The CMLL World Trios Championship (

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: "''Campeonato Mundial de Trios''") is a

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promoted by

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...

(CMLL) in

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. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded to the chosen team after they "win" a match to maintain the

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that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. The first champions were '' Los Infernales'' ("The Infernal Ones"; MS-1,

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and

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) who won a tournament on November 22, 1991. Since then 28 trios have held the championship. The current champions are '' Los Cancerberos del Infierno'' (

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, Raziel and

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) after having defeated

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, Guerrero Maya Jr. and Star Jr. to win the vacant titles on April 24, 2021. The championship has been vacated on four occasions, each time leading to CMLL holding a

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to determine new champions. Only two teams have held the title on more than one occasion, ''Los Infernales'' and the trio of

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Hijo del Fantasma Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican second-generation '' luchador'' (professional wrestler). He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Santos Escobar. Before his WWE c ...

and La Máscara.

History

With the emergence of trios (

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

s consisting of three people) such as '' Los Misioneros de la Muerte'', ''Los Brazos'' and more, the

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became increasingly popular in the early 1980s. Its popularity led to the trios format becoming the most prevalent match format in ''

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'' to this day. In 1985, the Mexican ''

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'', or

, promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL) was given control of the newly created Mexican National Trios Championship. Over the subsequent six years, that championship became the focal point of the very popular trios division, serving as the highest honor EMLL could bestow on a trio at the time. In 1991, EMLL changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council") and began to establish a series of CMLL-branded world championships, relegating the Mexican National championships to being a secondary level of championships within the company. In 1991, CMLL added a CMLL-branded world championship for the trios division. They held a 16-team tournament to crown the first champions, a tournament that saw " Los Infernales" ("The Infernal Ones"; MS-1,

and

) defeat "Los Brazos" ("The Arms"; El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) to become the first CMLL World Trios Champions. Over the next couple of years, the championship would be held by such teams as "Los Intocables" ("The Untouchables" Jaque Mate,

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and Pierroth Jr.) and "La Ola Blanca" ("The White Wave"; Gran Markus Jr.,

El Hijo del Gladiador Arturo Beristain (born September 5, 1949) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchador'' in Spanish, who works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) gym in Mex ...

and

Dr. Wagner Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera ...

). In 1993, the then-reigning Mexican National Trios Champions left CMLL, and the Mexico City Boxing and wrestling commission allowed the champions to take the Mexican National Trios Championship with them. From 1993 through 2001, when the Mexican National Trios Championship returned to CMLL, the CMLL World Trios Championship was the only championship for the division. In 1997 then-reigning champion

, who held the title along with

Dos Caras José Luis Rodríguez Arellano (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican '' Luchador Enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for "two faces"). His most active years were in the 1970s and 1980 ...

and La Fiera, left CMLL, forcing the championship to be vacated. Subsequently, the team of Rey Bucanero,

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and El Satánico won the championship in a tournament final over Apolo Dantés, Black Warrior, and Dr. Wagner Jr. In October 1998, the championship was vacated again when Mr. Niebla was injured, forcing his teammates

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and Lizmark to give up the championship. The ''Lagunero'' team of Black Warrior, Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated "Los Guapos" ("The Hansome Ones"; Bestia Salvaje,

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and

Zumbido José Angel García Paz (born November 4, 1974) is a Mexican ''Luchador'', or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Zumbido (Spanish for "Buzz"). He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA throughout his ...

) in the tournament finals, but vacated the championship in February 2002. Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner Jr. replaced Black Warrior with Fuerza Guerrera and defeated Black Warrior's new team of Mr. Niebla, Antifaz del Norte and Black Warrior himself. In 2006, the championship were vacated once again after not being defended for almost 20 months. '' Los Guerreros de Atlantida'' ("The Warriors from Atlantis"; Atlantis, Tarzan Boy and

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) won the championship on September 29, 2006, and began defending it on a regular basis. In February 2007 '' Los Perros del Mal'' ("The Bad Dogs";

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and Héctor Garza) won the championship and held it for 15 months before splitting up and vacating the championship. The team of El Hijo del Fantasma, Héctor Garza and La Máscara won the tournament, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr. and

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in the finals. In 2015 CMLL's

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branch brought back the Occidente ("Western") Trios Championship, specifically for their shows held in

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, Guadalajara. The Occidente championship is considered tertiary to both the world and national championships.

Reigns

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'' ( Euforia, Gran Guerrero and

) are the current trios champions, having defeated The Cl4n (Pronounced as "The Clan"; Ciber the Main Man, The Chris and Sharlie Rockstar) to win the title on September 28, 2018 as part of the

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. They are the 30th overall championship team and this is their first reign as a team. 27 teams have held the title, combining for 30 individual title reigns. Three teams have held the title more than once, the first champions ''Los Infernales'', the team of Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara and the current champions ''Los Guerreros Lagunero''. Black Warrior, Blue Panther and

holds the record for the longest single reign of any team, but due to the uncertainty of when the championship was vacated it can only be verified that they held them for a minimum of 1,141 days. Dr. Wagner Jr.'s four reigns combine to 2,051 days, the highest of any wrestler. Héctor Garza's five individual reigns is the record for the most reigns of any individual wrestler. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

Tournaments

1991

CMLL held a 16-trios team tournament from October 25, 1991 to November 22, 1991 to determine the first ever CMLL World Trios Championship team. This was the third CMLL-branded world championship created by CMLL after the

CMLL World Heavyweight Championship The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship ( es, Campeonato Mundial de Peso Completo del CMLL) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship established in 1991 and promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL introduced the ...

in May and the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship in September 1991. In the finals, ''Los Infernales'' (El Satánico, MS-1 and Pirata Morgan) defeated ''Los Brazos'' (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) to win the championship. ;Tournament brackets

1997

In early 1997 Héctor Garza, who was one-third of the reigning CMLL World Trios Champions alongside

and La Fiera, left CMLL to join rival promotion AAA. CMLL vacated the championship and decided to hold a one-night, eight-team tournament to crown the new trios champions. The tournament took place on Friday March 21, 1997 on the undercard of the 1997 '' Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth'' ("Homage to Salvador Lutteroth") show. In the finals, Emilio Charles Jr., Rey Bucanero and El Satánico defeated Apolo Dantés, Black Warrior, and Dr. Wagner Jr. ;Tournament brackets

1998

In October 1998, Mr. Niebla suffered an injury, which forced CMLL to vacate the CMLL World Trios Championship as it was not clear when Mr. Niebla would be able to wrestle again. They held a three-show, eight-team tournament from December 4 to December 12, 1998. Former champions

and Lizmark teamed up with

for the tournament, while Mr. Niebla actually returned to action in time to be in the tournament as well, teaming up with

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and Shocker. In the finals the trio of Dr. Wagner Jr., Blue Panther and Black Warrior defeated ''Los Guapos'' (Scorpio Jr., Bestia Salvaje and Zumbido) to lay claim to the championship. ;Tournament brackets

2008

In the summer of 2008 then-CMLL World Trios Champions ''Los Perros del Mal'' kicked Héctor Garza out of the group; at the time Garza held the championship alongside ''Perros'' members

and

, forcing the championship to be vacated. CMLL held an eight-team tournament for the vacant championship, starting on May 30, with the finals on June 13, 2008, during CMLL's 2008 ''

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'' event. ;Tournament brackets

2013

In May 2013 long-time CMLL World Trios Champions '' El Bufete del Amor'' (

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, Máximo and Rush) were forced to vacate the championship due to Corleone suffering a serious knee injury. CMLL held an eight-team, two-night tournament to determine the next champions. The tournament started on June 9, 2013 and the finals took place on June 16. ;Tournament brackets

Footnotes

References

External links

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