''Fantastica Mania'', sometimes spelled as ''Fantasticamania'', is a series of annual

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shows co-promoted by Mexican

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...

(CMLL) and Japanese

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(NJPW), with

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(RevPro) also co-promoting Fantastica Mania shows in the UK with CMLL. Fantastica Mania is a series of two to seven shows that have taken place in Japan, in January/February of each year since 2011. Since its inception in 2011, 75 Fantastica Mania shows have taken place.

Event history

The Fantastica Mania event series was a result of the working relationship between Japanese-based

(NJPW) and Mexican

(CMLL) who had been exchanging wrestlers for short 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

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, in

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and

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. In 2015, Fantastica Mania was held over six shows in Osaka,

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, Kyoto and Tokyo. In 2016, Fantastica Mania was again held over six shows in Kōchi, Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. The following year, the tour expanded to seven shows, held in Osaka,

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, Kyoto,

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and Tokyo. In 2018, the tour is set to include eight shows. As of the conclusion of the 2017 Fantastica Mania tour 78 individual wrestlers have competed in 207 matches split over 31 shows in total.

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and Okumura have worked at least one match on each of the seven tours. King Fale,

Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...

and

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have only worked on one show in total. The Fantastica Mania events have hosted 24 championship matches, with five title changes;

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defeated

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to win the

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( Prince Devitt and

) defeated Golden☆Lovers (

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and

) to win the

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, 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

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. The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship,

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, CMLL World Trios Championship,

, NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship,

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, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship and Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship were all successfully defended. Fantastica Mania has hosted one ''

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'', 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

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put his

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on the line against Tomohiro Ishii, who lost and had his hair shaved off after the match.

Japanese shows

Mexico

2023

Fantastica Mexico, also promoted as CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2023, was a

event produced by

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(NJPW) and

(CMLL), which took place on June 30, 2023, at the Arena México in

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. It was the 12th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series and first in Mexico. The event also celebrated the 50th anniversary of

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. Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event,

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defeated Volador Jr. to retain the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Máscara Dorada 2.0 defeated El Desperado,

ended in a time-limit draw in a match relámpago and in the opening contest, Las Infernales ( Dark Silueta, Zeuxis and Lluvia) defeated La Catalina, La Jarochita and Stephanie Vaquer.

Results

2024

The 2024 Fantastica Mexico event, also promoted as CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2024 was the second annual Fantastica Mania: Mexico

event produced by

(NJPW) and

(CMLL), which took place on June 21, 2024 at the Arena México in

. It was the 15th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series and second in Mexico.

Results

2025

The 2025 Fantastica Mexico event, also promoted as CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025 was the third annual Fantastica Mania: Mexico

event. It was produced by

(CMLL) and also featured wrestlers from partner promotions

(NJPW),

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(AEW),

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(ROH) and

(RevPro). The event took place on June 20, 2025 at the Arena México in

and was the 17th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, third to take place in Mexico, and the first to involve AEW and ROH – as part of a week-long collaboration between the three promotions – and RevPro.

UK

2023

Fantastica Mexico: UK 2023 was a

event produced by

(RevPro) and

(CMLL), which took place on September 23, 2023, at the Love Factory in Manchester, England. It was the 13th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, and first to feature RevPro. The event was held between two shows on the same night.

Results

Show 1

Show 2

2024

The 2024 Fantastica Mexico: UK event was the second annual Fantastica Mania: UK

event produced by

(RevPro) and

(CMLL), which took take place on May 17, 2024, at the York Hall in London, England. It was the 14th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, and second to feature RevPro. The event was held between two shows on the same night.

Results

Show 1

Show 2

USA

The 2024 Fantastica Mania: USA event, also promoted as NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2024 – Lucha Libre USA was the inaugural Fantastica Mania USA

event produced by

(NJPW) and

(CMLL), which took place at Mt. Pleasant High School in

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. It was the 16th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, and first to take place in the

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Results

References

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UK

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USA

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See also

References