Torneo Gran Alternativa (2007)
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Mexico City, Mexico | |||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (2007) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the 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 2007 Gran Alternativa tournament was the 13th overall tournament held. Veteran
Marco Corleone and Flash in the first round, then Dr. Wagner Jr. and Máscara Purpura, before toppling Guerrero and Euforia in the finals, making Místico the first rookie winner to also win the Gran Alternativa as a veteran.[2][3] Soon after his tournament victory, La Sombra teamed with El Sagrado and Volador Jr. to win the Mexican National Trios Championship as well as holding one-half of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
with Volador Jr.
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.[4][5]
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, but held on each year from 2001 through 2007.[7]
Tournament brackets
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Stuka Jr. and Negro Casas | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Máscara Purpura and Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | |||||||||||||
| Máscara Purpura and Dr. Wagner Jr. | [2] | |||||||||||||
| La Sombra and Místico | W | |||||||||||||
Super Nova and Heavy Metal
| [2] | |||||||||||||
La Sombra and Místico
| W | |||||||||||||
| La Sombra and Místico | W | |||||||||||||
| Euforia and Último Guerrero | [2][5] | |||||||||||||
Marco Corleone
| [2] | |||||||||||||
Dos Caras Jr.
| W | |||||||||||||
| Valiente and Dos Caras Jr. | [2] | |||||||||||||
| Euforia and Último Guerrero | W | |||||||||||||
| Euforia and Último Guerrero | W | |||||||||||||
Villaño V
| [2] | |||||||||||||
Aftermath
La Sombra, teaming with
La Máscara, the NWA World Welterweight Championship and NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship once,[9][10] and then NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship twice.[11] In 2015 La Sombra lost his mask to Atlantis in the main event of the CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show,[12] after which he revealed that he had signed a contract with WWE, the largest wrestling promotion in the world.[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 now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CMLL Gran Alternativa #13". Pro Wrestling History. June 29, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ Ocampo, Jorge (September 12, 2004). "Gran Alternativa 2007". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 229.
- ^ "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.
- D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 21. Número 21470 Año LXII.
- ^ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ Mexicool, Rey (January 20, 2013). "La Sombra... ¡nuevo Campeón Mundial Histórico NWA de Peso Medio!". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 14, 2011). "Arena México (resultados 13 de Marzo) ¡La Sombra nuevo campeón mundial histórico NWA de peso Welter!". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Ocampo, Ernesto (September 18, 2015). "CMLL: 82 Aniversario — Cobertura en vivo — Atlantis vs. Sombra máscara contra máscara — El adiós de Dark Angel". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (November 19, 2015). "WWE announces signing of CMLL star La Sombra". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 19, 2015.