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==Weight classes== {{see also|Professional wrestling weight classes}} [[File:Mascaraluchalibre.JPG|thumb|upright|A [[Blue Demon]]'s wrestling mask [[graffiti]] in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]]] Since lucha libre has its roots more in Latin American professional wrestling than North American professional wrestling, it retains some of the basics of the Latin American version such as more [[Professional wrestling weight classes|weight classes]] than professional wrestling in North America post World War II. Like "old school" European (especially British) wrestling, some Japanese wrestling and early 20th-century American wrestling,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/weights.html |title=Weight Divisions in Professional Wrestling |access-date=July 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731052020/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/weights.html |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Lucha libre has a detailed weight class system patterned after [[boxing]]. Each weight class has an official upper limit, but examples of wrestlers who are technically too heavy to hold their title can be found. The following weight classes exist in lucha libre, as defined by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission), the main regulatory body in Mexico:<ref name="WeightDivision">{{cite web| url= http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf | title= Reglamento de box y lucha libre profesional del estado de mexico| author= Arturo Montiel Rojas | publisher= Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. | date= August 30, 2001 | access-date= April 3, 2009 | quote= "CAPITULO XXVI> DEL PESO DE LOS LUCHADORES"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130181418/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2006}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" !English name !Spanish name !Weight/Height Top Limit ! colspan="7" |Division Titles |- |Heavyweight |Peso Completo |Unlimited |[[Mexican National Heavyweight Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Heavyweight Championship|CMLL]] |[[AAA Mega Championship|AAA]] |[[UWA World Heavyweight Championship|UWA]] |[[NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship|NWA]] |[[IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship|IWRG]] |[[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)|WWA]] |- |Cruiserweight / Junior Heavyweight |Peso Crucero / Peso Junior-Completo |{{convert|105|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |[[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship|National]] | |[[AAA World Cruiserweight Championship|AAA]] |[[UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|UWA]] |[[NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship|NWA]] | | |- |Light Heavyweight |Peso Semicompleto |{{convert|97|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |[[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship|CMLL]] | |[[UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship|UWA]] |[[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship|NWA]] | |[[WWA Light Heavyweight Championship|WWA]] |- |Super Middleweight / Junior Light Heavyweight |Peso Super Medio / Peso Semicompleto Junior |{{convert|92|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | | | |[[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship|UWA]] | | |[[WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Championship|WWA]] |- |Middleweight |Peso Medio |{{convert|87|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Middleweight Championship|CMLL]] | |[[UWA World Middleweight Championship|UWA]] |[[NWA World Middleweight Championship|NWA]] |[[IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship|IWRG]] |[[WWA Middleweight Championship|WWA]] |- |Super Welterweight |Peso Super Wélter |{{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | | | | | |[[IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship|IWRG]] | |- |Welterweight |Peso Wélter |{{convert|77|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Welterweight Championship|CMLL]] | |[[UWA World Welterweight Championship|UWA]] |[[NWA World Welterweight Championship|NWA]] |[[IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship|IWRG]] |[[WWA Welterweight Championship|WWA]] |- |Super Lightweight |Peso Super Ligero |{{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | |[[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship|CMLL]] | | | | | |- |Lightweight |Peso Ligero |{{convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship|CMLL]] | |[[UWA World Lightweight Championship|UWA]] | |[[IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship|IWRG]] |[[WWA World Lightweight Championship|WWA]] |- |Featherweight |Peso Pluma |{{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |National | | |[[UWA World Featherweight Championship|UWA]] | | | |- |Bantamweight |Peso Gallo |{{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | | | | | | | |- |Flyweight |Peso Mosca |{{convert|52|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | | | | | | | |- |Mini-Star |Mini-Estrella |{{height|m=1.524}} |[[Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship|National]] |[[CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship|CMLL]] |[[AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship|AAA]] | | | |[[WWA World Minis Championship|WWA]] |- |Micro-Star |Micro-Estrella |−{{height|m=1.524}} | |[[CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship|CMLL]] | | |[[NWA World Midget's Championship|NWA]] | | |}
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