''La Copa Junior'' (2010) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a

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tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion

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 ...

(CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 10, 2010 to December 25, 2010 in

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. CMLL's recurring ''

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'' tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other. The 2010 version of the ''La Copa Junior'' was the fourth tournament held by CMLL. After not being promoted for three years CMLL brought ''La Copa Junior'' back as a late in the year tournament. The tournament included 20 wrestlers, four more than the other tournaments. the tournament was split into 2 blocks of 10 wrestlers, with a seeding

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, where the final two wrestlers in the ring would only have to win one match to get into the semifinal, while everyone else in the block would have to win three.

Dragón Rojo Jr. Anselmo Rivas Castro (born November 3, 1982), best known by his ring name Dragón Rojo Jr. (Spanish language, Spanish for "Red Dragon Jr."), is a Mexicans, Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' (or Professional wrestling, professional wrestler). He w ...

won Block A while Averno won block B. In the end Dragón Rojo Jr. won the final by disqualification.

Production

Background

Starting in 1996 the Mexican

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("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) held their first ever ''

'' tournament. CMLL held the tournament to celebrate the fact that ''

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'' 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

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

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. 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. José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born 25 May 1977) is a Mexican professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he ...

The tournament did not return until 2010 where Dragón Rojo Jr. won the 2010 version. In 2012 third-generation ''luchador''

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won the Junior cup In 2014, CMLL held two ''La Copa Junior'' tournaments, first a

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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

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, won by

Esfinge Esfinge (born June 14, 1993, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current Mexican National Li ...

In 2017, Soberano Jr. won the '' La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores''

Storylines

The tournament featured a number of

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either

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(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or

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(''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 relationship

Tournament

After not being promoted for three years CMLL brought ''La Copa Junior'' back as a late in the year tournament. The tournament included 20 wrestlers, four more than the other tournaments. the tournament was split into 2 blocks of 10 wrestlers, with a seeding

, where the final two wrestlers in the ring would only have to win one match to get into the semifinal, while everyone else in the block would have to win three. Block A, which took place on the December 10, 2010 Super Viernes show and had Dragón Rojo Jr. overcome the odds and defeat four wrestlers in a row to earn a spot in the final match. Rojo Jr. defeated Máximo, La Mascara (wrestler), La Mascara,

and

Volador Jr. Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a '' técnico'' ("good guy") wrestli ...

Block B took place on the December 17, 2010 Super Viernes and saw Averno take advantage of the "short cut" as he defeated the other Battle royal survivor

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to advance to the semifinal where he pinned longtime rival Místico to earn his spot in the tournament final. The finals of the ''La Copa Junior'' tournament took place on a special Saturday night event on December 25, 2010. The end came after a distraction by Averno's cornerman

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led Averno to land a low blow on Dragón Rojo Jr., only for the ruse to backfire on him as the referee saw the illegal move and disqualified Averno, making Dragón Rojo Jr. the 2010 ''La Copa Junior'' winner.

Brackets

Results

December 10

December 17

December 25

References

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