The AAA Mega Heavyweight Title
Ranking the Champions
Written by Mark Adam Haggerty
Happy Cinco de Mayo mis amigos! It’s your Southern Californian compadre Mark Adam Haggerty with a holiday countdown here atВ Cheap-Heat.com! Cinco de Mayo is the annual celebration of the Mexican victory over French forces at the Battle of PueblaВ onВ May 5, 1862. To commemorate this great Mexican victory, I’m counting down all eight men who have held the AAA Mega heavyweight championship. We’re ranking them by the length of time they wore the belt, starting with a 23-year veteran who was only champion for 86 days.
8. Electroshock — 86 Days
Electroshock won the AAA Mega heavyweight championship on March 12, 2010 from El Mesias after winning a triple threat that also included Mr. Ken Anderson. Electroshock is a one-time title holder, and with just 86-days on top, is the least prolific mega champion in AAA history. He debuted in 1992 after sitting at the “Learning Tree” of Aguila Blanca and Arturo Beristain and will always be among the short list of exceptional individuals who have been trusted to carry the AAA promotion.
7. Alberto El Patron — 150+ Days
The second shortest reign still has time to grow because it belongs to the current champion, Alberto El Patron. American audiences are well aware of “The Boss,” but perhaps more so as the former WWE Champion AlbertoВ Del Rio. In fact, El Patron is the first and only wrestling superstar to hold BOTH world titles for AAA as well as WWE. In addition to working down in Mexico, Alberto is a focal point in Lucha Underground, and has even spent time wrestling high-profile bouts with Ring of Honor.
6. El Zorro — 195 Days
Jesus Cristobal has gone by many names since debuting in 1993, and was even part of the WWE’s short lived Latin American alternative, Super Astros. But it was as El Zorro that this second generation wrestler found his greatest success; El Zorro beat Dr. Wagner Jr. for the AAA Mega heavyweight championship on December 5, 2010, and held it for over six months until being bested by Jeff Jarrett the following June.
5. Cibernetico — 222 Days
Octavio Arreola made his professional debut in 1992, but it wasn’t until June 28, 1994 that Cibernetico was born. A one time AAA Mega heavyweight champion, Cibernetico held the title an astounding 222-days without being defeated. American audiences—including yours truly—might remember Cibernetico in the 1997 Royal Rumble and on subsequent episodes of Raw due to WWE’s working relationship with AAA.
4. Jeff Jarrett — 274 Days
Jeff Jarrett is perhaps the most recognizable name to ever hold the AAA mega heavyweight championship. He may be number four as far as combined reigns, but Jeff was only champion once. Making his 274-days as champion the second-longest uninterrupted title reign in AAA history. Jeff’s backstory is all but common knowledge, as he is such a prominent figure in the wrestling industry. He is a third generation promoter, and a second generation wrestler. He is a multi-time world heavyweight champion and the founder of both TNA and Global Force Wrestling. Coming in at number four is “Double J.”
3. Dr. Wagner Jr. — 363 Days
The only fully-masked man to hold the AAA Mega heavyweight championship is the wild and daring Dr. Wagner Jr. In addition to being just one of two men to hold the title more than once, Wagner is the oldest AAA champion in history. Wagner is a 28-year veteran who’s been working since April of 1986. He first won the AAA title from El Mesias in 2009 and then from Electroshock in 2010. His first reign lasted 181-days, while his second exceeded it by one day, at 182—totaling 363 combined days as champion.
2. El Mesias — 721 Days
El Mesias is a 20 year veteran Puerto Rican performer, who has made a name for himself in both the United States and Mexico. In the United States, television audiences may be better associated with Cosme and Judas Mesias in TNA or Mil Muertes, currently wrestling in Lucha Underground. He was also featured prominently on Wrestling Society X where he was the second WSX World Champion. But South of the Border, Ricky Banderas is known as El Mesias.В Mesias has held the AAA Mega title a record-setting four separate times, totaling 721-days. In addition to his litany of accolades, Mesias was actually the first EVER AAA Mega heavyweight champion.
1. El Texano Jr. — 735 Days
He is the longest running AAA Mega heavyweight champion in history and can now be seen by American audiences every week on Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network. El Texano Jr., or simply Texano, is a second-generation heavyweight luchador, whose record-setting 735-days as champion was during just one title reign. To put that into perspective, the second longest reigning one-time champion was Jeff Jarrett with 275-days. Pretty impressive, especially as Texano is only 30 years old and is a former AAA trios champion as well. Texano Jr. debuted in 1999В after training under his father, and has worked all over the world in other Mexican promotions like CMLL, and overseas in New Japan. It will take the current champion Alberto El Patron nearly two years to conquer El Texano Jr.’s streak, so it’s safe to say his record will remain in tact for the foreseeable future.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Cinco de Mayo. Lucky for us in Los Angeles, May 5th has fallen on a TACO TUESDAY so I’ll most definitely be getting my fill of Mexican food and mucho cervezas. Until next time this has been Mark Adam Haggerty, thanking you for continuing to read my work both here at Cheap-Heat and at Daily Wrestling News. Please follow me on Twitter and LIKE me on Facebook. And be sure to check out my weekly podcasts available every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday—exclusively at Cheap-Heat.com.
