CMLL International Gran Prix (2006)
The CMLL International Gran Prix (2006) was a lucha libre, or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on May 12, 2006 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue. The 2006 International Gran Prix was the ninth time CMLL has held an International Gran Prix tournament since 1994. All International Gran Prix tournaments have been a one-night tournament, always as part of CMLL's Friday night CMLL Super Viernes shows.
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Milano Collection A.T., in Mexico for a short visit | |||
Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
Date | May 12, 2006 | ||
City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Venue | Arena México | ||
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The ninth International Gran Prix tournament featured a 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match between a team representing Mexico (L.A. Park, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Heavy Metal, Mr. Niebla, Héctor Garza, Olímpico and Último Guerrero) facing a team of "International" wrestlers, some who worked for CMLL at the time (Marco Corleone, Shigeo Okumura and Pierroth, a Japanese wrestlers who worked mainly in Mexico at the time (Hajime Ohara and Masada) and as well as three foreign born 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.