, and Volador Jr.. By creating a new CMLL Championship, they didn't need to take away a belt from a current champion and they could allow anyone to compete for the title, unlike the Mexican Championships.
The participants in the championship opening cibernetico were Super Comando, Loco Max, Sangre Azteca, Ricky Marvin, Tigre Blanco, Rocky Romero (as Havana Brother I), Ricky Reyes (as Havana Brother II(b)), Puma (as Havana Brother III), Neutron, Sombra de Plata, Volador Jr., and Virus. A heavily clipped version, showing only the final two eliminations, was shown on television.
Virus was quickly set up as the first challenger, and defeated Romero with little trouble. Only the last fall was shown on television. At that point, the NJPW-LA crew were done in CMLL, and the championship dropped to the level of the least visible CMLL Championships.
The championship appeared to be forgotten when Romero was brought to Arena Mexico with no previous buildup. Romero won the championship near the end of 2004, and the title appeared to leave CMLL, with no future Mexico title defenses scheduled at this time.
Tommy Williams won the championship from Romero in a 2005 Labor Day weekend show, though the results weren't well publicized at the time (it was only apparently when Williams was defending the championship on other shows much later.) Romero won the championship for the third time on an AWS show.
Champions Listing
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decision match with the finalists of a twelve man cibernetico on 2003.09.05 | |||||
| 01 | Rocky Romero | Volador Jr. | 2003.09.12 | ? | |
| 02 | Virus | Rocky Romero | 2003.11.14 | ? | |
| 03 | Rocky Romero [2] | Virus | 2004.12.10 | ? | |
| 04 | Tommy Williams | Rocky Romero | 2005.09.0? | Los Angeles | |
| 05 | Rocky Romero [3] | Tommy Williams | 2006.01.20 | Los Angeles | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
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Japan Super Lightweight Championship
CMLL created a Japan Super Lightweight championship to be fought for when they toured Japan in 1999 and 2000. This is considered to be a different championship from the current Super Lightweight title by the promotion (CMLL presented the present belt as a new title in 2003). However, some title histories (Source: [Wrestling-Titles.com], NWA Pro) list it as the same as the current belt.
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decision match for vacant title | |||||
| 01 | Masato Yakushiji | Rencor Latino | 1999.02.27 | Nagoya | |
| 02 | Virus | Masato Yakushiji | 1999.11.25 | Tokyo | |
| 03 | Ricky Marvin | Virus | 2000.08.06 | Yokohoma | |
| 04 | Virus [2] | Ricky Marvin | 2000.??.?? | ? | |
| 05 | Ricky Marvin [2] | Virus | 2000.11.29 | Acapulco | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
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