CMLL star Mistico vacating World Historic Middleweight title

After holding the belt since 2018, CMLL star Mistico is vacating the promotion’s World Historic Middleweight Championship.

Mistico announced on CMLL Informa this week that he’s relinquishing the title and will be moving up to go after light heavyweight belts in the future. Mistico also mentioned that he’s beat up from his title defenses.

A tournament will be held to crown a new World Historic Middleweight Champion.

“They really pushed the idea that [Mistico] had added muscle and wasn’t really a middleweight at this point as a reasoning,” Luchablog tweeted. “He said he’d rather see new people get a chance in a tournament than continue to defend the title as is.”

Mistico’s reign as World Historic Middleweight Champion was 2,262 days long and featured infrequent title defenses. He won the title from Ultimo Guerrero in August 2018.

A top attraction in Mexico, Mistico has also competed for AEW and MLW in the United States through their partnerships with CMLL. Mistico is the current Middleweight Champion in MLW.