CMLL Universal Championship (2019)

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.

CMLL Universal Championship (2019)
Poster for the February 15 tournament final
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date
  • February 2, 2019
  • February 9, 2019
  • February 16, 2019
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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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
Champion Championship held Block Ref(s)
Bárbaro CavernarioMexican National Light Heavyweight ChampionshipA[3]
CarísticoNWA World Historic Middleweight ChampionshipA[4]
El Cuatrero
B[5][6][7]
Diamante AzulCMLL World Tag Team ChampionshipB[8]
Dragon LeeCMLL World Lightweight ChampionshipA[9]
EléctricoMexican National Lightweight ChampionshipN/A[10]
EuforiaCMLL World Trios ChampionshipN/A[11]
Forastero
A[6][6]
Gran GuerreroCMLL World Trios ChampionshipA[11]
MephistoCMLL World Welterweight ChampionshipB[12]
Niebla RojaCMLL World Light Heavyweight ChampionshipB[13]
Sansón
B[6][6]
Soberano Jr.Mexican National Welterweight ChampionshipB[14]
Stuka Jr.NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight ChampionshipA[15]
El TerribleMexican National Heavyweight ChampionshipA[16]
Último Guerrero
B[11][17]
ValienteCMLL World Tag Team ChampionshipA[8]
Volador Jr.NWA World Historic Welterweight ChampionshipB[18]

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

References
  1. Rosas Plata, Arturo (February 2, 2019). "Es Terrible el primer finalista" [El Terrible is the first finalist]. Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. Rosas Platas, Arturo (February 9, 2019). "¡Vence al maestro!" [defeating the master]. Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. Angelita, Dark (November 9, 2018). "CMLL: una mirada semanal al CMLL del 1-al-7 niviembre de 2018" [CMLL: A weekly look at the CMLL (November 1–7, 2018)]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. "Carístico se convierte en el nuevo campeón mundial Histórico de Peso Medio de la NWA". SoloWrestling (in Spanish). August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  5. "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] (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  6. "Sansón, Cuatrero y Forastero, campeones nacionales de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  7. "Occidente Trios Championship". cagematch.
  8. "A lo 'ingobernable', Diamante Azul y Valiente son Campeones de Parejas". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  9. "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  10. Salazar López, Alexis A. (August 14, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Martes 13 de Agosto '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  11. "Los Guerreros Laguneros tendrán revancha ante el Clan". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  12. López Peralta, Gonzalo (May 4, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 03 de Mayo de 2016". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  13. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (June 10, 2017). "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]. CMLL_Oficial (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  14. Ocampo, Ernesto, ed. (May 13, 2017). "CMLL – Atlantis toma a Rush por los cuernos; Soberano Jr., nuevo campeon Welter". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  15. "Stuka destronó a Hechicero del Campeonato Histórico Semicompleto NWA". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  16. "Terrible es el nuevo Campeón Nacional Completo" [Terrible is the new National Heavyweight Champion]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). October 30, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  17. "Último Guerrero se convierte en el nuevo campeón de peso completo de CMLL" [Último Guerrero becomes the new CMLL World Heavyweight Champion]. Solowrestling (in Spanish). October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  18. Rosas Plata, Arturo (August 4, 2018). "¡Aceptan el reto!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  19. López Escalona, Arturo (February 2, 2019). "El Terrible, finalista en eliminatoria por Campeonato Universal" [El Terrible, finalist after the first elimination round of the Universal Championship]. ESO (in Spanish). Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  20. "Terrible vence en caídas consecutivas y es el nuevo campeón universal del CMLL" [Terrible wins in two consecutive falls and is the new CMLL Universal Champion]. El Heraldo de Mexico (in Spanish). February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  21. "Niebla Roja se impone en la segunda fase del torneo Campeón Universal 2019" [Niebla Roja looks imposing in the second phase of the 2019 Universal Championship]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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