CMLL Universal Championship (2019)

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CMLL Universal Championship (2019)
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Poster for the February 15 tournament final
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date
  • February 2, 2019
  • February 9, 2019
  • February 16, 2019
City Mexico City, Mexico
Venue Arena México
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The CMLL Universal Championship (2019) (Spanish : Campeonato Universal) is a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament started on February 2, 2019 and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the final held on February 14, 2019 at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents

The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament exclusively for wrestlers who hold a CMLL-recognized championship at the time of the tournament. The tournament was first held in 2009, but not held in 2018 for unexplained reasons, making the 2019 version the tenth 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. In the finals of the 2019 tournament Mexican National Heavyweight Champion El Terrible defeated the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Niebla Roja to become a two-time tournament winner.

Background

The tournament featured 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 were eligible to participate in the tournament. The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship is 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, although exceptions have been made to allow New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) champions to compete if they were in Mexico at the time. Both Euforia and Eléctrico were eligible for the tournament, but neither champion participated. [1] [2]

Eligible champions

ChampionChampionship heldBlockRef(s)
Bárbaro Cavernario Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship A [3]
Carístico NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship A [4]
El Cuatrero B [5] [6] [7]
Diamante Azul CMLL World Tag Team Championship B [8]
Dragon Lee CMLL World Lightweight Championship A [9]
Eléctrico Mexican National Lightweight Championship N/A [10]
Euforia CMLL World Trios Championship N/A [11]
Forastero
A [6]
Gran Guerrero CMLL World Trios Championship A [11]
Mephisto CMLL World Welterweight Championship B [12]
Niebla Roja CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship B [13]
Sansón
B [6]
Soberano Jr. Mexican National Welterweight Championship B [14]
Stuka Jr. NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship A [15]
El Terrible Mexican National Heavyweight Championship A [16]
Último Guerrero B [11] [17]
Valiente CMLL World Tag Team Championship A [8]
Volador Jr. NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship B [18]

Tournament

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
        
El TerribleW
Stuka Jr. 02:31 [1] [19]
El TerribleW
Gran Guerrero 03:38 [1] [19]
Valiente 05:16 [1] [19]
Gran GuerreroW
El TerribleW
Dragón Lee 10:06 [1] [19]
Dragón LeeW
Forastero 04:45 [1] [19]
Dragón LeeW
Carístico 05:00 [1] [19]
CarísticoW
Cavernario 03:23 [1] [19]
El TerribleW
Niebla Roja [20]
Último GuerreroW
Diamante Azul 03:14 [2] [21]
Último GuerreroW
El Cuatero 04:02 [2] [21]
El CuatreroW
Soberano Jr. 04:42 [2] [21]
Último Guerrero 06:00 [2] [21]
Niebla RojaW
Niebla RojaW
Mephisto 03:40 [2] [21]
Niebla RojaW
Volador Jr. 05:04 [2] [21]
Volador Jr.W
Sansón 03:21 [2] [21]

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