world championship world championship spanish professional wrestling world championship promoted mexican wrestling promotion lighter weight classes regularly ignored wrestling promotions united_states emphasis placed emphasis placed lighter classes mexican companies official definition division mexico person weight limits strictly adhered recent years professional wrestling championship won lost instead decision wrestling promotion title awarded wrestler wins match maintain illusion professional wrestling competitive sport current world champion having held title november longest reigning champion history championship creation individual championship reigns shared wrestlers wrestler hold championship times shortest reign champion days history division weight divisions mexican specific championship created wrestling promotion mexican wrestling enterprise founded september mexican promotions promote championship later created world championship represent highest level prize division higher joined mean title renamed nwa world championship late 1980s left nwa avoid politics nwa changed world wrestling council distance nwa left nwa promotion kept nwa world championship originated following change decided create series branded world championships including adding world championship championship promotion held night man tournament determine champion december tournament final saw defeat world champion june wrestlers left company join newly formed aaa leaving world championship vacant held man battle royal match reduce field finalists survived match week later defeated second world champion championship vacated exodus aaa meant lost control reigning champion wrestlers left promotion allowed aaa control point time august returned nwa world championship nwa immediately replaced nwa world historic championship world level championships division defeated negro win championship match took place japan time championship changed hands outside mexico marked time non mexican wrestler held championship reigns current champion having won title november reign champion 17th overall champion wrestler held championship longest days counting holds record world championship reigns wrestlers hold title held title shortest time total days rules official definition division mexico 20th century generally consistent strict enforcing actual weight limits 21st century official definitions times overlooked certain champions example officially listed won weight class upper limit total promoted championships labeled world title promotional focus shifts championship championship time single championship promoted main championship promotion championship matches usually place best falls rules occasion single fall title matches taken place especially promoting title matches japan traditions local promotion illustrated winning championship new japan pro wrestling wrestling single fall match tournaments held man night tournament crown world champion end won championship defeating large number wrestlers leaving company summer championship vacated forcing hold tournament opted start man battle royal elimination match means qualify final match following week field wrestlers included following week defeated start championship reigns
CMLL World Middleweight Championship