CMLL Universal Championship

The CMLL Universal Championship is a championship awarded in a tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The tournament format is a "tournament of champions" where only wrestlers who hold a championship in CMLL can participate. The Universal Championship is not defended throughout the year like a traditional championship but is a championship held until the next tournament.
==Tournament history==
The Universal Championship tournament was created in 2009 to replace the Leyenda de Plata as CMLL's top tournament of the year. The Leyenda de Plata commemorated El Santo, a legend in lucha libre, but when CMLL and El Santo's son, El Hijo del Santo had a very public falling out in 2008 they decided to no longer run the annual Leyenda de Plata tournament. They came up with the concept of the Universal Championship tournament, a tournament exclusively for CMLL champions. The first Universal Championship tournament took place over three shows in June, with the June 5, 2009 Super Viernes and June 12, 2009 Super Viernes each hosting a three-round block of the tournament and the June 19, 2009 Super Viernes featuring the finals as its main event. On June 19, 2009 CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, and one of the tournament favorites, Último Guerrero defeated El Texano, Jr. the reigning NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion.
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre championships
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