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{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestling promotion}}
{{About|the Mexican promotion whose Spanish name translates to "World Wrestling Council" in English|"Consejo Mundial de Lucha", the Puerto Rican promotion of the same name|World Wrestling Council}}
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{{Infobox Wrestling promotion
|name = Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd.
|image = CMLL-logo-2018.png 
|acronym = CMLL
|established = {{start date and age|1933||}}
|style = {{Lang|es|[[Lucha libre]]|italic=no}}
|location = Dr. Lavista 189, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720, [[Mexico City, Mexico]]
|founder = [[Salvador Lutteroth]]
|owner = [[Salvador Lutteroth]] (1933–1960s)<br>Salvador Lutteroth Jr. (1960s–1987)<br>[[Paco Alonso]] (1987–2019)<br>Sofía Alonso (2019) <br>Salvador Lutteroth III (2019–present)
|formerly = Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre<br/> (1933–1991)
|merged =
|website = {{URL|cmll.com}}
}}

'''{{lang|es|Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|italic=no}} Co., Ltd.''' ('''CMLL'''; {{IPA|es|konˈsexo munˈdjal de ˈlutʃa ˈliβɾe}}, "World Wrestling Council") is a ''[[lucha libre]]'' [[professional wrestling promotion]] based in [[Mexico City]]. The promotion was previously known as {{Lang|es|Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre|italic=no}} (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence.<ref name=MondoFamily>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=A family affair|pages=128–132|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref>

CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows|CMLL Anniversary Show]] series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the [[CMLL 91st Anniversary Show]] being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' ("Homage to two legends"), ''[[Sin Piedad]]'' ("No Mercy"), ''[[Sin Salida]]'' ("No Escape"), ''[[Infierno en el Ring]]'' ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly ''[[CMLL Super Viernes|Super Viernes]]'' ("Super Friday") on a regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of [[Arena Coliseo]] in 1943, making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling.

==History==
{{Professional wrestling sidebar}}
Prior to 1933, ''[[lucha libre]]'' shows in Mexico were primarily promoted by foreign promoters doing the occasional match through Mexico or a few scattered local promoters, especially along the U.S. border, who brought in American professional wrestlers as their main attractions.<ref name=Lutteroth/>

===Creation===

In 1929, [[Salvador Lutteroth|Salvador Lutteroth González]], who at the time was a property inspector for the Mexican tax department, moved to [[Ciudad Juárez]], near the [[Mexico–United States border]]. During a trip to [[El Paso, Texas]], Lutteroth witnessed a [[professional wrestling]] show and was intrigued by it, especially the main event, Greek wrestler Gus Pappas.<ref name=Lutteroth>{{cite book|title=Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling|publisher=Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.|year=2005|chapter=Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths|pages=20–27|isbn=968-6842-48-9}}</ref><ref name=MondoStart>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)|pages=41–50|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref> Four years later, Lutteroth, along with his financial backer Francisco Ahumada, chartered {{Lang|es|Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre|italic=no}} (EMLL; literally "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"), the first Mexican-owned wrestling promotion in the country. EMLL held their first show on September 21, 1933, considered the "birth of Lucha libre", and which led to Lutteroth being known as "the father of Lucha Libre".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22262-wed-update-flair-in-boston-ratings-anniversary-white-on-hhh-dgusa-star-on-smackdown-orton | title= WED. UPDATE: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127133051/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22262-wed-update-flair-in-boston-ratings-anniversary-white-on-hhh-dgusa-star-on-smackdown-orton | archive-date= November 27, 2011 | publisher= Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer | access-date=January 31, 2016 | date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>

EMLL initially tried to book Arena Nacional, the premier boxing venue in [[Mexico City]], but the promoters would not let him rent it, forcing Lutteroth and EMLL to take up residence in [[Arena México|Arena Modelo]], an abandoned and run-down facility that Lutteroth was able to use as his home base. The concept of Lucha Libre quickly became very popular, so much so that the [[EMLL 1st Anniversary Show]] drew a sold-out crowd of 5,000 paying fans. In 1934, an American wrestler debuted in Mexico under a [[wrestling mask|black leather mask]], and Lutteroth dubbed him [[Cyclone Mackey|La Maravilla Enmascarada]] or "The Masked Marvel". In the United States the concept of the masked wrestler was more of a mid-level attraction, but the reaction to La Maravilla Enmascarada led to Lutteroth and EMLL officials to introduce more masks, starting with a wrestler known simply as El Enmascarado ("The Masked Wrestler"), and later [[Murciélago Velázquez|El Murciélago Enmascarado]] ("The Masked Bat"). Through the use of the masks and ring characters EMLL helped create the sacred position of the mask in ''Lucha libre'', making it the ultimate status symbol for ''luchadors''.<ref name=Lutteroth/><ref name=MondoStart/> In the early days of EMLL, most of the top names were Americans, but with time EMLL introduced several Mexican natives that became so popular that they began to main-event most of the EMLL shows. To expand their business, EMLL began working with a number of local wrestling promoters across Mexico, allowing them to use the EMLL name and some of their contracted wrestlers while also gaining access to local wrestlers in return. Each booking office was independent of each other, but the main office in Mexico City had the final say if there were disputes over who would be able to book certain wrestlers.<ref name=Lutteroth/><ref name=MondoStart/>

In 1942, a masked wrestler clad in silver, simply known as [[El Santo]] ("the Saint"), a man who go on to become a cultural icon in Mexico and is often cited as the greatest Mexican wrestler of all time.<ref name=MondoSanto>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=200|chapter=Los Enmascarados (the masked med): El Santo|pages=71–79|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref> With the popularity of El Santo as well as other Mexican stars such as [[Bobby Bonales]], [[Tarzán López]], [[Cavernario Galindo]] and [[Gory Guerrero]] Arena Modelo eventually became too small to accommodate the demand for tickets. To solve the problem Lutteroth financed the construction of [[Arena Coliseo]] in Mexico City, the first arena in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling and the first sports building in Mexico to have built in air conditioning. The arena, nicknamed the "Lagunilla Funnel" due to its interior shape would hold over 8,800 spectators when configured for ''Lucha libre'' or boxing. Arena Coliseo began hosting EMLL's annual [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows|Anniversary shows]] starting with the [[EMLL 10th Anniversary Show|10th Anniversary show]].<ref name=Lutteroth/><ref name=Mondo/><ref name=76Anniversaries>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegladiatores.com/?p=3072|title=Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=September 28, 2012|work=The Gladiatores Magazine|language=es}}</ref>

In 1953, Salvador Lutteroth joined the US based [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), becoming the official [[List of NWA territories|NWA territory]] for all of Mexico, known as "NWA-EMLL" outside Mexico. By joining the NWA, Lutteroth and EMLL gained control of the [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]]. They were also able to re-brand their "World Middleweight Championship" to become the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]] and their "World Welterweight Championship" became the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title|page=389|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|chapter=Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title|pages=389–390|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: EMLL NWA Welterweight Heavyweight Title|page=390|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> In the early 1950s television became as a viable entertainment medium in Mexico which was set to bolster the popularity of EMLL, but Arena Coliseo was not equipped properly for television transmissions. As it turns out luck was on Lutteroth and EMLL's side as Lutteroth and the personnel at Arena Coliseo bought a lottery ticket worth 5&nbsp;million [[Mexican Peso|Pesos]]. Lutteroth used his portion of the winnings to finance the construction of [[Arena México]], on the location where Arena Modelo used to sit. Arena México enabled EMLL to broadcast their weekly wrestling shows across Mexico, yielding a popularity explosion for the sport.<ref name=Lutteroth/><ref name=MondoStart/> Starting in 1956, with the [[EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show]] all anniversary shows were held in Arena México, except the [[EMLL 46th Anniversary Show]]. Over time the arena became known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre".{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Over time, [[Salvador Lutteroth|Lutteroth]] retired from the day-to-day operations of EMLL leaving the company in the hands of his son [[Salvador Lutteroth Camou|Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth Jr.]]<ref name=Lutteroth/><ref name=MondoStart/>

In 1975, local promoter [[Francisco Flores (wrestling)|Francisco Flores]], along with EMLL trainer [[Ray Mendoza]] broke away from EMLL, citing their displeasure with EMLL's conservative, restrictive promotional style. The two took a number of EMLL's younger wrestlers with them to form ''Lucha Libre Internacional, S. C'', later known as the [[Universal Wrestling Association]] (UWA).<ref name=MondoStart/> With the creation of the UWA EMLL faced a rival national promotion for the first time.<ref name=MondoMendoza>{{cite book | author= Madigan, Dan | title= Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling | publisher= HarperCollins Publishers | year= 2007 | chapter = Ray Mendoza and Los Villaños | pages = 1936–196 | isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref>

===Becoming CMLL===
[[File:Cmll.png|thumb|150px|The original logo of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.]]

In the mid-1980s, [[Salvador Lutteroth Camou|Chavo Lutteroth II]] retired, allowing his nephew [[Paco Alonso]], grandson of [[Salvador Lutteroth|Chavo Lutteroth I]], to take control of EMLL. In the late 1980s, EMLL decided to leave the NWA, seeking to distance themselves from the political wrestling in the National Wrestling Alliance. At that time, EMLL, with the consent of [[Paco Alonso]], the booker [[Antonio Peña]] and the Monterrey promoter Carlos Humberto Elizondo, devised the creation of the ''{{Lang|es|Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre}}'' (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to establish a new identity after the NWA split, in order to have their own titles and organize promoters who wanted to join, in addition to sounding more international.<ref name=Mondo>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=Okay... what is Lucha Libre?|pages=29–40|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref> From 1991 through 1993 CMLL created eight "CMLL World" titles in addition to the three NWA branded titles they retained and a slew of other championships.<ref name=CMLLTitles>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = MEXICO: EMLL CMLL| pages = 395–410 |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> At the start of the 1990s the company began appearing on the national [[Televisa]] network, which led to a second big boom in business due to the renewed national television exposure, in the mid-1970s through the 1980s, magazines and newspapers were the sole medium of Lucha Libre for most Mexicans.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

===AAA split and rivalry===
In the mid-1980s, retired wrestler [[Antonio Peña]] became one of the main bookers for EMLL, helping determine who would win matches, what storylines to use and so on, he was also a driving force behind the name change to ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre''.<ref name=SLOrbit>{{cite web | url= http://superluchas.com/el-fin-de-una-era/| title= El fin de una era| date= October 7, 2006 | access-date= October 14, 2009 | author= Ocampo, Ernesto | work=[[Súper Luchas]] Magazine | language=es}}</ref> Peña would often clash with Juan Herrera, the other main booker for CMLL at the time. Herrera wanted to maintain the old style of booking with heavyweights such as [[Atlantis (wrestler)|Atlantis]], [[El Dandy]] and [[El Satánico]], while Peña wanted to feature younger, faster moving wrestlers such as [[Konnan]], [[Octagón]] or [[Máscara Sagrada]]. In the end CMLL owner [[Paco Alonso]] decided to go with Juan Herrera's booking style.<ref name=SL182>{{cite news | author = Ocampo, Ernesto | title = El fin de una era: Adiós a Antonio Peña | work =[[Súper Luchas]]| id = issue 182 | date = October 7, 2006 | url=http://superluchas.com/el-fin-de-una-era/ | access-date = October 14, 2009| language = es}}</ref>

After [[Paco Alonso]] chose to ignore Peña's booking ideas, Peña began negotiations with ''Televisa'' television channel to fund a new wrestling promotion that would provide ''Televisa'' with weekly wrestling shows. In 1992 Peña started a booking agency, providing wrestlers and matches for the ''Televisa'' owned [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) promotion. While Peña technically owned the promotion ''Televisa'' owns the rights to the AAA name.<ref name=SLOrbit/> In a move that mirrored Flores' departure in the 1970s Peña left the promotion alongside a number of young wrestlers who were unhappy with their position in the promotion. With the creation of AAA the promotion replaced the UWA as Mexico's other main wrestling promotion, creating a long running rivalry between CMLL and AAA.<ref name=SLOrbit/> Starting in 1996 CMLL began promoting an annual show in March, first paying homage to Salvador Lutteroth, then later Lutteroth and El Santo and then finally becoming the ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' ("Homage to Two Legends") annual show series.<ref name="BrazoFamily">{{cite book|title= Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling | publisher= Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. | year= 2005 | chapter = Los Brazos Familia Ejemplar / the Brazos a model Family | pages = 184–190 | isbn=968-6842-48-9}}</ref><ref name="EncyHijoSanto">{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Santo, Hijo|location=Mexico|id=Tomo IV|pages=31–32|date=October 2007|language=es}}</ref><ref name=DosLeyendas2005>{{cite news|title = El Perro se va triunfante | work =[[Súper Luchas]]| pages= 5–8 | author= Ocampo, Jorge | id = issue 101 | date = March 21, 2005|language = es}}</ref>

===CMLL in the 21st century===
[[File:Hiroshi Tanahashi at BCW East Meets West.jpg|left|thumb|Through their relationship with NJPW, wrestlers such as [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] have toured Mexico.]]

From 2007 to 2009, CMLL had a working relationship with American promotion [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]], which saw CMLL's [[Averno (wrestler)|Averno]], [[Rey Bucanero]], [[Último Guerrero]] and [[Volador Jr.]] winning the [[TNA 2008 World X Cup Tournament|2008 TNA World X Cup]] and TNA worker [[Alex Shelley]] winning the [[CMLL International Gran Prix#International Gran Prix 2008|2008 CMLL International Grand Prix]]. In 2008, CMLL established a working relationship with [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] as part of "G-1 World", several wrestlers have since toured between the two companies winning titles, including [[Místico]] winning the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Jushin Thunder Liger]] winning the [[CMLL Universal Championship]] tournament. Since 2011, the two promotions have annually co-promoted events in Japan, under the name ''[[Fantastica Mania]]''.

In 2011, CMLL established a working relationship with Japanese women's promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina and announced that the two promotions would create a new championship for women who have been in the professional wrestling industry for less than ten years, called the [[CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship]]. This was followed by the establishment of the [[CMLL-Reina International Championship]] one year later.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

On March 16, 2010, a video was posted on YouTube featuring an interview David Marquez had with NWA Executive Director and Legal Counsel [[Robert Trobich]]. Trobich announced that CMLL did not have permission to use the NWA trademark. The rights to usage of the NWA trademark in Mexico is now held by NWA Mexico, represented by [[Blue Demon, Jr.]] CMLL replaced the three championships with the [[NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship]] and the [[NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship]].<ref name="FirstHistoricMiddleWelter">{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1282333662 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823021731/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1282333662 | title=Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly | archive-date=August 23, 2010 | date=August 20, 2010 | access-date=September 13, 2014 | first=Josh | last=Boutwell | work=Wrestleview}}</ref>

On September 19, 2014, CMLL became only the second promotion in the Americas, after [[WWE]], to draw a $1&nbsp;million gate with their [[CMLL 81st Anniversary Show|81st Anniversary Show]], headlined by a [[Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|Mask vs. Mask match]] between [[Atlantis (wrestler)|Atlantis]] and Último Guerrero.<ref>{{cite journal| last = Meltzer | first = Dave | author-link = Dave Meltzer | date = September 29, 2014 | title = Sep 22 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Roman Reigns injury update, Night of Champions, Atlantis vs. Guerrero, huge issue | journal = [[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]] | location = [[Campbell, California]] | issn = 1083-9593 | page=7 | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/component/content/article/110-wrestling-observer-newsletter/39105-sep-22-2014-wrestling-observer-newsletter-roman-reigns-injury-update-night-of-champions-atlantis-vs-guerrero-huge-issue | quote=More than 17,000 fans, a standing room only crowd, paid in excess of $1 million, for CMLL's 81st anniversary show at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. In doing so, CMLL has become only the second promotion ever to run in the North, South or Central America (WWE obviously being the other) to ever draw a $1 million gate.}}</ref>

On November 6, 2014, the promotion made an alliance with the Mexican independent group [[Lucha Libre Elite]] to help bring independent wrestlers into CMLL which ended in early 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.solowrestling.com/new/68937-cmll-y-lucha-libre-elite-vuelven-a-romper-sus-relaciones-| title=CMLL y Lucha Libre Elite vuelven a romper sus relaciones| date=July 23, 2018 | access-date=July 23, 2018 | publisher=solowrestling|language=es}}</ref>

On July 6, 2016, NJPW announced that they would broadcast CMLL Friday shows in their video-streaming service, [[NJPW World]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://superluchas.com/njpwcmll-viernes-espectacular-de-arena-mexico-se-transmitira-por-njpwworld/ | title = NJPW/CMLL: Viernes Espectacular de Arena México se transmitirá por njpwworld | author=Dark Angelita | date=July 6, 2016 | access-date=August 10, 2016 | work=Superluchas | language=es}}</ref> On August 10, CMLL announced a working relationship with American promotion [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH). The two promotions were linked through their separate relationships with NJPW.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pwinsider.com/article/103947/rohcmll-update-new-name-for-november-uk-tour-and-more-news.html?p=1 | title=ROH-CMLL update, new name for November UK tour and more news | last=Johnson | first=Mike | date=August 10, 2016 | access-date=August 10, 2016 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref> The alliance with ROH ended on April 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1387151677682245636|user=CMLL_OFICIAL|title=📢 📄 COMUNICADO OFICIAL El Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre informa que a partir del día de hoy, la alianzaestratégica…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>

On July 7, 2019, CMLL announced the death of the president of the company [[Paco Alonso]] (who died a day before, on July 6). On July 10, CMLL appointed [[Sofía Alonso]], Paco's daughter, as the president of the company. On August 26, it was revealed that Sofía had been relieved of her position, with Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth III becoming the chairman and CEO of PROMECOR-CMLL.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.planetawrestling.com/la-familia-luttherot-podria-haberle-quitado-el-cmll-a-sofia-alonso/ | title = The Luttherot family could have him removed the CMLL from Sofía Alonso | access-date = August 26, 2019 | last = Pérez | first = Miguel | date = August 26, 2019 | website = PLANETA WRESTLING | language = es}}</ref>

In September 2021, president of [[Ice Ribbon]] Hajime Sato appeared alongside Kounosuke Izui, promoter of Lady's Ring, on an episode of ''CMLL Informa'' to announce the establishment of a working relationship between the two promotions and the Mexican-based Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/en/cmll-oficializa-su-alianza-con-ice-ribbon/|title=CMLL makes its alliance with Ice Ribbon official|work=Súper Luchas|date=September 29, 2021|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref>

On July 5, 2023, CMLL announced an alliance with the Arena Coliseo Tony Arellano de Torreón, who at a press conference announced this merger in which they will work on several very ambitious projects. Edgar "güero" Noriega, referee and promoter of this company, attended the press conference directly from the CMLL, for several good news, the first being the merger in which this Tony Arellano Arena will be part of the company's programming as it does with the Coliseo de Guadalajara, Puebla, Arena México and Arena Coliseo and now La Laguna is already the headquarters and has been certified.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/lucha-libre/lucha-libre-arena-coliseo-tony-arellano-cmll-anuncian-alianza | title=Lucha Libre. Arena Coliseo Tony Arellano y CMLL anuncian alianza | date=May 7, 2023 }}</ref>

On August 3, 2023, the CMLL and [[Revolution Pro Wrestling]] announced their alliance beginning with their first joint event, Fantastica Mania UK.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.revolutionprowrestling.com/post/revpro-cmll-announce-new-partnership-fantastica-mania-uk-is-coming | title=RevPro & CMLL Announce New Partnership: Fantastica Mania UK is coming | date=August 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=CMLL_OFICIAL |number=1686874736561639424 |title=FANTASTICAMANIA LLEGA A EUROPA: El día de hoy en CMLL Informa se anunció que la empresa británica Revolution Pro Wrestling presentará "CMLL FantasticaMania UK 2023"}}</ref>

On October 13, 2023, [[All Elite Wrestling]] announced a working relationship with CMLL.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=CMLL_OFICIAL |number=1713018045713588714|title=📄 COMUNICADO OFICIAL: El CMLL confirma la participación de Místico en AEW Rampage. #CMLL|author=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|date=October 13, 2023|accessdate=October 13, 2023}}</ref>

==Style and television==
[[File:LA Park at LuchaTO Jan 2016.jpg|thumb|[[L.A. Park]]]]{{Update section|date=February 2024}}
CMLL regularly runs six shows on five days in a week. The biggest weekly show is the Friday night [[CMLL Super Viernes|Super Viernes]] ("Super Friday") show, held in the famous [[Arena Mexico]] in Mexico City. CMLL runs also shows on Saturdays in [[Arena Coliseo]], on Sundays in Arena Mexico, on Mondays in Arena [[Puebla]], and on Tuesdays in Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo Guadalajara. The Friday and Tuesday shows are also televised.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=78&page=8 | title=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) > Results | access-date=September 19, 2017 | work=CageMatch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/2017/03/03/how-to-check-out-a-lucha-libre-show-while-in-mexico/ | title=How to check out a lucha libre show while in Mexico > Results | access-date=May 5, 2018 | work=Luchablog| date=March 4, 2017 }}</ref>

Of all the major professional wrestling promotions in the world, CMLL is one of the most conservative, having earned the nickname "The serious and the stable" (''{{Lang|es|La Seria y Estable}}'') over time.<ref name="EndofSerious">{{cite web | url=http://www.deportivoros.com/2010/10/entre-el-cielo-y-el-infierno-el-adios.html | title='Entre el cielo y el infierno', el adiós definitivo de la 'Seria y Estable' | date=October 2010 | access-date=July 1, 2015 | first=Gerado | last=Cuéllar | publisher=Deportivoros | language=es | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702222839/http://www.deportivoros.com/2010/10/entre-el-cielo-y-el-infierno-el-adios.html | archive-date=July 2, 2015 }}</ref> Matches with blood are not broadcast unless it accidentally happens during a live event. CMLL rarely uses specialty or "gimmick matches" outside a limited number of [[steel cage match]]es and the occasional ''Super Libre'', no-disqualification matches. While other promotions have adopted matches such as the [[ladder match]], CMLL remains much more traditional. They also have strict rules for what they will allow to happen during their shows; on one occasion a match between [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] and [[L. A. Park]] during the [[CMLL 75th Anniversary Show]] degenerated into a brawl on the floor that was so out of control that both wrestlers were fired by CMLL a short time later.<ref name="Lucha2007">{{cite news|title=2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|id=issue 244|date=December 26, 2007|url=http://superluchas.com/superluchas-224-lo-mejor-del-2007/|access-date=July 11, 2009|language=es}}</ref> CMLL also has strict rules on what wrestlers can and cannot say during their shows, a rule illustrated in 2015 where L.A. Park was fired from the promotion only three weeks after returning due to a profanity-laden rant during a CMLL show.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/09/08/l-a-park-fuera-del-cmll-por-insultar-al-publico | title=L. A. Park fuera del CMLL por insultar al público | date=September 8, 2015 | access-date=September 10, 2015 | work=MedioTiempo | publisher=[[MSN]] | language=es}}</ref>

CMLL's main programming, hosted by Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Miguel Linares, is broadcast regularly on [[Televisa]] in Mexico, on [[LATV]] in the United States, and formerly on [[Telelatino]] in Canada and [[The Wrestling Channel]] in the United Kingdom. CMLL also had a syndicated show called "Sin Limite de Tiempo" ("with no time limit") which shows matches from Arena Coliseo shows and matches they could not fit onto the regular broadcast. It aired in Los Angeles on [[KSCN-TV|KWHY]] and in San Francisco on [[KEMO-TV]]. This show was followed up by "Guerreros del Ring" on Canal 52MX. Also, Spanish-language American sports channel [[Fox Sports en Español]] recently{{When|date=November 2022}} started broadcasting CMLL programming. Recently{{When|date=November 2022}} CMLL also added the Mexican network Cadena Tres to its list of networks airing CMLL Wrestling. [[Galavisión (Mexico)|Galavision]] began airing CMLL wrestling in the spring of 2011. Galavision shows only a one-hour version while LATV has shown a two-hour version. In 2015, several of CMLL's shows became available live on their YouTube channel and they have held a number of internet-[[Pay Per View]]s (PPVs).{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Recurring shows==
Each year CMLL promotes a number of signature events, some shown as pay-per-view events and others shown on regular television. Over the last couple of years CMLL have held three regular events each year and a number of one off, special events. The Major show, shown in order of when they happen during the year, include:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col"|Event
! scope="col"|Created
! scope="col"|Next/Most recent event
! scope="col"|Notes
!class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
|[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows|CMLL Anniversary]]  || 1934 || [[CMLL 91st Anniversary Show|91st]] || The biggest show of CMLL's year, commemorates CMLL's debut in 1933. The longest-running annual show in professional wrestling.  ||<ref name=SLLive>{{cite web |url=https://superluchas.com/cmll-aniversario-86-27-septiembre-2019-resultados/ |trans-title=CMLL 86th Anniversary (September 27, 2019) {{!}} Live results {{!}} 7 scalps at play |title=CMLL Aniversario 86 (27 de septiembre 2019) {{!}} Resultados en vivo {{!}} 7 cabelleras en juego |date=September 27, 2019 | access-date=September 28, 2019 |work=[[Súper Luchas]] |language=es |first=Ernesto |last=Ocampo}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arena Coliseo|Arena Coliseo Anniversary]] || 1944 || 81st || Commemorating the opening of [[Arena Coliseo]] in 1943 ||<ref name=Lutteroth/>
|-
|[[CMLL Juicio Final|Juicio Final]] || 1955 || 2019 || Originally CMLL's "end of year" show, later held outside of December as well. ||<ref name=ESTOJF2019>{{cite web | url=https://www.esto.com.mx/434697-ultimo-guerrero-vs-mascara-ano-2000-juicio-final-arena-mexico-resultado-pelea-apuesta-consejo-mundial-de-lucha-libre-ultimas-noticias-hoy-junio-2019/ | title=Último Guerrero rapa a Máscara Año 2000 en "Juicio Final" | trans-title=Último Guerrero takes the hair of Máscara Año 2000 at "Final Justice" | language=es | work=ESTO | date=June 1, 2019 | access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|{{nobr|[[Aniversario de Arena México]]}} || 1957 || 68th || Commemorating the opening of [[Arena México]] in 1956 ||<ref name=2019FinalsOvaciones>{{cite web | url=https://ovaciones.com/traicion-a-volador/ | title=¡Traición a Volador! | trans-title=Volador betrayed | date=April 27, 2019 | access-date=May 17, 2019 | language=es | work=Ovaciones | first=Arturo | last=Rosas Plata | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517223033/https://ovaciones.com/traicion-a-volador/ | archive-date=May 17, 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' || 1996 || 2024 || Show held in March, honors two "legends"; one is always Salvador Lutteroth, CMLL's founder. ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/cmll-homenaje-a-dos-leyendas-2019-los-ingobernables-pelones/ | title=CMLL: Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2019 – Los Ingobernables, pelones | date=March 16, 2019 | access-date=October 24, 2019 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es | author=Dark Angelita}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Sin Piedad]]'' || 2000 || 2020 || Either the last show or the first show of the year, depending on the timing. ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=219946| title=CMLL Sin Piedad| date=January 1, 2019 | access-date=January 2, 2019 | publisher=cagematch | language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Infierno en el Ring]]'' || 2000 || 2025 || show headlined by a "multi-person" [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel Cage]] elimination match, sometimes it gets its own show, in other years it's the main event of another major event.  ||<ref name=SLInfierno2016>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/cmll-resultados-infierno-en-el-ring-amazonas-en-accion-25122016-vaquerita-muestra-su-rostro-zeuxis-su-verdugo/ | title=CMLL: Resultados "Infierno en el Ring – Amazonas en acción" – 25/12/2016 – Vaquerita muestra su rostro, Zeuxis su verdugo | date=December 25, 2016 | access-date=December 28, 2016 | work=[[Súper Luchas]]| language=es | author=Dark Angelita}}</ref>
|-
|''[[CMLL Sin Salida|Sin Salida]]'' || 2009 || 2025 || &nbsp;  ||<ref name=MESalida2015>{{cite web |  url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/07/17/ultimo-guerrero-rapo-a-rey-escorpion | title=Último Guerrero rapó a Rey Escorpión | date=July 17, 2015 | access-date=July 18, 2015 | first=Apolo | last=Valdés | work=MedioTiempo | publisher=[[MSN]] | language=es}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fantastica Mania]] || 2011 || 2025 || Shows co-produced with [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]], held in Japan in January each year.  ||<ref name=Schedule>{{cite web | url=https://www.njpw1972.com/schedule?pageNum=2 | title=NJPW schedule | access-date=October 18, 2019 | publisher=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[CMLL Día de Muertos|Día de Muertos]] || 2014 || 2023 || Series of shows held to celebrate the Mexican [[Day of the Dead]] holiday.  ||<ref name=CMLLTag42>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucjNnQ-ZddE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ucjNnQ-ZddE |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live| title=LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DIA DE MUERTOS 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2019 FUNCION COMPLETA | date=November 1, 2019 | access-date=November 2, 2019 | author=@VideosOficialesCMLL | language=es | publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
|[[CMLL Leyendas Mexicanas|Leyendas Mexicanas]] || 2017 || 2019 || Celebrates the history of ''lucha libre'' and includes CMLL inviting various "legends" to return to CMLL for a one-night show. ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.esto.com.mx/460405-inolvidable-funcion-de-leyendas-mexicanas-en-el-cmll-ultimas-noticias-lucha-libre/ | title=Inolvidable función de leyendas mexicanas en el CMLL | date=December 7, 2019 | access-date=December 20, 2019 | work=ESTO | language=es | first=Arturo | last=López Escalona}}</ref>
|}

==Roster==
{{Main|List of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre personnel}}

==Current championships==
===World champions===
{{transcluded section|List of current champions in CMLL}}
{{#section-h:List of current champions in CMLL|World championships}}

===National champions===
{{transcluded section|List of current champions in CMLL}}
{{#section-h:List of current champions in CMLL|National championships}}

===Regional champions===
{{transcluded section|List of current champions in CMLL}}
{{#section-h:List of current champions in CMLL|Regional championships}}

===Co-promoted champions===
{{transcluded section|List of current champions in CMLL}}
{{#section-h:List of current champions in CMLL|Co-promoted championships}}

==Tournaments==
{{Main|List of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre tournaments}}
CMLL conducts several annual tournaments which usually signify a big push. Tournaments have been left out of the schedule for unexplained reasons. Some tournaments are conducted as ''[[torneo cibernetico]]s'', a large multi-man tag team elimination match, others are normal single elimination tournament.

===Active tournaments===
{| class="wikitable"
!Tournament
!Last winner
!Last held
!Notes
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''[[CMLL Universal Championship|Campeonato Universal]]''}}|{{small|(Universal Champion)}}}}
|[[El Terrible]]
|{{dts|February 15, 2019}}<ref name=HeraldoUC2019>{{cite web | url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/meta/terrible-vence-en-caidas-consecutivas-y-es-el-nuevo-campeon-universal-del-cmll/ | title=Terrible vence en caídas consecutivas y es el nuevo campeón universal del CMLL | trans-title=Terrible wins in two consecutive falls and is the new CMLL Universal Champion | date=February 16, 2019 | access-date=February 16, 2019 | work=El Heraldo de Mexico | language=es | archive-date=February 16, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216212155/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/meta/terrible-vence-en-caidas-consecutivas-y-es-el-nuevo-campeon-universal-del-cmll/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|An elimination tournament consisting of all champions to determine the "Universal champion". Winner receives a title belt but it is defended in the annual tournament.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''[[CMLL Universal Amazons Championship (2019)|Campeonato Universal De Amazonas]]''}}|{{small|(Universal Women's Champion)}}}}
|[[Dalys la Caribeña]]
|{{dts|August 19, 2019}}<ref name=SLFinal>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/cmll-dalys-se-corona-como-la-primer-campeona-universal-de-amazonas/ | title=CMLL: Dalys se corona como la primer Campeona Universal de Amazonas | language=es | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | access-date=August 30, 2019 | date=August 19, 2019 | author=Dark Angelita}}</ref>
|An elimination tournament consisting of all champions to determine the "Universal Women's champion". Winner receives a title belt but it is defended in the annual tournament.
|-
|[[CMLL International Gran Prix|International Gran Prix]]
|[[Volador Jr.]]
|{{dts|August 30, 2019}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ovaciones.com/volador-se-roba-el-triunfo/ | title=Volador se roba el triunfo | language=es | access-date=August 31, 2019 | date=August 31, 2019| first=Arturo | last=Rosas Plata| work=Ovaciones }}</ref>
|Previously an elimination tournament, now a ''torneo cibernetico''. Features a "Mexico vs. International" wrestlers theme with one side being native Mexicans and the other side of the Cibernetico being foreigners.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[Leyenda de Azul]]''|{{small|("Blue Legend")}}}}
|[[El Soberano|Soberano Jr.]]
|{{dts|November 26, 2021}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cmll.com/?p=123338 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220458/http://cmll.com/?p=123338 | title=Resultados Viernes Arena México: ¡Rush se lleva la Leyenda Azul! | archive-date=December 23, 2017 | date=November 26, 2021 | access-date=November 26, 2021 | work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | language=es | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|A tournament in honor of [[Blue Demon]]. It is secondary to the ''Leyenda de Plata'' tournament but features most of the top wrestlers in the promotion. It has been conducted as a normal torneo cibernético and as a one night tournament.<ref name=Azul2012>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/promo-torneo-la-leyenda-azul-2012/ | title= Promo: Torneo "La Leyenda Azul 2012" | date= April 14, 2012 | access-date=September 30, 2012 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] Magazine | language=es}}</ref>
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[Leyenda de Plata]]''|{{small|("Silver Legend")}}}}
|[[Bárbaro Cavernario]]
|{{dts|November 23, 2018}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/otros-deportes/lucha-libre/2018/11/24/5bf8ed20ca47415f368b45d0.html|title=Cavernario, el nuevo campeón del torneo Leyenda de Plata 2018|work=MARCA Claro México|access-date=November 25, 2018|language=es-MX}}</ref>
|A tournament in honor of [[El Santo]]. This has been the most prestigious of the CMLL tournaments and the tournament is usually made up of the best in-ring workers.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[CMLL Reyes del Aire|Reyes del Aire]]''|{{small|("Kings of the Air")}}}}
|[[Titán (wrestler)|Titán]]
|{{dts|January 6, 2019}}<ref name=RDR2017>{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/mexico/cmll-arena-mexico-results-reyes-del-aire-233331 | title=CMLL Arena Mexico Results: Reyes del Aire | date=April 8, 2017 | access-date=April 9, 2017 | first=Chris | last=Aiken | work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
|This tournament is for high flyers. The tournament usually works as a cibernetico with mostly young and undercard tecnicos, with the idea of focusing more attention on the winner. Most recent tournament was the [[CMLL Reyes del Aire#CMLL Reyes del Aire 2017|2017 ''CMLL Reyes del Aire'']] tournament.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''[[Pequeño Reyes del Aire#Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2015)|Pequeños Reyes del Aire]]''}}|{{small|("Miniature Kings of the Air")}}}}
|[[Shockercito]]
|{{dts|January 6, 2015|}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://deportes.terra.com.mx/luchas/volador-jr-supera-en-mano-a-mano-a-rey-bucanero-en-el-cmll,f7170f297e1ca410VgnCLD200000b1bf46d0RCRD.html | title=Volador Jr. supera en mano a mano a Rey Bucanero en el CMLL | date=January 6, 2015 | access-date=January 7, 2015 | work=Terra México | language=es}}</ref>
|Like the ''Reyes del Aire'' but for [[Mini-Estrellas]]
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa|Torneo Gran Alternativa]]''|{{small|("Great Alternative" Tournament)}}}}
|[[Star Jr.]] and [[Valiente (wrestler)|Valiente]]
|{{dts|October 19, 2019}}<ref name=GA2019Marca>{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/otros-deportes/lucha-libre/2019/10/19/5daaae85e2704e1a848b45b5.html | title=Valiente y Star Jr., ganadores del Torneo de La Gran Alternativa | work=Marca Claro | language=es  | date=October 19, 2019 | access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref>
|An elimination tag team tournament where an established star teams with a young midcarder with the intent to give the younger wrestler more credibility.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''[[CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles|Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles]]''}}|{{small|("National Incredible Pairs" Tournament)}}}}
|[[Titán (wrestler)|Titán]] and [[Bárbaro Cavernario]]
|{{dts|April 26, 2019}}<ref name=GATUDN>{{cite web | url=https://www.tudn.mx/lucha-libre/star-jr-se-adueno-de-la-gran-alternativa-del-consejo-mundial-de-lucha-libre | title=Star Jr. se adueno de la Gran Alternativa del Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | first=Uriel | last=Martinez Lopez | work=TUDN | language=es | date=October 19, 2019 | access-date=October 19, 2019 }}</ref>
|An elimination tag team tournament where a ''rudo'' (bad guy) and a ''tecnico'' (good guy) team up.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[La Copa Junior]]''|{{small|("The Junior Cup")}}}}
|[[Angel de Oro]]
|{{dts|March 26, 2021}}
|This tournament features wrestlers who are at least second-generation wrestlers, though [[Kayfabe|worked]] family relations have been accepted as well.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|''[[Copa Nuevos Valores]]''|{{small|("New Values Cup")}}}}
|[[Magia Blanca]]
|{{dts|April 18, 2018}}<ref name=NVFinals>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/cmll-una-mirada-semanal-al-cmll-de-12-al-18-de-abril-de-2018/ | title=CMLL: Una mirada semanal al CMLL (De 12 al 18 de abril de 2018) | date=April 20, 2018 | access-date=August 11, 2018 | author=Dark Angelita | work=[[Súper Luchas]]| language=es}}</ref>
|A 16-man tournament for CMLL rookie
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''Rey del Inframundo''}}|{{small|("King of the Underworld")}}}}
|[[Sansón (wrestler)|Sansón]]
|{{dts|November 1, 2019}}
|An eight-man tournament with the purpose of win El Rey del Inframundo. Winner received a title belt but it is defended in the annual tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/lucha-libre/cmll/sanson-se-proclamo-el-primer-rey-del-inframundo-en-el-cmll|title=Sansón se proclamó el primer Rey del Inframundo en el CMLL|website=www.mediotiempo.com|date=April 11, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''Copa Dinastías''}}|{{small|("Dynasty's Cup")}}}}
|Los Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther Jr. and Black Panther) defeated Volador Jr. and Flyer
|{{dts|May 28, 2021}}
|
|}

===Past annual tournaments===
These are all the tournament that have been held in the past by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre but have not been promoted in the last two years.
{| class="wikitable"
!Tournament
!Last winner
!Last held
!Notes
|-
|{{nobr|''[[List of CMLL Tag Team Tournaments#Copa de Arena Mexico|Copa de Arena Mexico]]''}}
|Team Tall<br>{{nobr|([[Black Warrior (wrestler)|Black Warrior]], [[Lizmark, Jr.]], and [[Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.]])}}
|{{dts|July 5, 2002}}<ref name=CopaMexico99>{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|chapter=Mexico: Copa de Arena Mexico|page=397|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
|A one night tournament for trios teams. The winners earns a trophy; each team comes up with a name for their trio. The tournament was only held in 1999, 2001, and 2002. In 1999, the winners were [[El Satánico]], [[Rey Bucanero]] and [[Último Guerrero]] as "Team Guerreros del Infierno". The 2001 winners were Black Warrior, [[Shocker (wrestler)|Shocker]], and [[Apolo Dantes]] as "Team Shocker".
|-
|{{nobr|''[[Forjando un Ídolo]]''}}
|[[Ángel de Oro]]
|{{dts|May 27, 2011}}<ref name=FornajdoElimination>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmll.com/forjandounidolo/faseeliminacion.html |title=fase de eliminacion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200218/http://www.cmll.com/forjandounidolo/faseeliminacion.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |author=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |work=Forjando un Idolo |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|A 16-man tournament with the purpose of identifying which of the "Rookies" in the tournament would move up the ranks of the promotion.<ref name="FornajdoElimination"/>
|-
|''[[Torneo Sangre Nueva]]''<br>("New Blood Tournament")
|[[Soberano Jr.]]
|{{dts|March 11, 2013}}<ref name=SangreNueva2013>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com//soberano-jr-gana-el-torneo-sangre-nueva-2013/|title=Soberano Jr gana el Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=March 13, 2013|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref>
|Tournament for the younger and lower ranked wrestlers in CMLL.<ref name=SangreNueva2013/>
|-
|[[List of CMLL Tag Team Tournaments#Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla 2013|Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla]]
|[[Atlantis (wrestler)|Atlantis]] and [[Volador Jr.]]
|{{dts|April 1, 2013}}<ref name=PueblaIncreiblesFinal>{{cite web|url=http://elpopular.mx/puro-deporte/campeones/|title=Campeones|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=April 6, 2013|publisher=El Popular|work=Deportes|first=David|last=Portillo|language=es|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325104216/http://elpopular.mx/puro-deporte/campeones/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|An elimination tag team tournament where a''rudo'' (bad guy) and a ''tecnico'' (good guy) team up.
|-
|{{unbulleted list|{{nobr|''[[En Busca de un Ídolo]]''}}|{{small|("In Search of an Idol")}}}}
||[[Boby Zavala]]
||{{dts|August 21, 2015}}<ref name=Announced2>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmll.com/01_cartelera/c_arena_mexico_m.htm |title=Arena Mexico Martes 26 de Mayo '15 |publisher=CMLL |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402062720/http://www.cmll.com/01_cartelera/c_arena_mexico_m.htm |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>
|An eight-man tournament with the purpose of identifying which of the "Rookies" in the tournament would move up the ranks of the promotion.
|}

==Broadcasters==
'''Domestic:'''
* [[Televisa Deportes|TUDN]] (2020–present)
* [[Ticketmaster|Ticketmaster Live]]
* [[Televisión Mexiquense]]
* [[MVS TV]] 
* [[52MX]] 
* [[Nueve (Mexican TV network)|Nu9ve]]
* [[Megacable]] 
* [[Nuestra Visión]]
* [[YouTube|VideosOficialesCMLL]]
* [[:es:Claro Sports|Claro Sports]]
* [[Multimedios Televisión]]
* [[TVC Deportes]]
* [[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]
* [[XHTRES-TDT|El Heraldo TV]]
* [[Imagen Televisión]]
* [[Fox Deportes|Fox Deportes Mexico]]
* [[Televisa|Televisa Guadalajara]] 
* [[Terra (company)|Terra]]
* [[Radio Fórmula|TeleFórmula]]
'''International (current):'''
* [[LATV]] 
* [[Nuestra Visión]] 
* [[Multimedios Televisión]]
* [[Galavisión]]
* [[KSCN-TV|KWHY-TV]]
* [[TV Asahi]] 
* [[:ja:FIGHTING TV SAMURAI|Fighting TV Samurai]]
* [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling World|NJPW World]]
* [[Fight Network]]
* [[Fight Network|Fight Network USA]]
* [[Fight Network|Fight Network Turkey]]
* [[Fight Network|Fight Network International]]
* [[YouTube|VideosOficialesCMLL]]
* [[Twitch (service)|CMLL On Twitch]]
'''Worldwide''':
* [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling World|NJPW World]]
* [[YouTube|VideosOficialesCMLL]]
* [[Twitch (service)|CMLL On Twitch]]
'''International (former):'''
* [[Azteca América]]
* [[FITE TV]]
* [[The Fight Network (UK & Ireland)|The Fight Network]]
* [[TLN (TV channel)|Telelatino]]
* [[Fox Deportes|Fox Deportes USA]]
* [[KEMO-TV]]
* [[Honor Club]]

==See also==

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*[[Professional wrestling in Mexico]]
*[[List of professional wrestling promotions in Mexico]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|www.cmll.com}} (in Spanish)

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