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The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) took take place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. All officially recognized male CMLL Champions participated in a 16-man tournament. In the finals CMLL World Middleweight Champion Jushin Liger defeated CMLL World Trios Champion La Sombra to win the tournamenbt.

Background[]

The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches under elimination rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, rather is an annual tournament held by CMLL since 2009, replacing their Leyenda de Plata tournament. All male "non-regional" CMLL Champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament. Regionally promoted championships such as the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente championships promoted in Guadalajara, Jalisco were not included in the tournament, only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue Arena Mexico were included. The tournament was divided into two qualifying blocks, which took take place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes and the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes while the final took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes.

2010 Universal Championship tournament[]

When CMLL announced the 2010 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:

Participant Championship held
Mr. Águila CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Averno NWA World Middleweight Championship
Negro Casas CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Ephesto CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Héctor Garza CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Jushin Liger CMLL World Middleweight Championship
La Máscara CMLL World Trios Championship
Mascara Dorada CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
CMLL World Trios Championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
Mephisto NWA World Welterweight Championship
Metro Mexican National Trios Championship
La Sombra CMLL World Trios Championship
Stuka, Jr. Mexican National Trios Championship
El Texano, Jr. NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Último Guerrero CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
CMLL Universal Championship
Valiente Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Volador, Jr. Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Block A

Block A took place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions fighting for a place in the final.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
     Mascara Dorada Winner  
   Stuka, Jr.    
     Mascara Dorada    
     Último Guerrero Winner  
   Último Guerrero Winer
     Averno    
       Último Guerrero  
     La Sombra Winner
     La Sombra Winner  
   Mephisto    
     La Sombra Winner
     El Texano, Jr.    
   El Texano, Jr. Winner
     Ephesto    
Block B

Block B took place on the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions fighting for a place in the final.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
     Héctor Garza Winner  
   Metro    
     Héctor Garza    
     Jushin Liger Winner  
   Negro Casas  
     Jushin Liger Winner  
       Jushin Liger Winner
     La Mascara  
     Volador, Jr. Winner  
   Valiente    
     Volador, Jr.  
     La Máscara Winner  
   La Máscara Winner
     Mr. Águila    
Finals

The finals of the tournament took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Jushin Liger defeat La Sombra two falls to one, after interference from Liger's cornerman Okumura.

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