CMLL World Lightweight Championship

CMLL World Lightweight Championship
The championship belt, still reads as the "CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship"
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedFebruary 27, 1999[a][b]
Current champion(s)Stigma
Date wonMarch 15, 2022
Other name(s)
CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship (1999 - 2000)[c]
CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship (2003 - 2012)[1]
Statistics
First champion(s)Masato Yakushiji[a][b]
Most reignsVirus (4 reigns)[a][2][3][4][5]
Longest reignVirus (3 years, 302 days)
Shortest reignRicky Marvin (between 1 day and 32 days)[d]
Oldest championVirus (42 years, 170 days)[5]
Youngest championDragon Lee (19 years, 335 days)[6]
Heaviest championTommy Williams (84 kg (185 lb))
Lightest championDragon 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 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling promotion (franchise). 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.

The first CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Champion was Masato Yakushiji, who won it on February 27, 1999. The belt that represents the championship is the original one used in Japan in 1999 and 2000 and has not been updated to reflect the change in weight divisions. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.


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