CMLL 68th Anniversary Show
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | September 28, 2001[1] | |||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | |||
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The CMLL 68th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 28, 2001 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, elimination steel cage match where all seven competitors put their mask on the line, also on the line was the right to use the name Los Infernales, the winning team would claim the name. The competitors were Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, Máscara Mágica, Mephisto, Averno and El Satánico.[2] The show also featured four Six-man tag team matches, including a match for the Mexican National Trios Championship where Olímpico, Mr. Niebla and Safari defended the title against Gran Markus Jr., Violencia and Poder Boricua.[1] The event commemorated the 68th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion. in the world. The Anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.
Production
Background
The 2001 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 68th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) holding their first show on September 22, 1933 by promoter and founder Salvador Lutteroth.[3] CMLL, originally known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL) it would change its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1992 to signal their departure from the National Wrestling Alliance.[4] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[4] Over the years CMLL has on occasion held multiple shows to celebrate their anniversary but since 1977 the company has only held one annual show, which is considered the biggest show of the year, CMLL's equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. CMLL has held their Anniversary show at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico since 1956, the year the building was completed, over time Arena México earned the nickname "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre" due to it hosting most of CMLL's major events since the building was completed.[4] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[4]
Storylines
The event featured five 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
| No. | Results[1] | Stipulations | |
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| 1 | Doctor X, Virus and Mr. Mexico defeated Ricky Marvin, Sicodélico Jr. and Tigre Blanco - two falls to one | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | |
| 2 | Black Warrior, Apolo Dantés and Shocker defeated Atlantis, Brazo de Plata and El Felino - two falls to one | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | |
| 3 | Olímpico, Mr. Niebla and Safari (c) defeated Gran Markus Jr., Violencia and Poder Boricua two falls to one | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match for the Mexican National Trios Championship[5] | |
| 4 | Dr. Wagner Jr., Universo 2000, Juventud Guerrera and Fuerza Guerrera defeated Lizmark Jr., Negro Casas, Villano IV and Black Tiger - two falls to one | Best two-out-of-three falls eight-man Atómicos tag team match | |
| 5 | Máscara Mágica lost to Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, Mephisto, Averno and El Satánico El Satánico pinned Máscara Mágica. As a result Máscara Mágica was unmasked and Satánico, Averno and Mephisto earned the right to the name Los Infernales. |
Seven-man steel cage match elimination Lucha de Apuestas match.[2] | |
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "68th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 28, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- 1 2 Enciclopedia staff (October 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Máscara Mágica (in Spanish) (Mexico City, Mexico). p. 24. Tomo III.
- ↑ "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- 1 2 3 4 Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ↑ Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21.