CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show
CMLL 72nd Anniversary show | ||||
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Hiroshi Tanahashi, representing New Japan Pro Wrestling at the 72nd Anniversary Show | ||||
Information | ||||
Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
Date | September 16, 2005 [1] | |||
Attendance | 18,500[2] | |||
Venue | Arena México[1] | |||
City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | |||
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The CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 16, 2005 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair vs. hair match between Héctor Garza, Perro Aguayo Jr. and Universo 2000. It also featured four Six-man tag team matches, including a Mini-Estrella match. The show also saw a singles match for the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship. The event commemorated the 72nd anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion. in the world.[3] The anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.
Production
Background
The 2005 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 72nd 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.[4] 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.[5] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[5] 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.[5] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[5]
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.
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Bam Bam, Pequeño Olímpico and Último Dragoncito defeated Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito and Sombrita | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 10:42 |
2 | El Felino, Heavy Metal and Último Dragón defeated Apolo Dantés, Máscara Mágica and Sangre Azteca | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 13:16 |
3 | Marcela defeated Dark Angel | Singles match for the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship | 12:35 |
4 | Dr. Wagner Jr., Místico and Negro Casas defeated Mephisto, Tarzan Boy and Damian el Terrible | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 13:11 |
5 | Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero and Averno defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shigeo Okumura | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 16:40 |
6 | Héctor Garza lost to Perro Aguayo Jr. and Universo 2000 | Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair vs. hair elimination match. | 12:22 |
References
- General result sources
- "75th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 19, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2005.
- Ocampo, Jorge (October 9, 2006). "Anniversario: Universo Rapó Garza". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 126.
- Specific sources
- 1 2 3 Arturo Rosas Plata (September 28, 2007). "Las celebraciones pasadas...". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 18. Número 20998 Año LX. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- ↑ "CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 16, 2005. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.