Fantastica Mania 2013

Fantastica Mania 2013 is the name of three professional wrestling major shows that took place on January 18, 19 and 20, 2013 in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was the third ever co-promoted events between Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and featured matches with wrestlers from both promotions. 2013 was the first year that Fantastica Mania included three dates, compared to only two previously.^[4] The events featured title defenses of both CMLL and NJPW championships.

Fantastica Mania 2013
Promotional poster featuring CMLL wrestlers taking part in the events.
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 18, 2013 January 19, 2013 January 20, 2013
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,650 (January 18)[1] 1,750 (January 19)[2] 1,950 (January 20)[3]
Event chronology
← Previous 2012 Next → 2014
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre event chronology
← Previous Pequeños Reyes del Aire Next → Reyes del Aire
New Japan Pro-Wrestling event chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 7 Next → The New Beginning

Background

La Sombra, participated in headlining matches on all three shows.

The events featured six or seven professional wrestling matches on each event with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as heels in general or rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Faces or técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestler Titán was the first man announced for the show, as he earned his spot by winning the En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an idol") tournament.^[5] Rey Bucanero was originally announced as part of the shows, but on December 19, 2012, New Japan announced that he had been sidelined with a knee injury and would be replaced by Rey Escorpión on the shows.^[6] On January 15, 2013, New Japan announced that Místico II would be unable to wrestle at the events due to a dislocated shoulder, but would still attend to sign autographs. His spot in the matches would be filled by Atlantis.^[7] The matches were not rearranged due to the substitution but instead simply had Atlantis substitute Mistico without considering ongoing CMLL storylines.^[8]

Results

January 18

No.	Results[1][9]	Stipulations	Times
1	Tama Tonga (NJPW) and Titán (CMLL) defeated Euforia (CMLL) and Okumura (CMLL) (with Mima Shimoda)	Tag team match	08:17
2	Rey Escorpión (CMLL), Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW) and Yujiro Takahashi (NJPW) defeated Bushi, Diamante (CMLL) and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW)	Six-man tag team match	08:29
3	Rush (CMLL) defeated Yoshi-Hashi (NJPW)	Singles match	11:08
4	Taichi (NJPW), Taka Michinoku (NJPW) and Volador Jr. (CMLL) defeated La Máscara (CMLL), Máscara Dorada (CMLL) and Máximo (CMLL)	Six-man tag team match	09:38
5	Gedo (NJPW), Jado (NJPW) and Mephisto (CMLL) defeated Atlantis (CMLL), Jyushin Thunder Liger (NJPW) and Tiger Mask (NJPW)	Six-man tag team match	11:21
6	Prince Devitt (NJPW) defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. (CMLL)	Singles match	10:21
7	Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) and La Sombra (CMLL) defeated Misterioso Jr. (CMLL) and Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW)	"Black Cat Memorial Match" tag team match	13:41

January 19

No.	Results[2][10]	Stipulations	Times
1	Máximo (CMLL) and Tama Tonga (NJPW) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi (NJPW) and Taka Michinoku (NJPW))	Tag team match	10:07
2	Gedo (NJPW), Jado (NJPW) and Misterioso Jr. (CMLL) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger (NJPW), Tiger Mask (NJPW) and Titán (CMLL)	Six man tag team match	09:42
3	Mephisto (CMLL) and Okumura (CMLL) defeated Diamante (CMLL) and Máscara Dorada (CMLL)	Tag team match	09:38
4	Dragón Rojo Jr. (CMLL), Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW) and Yoshi-Hashi (NJPW) defeated Bushi (NJPW), Prince Devitt (NJPW) and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW)	Six-man tag team match	09:29
5	Atlantis (CMLL) defeated Euforia (CMLL)	Singles match	07:30
6	Kazuchika Okada (NJPW), Rey Escorpión (CMLL) and Volador Jr. (CMLL) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), La Máscara (CMLL) and Rush (CMLL)	Six-man tag team match	10:44
7	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (NJPW) defeated La Sombra (CMLL)	Singles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	13:29
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

January 20

No.	Results[3][11]	Stipulations	Times
1	Taichi (NJPW) defeated Máximo (CMLL)	Singles match	08:40
2	Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW) defeated Bushi (NJPW), Diamante (CMLL), Gedo (NJPW), Jado (NJPW), Jyushin Thunder Liger (NJPW), Máscara Dorada (CMLL), Misterioso Jr. (CMLL), Okumura (CMLL), Tiger Mask (NJPW), Titán (CMLL) and Yoshi-Hashi (NJPW)	12-man Torneo cibernetico elimination match	19:41
3	Rush (CMLL) defeated Rey Escorpión (CMLL)	Singles match	09:38
4	La Sombra (CMLL) defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. (CMLL) (c)	Singles match for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship	11:58
5	La Máscara (CMLL) (c) defeated Volador Jr. (CMLL)	Singles match for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship	14:40
6	Atlantis (CMLL), Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) and Prince Devitt (NJPW) defeated Euforia (CMLL), Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) and Mephisto (CMLL)	Six man tag team match	09:58
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Torneo cibernetico elimination order

Order	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Time[12]
1	Gedo	Jyushin Thunder Liger	07:32
2	Jyushin Thunder Liger	Misterioso Jr.	07:49
3	Misterioso Jr.	Titán	08:49
4	Titán	Jado	09:55
5	Jado	Tiger Mask	10:47
6	Diamante	Okumura	11:33
7	Okumura	Máscara Dorada	12:27
8	Máscara Dorada	Yoshi-Hashi	13:55
9	Yoshi-Hashi	Tiger Mask	14:53
10	Tiger Mask	Tomohiro Ishii	16:43
11	Bushi	Tomohiro Ishii	19:41
12	Tomohiro Ishii	Winner	19:41

See also

• 2013 in professional wrestling

References

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