CMLL Universal Championship (2019)
{{short description|2019 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre event}}
{{Infobox wrestling event
|name=CMLL Universal Championship (2019)
|image =Universal Championship 2019 Finals.png
|caption =Poster for the February 15 tournament final
|promotion = Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|date={{Unbulleted list|February 2, 2019|February 9, 2019|February 16, 2019}}
|venue=Arena México
|city = Mexico City, Mexico
|liveevent=Y
|lastevent=Fantastica Mania
|nextevent=Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
|event=CMLL Universal Championship tournaments
|lastevent2=2017
|nextevent2=
}}
The CMLL Universal Championship (2019) ({{langx|es|Campeonato Universal}}) was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament started on February 2, 2019 and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the final held on February 14, 2019 at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico.
The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament exclusively for wrestlers who hold a CMLL-recognized championship at the time of the tournament. The tournament was first held in 2009, but not held in 2018 for unexplained reasons, making the 2019 version the tenth 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. In the finals of the 2019 tournament Mexican National Heavyweight Champion El Terrible defeated the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Niebla Roja to become a two-time tournament winner.
Background
The tournament featured 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 were eligible to participate in the tournament. The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship is 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, although exceptions have been made to allow New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) champions to compete if they were in Mexico at the time. Both Euforia and Eléctrico were eligible for the tournament, but neither champion participated.
=Eligible champions=
Tournament
{{16TeamBracket-NoSeeds
|RD1-team01=El Terrible
|RD1-score01=W
|RD1-team02=Stuka Jr.
|RD1-score02=02:31{{cite web | url=https://ovaciones.com/es-terrible-el-primer-finalista/ | title=Es Terrible el primer finalista | trans-title=El Terrible is the first finalist | date=February 2, 2019 | accessdate=February 9, 2019 | work=Ovaciones | language=Spanish | first=Arturo | last=Rosas Plata | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204092516/https://ovaciones.com/es-terrible-el-primer-finalista/ | archive-date=February 4, 2019 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://www.esto.com.mx/413007-el-terrible-es-finalista-en-eliminatoria-por-campeonato-universal-ultimas-noticias-cmll-lucha-libre/ | title=El Terrible, finalista en eliminatoria por Campeonato Universal | trans-title=El Terrible, finalist after the first elimination round of the Universal Championship | language=Spanish | date=February 2, 2019 | accessdate=February 9, 2019 | work=ESO | first=Arturo | last=López Escalona}}
|RD1-team03=Valiente
|RD1-team04=Gran Guerrero
|RD1-score04=W
|RD1-team05=Dragón Lee
|RD1-score05=W
|RD1-team06=Forastero
|RD1-team07=Carístico
|RD1-score07=W
|RD1-team08=Cavernario
|RD1-team09=Último Guerrero
|RD1-score09=W
|RD1-team10=Diamante Azul
|RD1-score10=03:14{{cite web | url=https://ovaciones.com/vence-al-maestro/ | title=¡Vence al maestro! | trans-title=defeating the master | date=February 9, 2019 | accessdate=February 9, 2019 | first=Arturo | last=Rosas Platas | language=Spanish | work=Ovaciones | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153307/https://ovaciones.com/vence-al-maestro/ | archive-date=February 16, 2019 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/otros-deportes/lucha-libre/2019/02/09/5c5e6f62268e3e8f7c8b45a1.html | work=Marca Claro | title=Niebla Roja se impone en la segunda fase del torneo Campeón Universal 2019 | trans-title=Niebla Roja looks imposing in the second phase of the 2019 Universal Championship | date=February 9, 2019 | accessdate=February 9, 2019 | language=Spanish}}
|RD1-team11=El Cuatrero
|RD1-score11=W
|RD1-team12=Soberano Jr.
|RD1-team13=Niebla Roja
|RD1-score13=W
|RD1-team14=Mephisto
|RD1-team15=Volador Jr.
|RD1-score15=W
|RD1-team16=Sansón
|RD2-team01=El Terrible
|RD2-score01=W
|RD2-team02=Gran Guerrero
|RD2-team03=Dragón Lee
|RD2-score03=W
|RD2-team04=Carístico
|RD2-team05=Último Guerrero
|RD2-score05=W
|RD2-team06=El Cuatero
|RD2-team07=Niebla Roja
|RD2-score07=W
|RD2-team08=Volador Jr.
|RD3-team01=El Terrible
|RD3-score01=W
|RD3-team02=Dragón Lee
|RD3-team03=Último Guerrero
|RD3-team04=Niebla Roja
|RD3-score04=W
|RD4-team01=El Terrible
|RD4-score01=W
|RD4-team02=Niebla Roja
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2019 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre events}}
{{CMLLShows|Universal Championship}}
{{CMLL Universal Championship}}
{{Portal bar|Mexico}}
Category:2019 in professional wrestling