CMLL Universal Championship 2013
Overview
Date
August 23, 2013 August 30, 2013 September 6, 2013
The CMLL Universal Championship 2013 (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 23 and September 6, 2013, 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 will feature 16 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. 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 place on August 23 and August 30, while the final took take place on September 6, 2013.
2013 Universal Championship tournament [ ]
When CMLL announced the 2013 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:
Block A
Block A took place on August 23, 2013, and featured eight champions wrestling for a place in the finals.
Block B
Block B took place on August 30, 2013, and featured eight champions wrestling for a place in the finals. Diamante Azul was scheduled to take part in the block, but had to pull out due to an injury and was replaced by CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champion Okumura .
Finals
The finals of the tournament took place on September 6, 2013, and saw Tanahashi defeat Rush two falls to one to become the 2013 Universal Champion.
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