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The Gran Alternativa 2014 was a professional wrestling tournament event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place from January 31 until February 14, 2014 over the course of two CMLL Super Viernes shows, with the finals on the Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show. The Torneo Gran Alternativa (Spanish for "the Great Alternative tournament) concept sees a Novato or rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament. The rookie winner is often elevated up the ranks of CMLL as a result of winning the tournament, but there is no specific "prize" for winning the tournament outside of a symbolic trophy. The tournament was won by rookie Cavernario and veteran Mr. Niebla, the success of the tournament led to Cavernario being added to Mr. Niebla's group La Peste Negra

Tournament background[]

The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers teaming up, some of which may be involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines while others are simply paired up for the tournament. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes. The tournament format follows CMLL's traditional tournament formats, with two qualifying blocks of eight teams that compete on the first and second week of the tournament and a final match between the two block winners. The qualifying blocks were one-fall matches while the tournament finals will be a best two-out-of-three falls tag team match. Each qualifying block started with all 8 Novatos competing in a "seeding" battle royal to determine the brackets for the block. The team of Cavernario and Mr. Niebla defeated Soberano, Jr. and Volador Jr. in the finals on February 14. Out of all the Novato participants seven of them had participated in the Gran Alternativa tournament before, primarily the 2013 tournament; Soberano, Jr., Oro, Jr., Guerrero Negro, Jr., Herodes, Jr., Espanto, Jr., Akuma and Hombre Bala, Jr..

2014 Gran Alternativa participants
Block Rookie Veteran
Block A Akuma Rey Bucanero
Block A Cachorro Blue Panther
Block A Espanto, Jr. Mephisto
Block A Guerrero Negro, Jr. El Terrible
Block A Hombre Bala, Jr. Maximo
Block A Oro, Jr. La Sombra
Block A Soberano, Jr. Volador Jr.
Block A El Rebelde Averno
Block B Black Panther Diamante Azul
Block B Canelo Casas Negro Casas
Block B Cavernario Mr. Niebla
Block B Dragon Lee Rush
Block B Espiritu Negro Reapper
Block B Hechicero Último Guerrero
Block B Herodes, Jr. Shocker
Block B Star, Jr. Atlantis

Tournament results[]

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
1  El Rebelde and Averno  
16  Cachorro and Blue Panther W  
     Cachorro and Blue Panther  
     Oro, Jr. and La Sombra W  
8  Akuma and Rey Bucanero
9  Oro, Jr. and La Sombra W  
     Oro, Jr. and La Sombra  
     Soberano, Jr. and Volador Jr. W  
5  Guerrero Negro, Jr. and El Terrible W  
12  Hombre Bala, Jr. and Maximo  
     Guerrero Negro, Jr. and El Terrible
     Soberano, Jr. and Volador Jr. W  
4  Espanto, Jr. and Mephisto
13  Soberano, Jr. and Volador Jr. W  
     Soberano, Jr. and Volador Jr.
     Cavernario and Mr. Niebla W
6  Herodes, Jr. and Shocker W  
11  Espiritu Negro and Reapper  
     Herodes, Jr. and Shocker
     Dragon Lee and Rush W  
3  Canelo Casas and Negro Casas
14  Dragon Lee and Rush W  
     Dragon Lee and Rush
     Cavernario and Mr. Niebla W  
7  Black Panther and Diamante Azul  
10  Cavernario and Mr. Niebla W  
     Cavernario and Mr. Niebla W
     Hechicero and Último Guerrero  
2  Hechicero and Último Guerrero W
15  Star, Jr. and Atlantis  

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