Fantastica Mania

The official Fantastica Mania 2016 logo

***Fantastica Mania***, sometimes spelled as ***Fantasticamania***, is the collective name of a series of annual professional wrestling major show co-promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Fantastica Mania is a series of two to six shows that have taken place in Japan, in January of each year since 2010. So far 53 Fantastica Mania shows have taken place. The event was expanded to Mexico and United Kingdom in 2023, following a working relationship between CMLL and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro).

## Event history

The Fantastica Mania event series was a result of the working relationship between Japanese-based New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) who had been exchanging wrestlers for sort or long periods of time for several years before 2011. In late 2010 NJPW and CMLL announced that they would co-promote two shows in January 2011 under the name Fantastica Mania. The shows would take place in Japan organized by NJPW with CMLL sending a number of their wrestlers to Japan to work the shows. In 2011 and 2012 some CMLL wrestlers toured with NJPW prior or after the shows, while some of the wrestlers flew in just for the show. In 2014, the Fantastica Mania tour was expanded to five days, with events for the first time scheduled to take place outside of Tokyo's Korakuen Hall, in Osaka and Kyoto. In 2015, Fantastica Mania was held over six shows in Osaka, Takamatsu, Kyoto and Tokyo. In 2016, Fantastica Mania will again be held over six shows in Kōchi, Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo.

As of the conclusion of the 2016 Fantastica Mania tour 71 invididual wrestlers have competed in 158 matches split over 24 shows in total. Máscara Dorada is the only wrestler to appear on all 24 shows, while Gedo, Jushin Thunder Liger and Okumura have worked at least one match on each of the six tours. King Fale, Kenny Omega, Toru Yano and Kamaitachi have only worked on one show in total. The Fantastica Mania events has hosted 22 championship matches, with five title changes; Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Máscara Dorada to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, La Sombra defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, Máscara Dorada defeated BUSHI to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship and Kamaitachi defeated Dragon Lee to win the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. The CMLL World Middleweight Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship, CMLL World Welterweight Championship, NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship and Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship were all successfully defended. Fantastica Mania has hosted one *Lucha de Apuestas*, or bet match; while the *Luchas de Apuestas* match is the most important match type in CMLL, NJPW hardly ever promotes matches of this type. The match saw Tiger Mask put his mask on the line against Tomohiro Ishii, who lost and had his hair shaved off after the match.

On August 3, 2023, CMLL and Revolution Pro Wrestling announced a working relationship, starting with their first joint event, Fantastica Mania UK.

## References

1. ↑ 来年もやります!! "ルチャの祭典"『Fantastica Mania 2014』はなんと5大会!! 大阪、京都にも初上陸!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-10-25). Retrieved on 2013-10-26.
2. ↑ 来年も"ルチャの祭典"がやって来る! 5年連続の「NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015」 開催、スケジュールも決定!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-10-25). Retrieved on 2014-10-25.
3. ↑ 来年も“ルチャの祭典”が日本上陸！ 『CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016』開催決定！ 後楽園ホール3連戦も実現！  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-10-24). Retrieved on 2015-10-24.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Flores, Manuel (January 24, 2011). "NJPW CMLL Presents Fantasticamania 2011". *SuperLuchas* MagazineSpanish. Mexico City, Mexico: CAMSAN Impresores, S.A. de C.V. pp. 3–7. Issue 398. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Flores, Manuel 2011-01-22. Resultados "Fantasticamanía" – CMLL/NJPW en Japón – Los mexicanos perdieron todos los duelos por campeonatos  (in Spanish). *SuperLuchas* Magazine. Retrieved on 2011-01-31.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Zayfreb 2011-01-23. Resultados NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2011, 23 de enero.  (in Spanish). *SuperLuchas* Magazine. Retrieved on 2012-12-21.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Results: New Japan x CMLL, 1/23/11 . Puroresufan (2011-01-23). Retrieved on 2013-01-04.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-26.
9. ↑ Results: New Japan x CMLL, 1/22/11 . Puroresufan (2011-01-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-31.
10. ↑ NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2012  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2012-01-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Soy Rudo 2012-01-21. NJPW-CMLL: Resultados "Fantasticamania 2012" día 1  (in Spanish). *SuperLuchas* Magazine. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
12. ↑ NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2012  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2012-01-22). Retrieved on 2012-01-22.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Soy Rudo 2012-01-22. NJPW-CMLL: Resultados "Fantasticamanía 2012" Día 2  (in Spanish). *SuperLuchas* Magazine. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.
14. ↑ NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-26.
15. ↑ NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2014  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 January/February cards including Tanahashi vs. Anderson! . *Strong Style Spirit* (2013-01-05). Retrieved on 2013-01-06.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Los programas oficiales de la gira NJPW Presents: CMLL Fantastica Mania 2014  (in Spanish). *Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre* (2014-01-06). Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved on 2014-01-06.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 『Fantastica Mania 2015』全カード決定!! 1.17新木場でタッグトーナメント開催! 1.19後楽園でマスカラ・ドラダvsラ・ソンブラ!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-01-06). Retrieved on 2015-01-06.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 Cartelera oficial: CMLL-NJPW FantasticaMania 2017  (in Spanish). *Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre* (2017-01-05). Retrieved on 2017-01-22.