Occidente Heavyweight Championship

Occidente Heavyweight Championship

Olímpico (in blue) held the championship for 502 days.
Details
Promotion CMLL Guadalajara
Current champion(s) Diamante Azul[1]
Date won February 2, 2014[1]

The Occidente Heavyweight Championship (called the Campeonato de Peso Completo de Occidente in Spanish) is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) championship created by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Gudalajara branch. The term Occidente refers to the western part of Mexico, specifically the state of Jalisco. sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Guadalajara ("the Guadalajara Boxing and Wrestling Commission" in Spanish). Although the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the title is defended. The current champion is Diamante Azul, who won the championship on February 2. 2014 when he defeated Olímpico.[1] While Diamante Azul is the longest reigning champion, at 1,039 days, the title has been inactive for long periods of time when Diamante Azul lived in France.[2]

The Championship is designated as a heavyweight title, which means that the Championship can officially only be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least 105 kg (231 lb). In the 20th century Mexican wrestling enforced the weight divisions more strictly, but in the 21st century the rules were occasionally ignored for the various weight divisions.[3] One example was Diamante holding the championship while officially being billed as weigning 99 kg (218 lb), well below the weight limit.[4] While the Heavyweight title is traditionally considered the most prestigious weight division in professional wrestling, CMLL places more emphasis on the lower weight divisions. As such, the CMLL World Heavyweight Title is not considered the top CMLL Championship.[5] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won through legitimate competition; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation in that time period.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s)
                 
1 El Bulldog 1 Unknown [Note 1] Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Live event [6]
2 Polo Torres 1 September 5, 1954 42 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Live event   [6]
3 El Bulldog 2 June 20, 1954 182 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CMLL Guadalajara Domingos [6]
4 Lotario 1 December 19, 1954 231 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Unknown   [6]
5 Médico Asesino 1 August 7, 1955 [Note 2] Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Live event   [7]
— Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A Championship was vacated when Médico Asesino won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship [7]
                 
6 Monje Loco 1 Unknown [Note 3] Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Live event Unclear if Monje Loco won a tournament or someone else lost the championship to Monje Loco. [8]
                 
7 Sheriff 1 May 9, 2004 [Note 4] Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Live event Defeated Leon Blanco for the title. [9]
— Vacated — July 2008 — N/A N/A Sheriff changed his ring character to Cien Caras Jr. in 2005 and started working in other parts of Mexico. The championship was inactive until vacated at some point in June 2008 or possibly earlier. [10]
8 Diamante 1 July 20, 2012 60 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CMLL Guadalajara Viernes Defeated Misterioso II in a tournament final for the vacant title. [11]
9 Olímpico 1 September 18, 2012 502 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CMLL Guadalajara TV [12]
10 Diamante Azul 1 February 2, 2014 1,039+ Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico CMLL Guadalajara Domingos   [1]

Tournaments

Color picture of Mexican wrestler Brazo de Oro in the ring.
Brazo de Plata, who was one of ten men competing for the vacant championship

2012

The Occidente Heavyweight Championship was officially declared vacant in June, 2008.[10] The title had in effect been inactive since former champion Sheriff had begun working under the enmascarado (masked) character Cien Caras Jr. in 2005, with no reference being made to his former ring character.[13] CMLL decided to hold a 10-man torneo cibernetico on July 13, 2012 to determine which two wrestlers would face off for the title the following week. Diamante and Misterioso Jr. outlasted the remaining field that included Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro, Rey Escorpión, Espectrum, El Hijo del Fantasma, Ráfaga, León Blanco and Gran Kenut.[10] On July 20 Diamante defeated Misterioso Jr. becoming the first Occidente Heavyweight Champion in seven years.[10]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date El Bulldog won the championship has not been verified, making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ↑ The exact date Médico Asesino vacated the championship has not been verified, making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.
  3. ↑ The exact date Monje Loco won the championship has not been verified, making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.
  4. ↑ The exact date Sheriff vacated the championship has not been verified making the length of the reign too uncertain to calculate.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Diamante Azul, nuevo Campeón de Occidente". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 2, 2015). "Mar. 2, 2015 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: CM Punk defamation lawsuit, Brock Lesnar Raw disappearance, state of WWE, and more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 31. ISSN 1083-9593.
  3. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Boy Y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Completo 105 kilos sin limite
  4. ↑ "Participantes: Tecnicos Diamante" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" and "El Médico Asasino"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40 and 114–118. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Occidente Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "Médico Asesino". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizare and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 114–117. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  8. ↑ "Lucha Libre en Guadalajara". El Informador (in Spanish). XXXXI. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. August 3, 1958.
  9. ↑ "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. Issue 91.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2009. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Notifuego 23/07/2012". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. July 23, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ Gutierrez, Ana. "Olímpico, Orgulloso Y Digno Campeón". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish).
  13. ↑ "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. Issue 140.
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