The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 (''Campeonato Universal'' in
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) was a
professional wrestling
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annual tournament produced by
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL) took take place over three
CMLL Super Viernes
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shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in
Arena México
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,
Mexico City, Mexico
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. The
CMLL Universal Championship
The CMLL Universal Championship (''Campeonato Universal'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexico, Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2009. The tourname ...
is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. All officially recognized male CMLL Champions participated in a 16-man tournament. In the finals
CMLL World Middleweight Champion Jushin Thunder Liger
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defeated
CMLL World Trios Champion
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La Sombra
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to win the tournament.
Background
The tournament featured 15
professional wrestling matches
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under elimination rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, rather is an annual tournament held by CMLL since 2009, replacing their ''
Leyenda de Plata
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'' tournament. All male "non-regional" CMLL Champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament with the exception of the reigning
CMLL World Mini-Estrella and
Mexican National Lightweight Champions. Regionally promoted championships such as the
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
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and the Occidente championships promoted in
Guadalajara
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,
Jalisco
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were not included in the tournament, only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue
Arena Mexico
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were included. The tournament was divided into two qualifying blocks, which took take place on the
July 30, 2010 Super Viernes and the
August 6, 2010 Super Viernes while the final took place on the
August 13, 2010 Super Viernes.
2010 Universal Championship tournament
When CMLL announced the 2010 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:
;Block A
Block A took place on the
July 30, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions wrestling for a place in the final.
;Block B
Block B took place on the
August 6, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions wrestling for a place in the final.
;Finals
The finals of the tournament took place on the
August 13, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Jushin Thunder Liger defeat La Sombra two falls to one, after interference from Liger's cornerman
Okumura.
References
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