[2] In 2021, the championship was reactivated by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, with Templario defeating Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the vacant title.
[e] Occasionally, organizers of a promotion declared the championship vacant, which meant there was no champion for a period.
This was either due to a storyline,[f] or real-life problems such as an injured champion being unable to defend the championship[g] or they had left the company.
As a result, Aguayo relinquished the Mexican National title so that the EMLL could hold an eight-man tournament to determine the next champion.
In the finals, Jose Luis Mendieta defeated Rubí Ruvalcaba to win the championship.