Fantastica Mania 2019

Fantastica Mania 2018 is an on-going professional wrestling tour, co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion and the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. The tour took place between January 11 and 21, 2018, with shows taking place in Osaka, Ehime, Kyoto, Gifu, Chiba and Tokyo. The 2018 shows were the nineth time that NJPW and CMLL co-promoted shows in Japan under the Fantastica Mania name. With eight shows, the 2019 tour is the second longest in Fantastica Mania history, with the first being in 2017. The shows will feature six to seven matches each, including one to one match contested for a championship owned by CMLL.

Background
The 2019 Fantastica Mania tour was the nineth year in a row where Japanese wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promoted a series of shows in Japan alongside their Mexican partner promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

The tour was officially announced on October 27, 2018, along with the CMLL wrestlers taking part in the tour. Included were returning wrestlers Angel de Oro, Atlantis, Bárbaro Cavernario, Caristico (who had previously take part of the event as Mistico), Cuatrero, Dragon Lee, El Terrible, Gran Guerrero, Mistico, Okumura, Sansón, Soberano Jr., Titan, Último Guerrero and Volador Jr., and the debuts of Audaz, Atlantis Jr., Flyer, Forastero and Templario. Also announced for the tour was CMLL ring announcer Ivan.

The shows took place in Osaka, Ehime, Kyoto, Tokyo and for the first time in Chiba and Gifu, will all host the Fantastica Mania events. The shows would air through NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World. Also announced was the CMLL Brothers Tag Team Tournament for the last nights of the tour. The tour will also present a memorial to the late Black Cat

The cards for the events were released by the two promotions on January 8. The tour would include one title matche, contested for a championship owned by CMLL. On January 21, Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) would the Mexican National Trios Championship against Atlantis, Angel de Oro and Titan.