La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores (2017) Explained

La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores (2017)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:Reyes del Aire
Nextevent:61. Aniversario de Arena México
Event:La Copa Junior
Lastevent2:2016
Nextevent2:2017 VIP

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.

Production

Background

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.

Storylines

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.[13]

Family relationship

WrestlerFamilyRelationshipGroup
Principe Odin father Block B [14]
father Block B [15]
grandfather Block A [16]
father Block A [17]
father Block A [18]
Magnum father Block B [19]
father Block A [20]
uncles Block B
father Block A
father Block B [21]
father Block A [22]
father Block A
father Block B
father Block A [23]
father Block B .[24]
El Jabato father Block B [25]

Tournament

Group A

OrderWrestlerEliminated by[26] [27]
scope=row1El Hijo del Signo The Panther
scope=row2Oro Jr. Canelo Casas
scope=row3Espanto Jr. Drone
scope=row4The Panther El Cuatrero
scope=row5Canelo Casas Soberano Jr.
scope=row6Drone El Cuatrero
scope=row7El Cuatrero Soberano Jr.
scope=row8Winner Soberano Jr.

Group B

data-sort-type="number" scope="col"OrderWrestlerEliminated by[28] [29]
scope=row1Artillero Star Jr.
scope=row2Stigma Forastero
scope=row3Star Jr. Sansón
scope=row4Magnus Blue Panther Jr.
scope=row5Esfinge Sansón
scope=row6Forastero Blue Panther Jr.
scope=row7Blue Panther Jr. Sansón
scope=row8Winner Sansón

Results

April 21

April 28

Notes and References

  1. Book: Madigan, Dan. Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. 2007. A family affair. 128–132. 978-0-06-085583-3.
  2. Web site: El nuevo luchador presentado por el CMLL. July 2009. October 20, 2012. Spanish. Súper Luchas.
  3. Web site: Copa Junior Tournament 1996. February 23 – March 31, 1996. October 20, 2012. Pro Wrestling History.
  4. Web site: Copa Junior Tournament 2005. January 21 – February 4, 2005. October 20, 2012. Pro Wrestling History.
  5. Web site: Copa Junior Tournament 2006. March 31, 2006. October 20, 2012. Pro Wrestling History.
  6. Web site: Copa Junior Tournament 2010. December 10–25, 2010. October 20, 2012. Pro Wrestling History.
  7. Web site: La Copa Jr. 2012 es para... ¡La Sombra!. Mexicool. Rey. December 15, 2012. December 28, 2012. Súper Luchas. Spanish.
  8. Web site: Resultados Arena México Miércoles 1º de Enero '14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209022015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm . February 9, 2014 . Salazar López . Alexis A. . January 2, 2014 . January 2, 2014 . . Spanish . dead .
  9. Web site: Resultados Arena Mexico Viernes 10 de Octubre '14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013142428/http://www.cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm . October 13, 2014 . October 10, 2014 . October 11, 2014 . Miguel . Reducindo . . Spanish . dead .
  10. Web site: Lucha Libre función martes 19 de Enero . Gonzalo López . Peralta . Yahoo! Deportes . . January 20, 2016 . January 20, 2016 . Spanish.
  11. Web site: Resultados Arena México - Viernes Espectacular . April 29, 2017 . April 30, 2017 . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20170523093748/http://cmll.com/?p=1788 . May 23, 2017 . dead .
  12. Web site: CMLL Arena Mexico Results: A son's tributre to his legendary father . Chris . Aiken . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . April 29, 2017 . April 30, 2017.
  13. 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.
  14. Web site: Rudo: Artillero . October 25, 2012 . Fuego en el Ring . Spanish . June 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120624042624/http://fuegoenelring.com/wrestlers_full_rudo.php?wrestlers_id=131 . dead .
  15. Web site: CMLL: Conferencia de prensa de Infierno en el Ring. November 19, 2014. November 19, 2014. Angelita. Súper Luchas. Spanish.
  16. Web site: "Siempre me he divertido luchando": Negro Casas. August 19, 2009. August 21, 2009. Muñoz, Javier. Box y Lucha. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20100103002124/http://boxylucha.com/luchalibre/noticias/cmll/805-qsiempre-me-he-divertido-luchandoq-negro-casas.html. January 3, 2010.
  17. Web site: Herederos de Cien Caras cerca de debut en Arena México . December 1, 2015 . December 10, 2015 . Apolo . Valdés . MedioTiempo . . Spanish.
  18. Web site: Estos son los integrantes de la "Generacion 2011 del CMLL". January 13, 2012. October 23, 2012. Súper Luchas. Spanish.
  19. Web site: Resultados Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara – Domingos Familiares . June 21, 2015 . June 27, 2015 . . Spanish . July 1, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701172213/http://cmll.com/?p=1659 . dead .
  20. Web site: Espanto Jr. se presenta este 18/Sep/12 en la Arena México . September 15, 2012 . March 26, 2013 . . Spanish.
  21. Web site: Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly. Boutwell. Josh. August 26, 2011. October 23, 2012. WrestleView.
  22. News: La Precentacion de Oro Jr.. Súper Luchas. issue 410. April 17, 2011. November 7, 2012. Spanish.
  23. Web site: Murio el Soberano I . April 27, 2009 . November 19, 2012. Súper Luchas. Spanish.
  24. News: Manuel . Rivera . Star Jr, un estrella del futura? . SuperLuchas . 535 . . 18–19. October 30, 2014 . Spanish.
  25. Web site: アトランティス、ミスティコ、ボラドール! 『Fantastica Mania 2015』参加メンバーが決定! 史上最多17選手が飛来! 一挙に6選手が初参戦!. November 22, 2014. January 13, 2015. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Japanese.
  26. Web site: Ultimo Guerrero retiene el titulo NWA sobre Atlantis . April 15, 2017 . April 24, 2017 . Esto . Spanish.
  27. Web site: CMLL Arena Mexico Results: Ultimo Guerrero Vs. Atlantis . Chris . Aiken . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . April 15, 2017 . April 24, 2017.
  28. Web site: ¡Fue Sansón! . Arturo . Rosas Plata . Ovaciones . Spanish . April 22, 2017 . April 24, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170425115704/http://ovaciones.com/fue-sanson/ . April 25, 2017 . dead .
  29. Web site: CMLL – Resultados Viernes Espectacular: La Máscara y Volador Jr., duelo a muerte; Sansón digno hijo de Cien Caras . Ernest . Ramos . April 22, 2017 . April 24, 2017 . SúperLuchas . Spanish . Ernesto . Ocampo . Impresos Camsam, SA de CV . Mexico City, Mexico. 1665-8876.