The ''Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (2009) was a
professional wrestling major show event produced by
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(CMLL) that took place on September 26, 2009 in Arena Mexico,
Mexico City, Mexico
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. The show featured the 2009 version of CMLL's ''
Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (
Spanish for "the Great Alternative tournament), a tournament where an established CMLL star teams with a ''Novato'' or rookie in a tag team tournament. None of the ''Novatos'' in the 2009 tournament had participated in previous ''Gran Alternativas''. The teams were
Mﾃｭstico and
ﾃ］gel de Oro,
Blue Panther and
Rey Cometa,
Hﾃｩctor Garza and
ﾃ］gel de Plata
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,
Atlantis and
,
Mr. Niebla
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and
Tiger Kid,
Averno and
Pﾃｳlvora,
Toscano and
Rouge and finally
Yujiro and
Shigeo Okumura.
Shocker was originally scheduled to team with Rouge and
Semental was supposed to team with Yujiro but both were replaced before the show. In addition to the seven match tournament the card featured two title matches;
ﾃ嗟timo Guerrero defending the
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
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against
Jushin Thunder Liger in the main event and
Pierrothito defending the
Mexican National Lightweight Championship against
Elﾃｩctrico on the under card. THe show featured two additional
Six-man tag team matches.
Background
The event featured eleven
professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
scripted feuds or
storylines. Wrestlers portray either
villains
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(referred to as ''Rudos'' in Mexico) or
fan favorites (''Tﾃｩcnicos'' in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.
Results
References
;Specific match result sources
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Further reading
;Show previews
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