La Copa Junior VIP (2017)
{{short description|Mexican professional wrestling tournament}}
{{Infobox wrestling event
|name=La Copa Junior VIP (2017)
|image=La Copa Junior VIP (2017).png
|caption=Official poster for the tournament show
|promotion = Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|attendance=
|venue=Arena México
|city = Mexico City, Mexico
|liveevent=Y
|lastevent=Leyendas Mexicanas
|nextevent=Leyenda de Azul
|event=La Copa Junior
|lastevent2=Nuevos Valores
|nextevent2=2019
}}
La Copa Junior VIP (2017) (Spanish for "The New Values Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament took place on December 1, 2017, in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring La Copa Junior tournament featured second, third, or fourth-generation wrestlers competing against each other. The 2017 version of the La Copa Junior was the tenth tournament held by CMLL.
The 2017 La Copa Junior VIP tournament was contested under torneo cibernetico elimination match rules. The six man teams saw Niebla Roja, Carístico, Volador Jr., Místico, Dragon Lee, and Stuka Jr. face off against the team of Negro Casas, Mephisto, Shocker, Euforia, Sansón, and El Felino. In the end Niebla Roja pinned Mephisto to eliminate him, earning the 2017 La Copa Junior VIP trophy.
Production
=Background=
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}}
=Storylines=
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}}
=Family relationships=
Tournament
=Order of elimination=
| class="wikitable" align="center"
!scope="col"|# !scope="col"|Eliminated !scope="col"|Eliminated by |
| 1 |
|---|
| 2
|El Felino || Dragon Lee || 09:35 |
| 3
|Dragon Lee || Sansón || 14:18 |
| 4 |
| 5
|Shocker || Volador Jr. (disqualification) || 16:54 |
| 6
|Volador Jr. || Shocker (disqualification) || 16:54 |
| 7
|Negro Casas || Carístico || 18:00 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11
|Mephisto || Niebla Roja || 27:45 |
| 12
|colspan=2|Niebla Roja Winner || 27:45 |
=Results=
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|results={{cite web | url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/otros-deportes/lucha-libre/2017/12/02/5a22bdc5268e3eea018b459a.html | title=Niebla Roja se apodera de la Copa Jr. del CMLL | date=December 2, 2017 | accessdate=December 1, 2019 | work=Marca Claro | language=Spanish}}{{cite web | url=https://ovaciones.com/niebla-roja-noche-de-copa-vip/ | title=Niebla Roja Noches de Copa VIP | first=Arturo | last=Rosas Plata | date=December 2, 2017| accessdate=December 1, 2019 | work=Ovaciones | language=Spanish}}
|match1=Shockercito and Stukita defeated Mercurio and Pequeño Olímpico by disqualification
|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
|time1=13:45
|match2=Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero, Raziel, and Virus) defeated Astral, Pegasso, and Stigma
|stip2=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
|time2=12:28
|match3=Lady Maravilla, Marcela, and Silueta defeated Dalys la Caribeña, La Seductora, and Tiffany
|stip3=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
|time3=13:44
|match4=Hechicero, Sam Adonis, and Vangellys defeated Blue Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., and Rey Cometa
|stip4=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
|time4=17:06
|match5=Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero, and El Terrible defeated Marco Corleone, Titán, and Valiente
|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
|time5=11:09
|match6=Niebla Roja defeated Carístico, Negro Casas, Volador Jr., Mephisto, Místico, Shocker, Dragon Lee, Euforia, Sansón, Stuka Jr., and El Felino
|stip6=2017 La Copa Junior VIP 12-man torneo cibernetico elimination match
|time6=27:45
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2017 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre events}}
{{CMLL La Copa Junior}}
{{CMLLShows|La Copa Junior}}
{{Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre championships}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Junior VIP, La 2017}}