CMLL Universal Championship 2012
Overview
Date
August 17, 2012
The CMLL Universal Championship 2012 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion , which took place over three shows between August 17 and August 31, 2012, in Arena México , Mexico City, Mexico . The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009.
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 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 place on August 17 and August 24, while the finals took place on August 31, 2012.
2012 Universal Championship tournament [ ] When CMLL announced the 2012 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:
Block A Block A took place on August 17, 2012, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.
Block B Block B took place on August 24, 2012, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.
Finals The finals of the tournament took place on August 31, 2012, and saw El Terrible defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi two falls to one to become the 2012 Universal Champion.
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