Mexican National Tag Team Championship
In the mid-1990s there was confusion about who was recognized as champions for a period of time. In December 1995, one half of then-championship team Los Guerreras, Fuerza Guerrera, left AAA, which led to the promotion declaring the title vacant. On January 12, 1996, new champions were crowned as Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis defeated Volador and El Mexicano to claim the titles. When Juventud also left AAA, the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre decided that Los Guerreras were never officially stripped of the championship, refusing to recognize Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis as champions. In August 1996, the commission finally declared the championship vacant and returned the championship belts to AAA for future use.
The last championship team under AAA's control was Octagón and La Parka, who won the championship on June 20, 2003, when they defeated Electroshock and Chessman. In early 2009, AAA stopped promoting all Mexican National Championships, opting to focus on their AAA branded championships. Octagón and La Parka were never stripped of the championship, but did not defend them on any AAA shows after late 2007. From that point on the championship was only defended twice on the Mexican independent circuit, in March 2009, and then in December 2011. The championship was inactive after the last known defense. until February 19, 2020 when Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; formerly EMLL) announced that they were bringing the championship back.
Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido) are the current champions. They defeated Esfinge and Fugaz on July 9, 2023. There have been at least 44 championship reigns since 1957. Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Vulcano) held the championship three times, the most of all recognized champions, while Tony Arce holds the individual record with four reigns. Los Metálicos (Oro and Plata) had the shortest verified reign, six days in December 1991. Octagón and La Parka's reign lasted 3,110 days, the longest known reign of any champions. As with all professional wrestling championships, matches for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship were not won or lost competitively, but by a pre-planned ending to a match, with the outcome determined by the CMLL bookers and match makers. On occasion a promotion declared the championship vacant, which meant there was no champion at that point in time. This was either due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company. All title matches took place under two out of three falls rules.
Tournaments
1997
In 1997, the then-reigning champions Fuerza Guerrera and Juventud Guerrera began working for different promotions, causing the championship to be vacated by AAA. They held a one-night eight-team tournament on July 20, 1997, at the El Toreo de Naucalpan bullfighting arena in Naucalpan, Mexico State. Some sources mistakenly list the AAA "Young Stars Tag Team" tournament held on May 15, 1997, and broadcast on June 7, as the championship tournament, which was won by the same team, but was not for the vacant championship.
| First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Dos Caras and Heavy Metal | ||||||||||||||
| Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced | W | |||||||||||||
| Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced | W | |||||||||||||
| El Canek and El Hijo del Fantasma | ||||||||||||||
| El Canek and El Hijo del Fantasma | W | |||||||||||||
| Cibernético and Shu el Guerrero | ||||||||||||||
| Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced | W | |||||||||||||
| Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| El Cobarde Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Mil Máscaras and Kato Kung Lee | ||||||||||||||
| El Cobarde Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| El Signo and Sangre Chicana | ||||||||||||||
2020
In 1992, then reigning Mexican National Tag Team Champions Los Destructores, left CMLL and doing so taking the championship with them to AAA. The championship was defended in AAA from 1992 until 2007, and subsequently only defended twice more on the independent circuit before becoming dormant. La Parka, one half of the last recognized championship team, died on January 11, 2020. A couple of weeks later CMLL officially announced that they had regained control of the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and would be holding a tournament for the championship in February and March. The tournament ran from February 28 to March 13, and saw Atlantis Jr. and Flyer defeated El Hijo de Villano III and Templario to win the championship.
- Tournament brackets
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Disturbio and Virus | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pegasso and Stigma | Disturbio and Virus | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Hijo del Villano III and Templario | W | El Hijo del Villano III and Templario | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Dulce Gardenia and Fuego | El Hijo del Villano III and Templario | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Black Panther and Blue Panther Jr. | Soberano Jr. and Titán | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ephesto and Luciferno | W | Ephesto and Luciferno | |||||||||||||||||
| Misterioso and El Sagrado | Soberano Jr. and Titán | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Soberano Jr. and Titán | W | El Hijo del Villano III and Templario | |||||||||||||||||
| Rey Cometa and Star Jr. | W | Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Pólvora and Vangellys | Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | W | Rey Cometa and Star Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cancerbero and Raziel | Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Audaz and Fugaz | El Felino and Tiger | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Felino and Tiger | W | Rey Bucanero and Shocker | |||||||||||||||||
| Rey Bucanero and Shocker | W | El Felino and Tiger | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Esfinge and Drone | |||||||||||||||||||
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| (NET) | Championship change took place "no earlier than" the date listed |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Los Hermanos Shadow (Black Shadow and Blue Demon) |
June 14, 1957 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | Defeated Tarzán López and Enrique Llanes in an eight-team tournament final | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from June 14, 1957 to 1958. | ||||||||||
| 2 | Espectro I and Ray Mendoza | 1958 | Live event | N/A | 1 | Uncertain whom Espectro and Mendoza defeated to win the championship | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1958 to 1959. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Tarzán López and Henry Pilusso | 1959 | Live event | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1959 to 1962. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Los Rebeldes (Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde) |
1962 | Live event | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1962 to October 16, 1964. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Los Espantos (Espanto I and Espanto II) |
1960s | EMLL event | Mexico City | 1 | Unclear whom Los Espantos won the championship from | ||||
| 6 | Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo | October 16, 1964 | Live event | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 16, 1964 to April 22, 1966. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Rayo de Jalisco and El Santo | April 22, 1966 | Live event | N/A | 2 | Defeated Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde in the final of a tournament | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from April 22, 1966 to 1967. | ||||||||||
| 8 | La Ola Blanca (Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner) |
1967 | Live event | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1967 to 1972. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Los Villanos (Villano I and Villano II) |
1972 | EMLL event | N/A | 1 | Uncertain whom Los Villanos defeated to win the championship | ||||
| 10 | Bruno Victoria and Dr. O'Borman | 1972 | EMLL show | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1972 to 1980. | ||||||||||
| 11 | El Halcón and Falcón | 1980 | EMLL show | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1980/1981 to 1981. | ||||||||||
| 12 | Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
1981 | EMLL show | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1981 to June 18, 1982. | ||||||||||
| 13 | Cachorro Mendoza and Ringo Mendoza | June 18, 1982 | EMLL show | Mexico City | 1 | 1,029 | Defeated Los Infernales (El Satánico and Espectro Jr.) | |||
| 14 | Cien Caras and Sangre Chicana | April 12, 1985 | Super Viernes | Mexico City | 1 | 199 | ||||
| 15 | Tony Benetto and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | October 28, 1985 | EMLL show | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | 1 | 170 | ||||
| 16 | Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras (2) and Máscara Año 2000) |
April 16, 1986 | EMLL show | Cuernavaca, Morelos | 1 | 344 | ||||
| 17 | Los Infernales (Masakre and MS-1) |
March 26, 1987 | EMLL show | Cuernavaca, Morelos | 1 | 377 | ||||
| 18 | Ángel Azteca and Atlantis | April 6, 1988 | EMLL show | Mexico City | 1 | 780 | ||||
| 19 | Bestia Salvaje and Pierroth Jr. | May 26, 1990 | EMLL Sabados Arena Puebla | Puebla, Puebla | 1 | 287 | ||||
| 20 | Ángel Azteca and Volador | March 9, 1991 | EMLL Sabados Arena Puebla | Puebla, Puebla | 1 | 81 | ||||
| 21 | Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Volcano) |
May 29, 1991 | EMLL show | Acapulco, Guerrero | 1 | 189 | ||||
| 22 | Los Metálicos (Oro and Plata) |
December 4, 1991 | CMLL show | Acapulco, Guerrero | 1 | 6 | ||||
| — | Vacated | December 10, 1991 | — | — | — | — | Championship held up after a match against Los Destructores | |||
| 23 | Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Volcano) |
December 17, 1991 | CMLL Martes De Coliseo | Mexico City | 2 | 82 | Defeated Los Metálicos in the rematch | |||
| 24 | Misterioso and Volador | March 8, 1992 | CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico | Mexico City | 1 | 142 | ||||
| 25 | Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Volcano) |
July 28, 1992 | AAA show | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 3 | 73 | ||||
| 26 | Misterioso and Volador | October 9, 1992 | Sin Limite | Aguascalientes | 2 | 127 | ||||
| 27 | Los Destructores (Tony Arce (4) and Rocco Valente) |
February 12, 1993 | Sin Limite | Mexico City | 1 | 574 | ||||
| 28 | Heavy Metal and Latin Lover | September 9, 1994 | AAA show | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 84 | ||||
| 29 | Fuerza Guerrera and Juventud Guerrera | December 2, 1994 | Sin Limite | Mexico City | 1 | 181 | ||||
| 30 | Latin Lover (2) and Panterita del Ring | June 1, 1995 | AAA Television taping | Texcoco, Mexico State | 1 | 109 | ||||
| 31 | Fuerza Guerrera and Juventud Guerrera | September 18, 1995 | Sin Limite | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | 2 | 74 | ||||
| — | Vacated | December 1995 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Promo Azteca and AAA split which meant Fuerza Guerrera left the promotion | |||
| † | Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis | January 12, 1996 | AAA show | Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State | 1 | Defeated Volador and El Mexicano for vacant title, the Mexican wrestling commission returns belts to Guerreras stating that they never lost the titles | ||||
| — | Vacated | August 1996 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera wrestle for different organizations | |||
| 32 | Fuerza Guerrera (3) and Mosco de la Merced | July 20, 1997 | Top Win Promotions show | Naucalpan, Mexico State | 1 | 323 | Defeated Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. in tournament final. The original Mosco de la Merced left AAA in the fall of 1997 and was replaced by Mosco de la Merced (II), without the promotion ever acknowledging the switch. | |||
| 33 | Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. | June 7, 1998 | Triplemanía VI | Chihuahua, Chihuahua | 1 | 329 | ||||
| 34 | Los Vipers (Abismo Negro and Electroshock) |
May 2, 1999 | Sin Limite | Manzanillo, Colima | 1 | 189 | ||||
| 35 | Hator and The Panther | November 7, 1999 | Sin Limite | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 182 | ||||
| 36 | Los Vipers (Abismo Negro and Electroshock) |
May 7, 2000 | Sin Limite | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | 63 | ||||
| 37 | Perro Aguayo Jr. (2) and Héctor Garza | July 9, 2000 | AAA show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 61 | ||||
| 38 | Los Consagrados (Pirata Morgan and El Texano) |
September 8, 2000 | Sin Limite | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 429 | ||||
| 39 | Máscara Sagrada and La Parka Jr. | November 11, 2001 | Sin Limite | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 159 | ||||
| 40 | Chessman and Electroshock (3) | April 19, 2002 | AAA show | Torreón, Coahuila | 1 | 427 | ||||
| 41 | Octagón and La Parka (2) | June 20, 2003 | Sin Limite | Xalapa, Veracruz | 1 | 3,110 | La Parka was previously known under the name La Parka Jr. | |||
| — | Deactivated | December 25, 2011 (NET) | — | — | — | — | December 25, 2011 is the date of team's last title defence. | |||
| 42 | Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | March 13, 2020 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 483 | Defeated El Hijo de Villano III and Templario in a 16-team tournament final | |||
| 43 | Atrapasuenos (Espiritu Negro and Rey Cometa) |
July 9, 2021 | CMLL | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 87 | ||||
| 44 | Felino Jr. & Polvora | October 4, 2021 | CMLL | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 167 | ||||
| 45 | Esfinge & Fugaz | March 20, 2022 | CMLL | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 840 | ||||
| 46 | Los Depredadores (Magnus & Rugido) | June 9, 2023 | CMLL | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 394+ | ||||
Combined reigns
By team
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain. |
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Octagón and La Parka | 1 | 3,110 |
| 2 | Cachorro Mendoza and Ringo Mendoza | 1 | 1,029 |
| 3 | Ángel Azteca and Atlantis | 1 | 780 |
| 4 | Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Rocco Valente) |
1 | 574 |
| 5 | Atlantis Jr. and Flyer | 1 | 483 |
| 6 | Esfinge and Fugaz | 1 | 476 |
| 7 | Los Consagrados (Pirata Morgan and El Texano) |
1 | 429 |
| 8 | Chessman and Electroshock | 1 | 427 |
| 9 | Los Infernales (Masakre and MS-1) |
1 | 377 |
| 10 | Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000) |
1 | 344 |
| Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Volcano) |
3 | 344 | |
| 12 | Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. | 1 | 329 |
| 13 | Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced | 1 | 323 |
| 14 | Bestia Salvaje and Pierroth Jr. | 1 | 287 |
| 15 | Misterioso and Volador | 2 | 269 |
| 16 | Fuerza Guerrera and Juventud Guerrera | 2 | 255¤ |
| 17 | Los Vipers (Abismo Negro and Electroshock) |
2 | 252 |
| 18 | Cien Caras and Sangre Chicana | 1 | 199 |
| 19 | Hator and The Panther | 1 | 182 |
| 20 | Tony Benetto and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | 1 | 170 |
| 21 | Felino Jr. and Polvera | 1 | 167 |
| 22 | Máscara Sagrada and La Parka Jr. | 1 | 159 |
| 23 | Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido) † |
1 | 364+ |
| 24 | Latin Lover and Panterita del Ring | 1 | 109 |
| 25 | Heavy Metal and Latin Lover | 1 | 84 |
| 26 | Atrapasuenos (Espiritu Negro and Rey Cometa) |
1 | 87 |
| 27 | Ángel Azteca and Volador | 1 | 81 |
| 28 | Perro Aguayo Jr. and Héctor Garza | 1 | 61 |
| 29 | Los Metálicos (Oro and Plata) |
1 | 6 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Parka Jr./La Parka | 2 | 3,269 |
| 2 | Octagón | 1 | 3,110 |
| 3 | Cachorro Mendoza | 1 | 1,029 |
| Ringo Mendoza | 1 | 1,029 | |
| 5 | Tony Arce | 4 | 918 |
| 6 | Ángel Azteca | 2 | 861 |
| 7 | Atlantis | 1 | 780 |
| 8 | Electroshock | 3 | 679 |
| 9 | Fuerza Guerrera | 3 | 578¤ |
| 10 | Rocco Valente | 1 | 574 |
| 11 | Cien Caras | 2 | 543 |
| 12 | Atlantis Jr. | 1 | 483 |
| Flyer | 1 | 483 | |
| 14 | Esfinge | 1 | 476 |
| Fugaz | 1 | 476 | |
| 16 | El Texano | 1 | 429 |
| Pirata Morgan | 1 | 429 | |
| 18 | Chessman | 1 | 427 |
| 19 | Perro Aguayo Jr. | 2 | 390 |
| 20 | Masakre | 1 | 377 |
| MS-1 | 1 | 377 | |
| 22 | Volador | 3 | 350 |
| 23 | Máscara Año 2000 | 1 | 344 |
| Volcano | 3 | 344 | |
| 25 | Perro Aguayo | 1 | 329 |
| 26 | Mosco de la Merced | 1 | 323 |
| 27 | Bestia Salvaje | 1 | 287 |
| Pierroth Jr. | 1 | 287 | |
| 29 | Misterioso | 2 | 269 |
| 30 | Juventud Guerrera | 2 | 255¤ |
| 31 | Abismo Negro | 2 | 252 |
| 32 | [[[Sangre Chicana]] | 1 | 199 |
| 33 | Latin Lover | 2 | 193 |
| 34 | Hator | 1 | 182 |
| The Panther | 1 | 182 | |
| 36 | Rayo de Jalisco Jr. | 1 | 170 |
| Tony Benetto | 1 | 170 | |
| 38 | Felino Jr. | 1 | 167 |
| Polvera | 1 | 167 | |
| 40 | Máscara Sagrada | 1 | 159 |
| 41 | Panterita del Ring | 1 | 109 |
| 42 | Magnus † | 1 | 364+ |
| Rugido † | 1 | 364+ | |
| 44 | Espiritu Negro | 1 | 84 |
| Rey Cometa | 1 | 84 | |
| 46 | Heavy Metal | 1 | 84 |
| 47 | Héctor Garza | 1 | 61 |
| 48 | Oro | 1 | 6 |
| Plata | 1 | 6 |
Footnotes
- ^ Statistics for longest and shortest reigns only count reigns where both the date the championship was won and lost are known.
- ^ EMLL was renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre; CMLL in late 1991
- ^ In this, "control" refers to the everyday use of the title, determining which storylines the title is being used it, who gets to challenge for the title, how to use it in a public relations sense.
- ^ Was referred to as La Parka Jr. at the time of their championship victory, but changed his name to simply "La Parka" in mid-2003
- ^ Last known championship defense
- ^ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."
- ^ Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre p. 44 "Articulo 258.- Cada combate de lucha libre tendrá como limite tres caídas; cada caída será sin limite de tiempo, ganará quien obtenga dos caídas de las tres en disputa" ("Article 258.- Each wrestling match shall have as limit three falls; Each fall will be without time limit. The winner will be the one to first obtain two of the three falls in the match")
- ^ The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ La Magia del Ring magazine noted that Victoria and O'Borman defeated Los Villanos in 1972, but provided no details on whom Los Villanos defeated
- ^ The exact date Los Guerreras were stripped of the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 71 and 104 days.