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The AAA Mega Championship is a
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world heavyweight championship in the Mexican
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(AAA)
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. 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". The title is the top championship of the AAA promotion. The current champion is
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. 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
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, 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.
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, 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.


Inaugural Championship Tournament bracket

* IWC World Heavyweight Champion * GPCW SUPER-X Monster Champion * Mexican National Heavyweight Champion * UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion


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
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, 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.
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had the longest reign at 765 days.
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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
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(TNA) founder
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appeared with a redesigned version of the title belt on TNA programming. TNA used the Mega Championship belt on their programming, but due to
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, then TNA's broadcaster, not allowing TNA to refer to AAA by name, a silver hexagonal plate was used to cover the AAA faceplate. While Jarrett appeared in TNA, the title was referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship". On April 21, 2013, the title was defended outside AAA for the first time at
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(WWL). In March 2015, the AAA Mega Champion El Patrón Alberto defended the championship in
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, made possible through AAA's joint ownership of Lucha Underground. El Hijo del Vikingo is the current champion in his first reign. He won the vacant title after defeating
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,
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, and Bandido in a
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on at Triplemanía Regia II in
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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
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(AEW) – his home promotion – via a partnership between AAA and AEW.


Title history


Combined reigns

As of , .


References

General * * Specific


External links


Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide website
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