Torneo Gran Alternativa (2003)
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Mexico City, Mexico | |||
Venue | Arena México | ||
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (2003) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was a
The 2003 Gran Alternativa was held on January 1, 2003, and featured 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.[6] 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.[7]
Tournament background
- Gran Alternativa participants
Rookie | Veteran | Ref(s) |
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Genético | Máscara Año 2000 | [2] |
Loco Max | Juventud Guerrera | [2] |
Mr. Power | Máscara Mágica | [2] |
Marshall | Gran Markus Jr. | [2] |
Ramstein | Scorpio Jr. | [2] |
Sangre Azteca | Cien Caras | [2] |
Alan Stone | Villano IV | [2] |
Chris Stone | Villano III | [2] |
Tournament brackets
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Sangre Azteca and Cien Caras | W | |||||||||||||
Marshall and Gran Markus Jr. | [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Sangre Azteca and Cien Caras | [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Alan Stone and Villaño IV | W | |||||||||||||
Villaño IV
| W | |||||||||||||
Loco Max and Juventud Guerrera | [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Alan Stone and Villaño IV | W | |||||||||||||
Genético and Máscara Año 2000 | [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Mr. Power and Máscara Mágica
| [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Genético and Máscara Año 2000 | W | |||||||||||||
Genético and Máscara Año 2000 | W | |||||||||||||
Ramstein and Scorpio Jr. | [2][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Ramstein and Scorpio Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
Villaño III
| [2][8][9] |
Aftermath
Alan Stone would go on to win the Guapos U tournament to become a member of Los Guapos, but left CMLL by the end of 2004 to return to AAA and the Mexican independent circuit.
The Gran Alternativa loss did not hold back Genético, instead CMLL decided to repackage him, giving him the name "El Sagrado", a new outfit including a mask with a silver cross on it and a storyline that claimed that he was the protégé of Fray Tormenta.
In 2015 Sagrado turned rudo and adopted a darker persona and ring gear, replacing the bright cross imagery with darker burning cross symbols on his mask and tights. He later began to team regularly with the newest version of
References
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- ^ "CMLL Gran Alternativa #1". Pro Wrestling History. December 30, 1994. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
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