Gran Alternativa 2013

The Gran Alternativa 2013 was a professional wrestling tournament event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place from April 12 until April 26, 2013 over the course of two CMLL Super Viernes shows, with the finals on the Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show. The Torneo Gran Alternativa (Spanish for "the Great Alternative tournament) concept sees a Novato or rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament. The rookie winner is often elevated up the ranks of CMLL as a result of winning the tournament, but there is no specific "prize" for winning the tournament. The tournament was won by rookie Boby Zavala and veteran Rey Escorpión, Escorpión's second tournament win overall.
==Tournament background==
The tournament features 15 professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers teaming up, some of which may be involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines while others are simply paired up for the tournament. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes. The tournament format follows CMLL's traditional tournament formats, with two qualifying blocks of eight teams that compete on the first and second week of the tournament and a final match between the two block winners. The qualifying blocks were one-fall matches while the tournament finals will be a best two-out-of-three falls tag team match. Each qualifying block started with all 8 Novatos competing in a "seeding" battle royal to determine the brackets for the block.
;2013 Gran Alternativa participants
Block 	Rookie 	Veteran
Block A	Taurus 	Averno
Block A	Oro Jr. 	Mascara Dorada
Block A	Hombre Bala Jr. 	Atlantis
Block A	Stigma 	La Mascara
Block A	Guerrero Negro Jr.	Último Guerrero
Block A	Disturbio 	Volador, Jr.
Block A	Robin 	Maximo
Block A	Akuma 3:16 	Mephisto
Block B	Soberano Jr. 	
Block B	Sensei 	Rush
Block B	Herodes Jr. 	El Terrible
Block B	Boby Zavala 	Rey Escorpión
Block B	Espanto Jr. 	Mr. Niebla
Block B	Camaleón 	Brazo de Plata
Block B	El Cholo 	Rey Bucanero
Block B	Leono 	Blue Panther
Out of all the Novato participants only Hombre Bala, Jr. and Boby Zavala had participated in the Gran Alternativa tournament before, having both participated in the 2012 version. Hombre Bala, Jr. had teamed up with Marco Corleone, only to lose in their first match to the team of Atlantis and Tritón. Zavala had been teamed up with Rey Bucanero, but had also lost in the first round, to the team of Dragon Lee and Rush. Sensei and Camaleón are included in the Novato group even though they were not truly rookies, having been professional wrestlers for over a decade each and having used their current ring characters in CMLL since 2005 and 2007 respectively.
==Tournament results==
===Super Viernes events===
====April 12, 2013====
# 	Result 	Stipulation
 	Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro and Pequeño Olímpico defeated Acero, Aéreo, Fantasy 	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
 	Goya Kong, Luna Mágica and Silueta defeated La Comandante, La Vaquerita and Tiffany 	Best two-out-of-three falls six-woman tag team match
 	Rey Cometa defeated Namajague by disqualification 	Lightning match (One fall, 10 minute time-limit match)
 	Disturbio and Robin defeated Hombre Bala Jr., Guerrero Negro Jr., Stigma, Taurus, Oro Jr., Akuma 3:16 	Gran Alternativa 2013 Block A "Seeding" Battle Royal
 	Taurus and Averno defeated Stigma and La Mascara 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Hombre Bala, Jr. and Atlantis defeated Akuma and Mephisto 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Guerreo Negro, Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Oro, Jr. and Mascara Dorada 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Disburbio and Volador, Jr. defeated Robin and Maximo 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Hombre Bala, Jr. and Atlantis defeated Taurus and Averno 	Gran Alternativa 2013 quarter final match
10	Guerreo Negro, Jr. and Último Guerrero defeated Distubio and Volador, Jr. 	Gran Alternativa 2013 quarter final match
11	Hombre Bala, Jr. and Atlantis defeated Guerreo Negro, Jr. and Último Guerrero 	Gran Alternativa 2013 semi-final match
12	La Sombra, Marco Corleone and Shocker defeated Mr. Águila and Los Revolucionarios del Terror (Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Rey Escorpión)	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
====April 19, 2013====
# 	Result 	Stipulation
 	Pequeño Black Warrior and Pequeño Violencia defeated Electrico and Pequeño Halcón 	Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
 	El Hijo del Signo and Disturbio defeated Metalico and Molotov 	Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
 	Místico II and Averno defeated Valiente, Rey Cometa, Guerrero Maya, Jr., Fuego, Volador, Jr., Tiger, Sangre Azteca and Namajague 	10-man Torneo Cibernetico qualifying match for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship
 	Espanto Jr. and Camaleon defeated Sensei and Herodes Jr. and Soberano Jr. and El Cholo and Leono and Boby Zavala 	Gran Alternativa 2013 Block B "Seeding" Battle Royal
 	La Sombra and Soberano Jr. defeated Herodes, Jr. and El Terrible 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Rush and Sensei defeated El Cholo and Rey Bucanero 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Rey Escorpión and Boby Zavala defeated Blue Panther and Leono 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Mr. Niebla and Espanto, Jr. defeated Camaleón and Brazo de Plata 	Gran Alternativa 2013 first-round match
 	Soberano Jr. and La Sombra defeated Rush and Sensei 	Gran Alternativa 2013 quarter final match
10	Rey Escorpión and Boby Zavala defeated Mr. Niebla and Espanto, Jr. 	Gran Alternativa 2013 quarter final match
11	Rey Escorpión and Boby Zavala defeated La Sombra and Soberano 	Gran Alternativa 2013 semi-final match
12	Atlantis, Diamante Azul and Shocker defeated Mr. Águila and Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Euforia) by disqualification.	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
====April 26, 2013====
#	Match 	Stipulation 	References
1	El Hijo del Signo and Los Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte and Skándalo) defeated Metalico, Sensei and Soberano Jr. – two falls to one	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match 	
2	Los Hijos del Averno (Ephesto and Mephisto) and El Felino defeated Ángel de Oro, Delta and Guerrero Maya, Jr. – two falls to one 	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match 	
3	Boby Zavala and Rey Escorpión defeated Hombre Bala Jr. and Atlantis – two falls to one 	Gran Alternativa 2013 semi-final match 	
4	Rey Cometa defeated Namajague – two falls to one 	Best two-out-of-three falls Luchas de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match 	
5	Averno defeated Místico II – two falls to one 	Best two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant Mexican National Welterweight Championship	
6	Último Guerrero, Volador, Jr. and El Terrible defeated Máscara Dorada, Rush and La Sombra by disqualification – two falls to one 	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match 	
==External links==
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