CMLL 66th Anniversary Show

CMLL 66th Anniversary show

Shocker, unmasked in the main event
Information
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date September 24, 1999[1]
Attendance 15,000[2]
Venue Arena México[1]
City Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Event chronology

Ruleta de la Muerte (1999) CMLL 66th Anniversary show Juicio Final (2000)
CMLL Anniversary Shows chronology

CMLL 65th Anniversary Show CMLL 66th Anniversary show CMLL 67th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 66th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 24, 1999 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of seven matches, with the main event being a Parejas Suicidas match where the losing team would be forced to wrestle against each other in a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match, immediately after the tag team match. Atlantis and Villaño III defeated Mr. Niebla and Shocker, forcing Mr. Niebla and Shocker to wrestle each other in the final match of the night. The show also featured three Six-man tag team matches, a four against three handicap match and a tag team match.[1]

The event commemorated the 66th 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 1999 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 66th 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, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results

No. Results[1] Stipulations
1 Super Astro, Starman and Tony Rivera defeated Violencia, Rencor Latino and Virus Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
2 Ricky Marvin and Sombra de Plata defeated and Fugaz and Sangre Azteca Best two-out-of-three falls tag Team match
3 Los Infernales (El Satánico, Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) defeated The Headhunters and Emilio Charles Jr. Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
4 Giganté Silva, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Brazo de Plata defeated Steele, Scorpio Jr. and Los Capos (Apolo Dantés and Universo 2000) Best two-out-of-three falls Four vs. Three handicap match
5 Dr. Wagner Jr., Blue Panther and Fuerza Guerrera defeated Olímpico, El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
6 Atlantis and Villaño III defeated Mr. Niebla and Shocker Parejas Suicidas tag team match.[5][6]
7 Mr. Niebla defeated Shocker by submission Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match[5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "66th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 24, 1999. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "CMLL 66th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 24, 1999. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tecnicos – Shocker". Fuego en el ring (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
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