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The CMLL International Gran Prix was an annual tournament held by the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...

(CMLL), that was held from 1994 to 2008, although there was no tournament in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004. The tournament was inspired by New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...

's "International Wrestling Gran Prix" tournament in the 1980s. From 1994 until 1998 the Gran Prix was a single elimination tournament that featured a mixture of Mexican and international wrestlers, some who worked for CMLL regularly and some that were invited specifically for the tournament. From 2002 and on the format was changed to a torneo cibernetico
Torneo cibernetico
A Torneo Cibernetico is a type of elimination tag-team match that frequently appears in Lucha Libre promotions.The match is a 16-man elimination tag team match consisting of 2 teams of 8. It uses standard Lucha Libre tag-team rules with elimination occurring with a pinfall, submission,...

, a 16-man match with one side representing Mexico and the other side being composed of "international" wrestlers. Two people have won the Gran Prix twice, Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...

and Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...

. The most recent Gran Prix was in 2008 where wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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participated on the "International" side. TNA's Alex Shelley

Alex Shelley

Patrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...

defeated Último Guerrero to win the 2008 Gran Prix.

Tournament winners

Year	Winner	Reign
1994	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...	1
1995	Headhunter A The Headhunters (professional wrestling) The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago , better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B.-Career:The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987.In the early 1990s, The...	1
1996	Hijo del Santo	1
1997	Steel Sean Morley Sean Allen Morley is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Val Venis, during his time with World Wrestling Federation, later known as World Wrestling Entertainment...	1
1998	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.	2
2002	Máscara Mágica Antonio Gómez Medina Antonio Gómez Medina is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are called in Spanish, and professional wrestling trainer based out of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara in Guadalajara. Gómez is best known under the ring name Máscara Mágica, he is the second person to use the "Máscara Mágica"...	1
2003	Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...	1
2005	Atlantis Atlantis (wrestler) Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...	1
2006	Último Guerrero Último Guerrero Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...	1
2007	Último Guerrero	2
2008	Alex Shelley Alex Shelley Patrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...	1

International Gran Prix 1994

The first ever International Gran Prix was held on April 15, 1994 and featured a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (such as King Haku and Corazon de León

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...

) and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Yamato). The final match saw Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...

defeat King Haku to win the International Gran Prix.

International Gran Prix 1995

The second International Gran Prix was held on July 7, 1995 and once again featured a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (such as The Headhunters

The Headhunters (professional wrestling)

The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago , better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B.-Career:The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987.In the early 1990s, The...

and El Boriqua) and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Johnny Gunn). The final match saw Headhunter A

The Headhunters (professional wrestling)

defeat Vampiro

Vampiro

Ian Richard Hodgkinson , better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working as a wrestler and a consultant for Juggalo Championship Wrestling. Hodgkinson is semi-retired and is a member of the citizen crime patrol organization Guardian Angels, acting as...

to win the second International Gran Prix.

International Gran Prix 1996

The third International Gran Prix was held on July 5, 1996 and featured a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Tiger Mask IV

Tiger Mask IV

Yoshihiro Yamazaki , best known by his ring name Tiger Mask , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Yamazaki is the fourth wrestler to portray the Tiger Mask image / persona; having used it since 1995...

). The final match saw El Hijo del Santo

El Hijo del Santo

Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...

defeat The Great Sasuke to win the International Gran Prix.

International Gran Prix 1997

The fourth International Gran Prix was held on April 4, 1997 and once again featured a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (such as Steel

Sean Morley

Sean Allen Morley is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Val Venis, during his time with World Wrestling Federation, later known as World Wrestling Entertainment...

and Último Dragón) and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Leatherface). The final match saw Steel defeat Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...

to win the International Gran Prix.

International Gran Prix 1998

The fifth International Gran Prix was held on August 14, 1998 and once again featured a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (such as The Headhunters

The Headhunters (professional wrestling)

) and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Ricky Santana). The final match saw Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Rayo de Jalisco, Jr...

defeat Apolo Dantés

Apolo Dantés

José Luis Amezcua Muñoz , best known by his ring name Apolo Dantés, is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who has been a longtime mainstay of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre throughout the 1990s and now owns and operates "Dantés Wrestling Factory" in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...

to win the International Gran Prix, making Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. the first person to win the Gran Prix twice; having previously won it in 1994.

International Gran Prix 2002

The sixth International Gran Prix tournamnet was held on March 22, 2002 in Arena Mexico and for the first time the Gran Prix was not an elimination tournament but a 16-man Tornero Cibernetico. This was the first time the tournament was held since 1998 and every Gran Prix since then has had the same 16-man Tornero Cibernetico format. The teams were mixed Tecnicos
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and Rudos
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, seemingly randomly teamed up without any pre-existing storyline

Narrative thread

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behind it. The teams were; "Team A" (Zumbido

Zumbido

José Angel García Paz is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring nameZumbido . He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración throughout his career, but currently works on the Mexican independent circuit...

, Safari

Ephesto

Ephesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record...

, Hombre Sin Nombre, Halloween

Manuel Ortiz

Manuel Ortiz Partida is a professional wrestler who is currently wrestling the independent circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area...

, Volador, Jr., Damián 666

Leonardo Carrera

Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...

, Negro Casas

Negro Casas

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and El Hijo del Santo

El Hijo del Santo

Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...

) against "Team B (El Felino

El Felino

El Felino , is the ring name of Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz, who is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . He is the son of wrestler and referee Pepe Casas, the brother of Negro Casas and Heavy Metal and the cousin of Black Star...

, Olímpico

Olímpico

Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...

, Tony Rivera, Máscara Mágica

Antonio Gómez Medina

Antonio Gómez Medina is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are called in Spanish, and professional wrestling trainer based out of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara in Guadalajara. Gómez is best known under the ring name Máscara Mágica, he is the second person to use the "Máscara Mágica"...

, Nicho El Millonario, Satánico, Averno and Mephisto

Mephisto (wrestler)

Mephisto , whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto...

). The tournament came down to Máscara Mágica and El Hijo del Santo, with Máscara Magica winning the match.

#	Eliminated	By	Team	Time
1	Tony Rivera	Halloween	Team B	1:14
2	Volador, Jr.	Nicho el Millonario	Team A	4:40
3	Mephisto	Damián 666	Team B	7:13
4	Damián 666	El Felino	Team A	7:40
5	El Felino	Averno and Satánico	Team B	9:12
6	Averno	Negro Casas	Team B	10:01
7	Nicho el Millonario	El Hijo del Santo	Team B	11:11
8	Halloween	Olímpico	Team A	12:21
9	Safari	Máscara Mágica	Team A	13:37
10	Zumbido	Satánico	Team A	14:48
11	Olímpico	Hombre sin Nombre	Team B	15:53
12	Hombre Sin Nombre	Máscara Mágica	Team A	16:56
13	Satánico	El Hijo del Santo	Team B	17:51
14	Negro Casas	Disqualified for interfering	Team A	18:45
15	El Hjio del Santo	Máscara Mágica	Team A	20:19
16	Máscara Magica (Winner)		Team B	20:19

International Gran Prix 2003

The seventh International Gran Prix tournamnet was held on May 9, 2003 in Arena Mexico and for the second time featured as 16-man Tornero Cibernetico. This time the teams were "Team Mexico" (El Felino

El Felino

, Virus

Virus (wrestler)

Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name, Virus. Amezquita originally worked in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Minis division and held the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship under the name Damiancito El Guerrero, but was later...

, Negro Casas

Negro Casas

, Mephisto

Mephisto (wrestler)

, Averno, Blue Panther

Blue Panther

Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...

, Shocker

José Luis Jair Soria

José Luis Jair Soria is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name Shocker. He has in the past branched out into the United States, working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :...

and Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

) and "Team Japan" (TARO, Don Fujii

Don Fujii

, is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, best known by his ring name Don Fujii. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and a former Open the Twin Gate Champion with Masaaki Mochizuki. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.-Biography:He was...

, Kazuhiko Masada, SUWA

Takahiro Suwa

, better known by his ring name Suwa , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, formerly of Pro Wrestling Noah.-Toryumon and Dragon Gate:...

, Katsushi Takemura, Nosawa

Kazushige Nosawa

, better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.-Career:...

, CIMA

Nobuhiko Oshima

, better known by his ring name Cima , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA...

and Último Dragón). The match came came down to Último Dragón and Dr. Wagner, Jr. and then saw Dr. Wagner, Jr. win the Gran Prix for the "home team".

#	Eliminated	Team
1	TARO	Team Japan
2	El Felino	Team Mexico
3	Virus	Team Mexico
4	Don Fujii	Team Japan
5	Masada (Double elimination)	Team Japan
5	Negro Casas (Double elimination)	Team Mexico
7	Mephisto	Team Mexico
8	SUWA	Team Japan
9	Takemura	Team Japan
10	Averno	Team Mexico
11	Blue Panther	Team Mexico
12	Nosawa	Team Japan
13	CIMA	Team Japan
14	Shocker	Team Mexico
15	Último Dragón	Team Japan
16	Dr. Wagner, Jr. (Winner)	Team Mexico

International Gran Prix 2005

The eight International Gran Prix tournamnet was held on September 23, 2005 in Arena Mexico featured as 16-man Tornero Cibernetico with two teams of mixed Mexican and International wrestlers. The team division for the 2005 International Gran Prix is undocumented and thus uncertain, all that is certain is that the following wrestlers participated: Bronco, Último Dragón, Hijo del Santo, Rey Bucanero

Rey Bucanero

Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero . Outside of lucha libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor...

, Universo 2000

Universo 2000

Andrés Reyes González is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known under the ring name Universo 2000...

, Olimpico

Olímpico

Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...

, Tarzan Boy

Tarzan Boy (wrestler)

Oziel Toscano Jasso is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are known in Spanish, best known under the ring name Tarzan Boy and Toscano . Toscano currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...

, Pierroth

Pierroth, Jr.

Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...

Hiroshi Tanahashi

is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion in his fifth reign.-Early life:...

, Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.-Super Rookie :...

, Averno, Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

, Atlantis

Atlantis (wrestler)

Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...

, Negro Casas

Negro Casas

, Perro Aguayo, Jr.

Perro Aguayo, Jr.

Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...

and Lizmark, Jr.

Lizmark, Jr.

Juan Carlos Baños , is a Mexican professional wrestler or "Luchador" known as Lizmark, Jr. or El Hijo del Lizmark . Baños currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Lucha Libre USA. Lizmark, Jr...

. The finals came down to Atlantis and Perro Aguayo, Jr. who were on the same team, in the end Atlantis pinned Perro Aguayo, Jr. to win the Gran Prix.

#	Eliminated	By
1	Bronco	Hiroshi Tanahashi
2	Olímpico	Lizmark, Jr.
3	Averno	Disqualifed for removing Hijo del Santo's Mask
4	Último Dragón	Shinsuke Nakamura
5	Pierroth	Dr. Wagner. Jr.
6	Negro Casas	Perro Aguayo, Jr.
7	Tarzan Boy	Atlantis
8	El Hijo del Santo	Shinsuke Nakamura
9	Shinsuke Nakamura	Rey Bucanero and Universo 2000
10	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Rey Bucanero and Universo 2000
11	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	Rey Bucanero
12	Lizmark, Jr.	Perro Aguayo Jr.
13	Universo 2000	Perro Aguayo, Jr.
14	Rey Bucanero	Atlantis
15	Perro Aguayo, Jr.	Atlantis
16	Atlantis (Winner)

International Gran Prix 2006

The ninth International Gran Prix tournamnet was held on May 12, 2006 in Arena Mexico and once again featured as 16-man Tornero Cibernetico between a team representing Mexico (L.A. Park

Adolfo Tapia

Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. For years he has worked under the ring name L.A. Park, but is best known throughout the world as La Parka, especially from his many years in World Championship Wrestling . He was forced to change his...

, Dos Caras, Jr., Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

, Heavy Metal

Erick Casas

Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

, Mr. Niebla

Mr. Niebla

Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...

, Héctor Garza

Héctor Garza

Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...

, Olímpico

Olímpico

Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...

and Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...

) facing a team of "International" wrestlers, some who worked for CMLL at the time (Marco Corleone

Mark Jindrak

Mark Robert Jindrak is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...

, Shigeo Okumura

Shigeo Okumura

Shigeo Okumura is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and is currently billed simply as Okumura. Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling and later on All Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan but...

and Pierroth

Pierroth, Jr.

, a couple of Japanese wrestlers who worked mainly in Mexico at the time (Hajime Ohara

Hajime Ohara

Hajime Ohara is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Smash. Ohara worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico for several years as part of his training mixing the Lucha Libre style of Mexico with the Japanese Puroresu style of wrestling.-Mexico:Hajime Ohara trained for...

and Masada) and a couple of international wrestlers that did not generally work in Mexico at the time (Katsushi Takemura, Milano Collection AT and Johnny Stamboli). The match came down to Último Guerrero and Johnny Stambol as the final two participants and saw Guerrero win the Gran Prix.

#	Eliminated	By	Team
1	Ohara	Heavy Metal	Team International
2	Masada	Olímpico	Team International
3	Mr. Niebla	Takemura	Team Mexico
4	Heavy Metal	Johnny Stamboli	Team Mexico
5	Milano Collection AT	Héctor Garza	Team International
6	Héctor Garza	Takemura	Team Mexico
7	Olímpico	Johnny Stamboli	Team Mexico
8	Dr. Wagner Jr.	Pierroth	Team Mexico
9	L.A. Park	Okumura and Takemura	Team Mexico
10	Marco Corelone	Dos Caras Jr.	Team International
11	Pierroth	Dos Caras Jr.	Team International
12	Okumura	Último Guerrero	Team International
13	Dos Caras Jr.	Takemura (Double elimination)	Team Mexico
14	Takemura	Dos Caras Jr. (Double elimination)	Team International
15	Johnny Stamboli	Último Guerrero	Team International
16	Último Guerrero (Winner)		Team Mexico

International Gran Prix 2007

The 10th International Gran Prix tournament was held on May 11, 2007 in Arena Mexico and featured a 16-man Torneo Cibernetico between a team representing Mexico (Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

, Dos Caras, Jr., Atlantis

Atlantis (wrestler)

, Lizmark, Jr.

Lizmark, Jr.

, Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...

, Olímpico

Olímpico

Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...

, Rey Bucanero

Rey Bucanero

and El Sagrado

El Sagrado

Luis Fernando Lopez Ramos is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name El Sagrado...

) and a team representing "International wrestling", four of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (Shigeo Okumura

Shigeo Okumura

, Alex Koslov

Alex Koslov

Alex Sherman is a Moldovan-born professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Koslov. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov...

, Marco Corleone

Mark Jindrak

Mark Robert Jindrak is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...

and Pierroth

Pierroth, Jr.

) and four wrestlers brought in from Japan specifically for the tournament (Minoru Suzuki

Minoru Suzuki

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and was the second King of Pancrase world champion...

, Jushin Liger

Jushin Liger

, better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...

, Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut.-Career:Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling, but left the...

, Último Dragón). Pierroth was on "Team International" despite being born in Mexico as his "Ring persona" claims to be from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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. The match came down to Último Guerrero and Jushin Liger as the final two participants and saw Guerrero win to become the first and so far only wrestler to win the Gran Prix back to back years and only the second wrestler to win the Gran Prix twice.

#	Eliminated	By	Team	Time
1	Pierroth	Olímpico	Team International	12:56
2	Shigeo Okumura	Rey Bucanero	Team International	18:25
3	Lizmark Jr.	Minoru Suzuki	Team Mexico	22:07
4	Olímpico	Marco Corleone	Team Mexico	22:14
5	Alex Koslov	Atlantis	Team International	23:12
5	Atlantis	Alex Koslov	Team Mexico	23:12
7	Hirooki Goto	El Sagrado	Team International	25:22
8	Rey Bucanero	Jushin Liger	Team Mexico	28:30
9	Minoru Suzuki	Disqualified	Team International	31:59
10	Último Dragón	Dos Caras, Jr.	Team International	33:59
11	Dos Caras Jr.	Marco Corleone	Team Mexico	34:17
12	Dr. Wagner Jr.	Jushin Liger	Team Mexico	34:47
13	Marco Corleone	Último Guerrero	Team International	39:13
14	El Sagrado	Jushin Liger	Team Mexico	41:11
15	Jushin Liger	Último Guerrero	Team International	45:02
16	Último Guerrero (Winner)		Team Mexico	45:02

International Gran Prix 2008

The 11th International Gran Prix tournament was held on July 26, 2009 in Arena Mexico and featured a 16-man Torneo Cibernetico between a team representing Mexico (Averno, Dos Caras, Jr., Héctor Garza

Héctor Garza

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, Rey Bucanero

Rey Bucanero

, Shocker

José Luis Jair Soria

, Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero

Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...

, Volador, Jr. and Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

) facing "Team International", a combination of foreign wrestlers that work for CMLL (Alex Koslov

Alex Koslov

and Marco Corleone

Mark Jindrak

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) and six wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

(TNA) (A.J. Styles

A.J. Styles

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, Alex Shelley

Alex Shelley

, Johnny Devine

Johnny Devine

John Peter "J.P." Parsonage is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine...

, Chris Sabin

Chris Sabin

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, Jay Lethal

Jay Lethal

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and Sonjay Dutt

Sonjay Dutt

Retesh Bhalla is an American professional wrestler of Indian Punjabi descent, better known by his ring name, Sonjay Dutt. He is best known working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is also known for his stints with Combat Zone Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and other various independent...

). Christopher Daniels

Christopher Daniels

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was originally scheduled to be part of "Team International" but was replaced with Johnny Devine due to a TNA storyline

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where he had been fired from the company. The International Gran Prix tournament took place on the same night of the finals of the Leyenda de Plata tournament. Alex Shelley of Team International eliminated Último Guerrero as the last man to win the tournament.

#	Eliminated	By	Team
1	Alex Koslov	Rey Bucanero	Team International
2	Averno	Sonjay Dutt	Team Mexico
3	Volador, Jr.	Jay Lethal	Team Mexico
4	Rey Bucanero	A.J. Styles	Team Mexico
5	Sonjay Dutt	Héctor Garza	Team International
6	A.J. Styles	Último Guerrero	Team International
7	Dos Caras, Jr.	Marco Corleone	Team Mexico
8	Jay Lethal	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	Team International
9	Johnny Devine	Shocker	Team International
10	Héctor Garza	Marco Corleone	Team Mexico
11	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	Alex Shelley	Team Mexico
12	Marco Corleone	Shocker and Último Guerrero	Team International
13	Shocker	Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley	Team Mexico
14	Chris Sabin	Último Guerrero	Team International
15	Último Guerrero	Alex Shelley	Team Mexico
16	Alex Shelley (Winner)		Team International

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