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42-663: Over the years the Commission has created a total of 13 different championships, seven of which for various weight divisions in Mexico . Three of the championships are for various forms of male tag teams . They also created two championships for Women's professional wrestling , a singles championship and a tag team championship. From 1993 through 2006 the commission sanctioned the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship , exclusively for

84-549: A match against Máscara Año 2000; his legs got caught on the ropes as he jumped out of the ring and he tore ligaments in both knees. The injury kept him out of the ring for almost half a year but he made a full recovery and returned to the ring. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. made his return to CMLL in May 2010, siding with the CMLL loyalists in their feud with Los Invasores , especially Invasore members Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000, reigniting

126-547: A match for the Dos Leyendas show. At the show, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Shocker and Rush defeated Universo 2000, Mr. Niebla and El Terrible by disqualification. Two days later, on March 17, 2013, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. competed in a four-way, steel cage match billed by IWRG as Prison Fatal ("Deadly Prison") against Cien Caras Jr. , Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and Pirata Morgan . During the match, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 interfered, which caused Pirata Morgan Jr. to enter

168-464: A secondary championship to be competed for by smaller wrestlers. This championship, depending upon the promotion, is usually named Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight or Junior Heavyweight. In some sports, most notably boxing since it has a large number of weight classes, these three names represent different separate weight classes. In professional wrestling the upper weight limit of these championships varied and are often not strictly enforced, depending upon

210-458: A two-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Universo 2000 for the belt. He successfully defended the championship against Cien Caras and Mascara Año 2000, before losing it back to Universo 2000. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. was injured in the match against Universo 2000, as a mistimed tombstone piledriver injured his neck, forcing him out of the ring for over six months and almost causing him to retire. In 2001, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. dropped

252-470: A wrestling storyline, called a feud, with MS-1 that ended when Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated MS-1 in a Luchas de Apuestas , mask vs. mask match to unmask the hated rudo ("bad guy"). Throughout the early 1980s, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. teamed up with equally popular Cien Caras to form a very successful team, working main events all over Mexico. On January 8, 1984, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. captured his first singles championship as he defeated Pirata Morgan to win

294-496: Is currently performing as a freelancer on the Mexican independent circuit , and is best known for his longtime association with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). A second-generation wrestler, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is the son of Rayo de Jalisco , a famous wrestler from the early days of lucha libre ; he also has a son who wrestles under the name Rayman . Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is a two-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion and

336-540: Is the oldest actively promotion championship in the world, created in 1926 it predates the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship that was created in 1948 and is the oldest US based championship. The first champion was Francisco Aguayo, winning the championship at a time where most wrestling shows were promoted by US-based promoters. In 1933, Salvador Lutteroth formed Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL) and

378-671: The Mini-Estrella championship. Since 2008 the Mexican National Lightweight Championship has been modified to be for Mini-Estrellas division. The Commission's most recent championship addition was in 1996 when they created the Mexican National Atómicos Championship , contested for by teams of four. Of the 13 championships, only five remain active. The individual promotions have the promotional control of

420-416: The 1930 All-In rules . Many "American style"/"New School" promotions follow the example of modern US promotions of having a Cruiserweight/Junior Heavyweight/etc division alongside primarily Heavyweight competition. An exclusion does apply to charity ran organisations whereby, the organisation is not required to have weight divisions and may use the weight, without impersonation, to market their product for

462-692: The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship . His first championship success also led to his greatest rivalry as Cien Caras turned on Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in his quest to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title. Cien Caras defeated his former teammate for the title on March 30, 1984. On June 21, 1985, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated MS-1 to capture the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in

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504-466: The "Junior" part of his name as his son, who had wrestled for two years, took the "Rayo de Jalisco" name, sometimes billed as el Hijo de Rayo de Jalisco Jr. ("the son of Rayo de Jalisco Jr.") and other times simply Rayo de Jalisco Jr. . The confusing name changes only lasted for a couple of months, before his son changed his name to Hombre sin Nombre ("the man without name"), as part of a storyline where

546-623: The Commission also stated that championships could not be defended in anything other than normal matches, stripping Psicosis II of the championship for defending the Mexican National Middleweight Championship in a hardcore match . At a later point they allowed the Heavyweight Championship to be defended in a Steel cage match . The Mexican National Championships have been promoted by a number of Mexican-based wrestling promotions over

588-1254: The United States, most Japanese wrestling companies generally have a secondary singles and, in some cases, a tag team championship geared to the Cruiserweight/Junior Heavyweight/Light Heavyweight weight division rather than multiple weight divisions; lower weight division belts are usually imported from Mexico, as in the case of the UWA titles. The 1947 Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules set out seven weight divisions with maximum weight limits and called for champions to be crowned of each limit: Lightweight: 11 st (154 lb or ~70 kg), Welterweight 11st 11 lb (165 lb or ~75 kg), Middleweight 12st 8 lb (176 lb or ~80 kg), Heavy Middleweight 13st 5 lb (187 lb or ~85 kg), Light Heavyweight 14st 2 lb (198 lb or ~90 kg), Mid-Heavyweight 14st 13 lb (209 lb or ~95 kg) and Heavyweight for all weights upwards of 15st (210 lb or ~95 kg). An earlier system of weight classes with different levels and more divisions existed under

630-538: The championship while the Commission only serves to approve the champions and supervise championship matches. The Commission normally approve all champions but has on occasion decided to vacate a championship if the promotions did not follow the Commissions' guidelines. One instance was in 1957 when Mishima Ota won the Lightweight championship, deeming him ineligible because he was a Japanese citizen. Originally

672-522: The championship with him to AAA. Blue Panther winning the championship pn July 27, 1992, signaled that the commission had granted AAA control of the championship and taken it away from CMLL. Created in 1934, the Mexican National Welterweight Championship is for wrestlers who weigh between 77 kg (170 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb). Mario Nuñez became the first champion when he defeated Tony Canales in

714-474: The championship, there was no subsequent announcement that the title was vacated, rendering it inactive from that point on. The Commission recognized the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship for just under 7 years, creating it for CMLL's Women's division and abandoning it when CMLL practically stopped promoting women's wrestling in 1997. The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship

756-464: The charity and/or cause and nothing further. Organisations of this nature may also have a smaller roster of professional wrestlers to be able to separate weight divisions and therefore, all athletes must sign a contractual disclaimer in order to compete. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. ( Spanish : "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler ). He

798-504: The desires of company management, but usually ranged from a maximum of 215 pounds to 230 pounds depending upon the promotion. Throughout the years, practically all of such championships have been retired due to the wrestling promotion closing down or losing interest. The oldest of these championships still active in the United States is the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship . Created in 1945,

840-526: The few American promotions and governing bodies, such as the National Wrestling Alliance , have what would be termed a Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight or Junior Heavyweight division, several Mexican wrestling promotions have multiple weight classes. As with Mexico, non-heavyweight wrestling championships have risen to prominence in a number of Japanese wrestling promotions. Unlike Mexico, however, and more in line with most promotions in

882-406: The final of a tournament. The welterweight championship remained under CMLL's control when AAA was created in 1992, and remains under their control to this date. Karloff Lagarde holds all "longevity" records for the championship. He has had the longest individual reign (1,859 days), the longest combined reign (2,731 days) and the most reigns of any champion, with four. Psicosis holds the record for

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924-615: The finals of a tournament to crown a new champion. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. still holds that title to this day, 21 years, 246 days later. In 2004, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. made a brief return to CMLL teaming up with Black Warrior and El Canek to win the CMLL World Trios Championship from Dr. Wagner Jr. , Universo 2000, and Black Tiger (III). The team quickly lost the title to Héctor Garza , Tarzan Boy , and El Terrible . In 2005, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. suffered another serious injury when he injured both his knees in

966-457: The first champion and the championship was soon defended on EMLL shows as well as on the Mexican independent circuit . Over time EMLL gained almost total control of the championship as they grew to become Mexico's largest promotion at the time. In 1992, Antonio Peña founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, taking a number of CMLL wrestlers with him. One of these wrestlers, was the then-reigning National Middleweight Champion Octagón , who took

1008-480: The heavyweight championship is open to any weight class. No other professional wrestling promotions have made such an extensive use of weight classes as some located in Mexico. The lucha libre style is highly prominent in Mexico and makes extensive use of high spots and a fast, sometimes frantic, pace that suits physically smaller wrestlers. As a result, most of the top professional wrestling stars in Mexico are lighter than those in many American promotions. Whereas

1050-410: The long-running storyline between them. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. only worked a few matches for CMLL in mid-2010 but returned to the promotion in early 2013. He was on hand for a press conference, announcing that CMLL's annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show would pay tribute to his father, Rayo de Jalisco Sr. During the press conference, he was confronted by longtime rival Universo 2000, who challenged him to

1092-610: The main event of an Arena Mexico show. In November 1985, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. teamed with Ringo Mendoza and the Kiss to win the Mexican National Trios Championship from Los Brazos ( El Brazo , Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata ). The trio held the title for 275 days before losing it to Pirata Morgan, Jerry Estrada and Hombre Bala. On March 20, 1987, Rayo de Jalisco's 637-day reign as NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion ended as he lost to MS-1. By 1990,

1134-495: The reigning WWA World Heavyweight Champion , a title he has held since March 21, 2003. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. was born on January 1, 1960, in Guadalajara , the son of legendary wrestler Rayo de Jalisco and the nephew of wrestlers Tony Sugar and Black Sugar. He

1176-528: The shortest reign, having held the title for only two days. Professional wrestling weight classes#Mexico In professional wrestling , a weight class is a standardized weight range for the wrestlers. The top class in almost every promotion is heavyweight, but super heavyweights exist. Weight class matches in modern-day American professional wrestling are rare, but weight class championships still exist. However, Japanese professional wrestling , Mexican wrestling and traditional British wrestling use

1218-688: The smaller, independent wrestling promotions use weight classes, most of the larger promotions do not. Even if weight classes are used, they are usually not enforced due to the scripted nature of professional wrestling. In March 2013, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) imposed a 230 lb (104 kg) weight limit for wrestlers competing in the X Division for the TNA X Division Championship . In October 2013, however, TNA wrestler Samoa Joe , billed at 280 lb (127 kg), competed in an X Division Championship bout at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view. Rather, it's more common for wrestling promotions to create

1260-524: The son was trying to get out from the father's shadow. His son would later begin working as "Rayman", the same name that Rayo de Jalisco Jr. originally used. Since 2003, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. has not worked for CMLL on a regular basis, instead he works for a number of promotions of the Mexican independent circuit . On March 21, 2003, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship , defeating Rey Misterio Sr. in

1302-451: The storyline between Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Cien Caras became so heated that they were the main event of EMLL's 57th Anniversary show in a Luchas de Apuestas , mask vs. mask match. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Cien Caras two falls to one and forced Cien Caras to unmask. Over the next couple of years, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the Mexican National Heavyweight Title on a further two occasions, defeating Gran Markus Jr. and El Egipico to win

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1344-399: The title for four years. In October 2017, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL, formerly EMLL) brought the championship back under their control. The Mexican National Middleweight Championship , for wrestlers weighing between 87 kg (192 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), was created in 1933 by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.". Yaqui Joe was

1386-492: The title from Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Atlantis. On April 14, 1996, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship from Apolo Dantés, the highest singles championship in the company. He made three successful defenses against the former champion Apolo Dantés, as well as thwarting the challenges of Gran Markus Jr. and Máscara Año 2000. On April 18, 1997, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. lost

1428-561: The title is also recognized and frequently defended in other promotions outside of the United States. The only active National Wrestling Alliance championships in a specified weight division are the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (active since July 14, 1948) and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (revived in March 2022). The usual weight limit between the two is 225 lbs., but in practice

1470-605: The title to Steel after a slow building storyline between the two. In 1997, Steel left CMLL to work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as "Val Venis", ending the storyline with Rayo de Jalisco Jr. without a satisfactory conclusion. CMLL convinced the WWF to let Steel return to CMLL for a brief visit, just long enough to lose a Luchas de Apuestas to Rayo de Jalisco Jr. giving him another mask win. A few months after unmasking Steel, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. became

1512-511: The title. His third and final reign ended on February 21, 1994, when he lost to Pierroth Jr. On November 3, 1995, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Atlantis teamed up to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from The Headhunters . The duo successfully defended it against Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 , and against Apolo Dantés and El Canek . On August 6, 1996, Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador won

1554-727: The weight classes more seriously. WWE , the largest professional wrestling promotion both nationally and internationally, had a reserved championship exclusively for wrestlers under the "Cruiserweight" category until 2022. Historically, WWE has had a number of championships that were only competed by lighter wrestlers such as the WWE Light Heavyweight Championship which became defunct in 2001. Conversely, WWE's so-called "Heavyweight" championships are not exclusive to heavyweight performers (240 lbs and above), as they have been won by comparatively smaller wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio and AJ Styles. While some of

1596-551: The years. Founded in 1933 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), has promoted Mexican National Championships since its inception and currently promotes five of the championships, the Lightweight, Light Heavyweight , Welterweight , Women's , and Trios championships. Over the years CMLL has promoted every single Mexican National Championship except the Atómicos, Featherweight and Cruiserweight Championship . In 1992 Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , later known simply as "AAA",

1638-645: Was formed when a number of CMLL wrestlers broke away to create a new company. Several of the wrestlers that left were reigning Mexican National Champions and the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission allowed AAA to take promotional control of those championships at that point. Of the championships. In 2008 AAA abandoned all Mexican National Championships, ending the Middleweight, Atómicos and Tag Team Championship . In 2006 then Mini-Estrellas champion Mascarita Sagrada left AAA while still holding

1680-522: Was granted permission by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission for the control of the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship. In 1992, then-reigning champion Rayo de Jalisco Jr. left EMLL to join the newly created Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), taking the heavyweight championship with him to AAA. When Héctor Garza died while champion in 2013, it became inactive, with no champion holding

1722-401: Was not initially trained by his father as his father did not want his son to follow into his profession; instead he trained under Diablo Velazco . The future Rayo de Jalisco Jr. turned professional at the age of 15 and initially wrestled under the name "Rayman" to keep his father from finding out he was wrestling. After working as a wrestler for a year he finally revealed to his father that he

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1764-564: Was wrestling and that he was serious. After seeing his son wrestle, Rayo de Jalisco Sr. decided to allow his son to work as "Rayo de Jalisco Jr." and wear the lightning bolt mask that was synonymous with the Rayo de Jalisco character. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. worked most of the 1970s alongside his father, receiving further training along the way. By the early 1980s he was working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), Mexico's largest professional wrestling promotion . In 1982, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. began

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