The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) has held the La Copa Junior ("The Junior Cup") tournament on an infrequent schedule since 1996. The tournament pays respect to the fact that wrestling is a family tradition in Lucha libre, with many second or even third-generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives.[1] So far CMLL has held ten tournaments starting in 1996 and then intermittently since 2005. While most of the family relationships are real there are a few instances of the family relationship being a storylines family relationship, such as Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL.[2]
| La Copa Junior | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shocker, the winner of the 2005 La Copa Junior | |||||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 1, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Angel de Oro | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 26, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
The oldest tournament winner was Emilio Charles Jr., who was 39 years old when he won the 1996 tournament, while the oldest competitor ever was Brazo de Plata who was 51 years old when he wrestled in the 2014 VIP tournament. The youngest tournament winner was La Sombra, who won the 2012 tournament at 23 years of age. Cachorro or Mano Negra Jr. is the youngest wrestler to compete in the tournament, both were around 16 or 17 years old when they completed in the La Copa Junior tournament, but their actual birth date is not known, just birth year, making it impossible to determine who was the youngest entrant overall.
La Copa Junior winners
edit| Year | Winner | Date | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Héctor Garza | March 1, 1996 | [3] |
| 2005 | Shocker | February 4, 2005 | [4] |
| 2006 | Dos Caras Jr. | March 31, 2006 | [5] |
| 2010 | Dragón Rojo Jr. | December 25, 2010 | [6] |
| 2012 | La Sombra | December 14, 2012 | [7] |
| 2014 | Super Halcón Jr. | January 1, 2014 | [8] |
| 2014 VIP | Máximo | October 10, 2014 | [9] |
| 2016 | Esfinge | January 18, 2016 | [10] |
| Nuevos Valores | Soberano Jr. | April 28, 2017 | [11][12] |
| 2017 VIP | Niebla Roja | December 1, 2017 | [13] |
| 2019 | Universo 2000 Jr. | December 17, 2019 | [14] |
| 2021 VIP | Angel de Oro | March 26, 2021 |
References
edit- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ "El nuevo luchador presentado por el CMLL". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). July 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Copa Junior Tournament 1996". Pro Wrestling History. February 23 – March 31, 1996. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Copa Junior Tournament 2005". Pro Wrestling History. January 21 – February 4, 2005. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Copa Junior Tournament 2006". Pro Wrestling History. March 31, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Copa Junior Tournament 2010". Pro Wrestling History. December 10–25, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ Mexicool, Rey (December 15, 2012). "La Copa Jr. 2012 es para... ¡La Sombra!". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ Salazar López, Alexis A. (January 2, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Miércoles 1º de Enero '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Reducindo, Miguel (October 10, 2014). "Resultados Arena Mexico Viernes 10 de Octubre '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ Peralta, Gonzalo López (January 20, 2016). "Lucha Libre función martes 19 de Enero". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ "Resultados Arena México - Viernes Espectacular" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ^ Aiken, Chris (April 29, 2017). "CMLL Arena Mexico Results: A son's tributre to his legendary father". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ^ "Niebla Roja se apodera de la Copa Jr. del CMLL". Marca Claro (in Spanish). December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Lizarrango, Alfonso (December 18, 2019). "Universo 2000 Jr. ganador de la copa Jr. 2019". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved December 18, 2019.