CMLL 74th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 74th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 28, 2007 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being an Infierno en el Ring (Spanish for "Hell in the ring") Steel cage match, contested under Lucha de Apuestas rules, which mean the last man in the cage would be forced to unmask. The participants risking their mask were: Atlantis, Blue Panther, Lizmark, Jr., Místico, Perro Aguayo, Jr., Dr. Wagner, Jr., Último Guerrero and Villaño V. The event also featured five Six-man tag team matches, including an all-female match. The event commemorated the 74th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion. in the world.^[1] The anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The 74th anniversary show was transmitted live on Pay-Per-View, something only a few anniversary shows before this one had been.^[2]

Background

The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Results

#	Result	Stipulation	Time
01 !1	Metalico, Stuka, Jr. and Valiente defeated Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) and Loco Max	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	11:54
01.1 !	First fall: Stuka, Jr. pinned Loco Max, Metalico pinned Euforia	Metalico, Stuka, Jr. and Valiente (1) - Los Infernales and Loco Max (0)	05:12
01.2 !	Second fall: Valiente forced Euforia to submit	Metalico, Stuka, Jr. and Valiente (2) - Los Infernales and Loco Max (0)	11:54
02 !2	Dark Angel, Marcela and Luna Magica, defeated La Amapola, Princesa Sugei and Raven Hiroka	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	10:10
02.1 !	First fall: Princesa Sugei pinned Dark Angel	Dark Angel, Marcela and Luna Magica (0) - La Amapola, Princesa Sugei and Raven Hiroka (1)	05:58
02.2 !	Second fall: Marcela forced Princesa Sugei to submit	Dark Angel, Marcela and Luna Magica (1) - La Amapola, Princesa Sugei and Raven Hiroka (1)	07:48
02.3 !	Third fall: Dark Angel pinned La Amapola, Marcela pinned Princesa Sugei	Dark Angel, Marcela and Luna Magica (2) - La Amapola, Princesa Sugei and Raven Hiroka (1)	10:10
03 !3	Último Dragón, La Máscara and Volador, Jr. defeated El Texano, Jr., Misterioso, Jr. and Virus	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	11:28
03.1 !	First fall: Misterioso, Jr. pinned La Máscara	Último Dragón, La Máscara and Volador, Jr. (0) - El Texano, Jr., Misterioso, Jr. and Virus	03:22
03.1 !	Second fall: Último Dragón pinned El Texano, Jr.	Último Dragón, La Máscara and Volador, Jr. (1) - El Texano, Jr., Misterioso, Jr. and Virus	07:16
03.1 !	Third fall: La Máscara forced Virus to submit, Volador, Jr. pinned El Texano, Jr.	Último Dragón, La Máscara and Volador, Jr. (2) - El Texano, Jr., Misterioso, Jr. and Virus	11:28
04 !4	Alex Koslov, El Sagrado and La Sombra defeated Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	11:08
04.1 !	First fall: Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano were counted out	Alex Koslov, Sagrado and La Sombra (1) - Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano (0)	07:04
04.2 !	Second fall: Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano were disqualified	Alex Koslov, Sagrado and La Sombra (2) - Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano (0)	11:08
05 !5	Marco Corleone, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero defated Averno, Mephisto and Olímpico	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match for the CMLL World Trios Championship	11:30
05.1 !	First fall: Negro Casas submitted to a triple Submission hold	Marco Corleone, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero (0) - Averno, Mephisto and Olimpico (1)	04:02
05.2 !	Second fall: Marco Corleone pinned Olímpico and Mephisto, Negro Casas pinned Averno	Marco Corleone, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero (1) - Averno, Mephisto and Olimpico (1)	08:04
05.3 !	Third fall: Rey Bucanero pinned Olímpico	Marco Corleone, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero (2) - Averno, Mephisto and Olimpico (1)	11:30
06 !6	Atlantis, Místico, Perro Aguayo, Jr., Dr. Wagner, Jr., Último Guerrero and Villaño V escaped the cage leaving Blue Panther and Lizmark, Jr. in the cage	Eight-man Steel Cage elimination match	31:13
06.1 !	Villaño V is eliminated	Escaped the cage	09:13
06.2 !	Atlantis is eliminated	Escaped the cage	13:20
06.3 !	Dr. Wagner, Jr. is eliminated	Escaped the cage	17:42
06.4 !	Último Guerrero is eliminated	Escaped the cage	21:00
06.5 !	Místico is eliminated	Escaped the cage	23:12
06.6 !	Perro Aguayo, Jr. is eliminated	Escaped the cage	48:24
06.7 !	Blue Panther defeated Lizmark, Jr.	Luchas de Apuestas, "mask vs. mask" match.	31:13

References

General result sources

Yoav (September 29, 2007). "Resultados ArenaA México (28 September 07) – Lizmark Jr. pierde su Máscara ante Blue Panther en el 74 Aniversario" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2007/09/29/resultados-arena-mexico-28-sep-07/. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
Arturo Rosas Plata (September 29, 2007). "Lizmark, Al infierno" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 22. Número 20999 Año LX. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/29092007/2007092901/en/?page=22. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
"74th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 29, 2007. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary75.html#74. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
SuperLuchas staff (October 7, 2007). "Aniversari0 74 de CMLL" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 222. http://superluchas.net/2007/10/07/super-luchas-233/. Retrieved September 19, 2009.

Specific sources

^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizare & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
^ Yoav (September 25, 2008). "Infierno en el Ring, Por Sky" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2007/09/25/infierno-en-el-ring-por-sky/. Retrieved September 19, 2009.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre event chronology

EMLL Anniversary	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th

CMLL Anniversary	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th

Homenaje a Dos Leyendas	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Sin Piedad	2000 2001 2006 2007 2008 2010

Infierno en el Ring	2008 2009 2010 2011

Ruleta de la Muerte	1998 1999

Juicio Final	1990 1991 2000 2001 2005 2011

Sin Salida	2009 2010

Miscellaneous events	Entre Torre Infernal CMLL Apocalypsis La Hora Cero Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show

Leyenda de Plata	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Leyenda de Azul	2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008

Torneo Gran Alternativa	1994 1995 1996 (I) 1996 (II) 1998 1999 (I) 1999 (II) 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

International Gran Prix	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008

Super Viernes	2009: January February March April May June July August September October November December 2010: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Reyes del Aire	2005 2006 2007 2008 2011

Universal Championship	2009 2010 2011