La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores (2017)

Starting in 1996 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) held their first ever La Copa Junior tournament. CMLL held the tournament to celebrate the fact that lucha libre in Mexico is often a family tradition, with a large number of second, third, or even fourth generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives.{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=A family affair|pages=128–132|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}} The premise of the tournament is that all participants are second-generation or more, although at times the family relationship is a storylines family relationship and not an actual one. One example of this is Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL.{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/?p=5864|title=El nuevo luchador presentado por el CMLL|date=July 2009|accessdate=October 20, 2012|language=Spanish|work=Súper Luchas}} The original La Copa Junior was won by Héctor Garza.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/second.html#1996|title=Copa Junior Tournament 1996|date=February 23 – March 31, 1996|accessdate=October 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}

CMLL would not hold another La Copa Junior until the 2005 tournament (won by Shocker),{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/second.html#2005|title=Copa Junior Tournament 2005|date=January 21 – February 4, 2005|accessdate=October 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} followed by a 2006 tournament won by Dos Caras Jr.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/second.html#2006|title=Copa Junior Tournament 2006|date=March 31, 2006|accessdate=October 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} The tournament did not return until 2010 where Dragón Rojo Jr. won the 2010 version.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/second.html#2010|title=Copa Junior Tournament 2010|date=December 10–25, 2010|accessdate=October 20, 2012|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} In 2012 third-generation luchador La Sombra won the Junior cup{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/la-copa-jr-2012-es-para-la-sombra/|title=La Copa Jr. 2012 es para... ¡La Sombra!|last=Mexicool|first=Rey|date=December 15, 2012|accessdate=December 28, 2012|work=Súper Luchas|language=Spanish}}

In 2014, CMLL held two La Copa Junior tournaments, first a tournament on January 1, won by Super Halcón Jr.,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209022015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm |title=Resultados Arena México Miércoles 1º de Enero '14 |archivedate=February 9, 2014 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |date=January 2, 2014 |accessdate=January 2, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} followed by a VIP tournament, featuring higher card wrestlers than the usual tournaments, which was won by Máximo{{cite web|url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013142428/http://www.cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Resultados Arena Mexico Viernes 10 de Octubre '14 |archivedate=October 13, 2014 |date=October 10, 2014 |accessdate=October 11, 2014 |first=Miguel |last=Reducindo |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} The semi-regular tournament returned in 2016, won by Esfinge{{cite web | url=https://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/fotos/lucha-libre-funci%C3%B3n-marteeeessss-19-de-eeeeeeenero0000-slideshow/ | title=Lucha Libre función martes 19 de Enero | first=Gonzalo López |last= Peralta | work=Yahoo! Deportes | publisher=Yahoo! | date=January 20, 2016 | accessdate=January 20, 2016 | language=Spanish}} In 2017, Soberano Jr. won the La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores{{cite web|url=http://cmll.com/?p=1788 |title=Resultados Arena México - Viernes Espectacular |date=April 29, 2017 |accessdate=April 30, 2017 |publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523093748/http://cmll.com/?p=1788 |archivedate=May 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/mexico/cmll-arena-mexico-results-sons-tribute-his-legendary-father-234611 | title=CMLL Arena Mexico Results: A son's tributre to his legendary father | first=Chris | last=Aiken | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online | date=April 29, 2017 | accessdate=April 30, 2017}}

The 2017 version of the tournament was given the tagline Nuevos Valores, emphasizing that this specific tournament would focus on the "new guys", younger wrestlers who normally wrestle on the low-to-middle part of the show, between matches 1 and 3. CMLL has previously held tournaments to focus on the younger wrestlers such as the Sangre Nueva tournament or "Forjando un Idolo", but this would be the first time CMLL specifically designated the Copa Junior as being strictly for "new guys". Artillero, who competed in Block B was the only wrestler to not fit the "new" mold, as he had been working for CMLL for 17 years at that point, starting in 2005.

The tournament featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite book | author= Madigan, Dan | title= Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling | publisher= HarperCollins Publishers | year= 2007 | chapter = "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" | page = 31 | quote=featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos | isbn=978-0-06-085583-3|location=New York, New York}}

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results=

|match1=Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, and Pierrothito defeated Shockercito, Stukita, and Último Dragóncito

|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

|time1=14:45

|match2=Soberano Jr. defeated The Panther, Drone, Oro Jr., El Cuatrero, Canelo Casas, El Hijo del Signo, and Espanto Jr.

|stip2=2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores semifinal 8-man torneo cibernetico elimination match

|time2=30:34

|match3=Ángel de Oro defeated Hechicero

|stip3="Lighting match", 1 fall, 10 minute time limit

|time3=08:53

|match4=Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., and Valiente defeated Mephisto, Negro Casas, and Sam Adonis

|stip4=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

|time4=14:03

|match5=Carístico, Dragon Lee, and Místico defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero, and Niebla Roja)

|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

|time5=11:33

|match6=Último Guerrero (c) defeated Atlantis

|stip6=Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship

|time6=11:41

}}

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results=

|match1=Canelo Casas and Espanto Jr. defeated Flyer and Robin

|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match

|match2=Drone, Fuego, and Rey Cometa defeated Nitro and Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Raziel and Virus)

|stip2=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

|match3=Guerrero Maya Jr. defeated Luciferno

|stip3="Lighting match", 1 fall, 10 minute time limit

|match4=Sansón defeated Blue Panther Jr., Esfinge, Magnus, Stigma, Star Jr., Forastero, and Artillero

|stip4=2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores semifinal 8-man torneo cibernetico elimination match

|match5=Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., and Valiente defeated Mr. Niebla, Pierroth, and Sam Adonis

|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

|match6=Carístico, Dragon Lee, and Volador Jr. defeated Bárbaro Cavernario, La Máscara, and Negro Casas by disqualification

|stip6=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

}}

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{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results ={{cite web | url=https://www.esto.com.mx/263846-la-mascara-dedica-triunfo-sobre-volador-a-su-padre/ | title=La Máscara dedica triunfo, sobre Volador, a su padre | date=April 29, 2017 | accessdate=October 2, 2018 | work=ESTO | language=Spanish}}{{cite web|url=http://cmll.com/?p=1788 |title=Resultados Arena México - Viernes Espectacular |date=April 29, 2017 |accessdate=April 30, 2017 |publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523093748/http://cmll.com/?p=1788 |archivedate=May 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/mexico/cmll-arena-mexico-results-sons-tribute-his-legendary-father-234611 | title=CMLL Arena Mexico Results: A son's tributre to his legendary father | first=Chris | last=Aiken | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online | date=April 29, 2017 | accessdate=April 30, 2017}}

|match1 =Eléctrico and Fantasy defeated Pequeño Nitro and Pequeño Olímpico

|stip1 =Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match

|match2 =Estrellita, La Metálica and Sanely defeated Dalys la Caribeña, Marcela and Zeuxis

|stip2 =Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|match3 =Soberano Jr. defeated Sansón

|stip3 =2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores tournament final

|match4 =Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone and Valiente defeated Hechicero, Kráneo and Ripper

|stip4 =Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|match5 =Carístico, Dragon Lee and Místico defeated La Peste Negra (Bárbaro Cavernario and Negro Casas) and Mephisto

|stip5 =Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|match6=La Máscara defeated Volador Jr.

|stip6 =Best two-out-of-three falls Singles match

}}

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