CMLL Universal Championship 2012

The CMLL Universal Championship 2012 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, which took place over three shows between August 17 and August 31, 2012, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009.
==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 place on August 17 and August 24, while the finals took place on August 31, 2012.
==2012 Universal Championship tournament==
When CMLL announced the 2012 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:
Participant 	Championship held
Atlantis 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Black Warrior 	Mexican National Trios Championship
Diamante Azul 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Dragón Rojo, Jr.	CMLL World Middleweight Championship
Marco Corleone 	CMLL World Trios Championship
La Máscara 	Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Máscara Dorada 	CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Máximo 	CMLL World Trios Championship
Mr. Águila 	Mexican National Trios Championship
Negro Casas 	NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Pólvora 	Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Prince Devitt 	NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Rey Bucanero 	NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Rush 	CMLL World Light Heavyweight ChampionshipCMLL World Trios Championship
El Terrible 	CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Virus 	CMLL World Lightweight Championship
Volador Jr. 	Mexican National Trios Championship
*Reigning NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion Prince Devitt and CMLL World Lightweight Champion Virus did not take part in the tournament. For the second year in a row, New Japan Pro Wrestling representative and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi entered the tournament as an outsider.
;Block A
Block A took place on August 17, 2012, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.
;Block B
Block B took place on August 24, 2012, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.
;Finals
The finals of the tournament took place on August 31, 2012, and saw El Terrible defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi two falls to one to become the 2012 Universal Champion.
==External links==
* Profile
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