 Starting in 1996 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) held their first ever "La Copa Junior" tournament.CMLL held the tournament to celebrate the fact that "lucha libre" in Mexico is often a family tradition, with a large number of second, third, or even fourth generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives.The premise of the tournament is that all participants are second-generation or more, although at times the family relationship is a storylines family relationship and not an actual one.