CMLL Universal Championship (2016)
CMLL Universal Championship (2016) | |||
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Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | | ||
Date | October 14, 2016 to October 28, 2016[1] | ||
City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
Venue | Arena México[1] | ||
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The CMLL Universal Championship (2016) (Spanish: Campeonato Universal) was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The tournament took place from October 14, 2016 and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the finals on October 28, 2016. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament exclusively for wrestlers holding CMLL-recognized champions; first held in 2009, making the 2016 version the eight 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.
The 2016 tournament saw CMLL World Trios Champion Valiente defeat his regular Trios partner Volador Jr. in the finals of the tournament to win his first Universal Championship tournament.
Background
The tournament featured 15
Eligible champions
Tournament
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Máximo Sexy | W | ||||||||||||||
Rey Cometa | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Máximo Sexy | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Valiente | W | ||||||||||||||
Negro Casas | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Valiente | W | ||||||||||||||
Valiente | W | ||||||||||||||
Último Guerrero | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
Místico | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
Shocker | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Shocker | W | ||||||||||||||
Mephisto | [16][23] | ||||||||||||||
Valiente | W | ||||||||||||||
Volador Jr. | [26][27] | ||||||||||||||
Dragon Lee | W | ||||||||||||||
Luciferno | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
Dragon Lee | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
La Máscara | W | ||||||||||||||
Ephesto | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
La Máscara
| W | ||||||||||||||
La Máscara | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
Dragón Rojo Jr. | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
Atlantis | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
Rey Bucanero | [24][25] | ||||||||||||||
Atlantis | W |
References
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- ^ a b c "Rey Cometa, nuevo campeón nacional welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ a b "Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ^ Super Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: CAMSAN Impresores, S.A. de C.V. pp. 3–5. Issue 320. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
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- ^ a b "Atlantis se proclamó Campeón Universal 2015". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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- ^ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ González, Fernando (2011-11-19). "Dragón Rojo Jr., nuevo Campeón peso Medio del CMLL". Récord (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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- ^ a b c "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Barradas, Bibiana (March 9, 2015). "Resultados Arena México Domingo 8de Marzo '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Valiente sorprendió, va por el Campeonato Universal". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Volador Jr. segundo finalista y favorito para ganar el Campeonato Universal 2016: La Victoria Absoluta". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Volador, finalista por el Campeonato Universal del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ Valdés, Apolo (October 29, 2016). "¡Gran sorpresa! Valiente campeón universal del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ 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.