The Crash Junior Championship

The Crash Junior Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Peso Junior de The Crash) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion The Crash Lucha Libre based in Tijuana, Baja California.

The Crash Junior Championship
The championship belt
Details
PromotionThe Crash Lucha Libre
Lucha Libre Tijuanese
Date establishedJuly 3, 2015[1]
Current champion(s)Anubis
Date wonMarch 24, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Star Dragon[1]
Most reignsBlack Boy (2 times)[1]
Longest reignDinámico (622 days)[1]
Shortest reignAstrolux (64 days)[1]

The Junior Championship is a secondary championship, behind both The Crash Heavyweight Championship and The Crash Cruiserweight Championship, primarily for lower ranked, younger wrestlers. 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]

The first junior champion was Star Dragón, which he became by winning a five-way elimination match over Black Boy, Destroyer, Enigma, Mirage and Mosco Negro.[6] Toto is the current junior champion, having defeated Dinámico, Terror Azteca, Proximo, Kamika-C and Skalibur to win the championship at The Crash X Aniversario on November 5, 2021.[7] This is his first reign as champion. Overall twelve wrestlers share eleven championship reigns, with only one wrestler, Black Boy, holding the championship twice. Astrolux's 64-day reign is the shortest in the championship's history, while Dinámico's 622-day reign is the longest reign so far.[1]

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 Star Dragón July 3, 2015 The Crash show Tijuana, Baja California 1 100 Defeated Black Boy, Destroyer, Enigma, Mirage and Mosco Negro in five-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion. [6]
2 Mirage October 11, 2015 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 124 This was a two-out-of-three falls match. [8]
3 Black Boy February 12, 2016 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 163 This was a five-way elimination match also involving Jinzo and Proximo and Septimo Dragon [9]
4 Black Danger July 24, 2016 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 181 [10]
5 Arkángel Divino January 21, 2017 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 338 [11]
6 Black Boy December 25, 2017 Team 19/27 Promotions live event Mexicali, Baja California 2 82 [12][13]
— Vacated March 17, 2018 — — — — Declared vacant when Black Boy did not show up for a scheduled championship defense.
7 Astrolux March 17, 2018 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 64 Won a six-way elimination match over Tiago, Latigo, Rayo Star and Torito Negro to win the vacant championship [14]
8 Torito Negro May 20, 2018 The Crash Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala 1 167
9 Xperia November 3, 2018 The Crash VII Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1 202 Match also included Tiago, Baby Star and Rayo Star [15][16]
10 Tiago May 24, 2019 The Crash show Tijuana, Baja California 1 139 Match also included Torito Negro. [17]
— Vacated October 10, 2019 — — — — The Crash announced a match for the vacant championship at The Crash VIII Aniversario. [18]
11 Terror Azteca November 1, 2019 The Crash VIII Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1 113 Won the vacant championship in a match against Toto, Próximo, Baby Xtreme, and Soldado del Invierno. [19]
12 Dinámico February 22, 2020 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 622 Defeated previous champion Terror Azteca and Baby Extreme in. Three-way match. [20]
13 Toto November 5, 2021 The Crash X Aniversario Tijuana, Baja California 1 238 This was a six-way match that also included Terror Azteca, Proximo, Kamika-C and Skalibur. [7]
14 Proximo July 1, 2022 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 266+
15 Anubis March 24, 2023 The Crash Tijuana, Baja California 1 215+

Combined reigns
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Dinámico4622
2 Arkángel Divino338
3 Proximo266
4 Black Boy2245
5 Toto238
6 Xperia1202
7 Black Danger181
8 Torito Negro167
9 Tiago137
10 Mirage124
11 Terror Azteca113
12 Anubis †215+
13 Star Dragón100
14 Astrolux64

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"[2]
  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"[3]
  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"[4]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[5]

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. "The Crash Junior Championship" (in German). Cagematch.net. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  3. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
  6. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 03.07.2015 - 11.10.2015: Star Dragon". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  7. Bryant, Steve (November 6, 2021). "The Crash – 05 November 2021 – Results". Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  8. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 11.10.2015 - 12.02.2016: Mirage". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  9. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 12.02.2016 - 24.07.2016: Black Boy". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 24.07.2016 - 21.01.2017: Black Danger". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  11. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 21.01.2017 - 25.12.2017: Arkangel Divino". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  12. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 25.12.2017 - 17.03.2018: Black Boy (2)". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  13. Perez, Samuel (December 26, 2017). "¡Black Boy se corona campeón Crucero Jr!". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  14. "The Crash Junior Championship >> Title history >> 17.03.2018 - Today: Astrolux". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  15. Esparza, Alfredo (November 4, 2018). "Lucha Report for 11/4/18". Lucha World. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  16. Peña, Miguel (November 3, 2018). "¡Resultados Aniversario VII The Crash !" [Results of the Crash VII Anniversary! Spanish]. Lucha Central (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  17. #Tr3sCaidas (May 27, 2019). "Xperia vs Tiago vs Torito Negro" (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  18. The Crash Lucha Libre (October 10, 2019). "Octavio aniverasario Por The Crash | POR EL CAMPEONATO THE CRASH CRUCERO JR VACANTE EN SILLAS, MESAS & ESCALERAS | Toto vs Próximo vs Baby Xtreme vs Soldado del Invierno vs Terror Azteca" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  19. "The Crash 8. Aniversario". CageMatch. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  20. "Dinamico defeated Terror Azteca and Baby Extreme". CageMatch. August 23, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
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