CMLL Universal Championship 2009

The CMLL Universal Championship 2010 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling annual tournament produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place over three CMLL Super Viernes shows between June 5, 2009 and June 19, 2009 in 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 15-match single elimination tournament. In the final CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Último Guerrero defeated NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion El Texano, Jr. to become the first CMLL Universl Champion.
==Background==
The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches under single elimination rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, rather it was a replacement for CMLL's annual Leyenda de Plata that CMLL last held in 2008. All male "non-regional" CMLL Champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament. CMLL promoted championships such as the regional CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship or 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 the June 5, 2009 Super Viernes and the June 12, 2009 Super Viernes while the finals was the main event of the June 19, 2009 Super Viernes.
==2009 Universal Championship tournament==
===Block A===
Block A competed on the June 5, 2009 Super Viernes with the winner advancing to the finals on June 19, 2010. Champions in the first round were.
Participant 	Championship held
Black Warrior 	Mexican National Trios Championship
Mascara Dorada 	CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
El Hijo del Fantasma	CMLL World Trios Championship
El Texano, Jr. 	NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Averno 	NWA World Middleweight ChampionshipCMLL World Middleweight Championship
Dragón Rojo, Jr. 	Mexican National Trios Championship
La Sombra 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Sangre Azteca 	Mexican National Trios ChampionshipMexican National Welterweight Championship
;Block A
===Block B===
Block B competed on the June 12, 2009 Super Viernes with the winner advancing to the finals on June 19, 2010. Champions in the first round were.
Participant 	Championship held
Héctor Garza 	CMLL World Trios Championship
Mephisto 	NWA World Welterweight Championship
Místico 	Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Ephesto 	CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Volador, Jr. 	CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Último Guerrero	CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
La Máscara 	CMLL World Trios Championship
Negro Casas 	CMLL World Welterweight Championship
;Block B
===Finals===
The finals was contested under "best two out of three falls" rules and was the main event of the June 19, 2009 Super Viernes show. Último Guerrero defeated El Texano, Jr. two falls to one to become the first ever Universal Champion.
==Aftermath==
Like its predecessor the Leyenda de Plata tournament, the Universal Championship tournament trophy (in this case an actual championship belt) was not defended in the following year. 
==External links==
* April 16, 2010 results
* April 23, 2010 results
* April 30, 2010 results
Category:2009 pay-per-view events
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre pay-per-view events
Category:CMLL Universal Championship