AAA Mega Championship

The AAA Mega Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion. Known officially in Spanish as the Mega Campeonato AAA, it is sometimes referred to in the English-language press as the "AAA World Heavyweight Championship".[7] The title is the top championship of the AAA promotion. The current champion is El Hijo del Vikingo.

AAA Mega Championship
The current championship belt
Details
PromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)
Date establishedSeptember 16, 2007[1]
Current champion(s)El Hijo del Vikingo
Date wonDecember 4, 2021
Other name(s)
  • AAA World Heavyweight Championship[2]
  • Mexican Heavyweight Championship (TNA)[3]
  • AAA Mega Championship (2007–present)
Statistics
First champion(s)El Mesías
Most reignsEl Mesías (4 reigns)
Longest reignKenny Omega (765 days)
Shortest reignJeff Jarrett (83 days)
Oldest championDr. Wagner Jr. (52 years, 167 days)[4][5]
Youngest championEl Hijo del Vikingo (24 years, 219 days)
Heaviest championElectroshock (119 kg (262 lb))[6]
Lightest championEl Hijo del Vikingo (71 kg (157 lb))[6]

The title was established in 2007 via a single elimination tournament billed as the "Torneo Campeón de Campeones", or Champion of Champions Tournament, which effectively unified the International Wrestling Council (IWC) World Heavyweight Championship, the Grand Prix Championship Wrestling (GPCW) SUPER-X Monster Championship, the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, and the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Light Heavyweight Championship. The tournament field included the four reigning champions of the aforementioned titles as well as the number one contender to each championship. El Mesías, who entered the tournament as the IWC World Heavyweight Champion, became the inaugural AAA Mega Champion upon defeating the UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion entrant Chessman in the final round.[8]

Inaugural Championship Tournament bracket
First round Semifinals Final
         
El Mesías W
La Parka [9]
El Mesías W
Charly Manson [9]
Kenzo Suzuki [9]
Charly Manson W
El Mesías W
Chessman [9]
Cibernético W
Mr. Niebla [9]
Cibernético [9]
Chessman W
Chessman W
El Zorro [9]

Reigns

Overall, there have been 18 AAA Mega Championship reigns and 11 total champions, and the title has been vacated twice. The inaugural champion was El Mesías, who defeated Chessman in the final of an eight-man tournament at the Verano de Escándalo event on September 16, 2007, to become champion. El Texano Jr.'s first reign as champion gave the title world status when he defended it in Mexico. Kenny Omega had the longest reign at 765 days. Jeff Jarrett had the shortest reign at 83 days. El Mesías holds the record for the most reigns with four. El Texano Jr., Fénix, and Kenny Omega are the only three wrestlers to have held the title for a full consecutive year.

In 2011, the then-AAA Mega Champion and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) founder Jeff Jarrett appeared with a redesigned version of the title belt on TNA programming. TNA used the Mega Championship belt on their programming, but due to Spike TV, then TNA's broadcaster, not allowing TNA to refer to AAA by name, a silver hexagonal plate was used to cover the AAA faceplate.[3] While Jarrett appeared in TNA, the title was referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship".[10] On April 21, 2013, the title was defended outside AAA for the first time at Puerto Rico's World Wrestling League (WWL).[11] In March 2015, the AAA Mega Champion El Patrón Alberto defended the championship in Lucha Underground, made possible through AAA's joint ownership of Lucha Underground.[12][13]

El Hijo del Vikingo is the current champion in his first reign. He won the vacant title after defeating Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido in a Five-way match on at Triplemanía Regia II in Monterrey, Mexico on December 4, 2021. The previous champion, Kenny Omega, vacated it due to injury on November 22, 2021. During his reign, Omega also defended the title in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) – his home promotion – via a partnership between AAA and AEW.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 El Mesías September 16, 2007 Verano de Escándalo Guadalajara, Jalisco 1 1821[14] El Mesías defeated Chessman in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. This event aired on tape delay on October 7, 2007. [1][15]
2 Cibernético March 16, 2008 Rey de Reyes Monterrey, Nuevo León 1 2223[14] This event aired on tape delay on March 30, 2008. [16]
— Vacated October 24, 2008 — — — —— Cibernético quit the company because Konnan took over AAA at the Antonio Peña Memorial Show. This event aired on tape delay on November 2, 2008. [17]
3 El Mesías December 6, 2008 Guerra de Titanes (2008) Orizaba, Veracruz 2 1891[14] El Mesías defeated El Zorro in a ladder match to win the vacant championship. This event aired on tape delay on December 21, 2008. [16]
4 Dr. Wagner Jr. June 13, 2009 Triplemanía XVII Mexico City, Mexico 1 1813[14] [18]
5 El Mesías December 11, 2009 Guerra de Titanes (2009) Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas 3 910[14] This event aired on tape delay on December 27, 2009. [19]
6 Electroshock March 12, 2010 Rey de Reyes Querétaro City, Querétaro 1 860[14] Electroshock defeated El Mesías and Mr. Anderson in a three-way match to win the title. This event aired on tape delay on March 21, 2010. [20]
7 Dr. Wagner Jr. June 6, 2010 Triplemania XVIII Mexico City, Mexico 2 1822[14] [5]
8 El Zorro December 5, 2010 Guerra de Titanes Zapopan, Jalisco 1 1951[14] This event aired on tape delay on December 12, 2010. [21]
9 Jeff Jarrett June 18, 2011 Triplemanía XIX Mexico City, Mexico 1 2741[14] Jarrett also appeared on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling television with the title, referring to it as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship". [22]
10 El Mesías March 18, 2012 Rey de Reyes Zapopan, Jalisco 4 2591[14] This event aired on tape delay on April 1, 2012. [23]
11 El Texano Jr. December 2, 2012 Guerra de Titanes Zapopan, Jalisco 1 73510[14] This event aired on tape delay on December 15, 2012. [24]
12 El Patrón Alberto December 7, 2014 Guerra de Titanes Zapopan, Jalisco 1 3373[14] [25]
— Vacated November 9, 2015 — — — —— The championship was vacated due to El Patrón Alberto leaving AAA for WWE. [26]
13 El Texano Jr. March 23, 2016 Rey de Reyes San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 2 3613[14] El Texano Jr. defeated El Mesías to win the vacant championship. [27]
14 Johnny Mundo March 19, 2017 Rey de Reyes Monterrey, Nuevo León 1 3134 Mundo defeated El Texano Jr. and El Hijo del Fantasma in a winner takes all three-way match, that was also contested for the AAA Latin American and AAA World Cruiserweight Championships. [28]
15 Rey Wagner January 26, 2018 Guerra de Titanes Mexico City, Mexico 3 1283 Vampiro was the special guest referee. Rey Wagner was formerly known as Dr. Wagner Jr. [29]
16 Jeff Jarrett June 3, 2018 Verano de Escándalo Monterrey, Nuevo León 2 830 This was a three-way match, also involving Rey Mysterio Jr. [30]
17 Fénix August 25, 2018 Triplemanía XXVI Mexico City, Mexico 1 4202 This was a four-way match, also involving Brian Cage and Rich Swann. [31]
18 Kenny Omega October 19, 2019 Héroes Inmortales XIII Orizaba, Veracruz 1 7655 [32]
— Vacated November 22, 2021 — — — —— Vacated due to injuries suffered by Omega, which would have prevented him from defending the title at Triplemanía Regia II. [33]
19 El Hijo del Vikingo December 4, 2021 Triplemanía Regia II Monterrey, Mexico 1 690+13 Defeated Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido in a five-way match for the vacant title. [34]

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

Kenny Omega holds the longest reign at 765 days.
Record Four-time and inaugural champion El Mesias.
Two-time champion Texano Jr has the longest combined reign at 1096 days.
† Indicates the current champion(s)
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 El Texano Jr.2111,096
2 Kenny Omega15765
3 El Mesías43721
4 El Hijo del Vikingo †113690+
5 Dr. Wagner Jr./Rey Wagner38491
6 Fénix12420
7 Jeff Jarrett21357
8 El Patrón Alberto12337
9 Johnny Mundo14313
10 Cibernético13222
11 El Zorro11195
12 Electroshock1086

References

General

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  • "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Titles.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

Specific

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