Juicio Final (1990)
| Juicio Final (1990) | ||||
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 Octagón, winner of the main event match. | ||||
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| Promotion | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) | |||
| Date |
December 14, 1990[1] (aired December 16, 1990) | |||
| Attendance | 18,000[1] | |||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | |||
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Juicio Final (1990) (Spanish for "Final Justice") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on December 14, 1990 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. It was the last major show produced by EMLL under that name as they were renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) a few months later.
The main event of Juicio Final was a three way, round-robin tournament between Octagón, Fuerza Guerrera and Huracán Ramírez II (not to be mistaken for the original Huracán Ramírez). The three men faced off against each other in singles matches until one man had scored two wins, eliminating himself from the match. The remaining two wrestlers faced each other in a Lucha de Apuestas match where both men would put their masks on the line. Guerra defeated both Octagón and Huracan Ramírez IIi in individual matches, forcing those two men to wrestle for their masks in the main event. The final saw Octagón defeate Ramírez, forcing him to unmask in the middle of the ring.[2] Following the match Ramírez revealed his real name, as per Lucha Libre traditions.[3]
The undercard featured an additional Lucha de Apuesta, this time with both competitors' hair on the line as El Dandy defeated El Satánico, which meant that Satánico was shaved bald after the match ended. The opening match of the show was a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match where Atlantis teamed up with Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Ringo Mendoza to defeat the team of Fabuloso Blondy and Los Hermanos Dinamita ("The Dynamite Brothers"; Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000) two falls to one.
Production
Background
The Mexican wrestling company Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Federation"; EMLL) has held a number of major shows over the years using the moniker Jucio Final ("Final Judgement") with the first confirmed use of the name dating back to 1990. It is not an annually recurring show, but instead held intermittently sometimes several years apart and not always in the same month of the year either. All Juicio Final shows have been held in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico which is EMLL's main venue, its "home".[4] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, which means the Juicio Final shows replace their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[4] The 1990 Jucio Final show was the first show to use the name.
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[3] | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantis, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Ringo Mendoza defeated Fabuloso Blondy and Los Hermanos Dinamita (Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000) – two falls to one | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | |
| 2 | El Dandy defeated El Satánico | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[5] | 23:03 |
| 3 | Fuerza Guerrera defeated Huracán Ramírez II | Singles match[1] | 03:26 |
| 4 | Fuerza Guerrera defeated Octagón | Singles match[1] | 05:23 |
| 5 | Octagón defeated Huracán Ramírez II[2] | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match. As a result Huracán Ramírez II was forced to unmask after the match[1] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Octagón (1961) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 42. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
- 1 2 "AAA Luchadores - Technicos - Octagon". LuchalibreAAA.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- 1 2 Centinela, Teddy (December 14, 2014). "En un día como hoy… Octagón desenmascara a Huracán Ramirez". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- 1 2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ↑ "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Satánico (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 55. 17.