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Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
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City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Venue | Arena México | ||
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La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores (2017) (Spanish for "The New Values Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from April 14, 2017 to April 28, 2017 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring La Copa Junior tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other. The 2017 version of the La Copa Junior was the ninth tournament held by CMLL.
The format of the 2017 tournament matches the previous tournament, as well as a number of CMLL's other annual tournaments. 16 wrestlers are divided into two groups of eight that wrestle in a torneo cibernetico elimination match on April 14 and April 21, the survivor of each qualifying torneo cibernetico then faces off against each other in the finals on April 28, 2017. On April 28, 2017 Soberano Jr. defeated Sansón to win the tournament.
Starting in 1996 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) held their first ever La Copa Junior tournament. CMLL held the tournament to celebrate the fact that lucha libre in Mexico is often a family tradition, with a large number of second, third, or even fourth generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives. [1] The premise of the tournament is that all participants are second-generation or more, although at times the family relationship is a storylines family relationship and not an actual one. One example of this is Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL. [2] The original La Copa Junior was won by Héctor Garza. [3]
CMLL would not hold another La Copa Junior until the 2005 tournament (won by Shocker), [4] followed by a 2006 tournament won by Dos Caras Jr. [5] The tournament did not return until 2010 where Dragón Rojo Jr. won the 2010 version. [6] In 2012 third-generation luchador La Sombra won the Junior cup [7]
In 2014, CMLL held two La Copa Junior tournaments, first a tournament on January 1, won by Super Halcón Jr., [8] followed by a VIP tournament, featuring higher card wrestlers than the usual tournaments, which was won by Máximo [9] The semi-regular tournament returned in 2016, won by Esfinge [10] In 2017, Soberano Jr. won the La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores [11] [12]
The 2017 version of the tournament was given the tagline Nuevos Valores, emphasizing that this specific tournament would focus on the "new guys", younger wrestlers who normally wrestle on the low-to-middle part of the show, between matches 1 and 3. CMLL has previously held tournaments to focus on the younger wrestlers such as the Sangre Nueva tournament or "Forjando un Idolo", but this would be the first time CMLL specifically designated the Copa Junior as being strictly for "new guys". Artillero, who competed in Block B was the only wrestler to not fit the "new" mold, as he had been working for CMLL for 17 years at that point, starting in 2005. [13]
The tournament featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [14]
Wrestler | Family | Relationship | Group | Ref(s). |
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Artillero | Principe Odin | father | Block B | [13] |
Blue Panther Jr. | Blue Panther | father | Block B | [15] |
Canelo Casas | Pepe Casas | grandfather | Block A | [16] |
El Cuatrero | Cien Caras | father | Block A | [17] |
Drone | Hombre Bala | father | Block A | [18] |
Esfinge | Magnum | father | Block B | [19] |
Espanto Jr. | Espanto Jr. | father | Block A | [20] |
Forastero | Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000 | uncles | Block B | [17] |
El Hijo del Signo | El Signo | father | Block A | [18] |
Magnus | Tony Salazar | father | Block B | [21] |
Oro Jr. | Plata | father | Block A | [22] |
The Panther | Blue Panther | father | Block A | [15] |
Sansón | Cien Caras | father | Block B | [17] |
Soberano Jr. | Euforia | father | Block A | [23] |
Star Jr. | Star Boy | father | Block B | . [24] |
Stigma | El Jabato | father | Block B | [25] |
Order | Wrestler | Eliminated by [26] [27] |
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1 | El Hijo del Signo | The Panther |
2 | Oro Jr. | Canelo Casas |
3 | Espanto Jr. | Drone |
4 | The Panther | El Cuatrero |
5 | Canelo Casas | Soberano Jr. |
6 | Drone | El Cuatrero |
7 | El Cuatrero | Soberano Jr. |
8 | Winner | Soberano Jr. |
Order | Wrestler | Eliminated by [28] [29] |
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1 | Artillero | Star Jr. |
2 | Stigma | Forastero |
3 | Star Jr. | Sansón |
4 | Magnus | Blue Panther Jr. |
5 | Esfinge | Sansón |
6 | Forastero | Blue Panther Jr. |
7 | Blue Panther Jr. | Sansón |
8 | Winner | Sansón |
No. | Results [26] [27] | Stipulations | Times | |||
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1 | Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, and Pierrothito defeated Shockercito, Stukita, and Último Dragóncito | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match | 14:45 | |||
2 | Soberano Jr. defeated The Panther, Drone, Oro Jr., El Cuatrero, Canelo Casas, El Hijo del Signo, and Espanto Jr. | 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores semifinal 8-man torneo cibernetico elimination match | 30:34 | |||
3 | Ángel de Oro defeated Hechicero | "Lighting match", 1 fall, 10 minute time limit | 08:53 | |||
4 | Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., and Valiente defeated Mephisto, Negro Casas, and Sam Adonis | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match | 14:03 | |||
5 | Carístico, Dragon Lee, and Místico defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero, and Niebla Roja) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match | 11:33 | |||
6 | Último Guerrero (c) defeated Atlantis | Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship | 11:41 | |||
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No. | Results [28] [29] | Stipulations |
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1 | Canelo Casas and Espanto Jr. defeated Flyer and Robin | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
2 | Drone, Fuego, and Rey Cometa defeated Nitro and Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Raziel and Virus) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
3 | Guerrero Maya Jr. defeated Luciferno | "Lighting match", 1 fall, 10 minute time limit |
4 | Sansón defeated Blue Panther Jr., Esfinge, Magnus, Stigma, Star Jr., Forastero, and Artillero | 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores semifinal 8-man torneo cibernetico elimination match |
5 | Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., and Valiente defeated Mr. Niebla, Pierroth, and Sam Adonis | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
6 | Carístico, Dragon Lee, and Volador Jr. defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, La Máscara, and Negro Casas by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
No. | Results [30] [11] [12] | Stipulations |
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1 | Eléctrico and Fantasy defeated Pequeño Nitro and Pequeño Olímpico | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
2 | Estrellita, La Metálica and Sanely defeated Dalys la Caribeña, Marcela and Zeuxis | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
3 | Soberano Jr. defeated Sansón | 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores tournament final |
4 | Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone and Valiente defeated Hechicero, Kráneo and Ripper | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
5 | Carístico, Dragon Lee and Místico defeated La Peste Negra (Bárbaro Cavernario and Negro Casas) and Mephisto | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
6 | La Máscara defeated Volador Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls Singles match |
Euforia is the ring name of a second-generation Mexican luchadorEnmascarado,, currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Euforia's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Euforia has a son, Soberano Jr., who also wrestles in CMLL.
Palacio Negro Titan is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, who works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He portrays a tecnico wrestling character. Titan's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are concealed from the wrestling fans.
El Soberano or Soberano Jr. is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico wrestling character. Soberano Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is a third-generation wrestler, son of Euforia and grandson of Pablo Moreno Román, known under the ring name El Soberano. Soberano is Spanish for "Sovereign".
The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) has held the La Copa Junior tournament on an infrequent schedule since 1996. The tournament pays respect to the fact that wrestling is a family tradition in Lucha libre, with many second or even third-generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives. So far CMLL has held ten tournaments starting in 1996 and then intermittently since 2005. While most of the family relationships are real there are a few instances of the family relationship being a storylines family relationship, such as Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL.
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featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos