CMLL Universal Championship (2017)
| CMLL Universal Championship (2017) | |||
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Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | | ||
| Date | June 30, 2017 - July 14, 2017 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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| CMLL Universal Championship tournaments chronology | |||
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The CMLL Universal Championship (2017) (Spanish: Campeonato Universal) was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament started on June 30, 2017 and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the finals taking place on July 14, 2017 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, making the 2017 version the ninth 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 finals saw
Diamante Azul, who held the Occidente Heavyweight Championship
at the time, although he had not defended it since 2014.
Background
The tournament featured 15
Diamante Azul, who held the Occidente Heavyweight Championship, although he had not defended it since 2015.[1][2]
This marked the first time an Occidente champion participated in the Universal Championship tournament.
For the 2017 version of the tournament 14 out of the 16 participants had competed in at least one Universal Championship tournament before.
Soberano Jr. had won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship from Rey Cometa on May 13, 2017 to qualify for his first Universal Championship tournament.[3] Hechicero was the other first-time competitor, having won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship from Rey Bucanero, winning his first CMLL championship.[4]
Eligible champions
Tournament
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Shocker | W | ||||||||||||||
| Valiente | 03:52[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Shocker | 04:28[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
| Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
| Hechicero | 06:58[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
| Negro Casas | 05:54[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Negro Casas | W | ||||||||||||||
| Ángel de Oro | 02:21[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | 03:55[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Negro Casas | W | ||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | W | ||||||||||||||
| Luciferno | 05:51[15][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Volador Jr. | W | ||||||||||||||
| Último Guerrero | 22:42[18] | ||||||||||||||
| Diamante Azul | W | ||||||||||||||
| Ephesto | 03:28[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Diamante Azul | 03:22[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
| Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
| Marco Corleone | 01:58[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Último Guerrero | W | ||||||||||||||
| Niebla Roja | [17] | ||||||||||||||
| Místico | W | ||||||||||||||
| Mephisto | 07:28[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Místico | 05:31[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Niebla Roja | W | ||||||||||||||
| Niebla Roja | W | ||||||||||||||
| Soberano Jr. | [17] | ||||||||||||||
Tournament shows
| No. | Results battle royal 03:12 | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shocker defeated Valiente | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 03:52 |
| 7 | Volador Jr. defeated Hechicero | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 06:58 |
| 8 | Negro Casas defeated Ángel de Oro | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 02:21 |
| 9 | Dragon Lee defeated Luciferno | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 05:51 |
| 10 | Volador Jr. defeated Shocker | 2017 Universal Championship quarter final match | 04:28 |
| 11 | Negro Casas defeated Dragon Lee | 2017 Universal Championship quarter final match | 03:55 |
| 12 | Volador Jr. defeated Negro Casas | 2017 Universal Championship semi-final match | 05:54 |
| No. | Results battle royal 02:56 | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Diamante Azul defeated Ephesto | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 03:28 |
| 6 | Último Guerrero defeated Marco Corleone | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 01:58 |
| 7 | Místico defeated Mephisto | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 07:28 |
| 8 | Niebla Roja defeated Soberano Jr. | 2017 Universal Championship first round match | 03:22 |
| 9 | Último Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul | 2017 Universal Championship quarter final match | 03:36 |
| 10 | Niebla Roja defeated Místico | 2017 Universal Championship quarter final match | 05:31 |
| 11 | Último Guerrero defeated Niebla Roja | 2017 Universal Championship semi-final match | 07:31 |
| No. | Results Místico and Dragon Lee defeated Los Hijos del Infierno (Ephesto, Mephisto and Luciferno) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 15:47 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Volador Jr. defeated Último Guerrero | 2017 Universal Championship final match. Best two-out-of-three falls match | 22:42 |
References
- ^ "CAGEMATCH » Titles Database » Occidente Heavyweight Championship » Title Reigns". CageMatch. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ Rosas Plata, Arturo (July 7, 2017). "Diamante Azul… ¡Entra al quite!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "CMLL: Resultados Martes de Arena México – 01/11/2016 – Los Hijos de Infierno retienen el Campeonato Nacional de Tríos y Hechicero se corona superando a Rey Bucanero". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "Resultados Sabado Aarena Coliseo: ¡Ángel de Oro Acabo con un historico reinado!" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. March 26, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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- ^ "Marco Corleone es el nuevo campeón completo del CMLL" [Marco Corleone is the new heavyweight champion of CMLL]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "Diamante Azul, nuevo Campeón de Occidente". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ Salazar, Alexis (March 4, 2016). "Resultados Arena México® – Viernes Espectaculares". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ a b c Vacah (August 10, 2015). Ocampo, Ernesto (ed.). "CMLL: Resultados 9/08/2015". Súper Luchas. Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ^ Reducindo, Miguel (August 2, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 1º de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Rosas Plata, Arturo (July 8, 2017). "¡Más sabe el diablo…!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
