CMLL Universal Championship (2019) explained

CMLL Universal Championship (2019)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:Fantastica Mania
Nextevent:Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
Event:CMLL Universal Championship tournaments
Lastevent2:2017

The CMLL Universal Championship (2019) (Spanish; Castilian: Campeonato Universal) was 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.

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.

Eligible champions

ChampionChampionship heldBlock
A [1]
A [2]
B [3] [4] [5]
B [6]
A [7]
N/A [8]
N/A
A
A [9]
B [10]
B [11]
B
B [12]
A [13]
A [14]
B [15]
A
B [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CMLL: una mirada semanal al CMLL del 1-al-7 niviembre de 2018 . CMLL: A weekly look at the CMLL (November 1–7, 2018) . November 9, 2018 . February 15, 2019 . Spanish . Dark . Angelita . Súper Luchas.
  2. Web site: Carístico se convierte en el nuevo campeón mundial Histórico de Peso Medio de la NWA. August 21, 2018 . August 22, 2018 . SoloWrestling . Spanish.
  3. Web site: NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2018 CMLL世界ミドル級選手権試合 . NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2018 CMLL World Middleweight Championship . . Japanese . January 19, 2018 . January 19, 2018 .
  4. Web site: Sansón, Cuatrero y Forastero, campeones nacionales de tercias . July 26, 2017 . July 26, 2017 . MedioTiempo . . Spanish.
  5. Web site: Occidente Trios Championship . cagematch .
  6. Web site: A lo ‘ingobernable’, Diamante Azul y Valiente son Campeones de Parejas . November 18, 2018 . November 20, 2018 . Spanish . MedioTiempo. MSN.
  7. Web site: NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016 . January 24, 2016 . . Japanese.
  8. Web site: Resultados Arena México Martes 13 de Agosto '13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130809024933/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm . Salazar López . Alexis A. . August 9, 2013 . August 14, 2013 . August 14, 2013 . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Spanish . dead .
  9. Web site: Los Guerreros Laguneros tendrán revancha ante el Clan . September 27, 2018 . September 27, 2018 . Spanish . MedioTiempo . MSN.
  10. Web site: Lucha Libre Arena México 03 de Mayo de 2016 . May 4, 2016 . May 4, 2016 . Gonzalo . López Peralta . Yahoo Deportes . . Spanish.
  11. Web site: Niebla Roja ha cumplido su sueño esta noche en la Arena Coliseo! Es el nuevo Campeón Mundial Semicompleto del CMLL. . Niebla Roja has fulfilled his dream tonight at Arena Coliseum! He is the new CML World Lightweight Champion . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . . CMLL_Oficial . Spanish . June 10, 2017 . June 11, 2017.
  12. Web site: CMLL – Atlantis toma a Rush por los cuernos; Soberano Jr., nuevo campeon Welter . Súper Luchas . Spanish . May 13, 2017 . May 13, 2017 . Ernesto . Ocampo . Impresos Camsam, SA de CV . Mexico City, Mexico.
  13. Web site: Stuka destronó a Hechicero del Campeonato Histórico Semicompleto NWA . August 15, 2018 . August 17, 2018 . MedioTiempo . . Spanish.
  14. Web site: Terrible es el nuevo Campeón Nacional Completo . Terrible is the new National Heavyweight Champion . February 15, 2019 . October 30, 2017 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.
  15. Web site: Último Guerrero se convierte en el nuevo campeón de peso completo de CMLL . Último Guerrero becomes the new CMLL World Heavyweight Champion . October 17, 2018 . October 17, 2018 . Solowrestling . Spanish.
  16. Web site: ¡Aceptan el reto! . Arturo . Rosas Plata . Spanish . August 4, 2018 . September 21, 2018 . Ovaciones . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005724/https://ovaciones.com/aceptan-el-reto/ . September 23, 2018 . dead .