The Crash Heavyweight Championship
Mexican professional wrestling heavyweight championship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Crash Heavyweight Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Peso Completo de The Crash) is a professional wrestling championship used in the Mexican lucha libre promotion The Crash Lucha Libre based in Tijuana, Baja California. It is the top male championship of the promotion, with both The Crash Cruiserweight Championship and The Crash Junior Championship considered secondary. Rey Mysterio defeated Penta el 0M, La Máscara and Rush in four-way match to become the inaugural champion at The Crash VII Aniversario on November 4, 2017. The current champion is DMT Azul. He defeated Blue Demon Jr., Matt Taven, and EC3 in a Four way match on May 5, 2023.
| The Crash Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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The championship belt, with depictions of Perro Aguayo Jr. and Eddie Guerrero on the left and right side plates respectively | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | The Crash Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 4, 2017[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | DMT Azul | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | May 5, 2023[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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The championship is designated as a heavyweight title, which means that the championship can officially be competed for only by wrestlers weighing 105 kg (231 lb) and above, while in reality it has no lower weight limit.[7] As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Rey Mysterio | November 4, 2017 | The Crash VI Aniversario | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 337 | Defeated Penta el 0M, La Máscara and Rush in four-way match to become the inaugural champion. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | October 7, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Championship declared vacant after Rey Mysterio signed a full-time contract with WWE | |
| 2 | Willie Mack | November 3, 2018 | The Crash VII Aniversario | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 119 | Defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, Michael Elgin and El Mesías to win the vacant championship. | [12] |
| 3 | Austin Theory | March 2, 2019 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 63 | This was a Four-way match, also involving Bárbaro Cavernario and Sansón. | [3] |
| 4 | Rey Horus | May 4, 2019 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 203 | This was a Four-way match, also involving Adam Brooks and Maxwell Jacob Friedman. | [4] |
| 5 | Bandido | November 23, 2019 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 713 | This was a three-way match that also included Marty Scurll. | [2] |
| 6 | El Hijo del Vikingo | November 5, 2021 | The Crash 10 Aniversario | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 133 | This was a Four-way match that also included Dragon Lee and Willie Mack. | [13] |
| — | Vacated | March 18, 2022 | — | — | — | — | El Hijo del Vikingo vacated the championship due to an injury. | |
| 7 | Cinta de Oro | March 18, 2022 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 111 | This was a Three Way match that also included Lince Dorado and Penta El Zero M. | |
| 8 | L. A. Park | July 7, 2022 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 302 | This was a Four way match that also included El Texano Jr. and Pierroth Jr. | |
| — | Vacated | May 5, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 9 | DMT Azul | May 5, 2023 | The Crash | Tijuana, Baja California | 1 | 685+ | This was a Four way match also involving Blue Demon Jr., Matt Taven, and EC3. | |
Combined reigns
As of March 20, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandido | 1 | 713 |
| 2 | DMT Azul † | 1 | 685+ |
| 3 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | 337 |
| 4 | L. A. Park | 1 | 308 |
| 5 | Rey Horus | 1 | 203 |
| 6 | El Hijo del Vikingo | 1 | 133 |
| 7 | Willie Mack | 1 | 119 |
| 8 | Cinta de Oro | 1 | 111 |
| 9 | Austin Theory | 1 | 63 |
Footnotes
- 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"[8]
- 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"[9]
- 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"[10]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[11]
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