CMLL 79th Anniversary Show

CMLL 79h Anniversary show

Official poster for the event
Tagline(s) El Juicio Final
(The Final Judgement)
Information
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Date September 14, 2012
Attendance 11,500
Venue Arena México
City Mexico City, Mexico
Event chronology

CMLL Universal Championship (2012) CMLL 79h Anniversary show Leyenda de Azul (2012)
CMLL Anniversary Shows chronology

CMLL 78th Anniversary Show CMLL 79h Anniversary show CMLL 80th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 79th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 14, 2012 in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 79th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.[1] The Anniversary show is normally CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The 79th Anniversary show was also billed as Juicio Final, or "Final Justice"/"Doomsday", a title that CMLL has used at times either as a tag line for the tag line for an Anniversary show or as the name of a separate super show produced by CMLL marketed as CMLL Juicio Final. The show replaced CMLL's regular Friday night Super Viernes ("Super Friday") shows and was taped for later broadcast.

The main event of the show was a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", where both El Terrible and Rush put their hair on the line, with the loser being shaved completely bald after the match. The show also featured an additiona Lucha de Apuestas match on the under card, this time with Puma King and Rey Cometa both putting their wrestling mask on the line, with the loser being forced to unmask afterwards and reveal his birth name per lucha libre traditions. The show featured an additional four matches, all contested under Best two-out-of three-falls six-man tag team rules, the most prevalent match format in CMLL and most Mexican wrestling shows.

Production

Background

The 2012 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 79th 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.[2] 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.[3] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[3] 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.[3] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[3]

Storylines

The event featured six 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.

The main event of the 79th Anniversary Show was the highlight of a long running feud between the young tecnico Rush and the rudo' El Terrible that had been slowly building for almost a year leading up to the show. The first significant match between the two took place on November 13, 2011, as Rush successfully defended the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against El Terrible.[4] The following month on December 25, Rush and El Terrible were the two final survivors in a torneo cibernetico match used to determine who would fight for the vacant CMLL World Heavyweight Championship the following week.[5] On January 1, 2012, El Terrible defeated Rush two falls to one to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.[6] In February, Rush was teamed with El Terrible in the 2012 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"), a tag team tournament where all teams were made up of rivals. Rush and El Terrible eventually made it to the finals of the tournament on March 2, 2012 at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, where they were defeated by the team of Atlantis and Mr. Niebla.[7] Two days later, Rush successfully defended the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against El Terrible.[8] Over the summer of 2012 the feud between the two escalated until a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, between the two was agreed to. In the weeks before the 79th Anniversary Show held their annual 2012 Universal Championship tournament. Since both Rush and El Terrible held CMLL championships they entered the tournament and ended up facing off in the semi-finals of the tournament. El Terrible won the match over Rush, after which El Terrible and his stablemate Rey Bucanero attacked Rush.[9][10] On September 9, only five days before the anniversary show, Rush defeated Rey Bucanero in a steel cage match to retain the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship.[11]

Aftermath

While the Lucha de Apuestas match to some extend ended the feud between the two Rush and El Terrible would cross path following El Terrible's loss. On January 15, 2013, Rush gave up the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship to get another shot at El Terrible's CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.[12][13] Ultimately he failed to win the championship from El Terrible, after being hit with a kick to the groin.[14][15] In March, Rush and El Terrible teamed up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles like they had for the 2012 tournament, but the team lost in the first round to Dragón Rojo Jr. and Niebla Roja.[16][17] Two weeks later they were on opposite sides of a six-man tag team match at the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, where Rush, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Shocker defeated El Terrible, Mr. Niebla and Universo 2000 by disqualification.[18]

Reception

Gerardo Cuéllar, a reporter for the Mexican "Deportivoros" Sports News website, wrote an article entitled "The 79th Anniversary, nothing new in CMLL", where he noted that while the main event match itself was a "good fight" it also displayed little imagination from the bookers of CMLL as they had the established rudo veteran wrestler lose to the young tecnico Rush, "sacrificing" El Terrible. He also noted that the rudo Puma King winning the mask of Rey Cometa earlier in the night signaled that the tecnico Rush would win the main event.[19] Apolo Valdés who writes for MedioTiempo, a MSN published Mexican sports news site, described the main event as a match with "strong moves" and "Impressive punishment", noting that both Rush and El Terrible worked a very physical, hard hitting match, noting that the crowd was behind the supposed rudo El Terrible and booed the tecnico Rush.[20] Mexican news website El Record stated that the main event was "an exciting fight".[21]

Results

No. Results[22][23][24] Stipulations
1 Dalys la Caribeña, Goya Kong and Marcela defeated La Amapola, Princesa Blanca and Tiffany Best two-out-of three-falls six-woman tag team match
2 Los Hijos del Averno (Ephesto and Mephisto) and Niebla Roja defeated Delta, Stuka Jr. and Valiente Best two-out-of three-falls six-man tag team match
3 Ángel de Oro, La Sombra and Titán defeated La Ola Amarilla (Namajague, Okumura and Taichi) Best two-out-of three-falls six-man tag team match
4 Puma King defeated Rey Cometa Best two-out-of three-falls Lucha de Apuestas, Mask vs. Mask match
5 Los Guerreros del Infierno (Dragón Rojo Jr. and Último Guerrero) and Negro Casas defeated Atlantis, Místico II and Prince Devitt Best two-out-of three-falls six-man tag team match six-man tag team match
6 Rush defeated El Terrible Best two-out-of three-falls Lucha de Apuestas, Hair vs. Hair match

References

  1. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  2. ↑ "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ González, Fernando (November 13, 2011). "Rush retiene el título mundial Semicompleto del CMLL". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ "¡Los Rayos Tapatios prometen salir vivos del 01-01-12! !cuete entre Lady Apache y Princesa Blanca! !Volador trae a La Parka a la México Catedral! !Volador y La Máscara en rivalidad! Pobre rendimiento de Mr. Niebla !Rush y Terrible dan la sopresa y van por el oro!". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre: La Catedral (in Spanish). December 25, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (January 1, 2012). "Imagen: El Terrible, nuevo Campeón Mundial Completo del CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (March 3, 2012). "Mr. Niebla y Atlantis, pareja increíble". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Terrible no puede contra Rush, el Campeonato Mundial Semicompleto se queda con el Toro Blanco". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). March 5, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (August 17, 2012). "CMLL (Resultados 17/Ago/12): Mr. Niebla vence a Volador Jr. – El Terrible, primer finalista al Campeonato Universal 2012 – Rey Cometa reta a Puma King por las máscaras". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  10. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (August 18, 2012). "Viernes 17 de Agosto '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  11. ↑ Velázguez, Rodrigo (September 9, 2012). "Noche de alarido en la Arena Coliseo". El Informador (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Rush renunció al Campeonato Semicompleto del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Rush renuncia al Campeonato Mundial de Peso Semicompleto del CMLL". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  14. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (January 22, 2013). "Terrible retiene su título completo ante Rush". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  15. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (January 22, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Martes 22 de Enero '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Reviven por una noche los Guerreros de la Atlantida". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  17. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (March 9, 2013). "Atlantis y Ultimo Guerrero a la final del Torneo de Parejas Increíbles". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  18. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (March 15, 2013). "Resultados Arena México, Viernes 15 de Marzo '13, Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: Don Salvador Lutteroth y Rayo de Jalisco". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  19. ↑ Cuéllar, Gerardo (September 2012). "Desde la Tercera Cuerda: El Aniversario 79, nada nuevo en el CMLL" (in Spanish). Deportivoros. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  20. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (September 15, 2015). "Terrible pelón, Rush abucheado". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  21. ↑ Flores, Ricardo (September 15, 2012). "Rush conserva su cabellera en el 79 Aniversario del CMLL" (in Spanish). El Record. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  22. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 15, 2012). "Viernes 14 de Septiembre '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  23. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (September 14, 2012). "El 79 aniversario del CMLL ¡Minuto a minuto en vivo!". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  24. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (September 14, 2012). "¡Puma King gana la máscara de Rey Cometa en el 79 Aniversario del CMLL!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 14, 2012.
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