| AAA Mega Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 16, 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Alberto El Patrón | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 17, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheAAA Mega Championship is aprofessional wrestlingworld heavyweight championship in theMexicanLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA)promotion. Known officially in Spanish as theMega Campeonato AAA, it is sometimes referred to in the English-language press as the "AAA World Heavyweight Championship".[5] The title is the top championship of the AAA promotion. The current champion isAlberto El Patrón, who is in his second reign. He defeatedNic Nemeth atTriplemanía XXXII: Mexico City on August 17, 2024, inAzcapotzalco,Mexico City.
The title was established in 2007 via a single elimination tournament billed as the "Torneo Campeón de Campeones", or Champion of Champions Tournament, which effectivelyunified theInternational Wrestling Council (IWC) World Heavyweight Championship, the Grand Prix Championship Wrestling (GPCW) SUPER-X Monster Championship, theMexican National Heavyweight Championship, and theUniversal 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 entrantChessman in the final round.[6]
| First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| El Mesías[1] | W | |||||||||||||
| La Parka[2] | [7] | |||||||||||||
| El Mesías | W | |||||||||||||
| Charly Manson | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Kenzo Suzuki | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Charly Manson[3] | W | |||||||||||||
| El Mesías | W | |||||||||||||
| Chessman | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Cibernético | W | |||||||||||||
| Mr. Niebla | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Cibernético | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Chessman | W | |||||||||||||
| Chessman[4] | W | |||||||||||||
| El Zorro | [7] | |||||||||||||
Overall, there have been 20 AAA Mega Championship reigns and 13 total champions, and the title has been vacated twice. The inaugural champion wasEl Mesías, who defeatedChessman in the final of an eight-man tournament at theVerano 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.El Hijo del Vikingo had the longest reign at 833 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,Kenny Omega, and El Hijo Del Vikingo are the only four wrestlers to have held the title for a full consecutive year.
In 2011, the then-AAA Mega Champion andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) founderJeff Jarrett appeared with a redesigned version of the title belt on TNA programming. TNA used the Mega Championship belt on their programming, but due toSpike 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.[8] While Jarrett appeared in TNA, the title was referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship".[9] On April 21, 2013, the title was defended outside AAA for the first time atPuerto Rico'sWorld Wrestling League (WWL).[10] In March 2015, the AAA Mega Champion El Patrón Alberto defended the championship inLucha Underground, made possible through AAA's joint ownership of Lucha Underground.[11][12]
Alberto El Patrón is the current champion in his second reign. He defeatedNic Nemeth atTriplemanía XXXII: Mexico City on August 17, 2024, inMonterrey, Mexico.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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 | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | El Mesías | September 16, 2007 | Verano de Escándalo | Guadalajara,Jalisco | 1 | 182 | 1[13] | El Mesías defeatedChessman in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. This event aired ontape delay on October 7, 2007. | [1][14] |
| 2 | Cibernético | March 16, 2008 | Rey de Reyes | Monterrey,Nuevo León | 1 | 222 | 3[13] | This event aired ontape delay on March 30, 2008. | [15] |
| — | Vacated | October 24, 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | Cibernético quit the company because Konnan took over AAA at the Antonio Peña Memorial Show. This event aired ontape delay on November 2, 2008. | [16] |
| 3 | El Mesías | December 6, 2008 | Guerra de Titanes (2008) | Orizaba,Veracruz | 2 | 189 | 1[13] | El Mesías defeatedEl Zorro in aladder match to win the vacant championship. This event aired ontape delay on December 21, 2008. | [15] |
| 4 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | June 13, 2009 | Triplemanía XVII | Mexico City,Mexico | 1 | 181 | 3[13] | [17] | |
| 5 | El Mesías | December 11, 2009 | Guerra de Titanes (2009) | Ciudad Madero,Tamaulipas | 3 | 91 | 0[13] | This event aired ontape delay on December 27, 2009. | [18] |
| 6 | Electroshock | March 12, 2010 | Rey de Reyes | Querétaro City,Querétaro | 1 | 86 | 0[13] | Electroshock defeated El Mesías andMr. Anderson in a three-way match to win the title. This event aired ontape delay on March 21, 2010. | [19] |
| 7 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | June 6, 2010 | Triplemania XVIII | Mexico City,Mexico | 2 | 182 | 2[13] | [3] | |
| 8 | El Zorro | December 5, 2010 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan,Jalisco | 1 | 195 | 1[13] | This event aired ontape delay on December 12, 2010. | [20] |
| 9 | Jeff Jarrett | June 18, 2011 | Triplemanía XIX | Mexico City,Mexico | 1 | 274 | 1[13] | Jarrett also appeared onTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling television with the title, referring to it as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship". | [21] |
| 10 | El Mesías | March 18, 2012 | Rey de Reyes | Zapopan,Jalisco | 4 | 259 | 1[13] | This event aired ontape delay on April 1, 2012. | [22] |
| 11 | El Texano Jr. | December 2, 2012 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan,Jalisco | 1 | 735 | 10[13] | This event aired ontape delay on December 15, 2012. | [23] |
| 12 | El Patrón Alberto | December 7, 2014 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan,Jalisco | 1 | 337 | 3[13] | [24] | |
| — | Vacated | November 9, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due toEl Patrón Alberto leaving AAA forWWE. | [25] |
| 13 | El Texano Jr. | March 23, 2016 | Rey de Reyes | San Luis Potosí City,San Luis Potosí | 2 | 361 | 3[13] | El Texano Jr. defeatedEl Mesías to win the vacant championship. | [26] |
| 14 | Johnny Mundo | March 19, 2017 | Rey de Reyes | Monterrey,Nuevo León | 1 | 313 | 4 | Mundo defeatedEl Texano Jr. andEl Hijo del Fantasma in awinner takes allthree-way match, that was also contested for theAAA Latin American andAAA World Cruiserweight Championships. | [27] |
| 15 | Rey Wagner | January 26, 2018 | Guerra de Titanes | Mexico City,Mexico | 3 | 128 | 3 | Vampiro was thespecial guest referee. Rey Wagner was formerly known as Dr. Wagner Jr. | [28] |
| 16 | Jeff Jarrett | June 3, 2018 | Verano de Escándalo | Monterrey,Nuevo León | 2 | 83 | 0 | This was athree-way match, also involvingRey Mysterio Jr. | [29] |
| 17 | Fénix | August 25, 2018 | Triplemanía XXVI | Mexico City,Mexico | 1 | 420 | 2 | This was afour-way match, also involvingBrian Cage andRich Swann. | [30] |
| 18 | Kenny Omega | October 19, 2019 | Héroes Inmortales XIII | Orizaba,Veracruz | 1 | 765 | 5 | [31] | |
| — | Vacated | November 22, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to injuries suffered by Omega which prevented him from defending the title atTriplemanía Regia II. | [32] |
| 19 | El Hijo del Vikingo | December 4, 2021 | Triplemanía Regia II | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | 833 | 23 | DefeatedSamuray del Sol,Jay Lethal,Bobby Fish, andBandido in afive-way match for the vacant title. | [33] |
| — | Vacated | March 16, 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | El Hijo del Vikingo vacated the title due to an injury. | [34] |
| 20 | Nic Nemeth | April 27, 2024 | Triplemania XXXII: Monterrey | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | 112 | 1 | DefeatedAlberto El Patrón for the vacant title. | [35] |
| 21 | Alberto El Patrón | August 17, 2024 | Triplemania XXXII: Mexico City | Azcapotzalco,Mexico City | 2 | 237+ | 7 | [36] | |
As of April 11, 2025.
| Indicates the current champion(s) |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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| 1 | El Texano Jr. | 2 | 13 | 1,096 |
| 2 | El Hijo del Vikingo | 1 | 23 | 833 |
| 3 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 5 | 765 |
| 4 | El Mesías | 4 | 3 | 721 |
| 5 | Alberto El Patrón † | 2 | 10 | 574+ |
| 6 | Dr. Wagner Jr./Rey Wagner | 3 | 8 | 491 |
| 7 | Fénix | 1 | 2 | 420 |
| 8 | Jeff Jarrett | 2 | 1 | 357 |
| 9 | Johnny Mundo | 1 | 4 | 313 |
| 10 | Cibernético | 1 | 3 | 222 |
| 11 | El Zorro | 1 | 1 | 195 |
| 12 | Nic Nemeth | 1 | 1 | 112 |
| 13 | Electroshock | 1 | 0 | 86 |
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Watch exclusive footage of The Jarretts celebrating after Jeff Jarrett won Mexico's Heavyweight Championship at a recent AAA event in Mexico City
