Copa Nuevos Valores
The Copa Nuevos Valores was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre held between April 3 and April 17, 2018, at Arena México. The tournament was held to give prominence to 16 younger, lower ranked wrestlers who worked for CMLL at the time. As a professional wrestling tournament it was won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
The final match saw Magia Blanca defeat Flyer to win the tournament and earn a match for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship held by Soberano Jr. at the time. The tournament also included Astral, El Coyote, Fugaz, Grako, Jorge Kebrada, Maquiavelo, Príncipe Daniel, Príncipe Diamante, Príncipe Odin Jr., Retro, Reyko, Sangre Imperial, Súper Astro Jr. and Yago.
History
The Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre has a long history of promoting tournaments focusing on the younger or lower ranked wrestlers on their rosters, primarily as a means to showcase select wrestlers in an attempt to elevate one or more wrestlers up the ranks of CMLL. In 1994 CMLL introduced the Gran Alternativa tournament, a tag team tournament where a relative rookie would team up with a veteran wrestler for a tournament. The tournament concept was so successful that it became an annual event on CMLL's event calendar from that point forward.In 1996 CMLL introduced La Copa Junior, a tournament for second or third-generation wrestlers, often lower ranked, again to showcase at least one of the competitors in the tournament. The La Copa Junior has been held intermittently since 1996 although not on an annual schedule. In 2014 CMLL held both a regular version of La Copa Junior, and a "VIP" version focusing more on well established second-generation wrestlers, distinguishing itself from the tournament that focuses on younger wrestlers. In 2011 CMLL held the Forjando un Ídolo tournament, featuring 16 low-to-mid card wrestlers competing in the tournament. The tournament was won by Ángel de Oro and signaled his ascent up the ranks of CMLL. In both 2012 and 2013 CMLL held the Torneo Sangre Nueva, featuring younger, lower ranked wrestlers in the traditional tournament format. In early 2018 CMLL decided to hold a new tournament focusing on their lower ranked or younger competitors called the Torneo Nuevos Valores featuring 16 competitors who had yet to get many opportunities in CMLL, in a three-week long tournament. Audaz and Templario were originally announced for the tournament, but were replaced by Astral and Príncipe Odin Jr. later on without any explanation.