The CMLL Universal Amazons Championship (2019) () is a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament started on August 2, 2019, and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the final held on August 14, 2019, at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico.
2019 marked the first year that CMLL held a women's version of their annual Universal Championship tournament, with the intention to make the Universal Amazons Championship an annual event as well. In the finals Dalys la Caribeña defeated La Metálica to win the tournament, as well as a championship match for the CMLL World Women's Championship at the CMLL 86th Anniversary Show. The winner of the tournament was presented with a championship belt instead of a trophy, to match the Universal Championship tournament winners.
Tournament background In 2009 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held their first ever Universal Championship tournament featuring 16 champions from the promotion's male division. The tournament became an annually recurring tournament from that point on.
During the summer of 2019 CMLL announced that they were introducing a "Universal Amazons Championship" tournament as well, with the idea of it being an annual tournament for the women's division. Like the male counterpart, the winner of the Universal Amazons Championship is given a belt as a trophy, identical to the male belt but with a green leather strap instead of a red. At the time of the first tournament, CMLL only promoted two championships for the women's division, so CMLL was unable to hold an "all champions" tournament, instead opting to give the winner a match for the CMLL World Women's Championship at a later date. The winner would also serve as the flag bearer for Team Mexico at the 2019 International Gran Prix.
Tournament participants Block A La Amapola Avispa Dorada La Guerrera La Infernal La Maligna La Metálica (Mexican National Women's Champion) Marcela (CMLL World Women's Champion) Sanely La Seductora Tiffany Block B La Comandante Dalys la Caribeña La Jarochita Lluvia La Magnifica Mystique Silueta Skadi Reyna Isis Stephanie Vaquer
Tournament The first block of the Universal Amazons Championship took place on August 2, 2019, as part of CMLL's Friday night Super Viernes show.
Block A torneo cibernetico #EliminatedEliminated byTime1La Infernal La Amapola 07:262La Guerrera La Seductora 09:543La Maligna Sanely 12:484La Seductora Marcela 14:325Sanely Tiffany 15:506La Amapola Tiffany (double pin) 18:497Tiffany La Amapola (double pin) 18:498Avispa Dorada Marcela 20:049Marcela La Metálica 21:4210Winner La Metálica 21:42 The second block of the tournament took place on August 11, 2019.
Block B torneo cibernetico #EliminatedEliminated byTime1La Comandante Skadi 09:382Stephanie Vaquer La Jarochita 11:173Mystique La Magnifica 13:324Skadi Lluvia 15:525Silueta Reyna Isis 19:036La Magnifica La Jarochita 19:557Lluvia Dalys la Caribeña 21:138Reyna Isis La Jarochita 24:039La Jarochita Dalys la Caribeña 24:2710Winner Dalys la Caribeña 24:27
The finals of the tournament took place on August 16, 2019, and saw Daly defeat La Metálica to win the tournament.
Aftermath Daly was originally scheduled to face Marcela for the CMLL World Women's Championship at the CMLL 86th Anniversary Show, but due to Marcela suffering an injury in the weeks leading up to the show, that match was cancelled. Instead Daly faced La Metálica in a rematch of the Universal Amazonas tournament finals, this time with the Mexican National Women's Championship instead. La Metálica won the match, albeit in controversial fashion, to retain the championship. Dalys la Caribeña did challenge Marcela for the world title on December 25, 2019, but lost the match.
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