CMLL International Gran Prix (2019) explained

CMLL International Gran Prix (2019)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
The Crash Lucha Libre
Ring of Honor
Date:August 30, 2019
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:Universal Amazons Championship
Nextevent:Global Wars Espectacular
Event:International Gran Prix
Lastevent2:2018
Nextevent2:2021

The CMLL International Gran Prix (2019) was a lucha libre, or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on August 30, 2019 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue. The 2019 International Gran Prix was the sixteenth time CMLL has held an International Gran Prix tournament since 1994. All International Gran Prix tournaments have been a one-night tournament, always as part of CMLL's Friday night CMLL Super Viernes shows.

The International Gran Prix saw the team of (Cavernario, Negro Casas, El Cuatrero, Diamante Azul, Dragon Lee, Rush, Soberano Jr. and Volador Jr. represented Mexico while Big Daddy, Jay Briscoe, Delirious, Luke Hawx, Kenny King, Mecha Wolf 450, Matt Taven and Oraculo represented the United States or Puerto Rico. The match came down to Negro Casas and Volador Jr., both representing Mexico, which saw Volador Jr. take advantage of the situation to pin Casas to claim the International Gran Prix trophy for a second time. On the undercard the storyline between Último Guerrero and Ciber the Main Man, also drawing in Gilbert el Boricua as part of the evolving storyline.

Production

Background

In 1994, the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre created the International Gran Prix tournament which took place on April 15 that saw Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeat King Haku to win the tournament. the tournament became annual tournament but after the 1998 tournament, the tournament became inactive. in 2002, the tournament returned with new rules. (Mexico and International group vs another Mexican and International group and then Mexicans vs Japanese and finally Mexico vs International)[1] the 2019 tournament will be 16th in the series. The tournament traditionally sees a team of Mexican born CMLL wrestlers face off against foreign-born wrestlers, for the 2019 tournament this meant wrestlers from the United States or Puerto Rico.

Storylines

The 2019 Gran Prix show will feature an undisclosed number of professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.[2]

Team Resto del Mundo
Team Mexico

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gran Prix Cibernetico 2002 . March 22, 2002 . August 30, 2009 . ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  2. Book: Madigan, Dan . Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publishers . 2007 . "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" . 31 . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos . 978-0-06-085583-3. New York, New York.
  3. Web site: Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos conforman equipo extranjero del Grand Prix del CMLL . Spanish . . MedioTiempo . August 29, 2019 . August 21, 2019.
  4. Web site: Cambio en el equipo extranjero del Grand Prix del CMLL . Spanish . . MedioTiempo . August 29, 2019 . August 25, 2019.
  5. Web site: Diamante Azul es el campeón del Grand Prix CMLL 2017 . September 1, 2017 . September 20, 2017 . Spanish . PubliMetro.
  6. Web site: Michael se lleva el Gran Prix . October 5, 2018 . October 6, 2018 . Ovaciones . Spanish . Arturo . Rosas Plata . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006235428/https://ovaciones.com/michael-se-lleva-el-gran-prix/ . October 6, 2018 . dead .
  7. Web site: CMLL: Se confirma la edición 2019 del Grand Prix. Dark Angelita . August 29, 2019 . August 14, 2019 . Spanish . Súper Luchas.
  8. Web site: Volador Jr. se llevó el Grand Prix 2016 . Valdés . Apolo . July 1, 2015 . July 2, 2015 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.