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The CMLL Universal Championship 2011 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, which took place over three shows between September 2, 2011, and September 16, 2011, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL Champions that was first held in 2009. The 2011 tournament was the first one to include a non-CMLL Champion as New Japan Pro Wrestling's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi also took part in the tournament.

Background[]

The tournament featured 15 professional wrestling matches under elimination rules, which means that wrestlers were eliminated when they lose a match. There were no specific storylines that build to the tournament, rather is an annual tournament held by CMLL since 2009, replacing their Leyenda de Plata tournament. All male "non-regional" CMLL Champions at the time of the tournament were involved in the tournament. Regionally promoted championships such as the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship and the Occidente championships promoted in Guadalajara, Jalisco were not included in the tournament, only titles that have been defended in CMLL's main venue Arena Mexico were included. The tournament was divided into two qualifying blocks, which took take place on September 2 and September 9, while the finals took place on September 16, 2011.

2011 Universal Championship tournament[]

When CMLL announced the 2011 tournament the following champions were eligible to participate:

Participant Championship held
Ángel de Oro Mexican National Trios Championship
Averno CMLL World Trios Championship
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Diamante Mexican National Trios Championship
Dragón Rojo, Jr. CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Ephesto CMLL World Trios Championship
Héctor Garza CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Jushin Liger CMLL World Middleweight Championship
CMLL Universal Championship
La Máscara Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
Máscara Dorada CMLL World Welterweight Championship
Mephisto CMLL World Trios Championship
Pólvora Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Rey Bucanero NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship
Rush CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
La Sombra NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
Último Guerrero CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Virus CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
Block A

Block A took place on September 2, 2011, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Diamante Pin  
 Pólvora  
   Diamante  
   La Sombra Pin  
 Ángel de Oro
   La Sombra Pin  
     La Sombra Pin
   Rey Bucanero
   Héctor Garza  
 Rey Bucanero Pin  
   Rey Bucanero Pin
   Mephisto  
 Ephesto
   Mephisto Pin  


Block B

Block B took place on September 9, 2011, and featured eight champions fighting for a place in the finals.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Rush  
 Último Guerrero Pin  
   Último Guerrero Pin  
   Hiroshi Tanahashi  
 Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin
   Máscara Dorada  
     Último Guerrero
   Averno Pin
   Averno Pin  
 Virus  
   Averno Sub
   La Máscara  
 Dragón Rojo, Jr.
   La Máscara Pin  


Finals

The finals of the tournament took place on September 16, 2011, and saw La Sombra defeat Averno two falls to one to become the 2011 Universal Champion.

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