Fantastica Mania 2018

Fantastica Mania 2018 is an upcoming 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 12 and 22, 2017, with shows taking place in Nagoya, Kyoto, Takamatsu, Osaka, Toyama and Tokyo. The 2018 shows were the eighth time that NJPW and CMLL co-promoted shows in Japan under the Fantastica Mania name. With eight shows, the 2018 tour is the longest in Fantastica Mania history. The shows will feature six to seven matches each, including one to three matches contested for championships owned by CMLL.

Background
The 2018 Fantastica Mania tour was the eighth 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 19, 2017. The shows take place in Nagoya, Kyoto, Takamatsu, Osaka, Toyama and Tokyo, all of which had previously hosted Fantastica Mania events. The shows would air through NJPW's internet streaming site, NJPW World. NJPW announced this year a tournament taking part of the Fantastica Mania tor the CMLL Brothers Tag Team Tournament.

NJPW announced the CMLL wrestlers taking part in the tour on October 19. Included were returning wrestlers Angel de Oro, Atlantis, Bárbaro Cavernario, Dragon Lee, Fuego, Gran Guerrero, Mistico, Niebla Roja, OKUMURA, Rush, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. and Soberano Jr. and the debuts of Cuatetro, Drone, Disturbio, Puma, Sanson and Star Jr. Also announced for the tour was CMLL ring announcer Evan. Originally Negro Casas was scheduled to take part of the event, but during a match on January 1, Casa suffered a rib injury. Due to this Casas was pulled out of the tour.

On January 6, 2018 it was announced that January 17 show was sold out. The cards for the events were released by the two promotions on January 9 The tour would include two title matches, contested for championships owned by CMLL. On January 19, Angel de Oro would defend the CMLL World Middleweight Championship against Cuatrero, Soberano Jr. would defend the National Welterweight Championship against Sanson and Niebla Roja CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against Gran Guerrero. Also on January 17, Volador Jr. would defend the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Bárbaro Cavernario.