CMLL Universal Championship 2010

The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) took take place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between July 30, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. All officially recognized male CMLL Champions participated in a 16-man tournament. In the finals CMLL World Middleweight Champion Jushin Liger defeated CMLL World Trios Champion La Sombra to win the tournamenbt.
==Background==
The tournament featured 15 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, replacing their Leyenda de Plata tournament. 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 take place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes and the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes while the final took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes.
==2010 Universal Championship tournament==
When CMLL announced the 2010 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:
Participant 	Championship held
Mr. Águila 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Averno 	NWA World Middleweight Championship
Negro Casas 	CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Ephesto 	CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Héctor Garza 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Jushin Liger 	CMLL World Middleweight Championship
La Máscara 	CMLL World Trios Championship
Mascara Dorada 	CMLL World Super Lightweight ChampionshipCMLL World Trios ChampionshipMexican National Trios Championship
Mephisto 	NWA World Welterweight Championship
Metro 	Mexican National Trios Championship
La Sombra 	CMLL World Trios Championship
Stuka, Jr. 	Mexican National Trios Championship
El Texano, Jr. 	NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Último Guerrero	CMLL World Heavyweight ChampionshipCMLL Universal Championship
Valiente 	Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Volador, Jr. 	Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
;Block A
Block A took place on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions fighting for a place in the final.
;Block B
Block B took place on the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes, featuring eight champions fighting for a place in the final.
;Finals
The finals of the tournament took place on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Jushin Liger defeat La Sombra two falls to one, after interference from Liger's cornerman Okumura.
==External links==
* Profile
Category:2010 pay-per-view events
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre pay-per-view events
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