Professional wrestling trios tag team championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
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One of the three identical championship belts
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Promotion
| Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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Date established
| March 10, 1985
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Current champion(s)
| Los Indestructibles
(Apolcalipsis, Cholo and Disturbio)
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Date won
| September 29, 2023
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The
Mexican National Trios Championship
(
Campeonato Nacional de Trios
in
Spanish
) is a three-man
tag team
professional wrestling
championship
, sanctioned by the "Comision de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (
Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling
Commission
), which oversees all matches where the championship is defended. Since its creation in 1985 the championship has been promoted by several major Mexican wrestling promotions,
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
(EMLL),
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion
(AAA) and is currently promoted by
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL, formerly EMLL). The change from promotion to promotion was approved by the commission if the trios champions left one promotion to work for the other. 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 a team after the team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. All title matches take place under
two-out-of-three falls
rules.
In the early 1980s the
six-man tag team match
became very popular in Mexico, to the point where that match format is the most prevalent format in
Lucha Libre
today. The
Universal Wrestling Association
created the
UWA World Trios Championship
in 1984 and the Boxing and Wrestling Commission created the Mexican National Trios Championship in 1985, making it only the second Trios championship in Mexico. Control of the championship was given to EMLL, the UWA's main rival at the time, with the commission retaining oversight and approval of the championship matches. In 1993 then champions
Los Infernales
("The Infernal Ones";
MS-1
,
Pirata Morgan
, and
El Satanico
) left EMLL to join AAA, taking the trios championship with them after approval by the commission. In the late 1990s the championship was not promoted on a regular basis by AAA and appeared inactive until the champions,
Blue Panther
,
Fuerza Guerrera
, and
El Signo
, joined CMLL in 2001 and lost the championship to a CMLL team. From that point forward the championship has been controlled by CMLL once more.
The current Mexican National Trios Champions is the team known as
Los Indestructibles
(Apolcalipsis, Cholo and Disturbio), who won the championship on September 29, 2023. This is the team's first reign and they are the 43rd overall champions.
Los Reyes de la Atlantida
hold the record for most reigns as a team, with three reigns in total, while Atlantis, Delta and
Volador Jr.
holds the individual record with four reigns each.
History
[
edit
]
With the emergence of trios (
tag teams
consisting of three people) such as
Los Misioneros de la Muerte
,
Los Brazos
and more, the
six-man tag team match
became increasingly popular in the early 1980s. Its popularity led to the trios format becoming the most prevalent match format in
Lucha libre
to this day.
[1]
The popularity led to the creation of the first trios championship in Mexico when the
Universal Wrestling Association
(UWA) created the
UWA World Trios Championship
in 1984.
[2]
The Mexican National Trios Championship was created in 1985,
[3]
[4]
at the request of
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
(EMLL) and endorsed by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission. The commission granted EMLL the rights to promote the championship, which meant that CMLL had control over the everyday use of the championship, determining which storylines the title were being used in, who were allowed to challenge for the title and how to use it in a public relations sense. The Commission would oversee the rule and approves any championship change that EMLL proposed.
[3]
The finals of the tournament to crown the first champions saw
Los Infernales
("The Infernal Ones"; the team of
MS-1
,
Pirata Morgan
, and
El Satanico
) defeat
Los Brazos
("The Arms";
El Brazo
,
Brazo de Oro
, and
Brazo de Plata
) to become the first champions.
[3]
Los Brazos
would win the championship 9 months later but only hold them for a short while. In February 1986
Los Brazos
became the first team to hold the title twice as they defeated
Dos Caras
,
Villano III
, and
Villano IV
for the championship.
[3]
EMLL rebranded themselves "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" ("World Wrestling Council") in 1991 and created the
CMLL World Trios Championship
but also kept the rights to the Mexican National Trios Championship.
[3]
[5]
In 1992
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion
(AAA) was formed by a group of officials and wrestlers who broke away from CMLL. The then-reigning champions
Cien Caras
,
Mascara Ano 2000
, and
Universo 2000
left CMLL to join AAA and brought the Mexican National Trios Championship with them as it was not a CMLL owned title. The Commission granted AAA the right to control the title from 1992 on, later on when AAA began working with Promotora Mexicana de Lucha Libre (PROMELL) both promotions were allowed used the Trios title by the commission. In 1996 AAA and PROMELL stopped working together and the title was vacated. PROMELL was granted the right to promote the title from that point on and held a tournament to crown new champions.
Blue Panther
,
Fuerza Guerrera
, and
El Signo
won the tournament and would go on to hold the titles for 1,728 days, although for the majority of the time the three did not team up and the Trios championship was inactive.
[3]
In 2001 the trio worked a couple of matches for CMLL, just long enough for them to lose the championship to
Mr. Niebla
,
Olimpico
, and
Safari
, bringing the championship back under CMLL's control, where it has remained ever since.
[6]
On June 13, 2003 a championship match between champions
La Familia de Tijuana
(
Nicho el Millonario
,
Damian 666
, and
Halloween
) and
Los Nuevo Infernales
(Satanico,
Averno
, and
Mephisto
), ended with
La Familia
being disqualified. The disqualification meant that the titles would change hands, but
Los Nuevo Infernales
refused to win the championship in such a manner. A rematch was set up for June 20, but Nicho el Millonario did not show up for the match.
[6]
CMLL held an eight-team tournament to determine the next championship trio, ending with
El Felino
, Safari and
Volador Jr.
become the 23rd Trios champions.
[7]
In 2010
Mascara Dorada
teamed up with
Stuka Jr.
, and
Metro
to win the Trios championship, making Dorada a quadruple champion as he also held the
CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
,
CMLL World Trios Championship
, and the
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
at the time.
[8]
In November, 2010 Dorada suffered a knee injury and relinquished his portion of the Mexican National Trios Championship.
Delta
was selected as his replacement via a fan vote, but the team lost the trios championship in the first defense against the team of
Angel de Oro
,
Diamante
(who were the other two options for Dorada's replacement) and
Rush
.
[9]
Rules
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edit
]
The title is a "National" title which means that non-Mexican citizens are prohibited from challenging or holding the championship. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match.
[10]
The fact that the championship is a "trios" championship means that it is restricted to
Tag teams
with three members. The championship is generally not allowed to be defended in any other type of match than a regular match, as is the case for all the Mexican National titles. The commission has been inconsistent on enforcing the rules, in one case they stripped
Psicosis
of the
Mexican National Middleweight Championship
for defending it in a
hardcore match
, in another case they allowed the
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
to change hands in a
Steel cage match
.
[11]
On occasion single fall title matches have taken place, for example when promoting CMLL title matches in Japan, conforming to the traditions of the local promotion.
[a]
Reigns
[
edit
]
Los Indestructibles
(Apolcalipsis, Cholo, and Disturbio) are the current champions, after winning the title on September 29, 2023. It is the team's first reign and they are the 43rd overall champions.
Los Reyes de la Atlantida
hold the record for most reigns as a team, with three, while Atlantis, Delta and
Volador Jr.
have all held the championship on four separate occasions. Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera and El Signo is the team with the longest reign of 1,728 days while
Los Payasos
and the trio of Dos Caras, Villano III and Villano IV both held the title for only 26 days, which is the shortest time of any championship team.
Several championship teams have lost the championship in their first defense, while the teams of
Sagrado
,
La Sombra
,
Volador Jr.
, and
El Felino
, Safari, Volador Jr. both are credited with six successful title defenses before losing the championship, the most of any of the 39 championship teams.
[6]
In 1991 the Commission allowed El Ninja to replace the injured Leono during a championship defense, helping
Los Thundercats
retain the title against the team of Rocky Santana, El Gallego and Romano Garcia.
[13]
Tournaments
[
edit
]
1985
[
edit
]
Records from 1985 are not clear on which trios teams participated in the tournament to determine the first ever Mexican National Trios Championship, only a few matches were clearly identified as part of the tournament, the earliest of which was a January 25, 1985 match in
Arena Coliseo
that saw
Los Infernales
(MS-1, Pirata Morgan, Satanico) defeat El Enfermero Jr., Herodes and
Jerry Estrada
to advance in the tournament. Records also indicate that trios consisting of Popitekus, Panico and Zorro de Oro; Talisman,
La Fiera
, and
Mocho Cota
;
Atlantis
, Stuka and Acertijo;
Chamaco Valaguez
, Impacto and
Aguila Solitaria
were in the tournament, but were all eliminated before the finals. On February 10, 1985
Los Infernales
defeated
Los Brazos
to win the championship.
[3]
[4]
2003
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edit
]
After Nicho el Millonario did not show up for a scheduled title match CMLL decided to vacate the championship and left it vacant for approximately five months. In late November 2003, CMLL held an eight-team, three-week tournament to crown new champions. Most of the teams in the tournament had not teamed up on a regular basis prior to the show, except for
Los Nuevo Infernales
. In the end, the team of El Felino, Safari and Volador Jr., who was paired up for the tournament, defeated
Alan Stone
,
Super Crazy
, and
Zumbido
to win the titles.
[7]
- Tournament brackets
[14]
| First round
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Final
| |
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| El Felino
,
Safari
, and
Volador Jr.
| W
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| Black Warrior
,
Doctor X
, and
Olimpico
|
| | | El Felino, Safari and Volador Jr.
| W
| |
| Ricky Marvin
,
Sagrado
, and
Virus
| W
| | | Ricky Marvin, Sagrado and Virus
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| |
| La Alianza
(
Hooligan
,
Ramstein
, and
Sangre Azteca
)
|
| | | | | | El Felino, Safari and Volador Jr.
| W
| |
| Blue Panther
,
Tigre Blanco
, and
Tony Rivera
|
| | | | | Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido
|
| |
| Alan Stone
,
Super Crazy
, and
Zumbido
| W
| | | Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido
| W
| | | | |
| Los Infernales
(
Averno
,
Mephisto
,
El Satanico
)
| W
| | | Los Infernales
(Averno, Mephisto, El Satanico)
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| Loco Max
,
Nitro
, and
Violencia
)
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2009
[
edit
]
On December 19, 2009, it was announced by the
Comision de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
that Poder Mexica had been stripped of the Mexican National Trios Championship because Black Warrior had left CMLL, breaking up the team.
[6]
At the same time, they announced an eight-team tournament to crown a new trios champion. The top half of the bracket took place on December 22, 2009 and the bottom half of the bracket took place on December 29. In the top bracket the team of Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr. and Metro defeated
Guerreros Tuareg
(
Arkangel de la Muerte
,
Loco Max
, and
Skandalo
) in the first round and
Los Cancerberos del Infierno
(
Virus
,
Euforia
, and
Polvora
) in the second round to qualify for the finals.
[15]
The bottom bracket took place on December 29, 2009 and saw the team of
Poder Mexica
(
Sangre Azteca
,
Dragon Rojo Jr.
, and
Misterioso Jr.
) defeat
Fabian El Gitano
,
Maximo
, and
Rouge
, and then Delta,
Leono
, and
Valiente
to qualify for the final.
[16]
On January 6, 2010 Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr. and Metro defeated
Poder Mexica
to become the new Mexican National Trios Champions.
[8]
| First round
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Final
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mascara Dorada
,
Stuka Jr.
, and
Metro
| W
| | | |
| Los Guerreros de Tuareg
(
Arkangel de la Muerte
,
Loco Max
, and
Skandalo
)
| [15]
| | | Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., and Metro
| W
| |
| Los Angles
(
Angel Azteca Jr.
,
Angel de Oro
, and
Angel de Plata
)
| [15]
| | | Los Cancerebros del Infierno
| [15]
| |
| Los Cancerberos del Infierno
(
Virus
, and
Euforia
, and
Polvora
)
| W
| | | | | | Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., and Metro
| W
| |
| Delta
,
Leono
, and
Valiente
| W
| | | | | Poder Mexica
|
| |
| Pegasso
,
Rey Cometa
, and
Diamante
| [16]
| | | Delta, Leono, and Valiente
| [16]
| | | | |
| Poder Mexica
(
Sangre Azteca
,
Dragon Rojo Jr.
, and
Misterioso Jr.
)
| W
| | | Poder Mexica
| W
| |
| Fabian El Gitano
,
Maximo
, and
Rouge
| [16]
| | |
2010
[
edit
]
Much like the previous year, one-third of the reigning Mexican National Trios Champions was unable to further help defend the title. This year, CMLL resolved the situation differently, but still managed to organize in a tournament. The champions, Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., and Metro, successfully defended their championship on November 15, 2010, in Arena Puebla. Dorada suffered an ankle injury during the course of the match. Citing both the injury (which would keep him out a month) and, more so, the demands of his other three championships, Mascara Dorada vacated his share of the titles three days later.
[8]
CMLL broke with the precedent of forcing the entire team to vacate the titles and instead declared a web poll would determine a replacement for Mascara Dorada. Voting was held for over two weeks on CMLL.com.
- Delta - 41.52%
- Angel de Oro - 39.20%
- Diamante - 19.28%
CMLL appeared to waver about the winner becoming the champion or just joining Stuka and Metro for a title match. CMLL's website indicated Delta won the championship,
[17]
but Delta's team did not wear the championship belts prior to their first title match. Concurrent with the poll, CMLL started running an eight-team, three-week tournament to find new challengers for the new champions.
[18]
Guadalajara regulars
Palacio Negro
, and
Metal Blanco
made their Mexico City debuts and qualified for the finals alongside
Sagrado
, but the team of Rush and the two poll losers, Angel de Oro and Diamante, won the tournament and would go on to win the championship.
[9]
- Tournament brackets
[18]
| First round
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Final
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rey Cometa
, Molotov, and
Fuego
|
| | | |
| Nosferatu
,
Euforia
, and
Polvora
| W
| | | Nosferatu, Euforia and Polvora
|
| |
| Los Guerreros Tuareg
(Loco Max, Skandalo, and Arkangel de la Muerte)
|
| | | Sagrado, Palacio Negro and Metal Blanco
| W
| |
| Sagrado
,
Palacio Negro
, and
Metal Blanco
| W
| | | | | | Sagrado, Palacio Negro, and Metal Blanco
|
| |
| Los Cancerberos del Infierno
(
Virus
,
Raziel
, and
Cancerbero
)
| W
| | | | | Rush, Diamante, and Angel de Oro
| W
| |
| Angel Azteca Jr.
,
Angel de Plata
, and
Guerrero Maya Jr.
|
| | | Los Cancerberos del Infierno
(Virus, Raziel, and Cancerbero)
|
| | | | |
| Rush
,
Diamante
, and
Angel de Oro
| W
| | | Rush, Diamante, and Angel de Oro
| W
| |
| Durango Kid,
Puma King
, and
Tiger Kid
|
| | |
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External links
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1980s
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1990s
|
- Los Arqueros del Espacio
(
El Arquero
, Danny Boy and Lasser)
- Los Thundercats
(Leono, Panthro and Tigro)
- Atlantis
,
Mascara Sagrada
and
Octagon
- Los Hermanos Dinamita
(
Cien Caras
,
Mascara Ano 2000
and
Universo 2000
)
- Los Payasos
(Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul and Coco Rojo)
- Angel Azteca
,
El Hijo del Santo
and
Super Muneco
- Los Destructores
(Tony Arce, Rocco Valente and Vulcano)
- Rey Misterio Jr.
,
Octagon
and
Super Muneco
- Blue Panther
,
Fuerza Guerrera
and
Psicosis
- Blue Panther
,
Fuerza Guerrera
and
El Signo
|
---|
2000s
| |
---|
2010s
|
- Stuka Jr.
,
Metro
and
Mascara Dorada
/
Delta
- Angel de Oro
,
Diamante
and
Rush
- Los Invasores
(
Olimpico
,
Psicosis II
and
Volador Jr.
)
- Los Reyes de la Atlantida
(
Atlantis
,
Delta
and
Guerrero Maya Jr.
)
- Los Depredadores del Aire
(
Black Warrior
,
Mr. Aguila
and
Volador Jr.
)
- Los Invasores
(
Kraneo
,
Mr. Aguila
and
Psicosis II
)
- La Mascara
,
Rush
and
Titan
- La Peste Negra
(
El Felino
,
Mr. Niebla
and
Negro Casas
)
- Los Hijos del Infierno
(
Mephisto
,
Ephesto
and
Luciferno
)
- Nueva Generacion Dinamitas
(
El Cuatrero
,
Forastero
and
Sanson
)
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2020s
| |
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