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The CMLL Universal Championship 2014 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, which took place over three Super Viernes shows between August 15 and 29, 2014, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL champions that was first held in 2009 and has been held annually ever since. Being a professional wrestling tournament, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.

Background[]

The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches under single-elimination tournament rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, which has been held annually since 2009. All male "non-regional" CMLL champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament, The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship and Mexican National Lightweight Championship are both exclusively for CMLL's Mini-Estrella division and thus not eligible for 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 15 and August 22, while the final took place on August 29, 2014.

2014 Universal Championship tournament[]

When CMLL announced the 2014 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:

Participant Championship held
Diamante Azul NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Dragón Rojo, Jr. CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Euforia CMLL World Trios Championship
El Felino Mexican National Trios Championship
Mephisto Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Místico CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Mr. Niebla Mexican National Trios Championship
Negro Casas CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
Niebla Roja CMLL World Trios Championship
Rey Escorpión CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Shocker CMLL World Tag Team Championship
La Sombra NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
El Terrible CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Titán Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Último Guerrero CMLL World Trios Championship
Virus CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Volador Jr. NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Block A

Block A took place on August 15, 2014, and featured eight champions wrestling for a place in the finals.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Euforia Pin  
 El Terrible  
   Euforia Pin  
   Shocker  
 El Felino Sub
   Shocker  
     Shocker Pin
   La Sombra
   Rey Escorpión Pin  
 La Sombra  
   La Sombra Pin
   Negro Casas  
 Mephisto Sub
   Negro Casas  


Block B

Block B took place on August 22, 2014, and featured eight champions wrestling for a place in the finals.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Mr. Niebla Pin  
 Último Guerrero  
   Último Guerrero Pin  
   Dragón Rojo, Jr.  
 Dragón Rojo, Jr. Sub
   Virus  
     Último Guerrero Pin
   Volador Jr.
   Diamante Azul Pin  
 Niebla Roja  
   Diamante Azul Pin
   Volador Jr.  
 Titán Pin
   Volador Jr.  


Finals

The finals of the tournament took place on August 29, 2014, and saw the 2009 Universal Champion Último Guerrero defeated the 2011 Universal Champion La Sombra to become the first two-time Universal Champion.

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