La Copa Junior
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Shocker, the winner of the 2005 La Copa Junior
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 1, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Máximo | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 10, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Emilio Charles Jr. |
| Most reigns | No multiple champions |
| Oldest winner | Emilio Charles Jr. (39 years, 140 days) |
| Youngest winner | La Sombra (23 years, 41 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Dos Caras Jr. (108 kg (238 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Super Halcón Jr. (79 kg (174 lb)) |
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Dr. Wagner Jr., son of Dr. Wagner
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | February 23, 1996 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| La Copa Junior (2005) | ||||
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Volador Jr., son of Volador
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | February 22, 2005 and March 1, 2005 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| La Copa Junior (2006) | ||||
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Héctor Garza (bottom), finalist in the 2006 tournament.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | March 21, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Poster for the finals of the 2010 La Copa Junior
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | December 10, 2010 to December 25, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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La Sombra, the winner of the 2012 La Copa Junior
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | November 30, 2012 to December 14, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| La Copa Junior (2014) | ||||
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Official poster for the 2014 event
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | January 1, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| La Copa Junior VIP (2014) | ||||
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The official poster for Block B of the La Copa VIP tournament.
Note that this listed Brazo de Plata as a participant, but he was replaced by Ángel de Oro. |
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | September 29, 2014 October 3, 2014 September 10, 2014 |
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| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| La Copa Junior (2016) | ||||
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | January 5, 2016 January 12, 2016 January 19, 2016 |
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| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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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 a large number of second or even third generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives. So far CMLL has held seven tournaments starting in 1996 and then intermittently in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012 and two tournaments in 2014. The seventh La Copa Junior tournament has been announced for January 2016. 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. As of the 2014 VIP tournament there has been seven La Copa Junior tournaments promoted by CMLL, a total of 60 wrestlers have competed in one or more tournaments with, Shocker and Volador Jr. having the record for most tournaments, five each.
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 complete 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.
CMLL held their first La Copa Junior tournament in 1996, as a part of their weekly Friday night CMLL Super Viernes shows on February 23 March 1, 1996. The first show featured the opening round of the tournament, while the second show featured the Quarter finals, semi finals and the finals of the tournament. Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Héctor Garza in the final to win the La Copa Junior.
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