Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship
The championship was introduced in mid-1990; the mother/daughter team of Irma González and Irma Aguilar defeated Neftali and Satanakia in the finals of a tournament to determine the inaugural champions. Five teams held the championship between 1991 and 1997, when it was abandoned. No team held the championship more than twice but La Briosa held it with two different partners; Vicky Carranza and Neftali. The last championship team was La Rosa and La Sirenita, who won it on January 19, 1996, and defended their title until 1997. On March 4, 2020, CMLL announced that it would revive the championship.
History
In 1990, the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre México D.F. (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission) created and sanctioned the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship (Campeonato Nacional de Parejas Femenil). Unlike the majority of the Mexican National Championships at the time, this was not controlled by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but was promoted on the Mexican independent circuit. Records are unclear on which teams participated in the tournament to crown the first champions but state the mother/daughter team Irma González and Irma Aguilar defeated Neftali and Satanakia on April 10, 1990, in a show in Xochimilico, Mexico City, to become the inaugural winners. Their reign lasted for 619 days, although it is unclear how many championship defenses the team made during the time, if any.
On December 20, 1991, Martha Villalobos and Pantera Sureña won the championship in an independent-circuit show in Mexico City. No records for championship defenses between December 1991 and February 19, 1994, have been found but it is recorded Vicky Carranza and La Briosa won the championship on that date to become the third champions. During the subsequent 46 days, Carrenza and Briosa disbanded the team, leaving the championship vacant. The Commission allowed both women to select a new tag-team partner to contest the vacant championship. La Briosa and Neftali defeated Vicki Carranza and La Medusa to claim the championship in a show promoted by AAA. This was the first time the championship was promoted by AAA, one of Mexico's largest, national wrestling companies. The titles were next defended in AAA 653 days later as La Rosa and La Sirenita defeated Briosa and Neftali by count-out on January 19, 1996, and the championship changed hands. By 1997, the championship stopped being promoted and neither champion ever referred to the title or wore the championship belts to the ring.
Reigns
The current champions are Andrómeda and Skadi. They defeated Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) on March 8, 2024 at CMLL Funcion Especial Conmemorando El Dia Internacional De La Mujer in Mexico City, Mexico. Five teams consisting of nine individuals held the championship between 1990 and 1997. La Briosa is the only person to have held the championship twice so far, having won it with Vicky Carrenza and Neftali. Briosa and Carrenza's reign lasted 46 days before the team broke up and the championship was vacated; it is the shortest reign so far. La Jarochita and Lluvia]'s 1,238-day reign from October 17, 2020 until March 8, 2024, is the longest in the history of the championship.
Rules
As with all professional wrestling championships, matches for the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship were won by a pre-planned ending whose outcome is determined by bookers and match makers rather that through actual competition. Occasionally a promotion declared the championship vacant, meaning there was no title holder at that time. This was either due to a storyline, or real-life issues such as an injured champion being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company. All title matches take place under two-out-of-three falls rules.
Officially, only Mexican citizens may either challenge for or hold the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship although exceptions exist, such as the Puerto Rican Zeuxis winning the Mexican National Women's Championship. As is the case for all the Mexican National titles, the championship may generally not be defended in any type of match other than a regular tag-team-match format. The Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre México D.F. has enforced the rules inconsistently; in one case they stripped Psicosis of the Mexican National Middleweight Championship for defending it in a hardcore match. In another case, it allowed the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship to change hands in a steel cage match.
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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Irma González and Irma Aguilar | April 10, 1990 | Live event | Xochimilico, Mexico City | 1 | 619 | Defeated Neftali and Satanakia in the finals of a tournament to become the first women's tag team champions. | |
| 2 | Martha Villalobos and Pantera Sureña | December 20, 1991 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 792 | ||
| 3 | Vicky Carranza and La Briosa | February 19, 1994 | Live event | Xochimilico, Mexico City | 1 | |||
| — | Vacated | 1994 | — | — | — | — | Vicky Carranza and La Briosa split up. | |
| 4 | Las Nasty Girls (La Briosa (2) and Neftali) |
April 6, 1994 | AAA show | Apatlaco, Mexico City | 1 | 653 | Carranza and Briosa were both allowed to pick a new partner, with La Briosa and Neftali defeating Carranza and La Medusa to win the championship. | |
| 5 | La Rosa and La Sirenita | January 19, 1996 | AAA show | Apatlaco, Mexico City | 1 | N/A | Won the match, and championship, by count out | |
| — | Deactivated | 1997 | — | — | — | — | Championship was not referred to after this point in time. | |
| 6 | Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) |
October 17, 2020 | Super Viernes | México City, México DF | 1 | 1,238 | Defeated La Amapola and La Metálica 2-1 in a two-out-of-three falls tag team match. This was the finals of a three-week tournament to crown the new champions. | |
| 7 | Andrómeda/Kira and Skadi | March 8, 2024 | CMLL Funcion Especial Conmemorando El Dia Internacional De La Mujer | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 126+ | During this reign, Andrómeda defended the title under the ring name Kira. | |
Tournaments
2020
| Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament (2020) | |||
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date |
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| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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On its March 4, 2020 Informa show, CMLL announced it was re-introducing the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship and would hold a tag-team tournament over three Sunday shows between March 15 and 29, 2020, as part of CMLL's Sunday Arena México show. It was originally planned for March to coincide with Women's History Month. The tournament will consist of ten teams, split into two qualifying blocks. For each block all five teams will participate in a battle royal where the winning team will move to the semifinal, while the other four teams will be required to compete against each other. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed. In September, CMLL announced that the tournament would start on October 5 as part of their weekly CMLL Super Viernes shows.
- Block A
- La Comandante and La Seductora
- La Magnifica and Silueta
- Marcela and Skadi
- Reyna Isis and Tiffany
- La Amapola and La Metálica
- Block B
- Princesa Sugehit and Sanely
- Dalys and Stephanie Vaquer
- Estrellita and Mystique
- La Vaquerita and La Guerrera
- La Jarochita and Lluvia
Tournament brackets
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| La Amapola and La Metálica | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Magnifica and Silueta | La Amapola and Metálica | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Marcela and Skadi | W | Marcela and Skadi | |||||||||||||||||
| La Comandante and La Seductora | La Amapola and Metálica | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Bye | Reyna Isis and Tiffany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | Reyna Isis and Tiffany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reyna Isis and Tiffany | La Amapola and Metálica | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dalys and Stephanie Vaquer | W | La Jarochita and Lluvia | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Estrellita and Mystique | Dalys and Stephanie Vaquer | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Vaquerita and La Guerrera | Princesa Sugehit and Sanely | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Princesa Sugehit and Sanely | W | Princesa Sugehit and Sanely | |||||||||||||||||
| Bye | La Jarochita and Lluvia | W | |||||||||||||||||
| Bye | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | La Jarochita and Lluvia | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Jarochita and Lluvia | |||||||||||||||||||
Tournament results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercurio defeated Último Dragóncito | Best two-out-of-three falls match | 11:28 |
| 2 | Diamond defeated Espanto Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls match | 07:26 |
| 3 | Diamante Azul and Místico defeated Templario and El Terrible | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | 17:26 |
| 4 | Reyna Isis defeated Skadi, La Metálica, La Magnifica and La Seductora | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament seeding battle royal | — |
| 5 | La Amapola and La Metálica defeated La Magnifica and Silueta | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament first round | 07:12 |
| 6 | Marcela and Skadi defeated La Comandante and La Seductora | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament first round | 07:07 |
| 7 | La Amapola and La Metálica defeated Marcela and Skadi | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament quarterfinal | 05:13 |
| 8 | La Amapola and La Metálica defeated Reyna Isis and Tiffany | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal | 10:00 |
| 9 | El Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón defeated Euforia, Gran Guerrero, and Negro Casas by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match | — |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disturbio defeated Robin | Best two-out-of-three falls match | 09:39 |
| 2 | Los Hijos del Infierno (Ephesto and Mephisto defeated Black Panther and Blue Panther Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | 13:41 |
| 3 | La Jarochita defeated Mystique, Stephanie Vaquer, Sanely, and La Guerrera | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament seeding battle royal | 05:04 |
| 4 | Dalys and Stephanie Vaquer defeated Estrellita and Mystique | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament first round | 10:52 |
| 5 | Princesa Sugehit and Sanely defeated La Guerrera and La Vaquerita | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament first round | 07:51 |
| 6 | Princesa Sugehit and Sanely defeated Dalys and Stephanie Vaquer by disqualification | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament quarterfinal | 03:50 |
| 7 | La Jarochita and Lluvia defeated Princesa Sugehit and Sanely | Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal | 05:22 |
| 8 | Euforia defeated Forastero | Best two-out-of-three falls match | 14:30 |
| 9 | Carístico and Bandido defeated Gran Guerrero and Negro Casas | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | 13:51 |
Footnotes
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: Mexico: National Women's Tag Team Title
- ^ In most wrestling promotions a count out ending usually means that the championship does not change hands.
- ^ 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 & Ar<n 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")
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 392, chapter: Mexico: National Middleweight Championship
- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 day and 46 days
- ^ the length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate