CMLL 76th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 76th Anniversary Show (Spanish: 76. Aniversario de CMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 18, 2009, in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show celebrates the anniversary of the founding of CMLL, originally known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre. This year is the 76th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion. in the world.[2] The anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.
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 Místico, main event winner | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) | ||
| Date | September 18, 2009 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | ||
| Attendance | 18,000[1] | ||
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The show featured six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. hair match between Místico and Negro Casas. The second featured event is an eight-man, or Atómicos match featuring a team of Mexicans facing a team of Japanese wrestlers. Team Mexico consists of Último Guerrero, Atlantis, Black Warrior and Héctor Garza. Shocker was originally scheduled to be part of the team but in the days leading up to the event, he was quietly replaced with Atlantis without announcing why. Team Japan consisted of Jushin Thunder Liger, who had traveled to Mexico for the match, No Limit (Yujiro and Naito), who had been in Mexico for several months to gain experience and finally CMLL regular Okumura. The event also featured three regular Six-man tag team matches, a six-man Mini-Estrella match, and a women's tag team match.
Production
Background
The Mexican Lucha libre (professional wrestling) company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) started out under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL), founded by Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico.[3] Lutteroth would later become known as "the father of Lucha Libre" .[4] A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September.[5]
Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show of the year for CMLL, akin to the Super Bowl for the National Football League (NFL) or WWE's WrestleMania event.[3][6] The first anniversary show was held in Arena Modelo, which Lutteroth had bought after starting EMLL. In 1942–43 Lutteroth financed the construction of Arena Coliseo, which opened in April 1943. The EMLL 10th Anniversary Show was the first of the anniversary shows to be held in Arena Coliseo.[5] In 1956 Lutteroth had Arena México built in the location of the original Arena Modelo, making Arena México the main venue of EMLL from that point on.[5] Starting with the EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show, all anniversary shows except for the EMLL 46th Anniversary Show have been held in the arena that would become known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre".[5] On occasion EMLL held more than one show labelled as their "Anniversary" show, such as two 33rd Anniversary Shows in 1966.[5] Over time the anniversary show series became the oldest, longest-running annual professional wrestling show. In comparison, WWE's WrestleMania is only the fourth oldest still promoted show (CMLL's Arena Coliseo Anniversary Show and Arena México anniversary shows being second and third).[3][5][2] EMLL was supposed to hold the EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show on September 20, 1985 but Mexico City was hit by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. EMLL canceled the event both because of the general devastation but also over fears that Arena México might not be structurally sound after the earthquake.[5][7]
When Jim Crockett Promotions was bought by Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest still active promotion in the world.[6] In 1991 EMLL was rebranded as "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" and thus held the CMLL 59th Anniversary Show, the first under the new name, on September 18, 1992.[5] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[2]
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.[2]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Angel and Lady Apache defeated La Amapola and Hiroka | tag team match | 11:09 |
| 2 | Pequeño Olímpico, Eléctrico and Bam Bam defeated Pierrothito, Pequeño Black Warrior and Pequeño Damián 666 | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 10:13 |
| 3 | El Sagrado, El Hijo del Fantasma and Máscara Dorada defeated Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca and Dragón Rojo Jr.) and Misterioso Jr. | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 13:03 |
| 4 | Volador Jr., La Sombra and La Máscara defeated Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, Mephisto and Ephesto) by disqualification | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 15:46 |
| 5 | México vs Japan: Team Japan (Yujiro, Naito, Jushin Thunder Liger and Okumura) defeated Team Mexico (Último Guerrero, Atlantis, Black Warrior and Héctor Garza) | relevos atómicos, eight-man tag team match | 11:23 |
| 6 | Místico defeated Negro Casas | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. hair match. | 25:14 |
References
- General match results references
- Marquina, Alva (September 18, 2009). "76 Anniversario del CMLL (Cobertura y Resultados en vivo 18 septiembre 2009) – Místico vs Negro Casas – Máscara vs Cabellera" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Ascencio, Alfredo (September 19, 2009). "Místico supera al maestro" (in Spanish). Esto: OEM enlinea. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Arturo Rosas Plata (September 19, 2009). "El Príncipe ya es "Rey"". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. Front page, 22–23. Número 21714 Año LXII. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Rivera, Manuel (September 21, 2009). "El reloj a favor de Místico". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 332. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
- Specific references
- "76th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 18, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
- "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- "Wed. Update: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton". Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- "52nd Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 19, 1986. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
Further reading
- Match Previews
- Arturo Rosas Plata (September 18, 2009). "La Hora Cero!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. pp. 17–18. Número 21713 Año LXII. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Cubsfan (September 18, 2009). "Cubsfans previews tonight's CMLL 76th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer / Figure Four Online. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Rosto Oculto (September 17, 2009). "76 Aniversario del CMLL – Lucha inicial de Damas: Lady Apache y Dark Angel vs Hiroka y Amapola". Super Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- Rosto Oculto (September 17, 2009). "76 Anniversario del CMLL – 17 anniversario de las pequenas su per estrellas". Super Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- SDP Noticias (September 16, 2009). "Listo La Sombra para enfrentar a los Hijos del Averno este viernes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Primera Lucha" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Segunda Lucha" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Tercera Lucha" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Cuarta Lucha" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Mexico vs Japon" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "Anniversario 76 CMLL: Mistico vs Negro Casas, mascara contra caballera" (in Spanish). Gritaradio. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.