EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (1)

EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show #1
Information
Promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL)
Date September 19, 1975[1]
Attendance Unknown[1]
Venue Arena México[1]
City Mexico City, Mexico[1]
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19. Aniversario de Arena México EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show #1 EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (2)
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Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) celebrated their 42nd anniversary with three professional wrestling major shows centering around the anniversary date in mid to late September. The first EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show took place on September 19, 1975, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to commemorate the anniversary of EMLL, which over time became the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.[2] The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year.

Event

The event featured an undetermined number of 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. Due to the nature of keeping mainly paper records of wrestling at the time no documentation has been found for some of the matches of the show.

EMLL held three separate shows in 1975 to celebrate their 42nd anniversary, with the first one taking place on September 19, 1975. The major matches of the show included Dr. Wagner facing his former Ola Blanca ("White Wave") tag team partner Ángel Blanco, defending the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship against his partner turned opponent. Wagner was able to defend the title, two falls to one.[1][3][4][5][6] In the main event Los Gemelo Diablos ("The Twin Devils"referred to as simply I and II) faced the team of Coloso Colosetti and Rubi Rubalcava. The match was contested under Lucha de Apuesta or "Bet Match" rules where both teams put their hair on the line. Los Gemelo defeated Rubalcava and Colosetti, forcing them to have their hair shaved off.[1][3][4][5]

Results

No. Results[1] Stipulations
1 Dr. Wagner (c) defeated Ángel Blanco[6] Two out of three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
2 Los Gemelo Diablos (I and II) defeated Coloso Colosetti and Rubi Rubalcava[3][4][5][7] Two out of three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "42nd Anniversary Show #1". Pro Wrestling History. September 19, 1975. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ↑ "La Ola Lila / the Lilac Wave". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 37–38. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.