The CMLL 74th Anniversary Show (Spanish: 74. Aniversario de CMLL) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 28, 2007 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 73rd 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 73rd-anniversary show was transmitted live on Pay-Per-View, something only a few anniversary shows before this one had been. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) | ||
| Date | September 28, 2007 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
| Attendance | 18,000[1] | ||
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The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being an Infierno en el Ring (Spanish for "Hell in the ring") Steel cage match, contested under Lucha de Apuestas rules, which mean the last man in the cage would be forced to unmask. The participants risking their mask were: Atlantis, Blue Panther, Lizmark Jr., Místico, Perro Aguayo Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Último Guerrero and Villano V. The event also featured five Six-man tag team matches, including an all-female match. The event commemorated the 74th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion. in the world.[2] x
Production
editBackground
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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
editThe 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
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metalik, Stuka Jr. and Valiente defeated Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) and Loco Max | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:54 |
| 2 | Dark Angel, Marcela and Luna Mágica, defeated La Amapola, Princesa Sugei and Raven Hiroka | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 10:10 |
| 3 | Último Dragón, La Máscara and Volador Jr. defeated El Texano Jr., Misterioso Jr. and Virus | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:28 |
| 4 | Alex Koslov, El Sagrado and La Sombra defeated Ephesto, Sangre Azteca and Toscano | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:08 |
| 5 | Marco Corleone, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero defeated Averno, Mephisto and Olímpico | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:30 |
| 6 | Blue Panther defeated Lizmark Jr. Also in the match: Atlantis, Místico, Perro Aguayo Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Último Guerrero and Villano V | Eight-man Steel Cage elimination match[8] | 31:13 |
- Cage match order of escape
| # | Name[8] | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villano V | 09:13 |
| 2 | Atlantis | 13:20 |
| 3 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | 17:42 |
| 4 | Último Guerrero | 21:00 |
| 5 | Místico | 23:12 |
| 6 | Perro Aguayo Jr. | 28:24 |
References
edit- General result sources
- Yoav (September 29, 2007). "Resultados Arena México (28 September 07) – Lizmark Jr. pierde su Máscara ante Blue Panther en el 74 Anniversario" (in Spanish). Super Luchas Magazine. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Arturo Rosas Plata (September 29, 2007). "Lizmark, Al infierno". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22. Número 20999 Año LX. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- "74th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- SuperLuchas staff (October 7, 2007). "Anniversario 74 de CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 222. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- Specific sources
- ^ "CMLL 74th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Acosta, Carlos (September 26, 2019). "Las jaulas y los Aniversarios del CMLL: Antecedentes de pasión". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 25, 2020.