Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995)

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Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995)
Mexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the second annual

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 1995 version of the tournament was held as part of CMLL's 39. Aniversario de Arena México
show.

The second 'Torneo Gran Alternativa featured several participants that were also part of the first tournament, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Pierroth Jr. once again participated as the veterans while Guerrero de la Muerte, Astro Rey Jr. and Shocker returned in the rookie section. Dr. Wagner Jr. and Astro Rey Jr. earned their passage to the finals by defeating Mocho Cota and Guerrero de la Muerte in the first round and the brother team of Atlantis and Atlantico in the second. Silver King and Shocker qualified for the finals by defeating Pierroth Jr. and Chicago Express and the team of Bestia Salvaje and Corazón Salvaje. In the finals Silver King and Shocker overcame Dr. Wagner Jr. and Astro Rey Jr. to win the 1995 Torneo Gran Alternativa.[2] Over the subsequent years Shocker became one of the main event wrestlers of CMLL, winning various singles and tag team titles.

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.[3][4]

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.[5] 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 resumed their schedule in 2016.[6]

Tournament brackets

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Guerrero de la Muerte and Mocho Cota [2]
Astro Rey Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. W
Astro Rey Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. W
Atlantico and Atlantis [2]
Atlantico and Atlantis W
MS-1 Jr. and MS-1 [2]
Astro Rey Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. [2][4]
Shocker and Silver King W
Corazón Salvaje and Bestia Salvaje W
Halcon Negro Jr. and Emilio Charles Jr. [2]
Corazón Salvaje and Bestia Salvaje [2]
Shocker Silver King W
Shocker and Silver King W
Chicago Express and Pierroth Jr. [2]
No.Results
Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match[7]

Aftermath

The 1995 Gran Alternativa victory was the beginning of a long and successful career for Shocker as he worked his way up the ranks of CMLL from 1995 to 2005. He would win the mask of Rey Bucanero in July 1999 but lose his own mask to

Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling (TNA) and then for CMLL rival Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.[10][11][12] in 2006 he returned to CMLL where he has won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship three times, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship.[13]

References

  1. 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 now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CMLL Gran Alternativa #2". Pro Wrestling History. April 7, 1995. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "CMLL Gran Alternativa #1". Pro Wrestling History. December 30, 1994. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "CMLL Gran Alternativa History". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Satánico (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 55. 17.
  8. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Shocker (in Spanish). Mexico. October 2007. p. 23. Tomo IV.
  10. ^ "Shocker > Matches > Total Nonstop Action Wrestling". Cagematch. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ^ "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Verano de Escándalo". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  12. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (September 27, 2005). "Verano de Escándalo". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 6–8. issue 122.
  13. ^ "CAGEMATCH >> Wrestlers Database >> Shocker >> Titles". CageMatch. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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