CMLL Universal Championship (2015)

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CMLL Universal Championship (2015)
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Atlantis, holder of the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship and tournament winner.
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateOctober 2, 2015 to October 16, 2015
City Mexico City, Mexico
Venue Arena México
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The CMLL Universal Championship 2015 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) is an ongoing professional wrestling tournament, originally announced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion as starting in August 2015. [1] CMLL started the tournament in October, with no explanation for the change to the schedule. Traditionally the Universal Championship tournament takes place over three Super Viernes . The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL champions that was first held in 2009, making the 2015 version the seventh overall tournament. Being a professional wrestling tournament, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.

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Background

The tournament will feature 15 professional wrestling matches under single-elimination tournament rules, which means that wrestlers would be eliminated from the tournament when they lose a match. All male "non-regional" CMLL champions at the time of the tournament are eligible to participate in the tournament. The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship and Mexican National Lightweight Championship are both exclusively for CMLL's Mini-Estrella division and thus not eligible for the tournament. Regionally promoted championships such as the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente championships promoted in Guadalajara, Jalisco have not been included in the tournament in the past; only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue Arena Mexico were included, although exceptions have been made to allow New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) champions to compete if they were in Mexico at the time. At the time of the tournament being announced CMLL World Welterweight Champion Máscara Dorada was working full-time for NJPW, which meant he would not participate in the tournament.

2015 Universal Championship tournament

Mascara Dorada, the current CMLL World Welterweight Champion, only champion not in the tournament. Mascara-Dorada.jpg
Máscara Dorada, the current CMLL World Welterweight Champion, only champion not in the tournament.
Block A (October 2, 2015)
ParticipantChampionship held'Ref.
Ángel de Oro CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship [2]
Bárbaro Cavernario Mexican National Welterweight Championship [3]
Dragon Lee CMLL World Lightweight Championship [4]
Dragón Rojo, Jr. CMLL World Middleweight Championship [5]
Luciferno Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Rey Bucanero NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship [7]
Shocker CMLL World Tag Team Championship [8]
Último Guerrero NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship [9]
Block B (October 9, 2015)
ParticipantChampionship held'Ref.
Atlantis Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship [10]
Negro Casas CMLL World Tag Team Championship [8]
Ephesto Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Máximo CMLL World Heavyweight Championship [11]
Mephisto Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Místico CMLL World Trios Championship [12]
Valiente CMLL World Trios Championship [12]
Volador Jr. CMLL World Trios Championship
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
[12]
[13]

Tournament brackets

Block A
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Último Guerrero Pin
Rey Bucanero [14]
Último GuerreroPin
Bárbaro Cavernario [14]
Dragón Rojo Jr. [14]
Bárbaro Cavernario Pin
Último GuerreroPin
Shocker [14]
Dragon Lee Pin
Luciferno [14]
Luciferno [14]
ShockerPin
Ángel de Oro Pin
Shocker [14]
Block B
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Ephesto Pin
Mephisto [15]
MephistoPin
Místico [15]
Místico Pin
Valiente [15]
Mephisto [15]
AtlantisPin
Volador Jr. Pin
Maximo [15]
Volador Jr. [15]
AtlantisPin
Negro Casas [15]
Atlantis Pin

Atlantis def. Ultimo Guerrero in the Finals to win the Tournament.

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