The La Copa Junior (2019) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 3 to December 17, 2019 as part of CMLL's weekly Tuesday night shows in Arena México. The La Copa Junior tournament exclusively feature second, third or fourth generation wrestlers as they compete for the cup. The 2019 La Copa Junior was the eleventh time CMLL has held the tournament since the first tournament in 1996.
After two separate torneo cibernetico elimination matches Guerrero Maya Jr. and Universo 2000 Jr. both qualified for the finals of the tournament on December 17. Universo 2000 Jr. defeated Guerrero Maya Jr. two falls to one to win the 2019 La Copa Junior tournament.
Production Background Starting in 1996 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) held their first ever La Copa Junior tournament. CMLL held the tournament to celebrate the fact that lucha libre in Mexico is often a family tradition, with a large number of second, third, or even fourth generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives. The premise of the tournament is that all participants are second-generation or more, although at times the family relationship is a storylines family relationship and not an actual one. One example of this is Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL. The original La Copa Junior was won by Héctor Garza.
CMLL would not hold another La Copa Junior until the 2005 tournament (won by Shocker), followed by a 2006 tournament won by Dos Caras Jr. The tournament did not return until 2010 where Dragón Rojo Jr. won the 2010 version. In 2012 third-generation luchador La Sombra won the Junior cup
In 2014, CMLL held two La Copa Junior tournaments, first a tournament on January 1, won by Super Halcón Jr., followed by a VIP tournament, featuring higher card wrestlers than the usual tournaments, which was won by Máximo The semi-regular tournament returned in 2016, won by Esfinge In 2017, Soberano Jr. won the La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores
Storylines The tournament will feature a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Family relationships
WrestlerFamilyRelationshipGroupBengala Príncipe Odín Father Block B Black Panther Blue Panther Father Block B Blue Panther Jr. Blue Panther father Block A Drone Hombre Bala father Block A Esfinge Magnum Father Block B Espanto Jr. Espanto Jr. Father Block B Guerrero Maya Jr. Guerrero Maya / Black Terry Father Block A Halcón Suriano Jr. Halcón Suriano Father Block B El Hijo del Signo El Signo Father Block A Leono Unknown Unknown Block A Magnus Tony Salazar Father Block B Sangre Imperial Sangre Chicana Father Block A Oro Jr. Plata Father Block A Principe Odin Jr. Príncipe Odín Father Block B Robin Robin Hood Father Block B Stigma Panico Father Block B Súper Astro Jr. Súper Astro Father N/A Tiger El Felino Father Block A Toro Bill Jr. Toro Bill Father Block A Universo 2000 Jr. Universo 2000 Father Block B Yago Coco Blanco Father Block A
Tournament overview Cibernetico 1 (December 3) #EliminatedEliminated by1Leono Oro Jr.2Sangre Imperial Hijo del Signo3Toro Bill Jr. Drone4Yago Tiger5Hijo del Signo Blue Panther Jr.6Oro Jr. Guerrero Maya Jr.7 Drone Tiger8Tiger Blue Panther Jr.9Blue Panther Jr. Guerrero Maya Jr.10Winner Guerrero Maya Jr.
Cibernetico 2 (December 10) #EliminatedEliminated by1Principe Odin Jr. Magnus2Bengala Robin3Halcón Suriano Jr. Espanto Jr.4Magnus Stigma5Espanto Jr. Universo 2000 Jr.6Robin Black Panther7Black Panther Disqualification8Stigma Universo 2000 Jr.9Esfinge Black Panther Universo 2000 Jr.10Winner Universo 2000 Jr.
Tournament shows December 3
December 10
December 17
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