The Crash Heavyweight Championship

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.

Inaugural Champions Rey Mysterio
The Crash Heavyweight Championship
The championship belt, with depictions of Perro Aguayo Jr. and Eddie Guerrero on the left and right side plates respectively
Details
PromotionThe Crash Lucha Libre
Date establishedNovember 4, 2017[1]
Current champion(s)Cinta de Oro
Date wonMarch 18, 2022[2]
Statistics
First champion(s)Rey Mysterio[1]
Longest reignBandido (713 days)[1]
Shortest reignAustin Theory (63 days)[3][4]
Oldest championRey Mysterio (42 years, 328 days)[1][5]
Youngest championAustin Theory (21 years, 212 days)[3]
Heaviest championWillie Mack (130 kg (290 lb)[6])
Lightest championEl Hijo del Vikingo (71 kg (157 lb)[5])

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.[lower-alpha 1] 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,[lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 4]

Title history
Key
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 1 173+ This was a Four way match also involving Blue Demon Jr., Matt Taven, and EC3.

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

Bandido holds the record for the longest reign at 713 days.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Bandido1713
2 Rey Mysterio1337
3 L. A. Park1308
4 Rey Horus1203
5 El Hijo del Vikingo1133
6 Willie Mack1119
7 Cinta de Oro1111
8 DMT Azul1173+
9 Austin Theory163

Footnotes
  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[11]

References
  • Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
  • Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  1. "Rey Mysterio es Campeón en The Crash, Volador Jr. lo masacró". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  2. Bryant, Steve (November 24, 2019). "The Crash – 23 November 2019 – Results". So Cal Uncensored. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. Romero, Marcos (March 3, 2019). "The Crash tiene nuevo campeón" [The Crash has a new champion]. El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  4. Romero, Marcos (May 5, 2019). "Rebelión Amarilla, por el título" [The Yellow Rebellion, title challengers]. El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  5. "Rey Mysterio Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  6. "Roster". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  7. Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "Reglamento de Boy Y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2009. "Completo 105 kilos sin limite" ("Heavyweight 105 kilos with no upper limit")
  8. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  9. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  10. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  11. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
  12. +LuchaTV (November 3, 2018). "The Crash VII Aniversario". Mas Luchas (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  13. Bryant, Steve (November 6, 2021). "The Crash – 05 November 2021 – Results". Retrieved November 6, 2021.
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