page_title: CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa
section_title: Tournament winners
hierarchical_section_title: CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa / Tournament winners
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: カリスティコ Français&#160;: Le catcheur Caristico saluant le public.
context_page_description: The Torneo Gran Alternativa is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The tournament was not held in 1997, 2000, or 2002, but was held twice in 1996 and 1998. The most recent Torneo Gran Alternativa tournament was held in June 2017. The tournament has always been held in Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, the main arena of CMLL.
  Up until 2010 the tournament format was that of eight tag teams facing off in a one night, single elimination tournament, sometimes with a match to determine the seeds for the tournament. In 2010 the field of competitors was doubled to 16 and the tournament would take place over three shows, with eight teams facing off in Block A, the other eight in Block B and the two block winners would wrestle the following week. All tournament matches except the finals are single fall matches, while the finals are a best two-out-of-three falls per lucha libre traditions.
caption: Carístico, three-time tournament winner, in Michinoku Pro Wrestling in September 2016
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