The ''Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (2010) was a

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annual tournament 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) and took place over three shows between April 16 and April 30, 2010 in

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. The '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' ("Great Alternative tournament") is an annual tournament where an established CMLL veteran teams up with a ''Novato'' or rookie in a tag team tournament, although at times the ''Novato'' is not so much a rookie, but either a wrestler who has been given a new ring character or has never participated in the ''Gran Alternativa'' before. The format of the tournament was changed for the 2010 tournament, traditionally it featured 8

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s and a one night tournament, but in 2010 it featured 16 teams, split over three

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shows.

Héctor Garza Héctor Solano Segura (June 12, 1969 – May 26, 2013) was a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Héctor Garza. During his career he worked for various major Mexican professional wrestling promotions such as Consejo ...

and

Pólvora Pólvora (born July 19, 1979) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' Enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler best known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Pólvora's r ...

won the tournament, defeating Volador Jr. and

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in the finals.

History

Starting in 1994 the Mexican

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(CMLL) created a special tournament concept where they would team up a ''novato'', or rookie, with a veteran for a single-elimination

tournament. The tournament was called El Torneo Gran Alternativa, or "The Great Alternative Tournament" and became a recurring event on the CMLL calendar. CMLL did not hold a Gran Alternativa tournament in 1997 and 2000 held on each year from 2001 through 2010. The 2010 Gran Alternativa tournament was the 16th overall Gran Alternativa tournament. All tournaments have been held in

Background

The tournament featured 15

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under elimination rules, which means that you are eliminated if you lose a match. The teams were created specifically for the tournament, with no teams having worked together on a regular basis before, and in the past has not wrestled as a regular team after the ''Gran Alternativa'' is over. The tournament incorporated pre-existing

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feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portrayed either

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(referred to as ''Rudos'' in Mexico) or good guys (''Técnicos'' in Mexico) as they competed in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Tournament

Block A

On April 7, 2010 CMLL announced the ''Novato'' participants for Block A of the 2010 ''Gran Alternativa'' tournament, featuring three wrestlers that had been involved in the 2009 '' torneo Gran Alternativa'', ending a two-year practice that stated that you could not wrestle as a ''novato'' in the tournament if you had participated in a previous year's tournament. The returning ''novatos'' are

Rey Cometa Mario Alberto González (born March 11, 1983), better known by his ring name Rey Cometa (Spanish for "King Comet"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mu ...

and Camorra. The five first time ''novatos'' were announced as

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Cancerbero Daniel Nuñez Hernandez (born June 11, 1977), better known by his ring name Cancerbero, is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Cancerbero ...

Inquisidor Inquisidor (Spanish for Inquisitor) is the current ring name of Juan Miguel Escalante Grande (born March 24, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) who is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for th ...

and

Disturbio Disturbio (born March 30, 1979) is the ring name of Israel Aguilar Alvarez, a Mexican '' luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''r ...

. When the full card for the April 16, 2010

show the full teams for Block A were announced as Diamante &

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, Blue Panther and Rey Cometa,

and Pólvora, La Máscara and Sensei,

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and Inquisidor,

El Terrible Damián Gutiérrez Hernández (born April 12, 1976), better known by his ring name El Terrible, is a Mexican professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a ''ru ...

and Disturbio,

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and

and finally

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and

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who replaced Camorra. Block A was won by Héctor Garza and Pólvora. ;Block A

Block B

Block B of the 2010 tournament took place on April 23, 2010, and the announced teams were:

(''Novato'') and Volador Jr.,

Guerrero Maya Jr. Guerrero Maya Jr. (Spanish for "Maya Warrior Junior", born August 8, 1985) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ...

(''Novato'') and Valiente,

Ángel Azteca Jr. Ángel Azteca Jr. (born June 1, 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' Enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is not the actual so ...

(''Novato'') and Shocker,

Pegasso Pegasso (born February 25, 1978) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Pegasso worked from Asistencia Asesoría y Ad ...

(''Novato'') and Toscano,

Raziel Raziel, ( ''Rāzīʾēl,'' "God is my Mystery") also known as Gallitsur ( Hebrew: גַּלִּיצוּר ''Gallīṣūr'') is an angel within the teachings of Jewish mysticism (of the Kabbalah of Judaism) who is the "Angel of Secrets" and the "An ...

(''Novato'') and Averno,

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(''Novato'') and

El Texano Jr. Juan Aguilar Leos (born July 31, 1984) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Texano Jr. Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar's brother ...

Puma King Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestlin ...

(''Novato'') and

Último Guerrero José Gutiérrez Hernández (born March 1, 1972), better known by his ring name Último Guerrero (Spanish for ''Last Warrior''), is a Mexico, Mexican (or Professional wrestling, professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Li ...

and the team of

Tiger Kid Tiger (born February 12, 1987) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, working for the Mexico City based professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the name of Felino Jr.. He w ...

(''Novato'') and

El Felino Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas starte ...

. Of note in Block B is the fact that Raziel has been a professional wrestler since 1996 but changed from the character Caligula to Raziel in late 2009 and thus is being billed as a ''Novato'' by CMLL. Block B also features Tiger Kid teaming up with his uncle El Felino, the only two wrestlers to have any sort of relationship going into the tournament. Block B was won by Delta and Volador Jr. ;Block B

Finals

The finals was contested under "best two out of three falls" rules and took place on the April 30, 2010 Super Viernes. Pólvora and Héctor Garza defeated Delta and Volador Jr. two falls to one, in 23:46 to win the 2010 ''Gran Alternativa''.

References

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