Torneo Gran Alternativa (1994)
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| Venue | Arena México | ||
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (1994) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the very first
bookers of a wrestling promotion that is not publicized prior to the shows to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[1]
The Gran Alternativa tournament features
Satánico and rookie Arkangel de la Muerte. In the subsequent years, Héctor Garza would rise up through the ranks in CMLL as well as working stints for World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
in the U.S. and becoming a fixture on the CMLL main event scene.
History
Starting in 1994 the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) created a special tournament concept where they would team up a novato, or rookie, with a veteran for a single-elimination tag team tournament with the purpose of increasing the profile of the rookie wrestler.[2][3]
CMLL had used a similar concept in August 1994 where Novato Shocker teamed up with veterans Ringo Mendoza and Brazo de Plata to defeat novato Apolo Dantés and veterans Gran Markus Jr. and El Brazo in the finals of a six-man tag team tournament.[4] CMLL would later modify the concept to two-man tag teams instead, creating a tournament that would be known as El Torneo Gran Alternativa, or "The Great Alternative Tournament", which became a recurring event on the CMLL calendar. CMLL did not hold a Gran Alternativa tournament in 1997 and 2000 held on each year from 2001 through 2014, opting not to hold a tournament in 2015, but continuing annually since then[5]
Tournament brackets
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Astro Rey Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Halcon Negro Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Negro Casas and Héctor Garza | W | |||||||||||||
| Héctor Garza and Negro Casas | W | |||||||||||||
| Guerrero de la Muerte and Pierroth Jr. | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Héctor Garza and Negro Casas | W | |||||||||||||
| Arkangel de la Muerte and El Satánico | [2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Olímpico and Dos Caras | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Arkangel de la Muerte and El Satánico | W | |||||||||||||
| Arkangel de la Muerte and El Satánico | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Shocker and El Dandy | W | |||||||||||||
| Shocker and El Dandy | W | |||||||||||||
Máscara Mágica and La Fiera
| [2] | |||||||||||||
Aftermath
The tournament win helped elevate Héctor Garza in CMLL as the young tecnico wrestler defeated both
America's X Cup tournament.[8] In 2005 Garza returned to CMLL and became an integral part of the Los Perros del Mal group. Garza lost the main event of the CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show, CMLL's most important show of the year, and as a result had all his hair shaved off.[9] He would later hold the CMLL World Trios Championship twice more as well as winning the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. In 2011 Garza left CMLL, opting to work for Perros del Mal Producciones,[10] and later on for AAA.[11] Garza died from Lung cancer on May 23, 2013.[12] He was posthumously inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.[13]
References
- ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities - but on how much, or how little they were pushed by promoters
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CMLL Gran Alternativa #1". Pro Wrestling History. December 30, 1994. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Flores, Manuel (July 18, 2008). Ocampo, Ernesto (ed.). "Histórico de ganadores del torneo: La Gran Alternativa". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ "Torneo de Gran Alternativa. Inigualable oportunidad para nuevos valores" [Great Alternative Tournament. Unique opportunity for new blood] (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. May 31, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "CMLL Gran Alternativa History". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ "Wrestler profile: Hector Garza". Online World of Wrestling.
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- ^ Martin, Adam (February 12, 2004). "Full NWA TNA PPV Results - 2/11/04 (AAA wins the America's X Cup + more)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
- ^ Ocampo, Jorge (October 9, 2006). "Aniversario: Universo Rapó Garza". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 126.
- ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (November 12, 2011). "Héctor Garza deja el CMLL, se une con los Perros del Mal" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración(in Spanish). November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ Ocampo Alcázar, Jorge (May 26, 2013). "Muere Héctor Garza "El Querubín" (1969–2013), víctima del cancer". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (August 9, 2015). "AAA TripleMania live coverage from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City - Mysterio vs. Myzteziz, Alberto vs. Cage hair match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 10, 2015.