CMLL Universal Championship

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CMLL Universal Championship
La Sombra
(80 kg (180 lb))

The CMLL Universal Championship (Campeonato Universal in

professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2009. The tournament format is a "tournament of champions" with sixteen male CMLL champions participating. With the 2019 tournament CMLL has held nine tournaments in total with only two repeat winners, Último Guerrero who won in both 2009 and 2014 and El Terrible
who won in 2012 and 2019.

Even though the tournament winner is given a title belt, it is not defended like a regular championship throughout the year.

Male tournament winners

Year Winner Championship held Date Ref(s)
2009 Último Guerrero CMLL World Heavyweight Championship June 22, 2009 [1]
2010
Jushin Thunder Liger
 CMLL World Middleweight Championship August 13, 2010 [2]
2011
La Sombra
 NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship September 16, 2011 [3]
2012 El Terrible CMLL World Heavyweight Championship August 31, 2012 [4]
2013 Tanahashi CMLL World Tag Team Championship September 6, 2013 [5]
2014 Último Guerrero (2) CMLL World Trios Championship August 29, 2014 [6]
2015 Atlantis Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship October 16, 2015 [7]
2016 Valiente CMLL World Trios Championship October 28, 2016 [8][9]
2017 Volador Jr. NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
CMLL World Trios Championship 		July 14, 2017 [10]
2019 El Terrible (2) Mexican National Heavyweight Championship February 15, 2019 [11]
2022 Místico NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship April 29, 2022 [12]

Female tournament winners

CMLL Universal Amazons Championship
The belt awarded to the tournament winner each year.
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedSummer 2019
Current champion(s)La Catalina
Date wonOctober 20, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Dalys la Caribeña
Most reignsDalys la Caribeña (1 time)
Year Winner Date Ref(s)
2019 Dalys la Caribeña August 16, 2019 [13]
2021 La Jarochita August 27, 2021
2022 Lluvia October 21, 2022
2023 La Catalina October 20, 2023

Tournament history

The 2013 Universal Champion Tanahashi wearing the championship belt

The Universal Championship tournament was created in 2009 to replace the

La Sombra to become the 2010 Universal Champion.[2] The 2011 edition started on September 2, ended on September 16 and saw La Sombra, now the NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, come back to defeat CMLL World Trios Champion Averno in the finals to win the tournament.[3]
In 2012, CMLL World Heavyweight Champion El Terrible defeated New Japan Pro Wrestling's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tanahashi to win the tournament.[4] The following year, Tanahashi, now the CMLL World Tag Team Champion, became the second Japanese winner of the tournament by defeating Mexican National Trios Champion Rush in the finals.[5] In 2014, CMLL World Trios Champion and the 2009 Universal Champion Último Guerrero defeated the NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion and 2011 Universal Champion La Sombra to become the first two-time Universal Champion.[6]

Último Guerrero, the first two-time champion (in 2009 and 2014)

40 individuals have competed in the six tournaments that have been held up to and including the 2014 Universal Championship tournament, with 13 wrestlers having appeared at only 1 tournament so far.

Místico the holder of the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
was unable to participate in the 2014 tournament due to an injury.

References

  1. ^ a b Rivera, Manuel (June 22, 2009). "Ultimo Guerrero, Campeon Universal". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: CAMSAN Impresores, S.A. de C.V. pp. 3–5. Issue 320. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Rivera, Manuel (August 14, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (13 agosto 2010): ¡Liger, Campeón Universal! ¿14 luchadores a la jaula del 3 de septiembre?". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "La Sombra, Campeón Universal". Récord (in Spanish). September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 1, 2012). "Viernes 31 de Agosto '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 7, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 6 de Septiembre '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Reducindo, Miguel (August 30, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 29 de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  7. ^ "Atlantis se proclamó Campeón Universal 2015". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Valdés, Apolo (October 29, 2016). "¡Gran sorpresa! Valiente campeón universal del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  9. ^ López Peralta, Gonzalo (October 29, 2016). "El Valiente se proclama como nuevo Campeón Universal 2016: La Verdad Absoluta". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  10. ^ Dark Angeita (July 14, 2017). Ocampo, Ernesto (ed.). "CMLL: Resultados Viernes Espectacular 14/07/2017 Vangellys pelón, Volador Jr. es el Campeón Universal 2017" [CMLL: Friday Spectacular results 14/07/2017 Vangellys bald, Volador Jr. is the 2017 Universal Champion]. Súper Luchas. Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  11. ^ "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. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  12. ^ "Místico gana el Campeonato Universal de CMLL en su edición 2022". 30 April 2022.
  13. ^ Dark Angelita (August 19, 2019). "CMLL: Dalys se corona como la primer Campeona Universal de Amazonas". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  14. ^ Rivera, Manuel (June 20, 2009). "CMLL Arena Mexico resultados 19 Junio 2009 Ultimo Guerrero primer Campeon Universal CMLL Dark Angel gana el match relampago". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  15. D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 24. Número 21623 Año LXII. Archived from the original
    on March 7, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  16. ^ Zellner, Kris (July 18, 2010). "Lucha Report For 7/18/10". Lucha World. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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