Torneo Gran Alternativa (2001)
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Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (2001) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was a
The 2001 Gran Alternativa was held on August 14, 2001, and was the first tournament to feature a
History
Starting in 1994 the Mexican
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.[6]
Tournament background
- Gran Alternativa participants
Rookie | Veteran | Ref(s) |
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Doctor X | Gran Markus Jr. | [2] |
Enemigo Publico | Máscara Año 2000 | [2] |
Sangre Azteca | Black Warrior | [2] |
Sicodelico Jr. | Olímpico | [2] |
Alan Stone | Mr. Niebla | [2] |
Tigre Blanco | Black Tiger | [2] |
Virus | Blue Panther | [2] |
Volador Jr. | Atlantis | [2] |
Tournament brackets
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Virus and Blue Panther | W | |||||||||||||
Alan Stone and Mr. Niebla | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Virus and Blue Panther | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Sicodelico Jr. and Olímpico | W | |||||||||||||
Doctor X and Gran Markus Jr. | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Sicodelico Jr. and Olímpico | W | |||||||||||||
Sicodelico Jr. and Olímpico | W | |||||||||||||
Sangre Azteca and Black Warrior | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Volador Jr. and Atlantis | W | |||||||||||||
Enemigo Publico and Máscara Año 2000 | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Volador Jr. and Atlantis | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Sangre Azteca and Black Warrior | W | |||||||||||||
Tigre Blanco and Black Tiger | [2][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Sangre Azteca and Black Warrior | W |
Aftermath
Sicodelico Jr., the son of professional wrestler Sicodelico and nephew of Dos Caras and Mil Máscaras, left CMLL in 2003 without achieving much of note in the promotion. He would later work on the independent circuit, and had a short stint in the WWE's developmental system using the names Aaron Rodrigues and El Espiral.[9]
Sangre Azteca would go on to become a co-leader of a group called Pandilla Guerrera ("Gang of Warriors"), which later became known as Los Guerreros Tuareg. Los Guerreras won the Mexican National Trios Championship once, as well as winning the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.[10][11][12] Sangre Azteca broke away from the group in 2008 to from
References
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