CMLL International Gran Prix (2002)

The CMLL International Gran Prix (2002) was a lucha libre, or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on March 22, 2002 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue. The 2002 International Gran Prix was the sixth time CMLL has held an International Gran Prix tournament since 1994 and the first since 1998. All International Gran Prix tournaments have been a one-night tournament, always as part of CMLL's Friday night CMLL Super Viernes shows.

CMLL International Gran Prix (2002)
Averno, first time participant in 2002
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateMarch 22, 2002
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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The sixth International Gran Prix tournament was the first time that CMLL changed the format from an elimination tournament to a 16-man Tornero Cibernetico instead. This was the first time the tournament was held since 1998 and every Gran Prix since then has had the same Tornero Cibernetico format. The teams were mixed Tecnicos and Rudos, seemingly randomly teamed up without any pre-existing storyline behind it. The teams were; "Team A" (Zumbido, Safari, Hombre Sin Nombre, Halloween, Volador Jr., Damián 666, Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo) against "Team B (El Felino, Olímpico, Tony Rivera, Máscara Mágica, Nicho El Millonario, Satánico, Averno and Mephisto). The tournament came down to Máscara Mágica and El Hijo del Santo, with Máscara Magica winning the match. While the tournament was billed as the "International Gran Prix" it only featured Mexican born wrestlers who worked for CMLL at the time.

Production

Background

In 1994 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) organized their first ever International Gran Prix tournament. The first tournament followed the standard "single elimination" format and featured sixteen wrestlers in total, eight representing Mexico and eight "international" wrestlers.[1] In the end Mexican Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated King Haku in the finals to win the tournament.[1] In 1995 CMLL brought the tournament back, creating an annual tournament held every year from 1995 through 1998 and then again in 2002, 2003 and finally from 2005 through 2008.[1] First time as a cibernetico

Storylines

The CMLL Gran Prix show featured three professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.[2]

Tournament

Tournament overview
# Eliminated By Team Time
1 Tony Rivera Halloween Team B 1:14
2 Volador Jr. Nicho el Millonario Team A 4:40
3 Mephisto Damián 666 Team B 7:13
4 Damián 666 El Felino Team A 7:40
5 El Felino Averno and Satánico Team B 9:12
6 Averno Negro Casas Team B 10:01
7 Nicho el Millonario El Hijo del Santo Team B 11:11
8 Halloween Olímpico Team A 12:21
9 Safari Máscara Mágica Team A 13:37
10 Zumbido Satánico Team A 14:48
11 Olímpico Hombre sin Nombre Team B 15:53
12 Hombre Sin Nombre Máscara Mágica Team A 16:56
13 Satánico El Hijo del Santo Team B 17:51
14 Negro Casas Disqualified for interfering Team A 18:45
15 El Hjio del Santo Máscara Mágica Team A 20:19
16 Máscara Magica (Winner) Team B 20:19

Tournament show
No. Results[3] Stipulations
1 Olimpus and Sicodelico Jr. defeated Mogur and Ramstein Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2 Máscara Mágica defeated Averno, Damián 666, El Hijo del Santo, El Hombre Sin Nombre, El Satánico, El Felino, Halloween, Mephisto, Negro Casas, Nicho el Millonario, Olímpico, Safari, Tony Rivera, Volador Jr., and Zumbido 2002 International Gran Prix 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match
3 Blue Panther, Dr. Wagner Jr., and Fuerza Guerrera (c) defeated Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy and Último Guerrero) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match for the CMLL World Trios Championship

References
  1. "CMLL Gran Prix Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  2. Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperColins Publisher. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  3. "Gran Prix Cibernetico 2002". ProWrestlingHistory.com. March 22, 2002. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
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