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In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in pre-determined matches that arise as a result of storylines featuring a professional wrestling promotion's roster of wrestlers. As of 2020 the Mexican Lucha libre or professional wrestling promotion known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) promotes 30 different championships; 12 championships designated as World Championships in various divisions, 8 championships on a national level and 8 championships on a regional level. The championships are divided into weight limits as well as gender specific and size-specific divisions. The professional wrestling championships are not won through legitimate athletic competition; they are instead won via scripted endings to a match or on occasion awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

A total of 34 wrestlers hold the 30 officially CMLL promoted championships. There are thirteen male singles championships spread out over various weight classes, four championships for tag teams, three for Trios (three-man teams), three for female competitors and three for Mini-Estrella and Micro-Estrella competitors. The oldest CMLL championship is the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, created on June 17, 1934, which is also the oldest championship in professional wrestling still active.

The titles branded as "World" level can or have been defended outside of Mexico, whereas the Mexican National championships are normally only defended in Mexico and only Mexican citizens are eligible to hold the championships, although occasional exceptions have been made. The regional championships are typically not promoted outside the area to which they belong, such as a specific Mexican state. The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was normally defended only in Arena Coliseo until 2016 when it was defended in Japan. In the 20th century CMLL strictly enforced the weight divisions, but since around 2000 the rules have occasionally been ignored. One example of this was Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb). The Mexico City Boxing and Pro Wrestling Commission governs the Mexican National Championships but have granted CMLL control of the five championships listed. The Occidente ("Western") championships are endorsed by the Jalisco state boxing and wrestling commission and promoted by CMLL's Guadalajara branch.

World championships

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship		Gran Guerrero	1	November 7, 2022	788	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Hechicero at Lunes Clásico.
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship		Bárbaro Cavernario	1	July 15, 2022	903	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Niebla Roja to win the title.
CMLL World Middleweight Championship		Templario	2	May 12, 2023	602	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Dragon Rojo Jr..
CMLL World Welterweight Championship		Titán	1	December 8, 2019	1853	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated El Soberano at CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico.
CMLL World Lightweight Championship		Stigma	1	March 15, 2022	1025	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Suicida in a tournament final to win the title.
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship		Mercurio	1	February 20, 2022	1,048	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Shockerito to win the title.
CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship		Micro Gemelo Diablo I	1	October 30, 2022	796	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Chamuel at CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico to become the 2nd champion.
CMLL World Tag Team Championship		Los Nuevos Ingobernables (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)	1	January 23, 2022	1,076	Mexico City, D.F.	defeating Titán and Volador Jr. at CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico.
CMLL World Trios Championship		Atlantis Jr., Star Jr. and Volador Jr.	1 (1, 1, 1)	June 2, 2023	581	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Los Infernales (Euforia, Hechicero and Mephisto) to win the titles.
CMLL World Women's Championship		Stephanie Vaquer	1	August 16, 2023	September 29, 2023	462	Defeated La Catalina to win the vacant championship.
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship		Atlantis Jr.	1	February 4, 2023	699	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Stuka Jr. at CMLL Martes Arena Mexico. }}</ref>
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship		Místico	1	August 21, 2018	2327	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Defeated Último Guerrero at CMLL Guadalajara Martes.
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship		Rocky Romero	1	January 20, 2023	714	Mexico City, D.F.	Defeated Volador Jr. at CMLL Super Viernes

CMLL-promoted secondary championships

CMLL Guadalajara championships

Co-promoted championships

No longer promoted / Inactive

National championships

Regional championships

Former championships

• LLA Azteca Championship
• Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
• NWA World Middleweight Championship
• NWA World Welterweight Championship
• CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship
• CMLL-Reina International Championship

Footnotes

1. ^ All stats are fully sourced in the tables below.
2. While the National Wrestling Alliance claims that it traces the NWA World Heavyweight Championship back to 1905, the actual championship was not created until 1948.
3. Italian born Jack O'Brien was the first to hold the Mexican National Lightweight Championship and was allowed to defend it. Later on Mishima Ota won the same championship but had it taken from him for not being Mexican born.
4. In this statement, "control" refers to the everyday use of the title, determining which storylines the title is being used in, who gets to challenge for the title and how to use it in a public relations sense.

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