AAA Mega Championship

AAA Mega Championship
The current championship belt
Details
PromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
Date establishedSeptember 16, 2007[1]
Current champion(s)Alberto El Patrón
Date wonAugust 17, 2024
Other name(s)
  • AAA World Heavyweight Championship
  • Mexican Heavyweight Championship (TNA)
  • AAA Mega Championship (2007–present)
Statistics
First champion(s)El Mesías
Most reignsEl Mesías (4 reigns)
Longest reignEl Hijo del Vikingo (833 days)
Shortest reignJeff Jarrett (83 days)
Oldest championDr. Wagner Jr. (52 years, 167 days)[2][3]
Youngest championEl Hijo del Vikingo (24 years, 219 days)
Heaviest championElectroshock (119 kg (262 lb))[4]
Lightest championEl Hijo del Vikingo (71 kg (157 lb))[4]

The AAA Mega Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion. Known officially in Spanish as the Mega Campeonato AAA, it is sometimes referred to in the English-language press as the "AAA World Heavyweight Championship".[5] The title is the top championship of the AAA promotion. The current champion is Alberto El Patrón, who is in his second reign. He defeated Nic Nemeth at Triplemanía XXXII: Mexico City on August 17, 2024, in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.

The title was established in 2007 via a single elimination tournament billed as the "Torneo Campeón de Campeones", or Champion of Champions Tournament, which effectively unified the International Wrestling Council (IWC) World Heavyweight Championship, the Grand Prix Championship Wrestling (GPCW) SUPER-X Monster Championship, the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, and the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Light Heavyweight Championship. The tournament field included the four reigning champions of the aforementioned titles as well as the number one contender to each championship. El Mesías, who entered the tournament as the IWC World Heavyweight Champion, became the inaugural AAA Mega Champion upon defeating the UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion entrant Chessman in the final round.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mesias1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Dr. Wagner Jr. (1965) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 20. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wagner2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "PWI Official Ratings". The Pro Wrestling Illustrated. London Publishing. February 2009. p. 145. Vol 30, Nr. 2 2009.
  5. ^ "Mega Campeonato AAA". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "AAA Title tournaments: AAA Heavyweight Title Tournament 2007". Pro Wrestling History.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2015.