CMLL Universal Championship (2015)

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.

CMLL Universal Championship (2015)
Atlantis, holder of the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship and tournament winner.
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateOctober 2, 2015 to October 16, 2015
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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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)
Participant Championship held 'Ref.
Ángel de Oro CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship [2]
Bárbaro Cavernario Mexican National Welterweight Championship [3]
Dragon Lee CMLL World Lightweight Championship [4]
Dragón Rojo, Jr. CMLL World Middleweight Championship [5]
Luciferno Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Rey Bucanero NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship [7]
Shocker CMLL World Tag Team Championship [8]
Último Guerrero NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship [9]
Block B (October 9, 2015)
Participant Championship held 'Ref.
Atlantis Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship [10]
Negro Casas CMLL World Tag Team Championship [8]
Ephesto Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Máximo CMLL World Heavyweight Championship [11]
Mephisto Mexican National Trios Championship [6]
Místico CMLL World Trios Championship [12]
Valiente CMLL World Trios Championship [12]
Volador Jr. CMLL World Trios Championship
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship		 [12]
[13]

Tournament brackets
Block A
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Último Guerrero Pin
Rey Bucanero [14]
Último Guerrero Pin
Bárbaro Cavernario [14]
Dragón Rojo Jr. [14]
Bárbaro Cavernario Pin
Último Guerrero Pin
Shocker [14]
Dragon Lee Pin
Luciferno [14]
Luciferno [14]
Shocker Pin
Ángel de Oro Pin
Shocker [14]
Block B
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Ephesto Pin
Mephisto [15]
Mephisto Pin
Místico [15]
Místico Pin
Valiente [15]
Mephisto [15]
Atlantis Pin
Volador Jr. Pin
Maximo [15]
Volador Jr. [15]
Atlantis Pin
Negro Casas [15]
Atlantis Pin

Atlantis def. Ultimo Guerrero in the Finals to win the Tournament.

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Bárbaro Cavernario, nuevo Campeón Nacional Welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Vacah (August 10, 2015). "CMLL: Resultados 9/08/2015". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Último Guerrero destronó a La Sombra". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  10. "Atlantis, nuevo Campeón Nacional Semicompleto". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  11. 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.
  12. "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  13. 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.
  14. Valdés, Apolo (October 3, 2015). "Último Guerrero, finalista de Campeón Universal". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  15. Valdés, Apolo (October 10, 2015). "Atlantis buscará el Campeonato Universal del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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