CMLL Universal Championship (2010)

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CMLL Universal Championship (2010)
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Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
DateJuly 30, 2010 [1]
August 6, 2010
August 13, 2010
City Mexico City, Mexico
Venue Arena México [1]
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The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) took take place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. All officially recognized male CMLL Champions participated in a 16-man tournament. In the finals CMLL World Middleweight Champion Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CMLL World Trios Champion La Sombra to win the tournament.

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Background

The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches under elimination rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, rather is an annual tournament held by CMLL since 2009, replacing their Leyenda de Plata tournament. All male "non-regional" CMLL Champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament with the exception of the reigning CMLL World Mini-Estrella and Mexican National Lightweight Champions. Regionally promoted championships such as the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente championships promoted in Guadalajara, Jalisco were not included in the tournament, only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue Arena Mexico were included. The tournament was divided into two qualifying blocks, which took take place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes and the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes while the final took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes.

2010 Universal Championship tournament

When CMLL announced the 2010 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate: [1]

ParticipantChampionship held
Mr. Águila CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Averno NWA World Middleweight Championship
Negro Casas CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Ephesto CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Héctor Garza CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger CMLL World Middleweight Championship
La Máscara CMLL World Trios Championship
Máscara Dorada CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
CMLL World Trios Championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
Mephisto NWA World Welterweight Championship
Metro Mexican National Trios Championship
La Sombra CMLL World Trios Championship
Stuka Jr. Mexican National Trios Championship
El Texano Jr. NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Último Guerrero CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
CMLL Universal Championship
Valiente Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Volador Jr. Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Block A

Block A took place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions wrestling for a place in the final. [2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Mascara Dorada Winner
  Stuka Jr.  
Mascara Dorada  
Último GuerreroWinner
  Último Guerrero Winer
  Averno  
Último Guerrero  
La SombraWinner
  La Sombra Winner
  Mephisto  
La SombraWinner
El Texano Jr.  
  El Texano Jr. Winner
  Ephesto  
Block B

Block B took place on the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions wrestling for a place in the final. [3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Héctor Garza Winner
  Metro  
Héctor Garza  
Jushin Thunder LigerWinner
  Negro Casas  
  Jushin Thunder Liger Winner
Jushin Thunder LigerWinner
La Mascara  
  Volador Jr. Winner
  Valiente  
Volador Jr.  
La Máscara Winner
  La Máscara Winner
  Mr. Águila  
Finals

The finals of the tournament took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Jushin Thunder Liger defeat La Sombra two falls to one, after interference from Liger's cornerman Okumura. [4]

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