CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship

Background

The Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was originally created in the late 1960s or early 1970s by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; who would change their name to CMLL around 1990) as a secondary title to the Mexican National Tag Team Championship, which was the promotion's top tag team title at the time. Records of champions from that era are sparse with no records of who was the first champion; nor are there any records of exactly when the title was abandoned in the 1980s. Due to sparse record keeping of local wrestling in Mexico between the 1960s and early 1980s no clear history exists from that time, it has been verified that Los Villanos (Villano I and Villano II), Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee, and the team of Dios Rojo and Dios Negro all held the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship due to references to the teams defending the championship at an EMLL show.

The Championship was revived in 2000, and was mainly contested for by younger or lower ranked wrestlers than those that challenged for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. When both Stone brothers left CMLL in 2005 to work for AAA the championship was finally declared vacant.

In June 2008 CMLL announced that they were bringing the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship back. A 16-team tournament was held to crown new champions, the competitors were a mixture of regular teams and random parings of CMLL low to mid-card workers. The preliminary rounds were held on June 22, 2008, and saw the teams of Stuka Jr. and Flash (Collectively known as Los Bombadieros; "The Bombardiers") and Los Infernales ("The Infernal Ones"; Euforia and Nosferatu) each win three matches to qualify for the final. On June 28, 2008, Stuka Jr. and Flash defeated Los Infernales to become the second CMLL Arena Coliseum Tag Team Champions of the modern age. Flash later changed his ring name to "Fuego". On March 3, 2013, La Fiebre Amarilla ("The Yellow Fever"; Namajague and Okumura) defeated Fuego and Stuka Jr. to become the third modern age CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions, ending the previous champions' four-and-a-half-year reign. On November 4, 2013, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. became the fourth modern age Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions. After a long-running rivalry with the then-champions Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr., La Comando Caribeño ("The Caribbean Commando"; Misterioso Jr. and Sagrado) became the fifth modern day Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions on February 28, 2015.

Reigns

The current champions are El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III Jr. in their first reign. They defeated La Ola Negra Akuma and Espanto Jr.) at CMLL Sábados de Coliseo - 81: Aniversario de la Arena Coliseo on April 6, 2024 in Ciudad de Mexico.

Guerrero Maya Jr. is the only wrestler to have two documented title reigns during the CMLL-era, as he previously held the titles with Delta. No team has held the championship more than once after it was brought back in 2000, but records indicate that team of Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee held the championship on at least two separate occasions, possibly more. The current champions are also the shortest reigning champions of the modern age, , second to only to Namajague and Okumura's reign of 245 days, Black Terry, who was 64 years old at the time of his title victory, is the oldest person to win the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. The Panther was seventeen or eighteen years old at the time he won the championship, making him the youngest champion of at least the CMLL-era and possibly in the history of the championship. In 2005, after both Stone brothers left CMLL to work for AAA, the championship was finally declared vacant.

Rules

The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship is designed for tag team competition only, teams of two, and has not allowed neither individual wrestlers to hold the championship by themselves nor teams of three to share the championship. The championship is considered a secondary championship for the tag team division; with the CMLL World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship for the tag team division in CMLL. As it is a professional wrestling championship, its holders are determined by promoters or promotions, not by athletic competition.

CMLL promotes a number of championships with the "world" label as well as a number of championships restricted by geographical locations such as the Mexican National Championships, or the Guadalajara specific Occidente championships, but the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was created specifically for Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. Arena Coliseo was once CMLL's primary venue with CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth financing the construction of the building in the 1940s. While CMLL also promotes shows in "Arena Coliseo" in Guadalajara on a regular basis, and occasionally in other regional Arena Coliseos across Mexico it has restricted championship matches to Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. CMLL has only allowed the championship to be defended outside of Arena Coliseo in Mexico City on a few occasions, primarily in Arena México when the regularly scheduled Arena Coliseo shows had to be moved. In January 2016, CMLL allowed the championship to be defended in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, as part of the Fantastica Mania 2016 tour. The championship has only been won and lost in Arena Coliseo, except for when Black Terry and Negro Navarro won the championship in Arena Naucalpan.

Tournaments

2000

CMLL held a one-night, eight-team tournament on November 7, 2000, to determine the first CMLL Arena Coloseo Tag Team Champions of the modern era, bringing the titles back after abandoning them in the 1980s.

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| RD1-team1=Ricky Marvin and Sombra de Plata | RD1-team2=Enemigo Pubico and Mazada | RD1-score1=W | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3=Los Hermanos Stone (Alan Stone and Motorcross) | RD1-team4=Neutron and La Flecha | RD1-score3=W | RD1-score4=

| RD1-team5=Volador Jr. and Mano Negra Jr. | RD1-team6=Jeque and Sangre Azteca | RD1-score5=W | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7=Virus and Fugaz | RD1-team8=Los Rayos Tapatío (Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II) | RD1-score7=W | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1=Ricky Marvin and Sombra de Plata | RD2-team2=Los Hermanos Stone | RD2-score1= | RD2-score2=W

| RD2-team3=Volador Jr. and Mano Negro Jr. | RD2-team4=Virus and Fugaz | RD2-score3= | RD2-score4=W

| RD3-team1=Los Hermanos Stone | RD3-team2=Virus and Fugaz | RD3-score1=W | RD3-score2=

2008

CMLL held a 16-team tournament in 2008; the top half of the bracket took place on June 15, the bottom half on June 19 and the finals took place on June 29, 2008.

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| RD1-team01=Pandilla Guerrera (Arkangel and Hooligan) | RD1-team02=Leono and Tony Rivera | RD1-score01=W | RD1-score02=

| RD1-team03=**** | RD1-team04=Los Romanos (Caligula and Messala) | RD1-score03=W | RD1-score04=

| RD1-team05=Metálico and Metalik | RD1-team06=Los Hombres del Camoflaje (Artillero and Super Comando) | RD1-score05=W | RD1-score06=

| RD1-team07=Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) | RD1-team08= Los Rayos Tapatío (Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II) | RD1-score07=W | RD1-score08=

| RD1-team09=Fabian el Gitano and Mictlán | RD1-team10=Pólvora and Vaquero | RD1-score09=W | RD1-score10=

| RD1-team11=Loco Max and Vangelis | RD1-team12=Bronco and Diamante Negro | RD1-score11= | RD1-score12=W

| RD1-team13=Pandilla Guerrera (Nitro and Skandalo) | RD1-team14=Neutron and Sensei | RD1-score13=W | RD1-score14=

| RD1-team15=Los Bombadieros (Stuka Jr. and Flash) | RD1-team16= Astro Boy and Molotov | RD1-score15=W | RD1-score16=

| RD2-team01=**** | RD2-team02=Pandilla Guerrera (Arkangel and Hooligan) | RD2-score01=W | RD2-score02=

| RD2-team03=Metálico and Metalik | RD2-team04=Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) | RD2-score03= | RD2-score04=W

| RD2-team05=Fabian el Gitano and Mictlán | RD2-team06=Bronco and Diamante Negro | RD2-score05= | RD2-score06=W

| RD2-team07=Pandilla Guerrera (Nitro and Skandalo) | RD2-team08=Los Bombardieros (Stuka Jr. and Flash) | RD2-score07= | RD2-score08=W

| RD3-team01= | RD3-team02=Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) | RD3-score01= | RD3-score02=W

| RD3-team03=Bronco and Diamante Negro | RD3-team04=Los Bombardieros (Stuka Jr. and Flash) | RD3-score03= | RD3-score04=W

| RD4-team01=Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) | RD4-team02=Los Bombardieros (Stuka Jr. and Flash) | RD4-score10=W | RD4-score02=

2018

On February 14, 2018, then Arena Coliseo tag team champions Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero and Sansón) announced that they were giving up the championship to focus on a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship that had just been announced. CMLL held a 16-team elimination tournament starting on February 24, 2018, with subsequent tournament matches taking place on March 5 and the finals on March 11. In the end Esfinge and Tritón defeated Disturbio and Virus to win the vacant championship.

| RD1-team01 =Cancerbero and Raziel | RD1-score01 =W | RD1-team02 =Magia Blanca and Oro Jr. | RD1-score02 = | RD1-team03 =Esfinge and Tritón | RD1-score03 =W | RD1-team04 =Nitro and Sangre Azteca | RD1-score04 = | RD1-team05 =Fuego and Star Jr. | RD1-score05 =W | RD1-team06 =Akuma and Templario | RD1-score06 = | RD1-team07 =Audaz and Pegasso | RD1-score07 = | RD1-team08 =Puma and Tiger | RD1-score08 =W | RD1-team09 =Magnus and Sensei | RD1-score09 =W | RD1-team10 =Príncipe Diamante and Robin | RD1-score10 = | RD1-team11 =Disturbio and Virus | RD1-score11 =W | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12 = | RD1-team13 =Astral and Stigma | RD1-score13 = | RD1-team14=Flyer and The Panther | RD1-score14=W | RD1-team15=Misterioso Jr. and El Sagrado | RD1-score15 =W | RD1-team16 =Metálico and El Hijo del Signo | RD1-score16 =

| RD2-team01 =Cancerbero and Raziel | RD2-score01 = | RD2-team02 =Esfinge and Tritón | RD2-score02 =W | RD2-team03 =Fuego and Star Jr. | RD2-score03 = | RD2-team04 =Puma and Tiger | RD2-score04 =W | RD2-team05 =Magnus and Sensei | RD2-score05 = | RD2-team06 =Disturbio and Virus | RD2-score06 =W | RD2-team07 =Flyer and The Panther | RD2-score07 =W | RD2-team08 = | RD2-score08 =

| RD3-team01 =Esfinge Tritón | RD3-score01 =W | RD3-team02 =Puma and Tiger | RD3-score02 = | RD3-team03 =Disturbio and Virus | RD3-score03 =W | RD3-team04 =Flyer and The Panther | RD3-score04 =

| RD4-team01 =Esfinge and Tritón | RD4-score01 =W | RD4-team02 =Disturbio and Virus | RD4-score02 =

Title history

(Villano I and Villano II) (Alan Stone and Chris Stone / Motorcross) (Stuka Jr. and Flash / Fuego) (Namajague and Okumura) (Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) (Misterioso Jr. and Sagrado) (El Cuatrero and Sansón) (Esfinge and Tritón) (El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III Jr.)

Combined reigns

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Footnotes

References

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