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Mexican professional wrestling tournament
The CMLL Universal Championship 2015 (Campeonato Universal in
Spanish ) is an ongoing
professional wrestling tournament, originally announced by the
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
promotion as starting in August 2015.
[1] CMLL started the tournament in October, with no explanation for the change to the schedule. Traditionally the Universal Championship tournament takes place over three
Super Viernes . The
CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL champions that was first held in 2009, making the 2015 version the seventh overall tournament. Being a professional wrestling tournament, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.
Background
The tournament will feature 15
professional wrestling matches under
single-elimination tournament rules, which means that wrestlers would be eliminated from the tournament when they lose a match. All male "non-regional" CMLL champions at the time of the tournament are eligible to participate in the tournament. The
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship and
Mexican National Lightweight Championship are both exclusively for CMLL's
Mini-Estrella division and thus not eligible for the tournament. Regionally promoted championships such as the
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente championships promoted in
Guadalajara ,
Jalisco have not been included in the tournament in the past; only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue
Arena Mexico were included, although exceptions have been made to allow
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) champions to compete if they were in Mexico at the time. At the time of the tournament being announced
CMLL World Welterweight Champion
Máscara Dorada was working full-time for NJPW, which meant he would not participate in the tournament.
2015 Universal Championship tournament
Máscara Dorada , the current
CMLL World Welterweight Champion , only champion not in the tournament.
Block A (October 2, 2015)
Block B (October 9, 2015)
Tournament brackets
Block A
Block B
Atlantis def. Ultimo Guerrero in the Finals to win the Tournament.
References
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"Diamante Azul, Decidido a terminar con Los Ingobernables" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. June 10, 2015. Archived from
the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015 .
^ Granados, Sandra (October 29, 2014).
"Resultados Arena México Martes 28 de Octubre '14" . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014 .
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"Bárbaro Cavernario, nuevo Campeón Nacional Welter" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish). May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Salazar López, Alexis (April 6, 2015).
"Resultados Arena México Domingo 5 de Abril '15" . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015 .
^ González, Fernando (2011-11-19).
"Dragón Rojo Jr., nuevo Campeón peso Medio del CMLL" .
Récord (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-11-20 .
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c Vacah (August 10, 2015).
"CMLL: Resultados 9/08/2015" . SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
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Barradas, Bibiana (March 9, 2015).
"Resultados Arena México Domingo 8de Marzo '15" . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015 .
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b Salazar López, Alexis A. (June 14, 2014).
"Resultados Arena México Viernes 13 de Junio '14" . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014 .
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"Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
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"Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto" . Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015 .
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Barradas, Bibiana (January 31, 2015).
"Resultados Arena México® Viernes 30 de Enero '15" . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2015 .
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" 'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^ Reducindo, Miguel (August 2, 2014).
"Resultados Arena México Viernes 1º de Agosto '14" .
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014 .
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g Valdés, Apolo (October 3, 2015).
"Último Guerrero, finalista de Campeón Universal" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish).
MSN . Retrieved October 12, 2015 .
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g Valdés, Apolo (October 10, 2015).
"Atlantis buscará el Campeonato Universal del CMLL" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish).
MSN . Retrieved October 12, 2015 .