La Copa Jr.
The La Copa Junior tournament is a CMLL event featuring second (at least) generation wrestlers, though worked relations have been accepted. It's typically held near the beginning of Arena Mexico season.
The Copa Junior tournament has been held (at least) twice in CMLL's history. It was tentaively scheduled for a 2006 edition, but CMLL officals decided they had too many tournaments in their schedule and decided not to run it.
1996
The first (known) occurence was in 1996. The 15 particpants in the first tournament were Apolo Dantes, Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo del Gladiador, El Hijo del Santo, Emilio Charles Jr., Espectro Jr., Hector Garza, Karloff Lagarde Jr., La Fiera, Mano Negra, Rambo, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Scorpio Jr., Silver King and Shocker. (It's possible there may be one more name included.)
The tournament was held over two Arena Mexico shows. The first, on 02/23, contained 7 opening round matchups. The second show, on 03/01, featured an 8 man tournament to decide the winner.
02/23/96 02/30/96 02/30/96 02/30/96 02/30/96
Wagner----
|Wagner----
Espectro-- |
|Garza-----
Garza----- | |
|Garza----- |
Rambo----- |
|Garza-----
Jalisco--- | |
|Jalisco--- | |
Karloff--- | | |
|Apolo----- |
Apolo----- | |
|Apolo----- |
Gladiador- |
|Emilio
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Silver---- |
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|Silver---- |
Negra----- | | |
|Negra----- | |
Santo----- | |
|Emilio----
Fiera----- |
|Fiera----- |
Scorpio--- | |
|Emilio----
Emilio---- |
|Emilio----
Shocker---
Son Father
Apolo Dantes Alfonso Dantes
Dr. Wagner Jr. Dr. Wagner
El Hijo del Gladiador none; NOT Gladiador
El Hijo del Santo Santo
Emilio Charles Jr. Emilio Charles
Espectro Jr. none; Espectro's nephew
Hector Garza Humberto Garza
Karloff Lagarde Jr. none; Karloff Lagarde's nephew
La Fiera Hercules Poblano
Mano Negra Rebelde
Rambo Pepe Mendieta
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco
Scorpio Jr. Scorpio
Shocker Pato Soria
There's no word why Silver King did not have a first round match.
2005
In 2005, the event was revived (though presented as a new concept) with the idea of making it a yearly event. This time, it was a (for the time) standard 16 man tournament over three weeks: two 8 man tournament, followed by the bracket winners meeting the third week.
Alan Stone-----
|Apolo Dantes---
Apolo Dantes--- |
|Apolo Dantes---
Averno--------- | |
DQ|Negro Casas---- |
Negro Casas---- |
01/22 |Shocker--------
Blue Demon----- | |
|Blue Demon----- | |
Misterioso II-- | | |
|Shocker-------- |
Brazo de Plata- | |
CO|Shocker-------- |
Shocker-------- |
02/04 |Shocker
Felino--------- |
|Felino--------- |
Mascara Magica- | |
|Felino--------- |
Dos Caras Jr.-- | | |
|Dos Caras Jr.-- | |
Mephisto------- | |
01/29 |Dr. Wagner-----
Dr. Wagner----- |
|Dr. Wagner----- |
Volador Jr.---- | |
|Dr. Wagner-----
Rayo de Jalisco |
|Rayo de Jalisco
Brazo de Oro---
Son Father Alan Stone El Greco Apolo Dantes Alfonso Dantes Averno Rodolfo Ruiz Blue Demon Blue Demon Brazo de Oro Shadito Cruz Brazo de Plata Shadito Cruz Dos Caras Jr. Dos Caras Dr. Wagner Dr. Wagner Felino Pepe Casas Mascara Magica El Troyano Mephisto Kahoz Misterioso II Misterioso Negro Casas Pepe Casas Rayo de Jalisco Rayo de Jalisco Shocker Pato Soria Volador Jr. Volador/Super Parka
Apolo Dantes took the place of Hector Garza, who was stuck in the US during the show. Mascara Magica took the place of Olimpico, who suffered a neck injury the week before the match. Brazo de Oro took the place of Emilio Charles, who suffered a hand wound.
