The CMLL World Trios Championship (

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

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promoted by

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(CMLL) in

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. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by

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of three wrestlers. The first champions were ''

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'' ("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 El Sky Team (

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and Neón). They won the titles by defeating ''

'' ( Euforia, Averno and

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) at ''Viernes Espectacular'' on May 16, 2025, in

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. 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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and

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History

With the emergence of trios (

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s consisting of three people) such as ''

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'', ''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

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("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL) was given control of the newly created

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. 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 "

" ("The Infernal Ones"; MS-1,

and

) defeat "Los Brazos" ("The Arms";

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, Brazo de Oro and

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) 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

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

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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 ''Lucha libre, Luchador Wrestling mask, Enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish language, Spanish for "two faces"). His ...

and

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, left CMLL, forcing the championship to be vacated. Subsequently, the team of

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, Emilio Charles Jr. and El Satánico won the championship in a tournament final over

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, 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

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to give up the championship. The ''Lagunero'' team of Black Warrior,

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and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated "Los Guapos" ("The Hansome Ones";

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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 (CMLL) and AAA throughout his career, but currently works o ...

) in the tournament finals, but vacated the championship in February 2002. Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner Jr. replaced Black Warrior with

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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,

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and

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) won the championship on September 29, 2006, and began defending it on a regular basis. In February 2007 ''

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'' ("The Bad Dogs"; Perro Aguayo Jr.,

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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

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, Héctor Garza and

won the tournament, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr. and

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

The current champions are El Sky Team (

and Neón). They won the titles by defeating ''

'' ( Euforia, Averno and

) at ''Viernes Espectacular'' on May 16, 2025, in

; they are the 38th overall championship team. Black Warrior,

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

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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

, left CMLL to join rival promotion

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. 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

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") 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

teamed up with Emilio Charles Jr. 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 Perro Aguayo Jr. 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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