With the emergence of trios (
tag teams consisting of three people) such as
Los Misioneros de la Muerte,
Los Brazos and more, the
six-man tag team match became increasingly popular in the early 1980s. Its popularity led to the trios format becoming the most prevalent match format in
Lucha libre to this day. In 1985, the Mexican
lucha libre, or
professional wrestling, promotion
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL) was given control of the newly created
Mexican National Trios Championship. Over the subsequent six years, that championship became the focal point of the very popular trios division, serving as the highest honor EMLL could bestow on a trio at the time. In 1991, EMLL changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council") and began to establish a series of CMLL-branded world championships, relegating the Mexican National championships to being a secondary level of championships within the company. In 1991, CMLL added a CMLL-branded world championship for the trios division. They held a 16-team tournament to crown the first champions, a tournament that saw "
Los Infernales" ("The Infernal Ones";
MS-1,
Pirata Morgan and
El Satánico) defeat "Los Brazos" ("The Arms";
El Brazo,
Brazo de Oro and
Brazo de Plata) to become the first CMLL World Trios Champions. Over the next couple of years, the championship would be held by such teams as "Los Intocables" ("The Untouchables"
Jaque Mate,
Masakre and
Pierroth Jr.) and "La Ola Blanca" ("The White Wave";
Gran Markus Jr.,
El Hijo del Gladiador and
Dr. Wagner Jr.). Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner Jr. replaced Black Warrior with
Fuerza Guerrera and defeated Black Warrior's new team of Mr. Niebla, Antifaz del Norte and Black Warrior himself. In 2006, the championship were vacated once again after not being defended for almost 20 months.
Los Guerreros de Atlantida ("The Warriors from Atlantis"; Atlantis,
Tarzan Boy and
Último Guerrero) won the championship on September 29, 2006, and began defending it on a regular basis. In February 2007
Los Perros del Mal ("The Bad Dogs";
Perro Aguayo Jr.,
Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza) won the championship and held it for 15 months before splitting up and vacating the championship. The team of
El Hijo del Fantasma, Héctor Garza and
La Máscara won the tournament, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr. and
Místico in the finals. The Occidente championship is considered tertiary to both the world and national championships. ==Reigns==