Juicio Final (1997) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1997) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1997, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde . The shows replaced the regular Super Viernes ("Super Friday") shows held by CMLL since the mid-1930s.
| Juicio Final (1997) | |||
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 Atlantis, winner of the month-long, 16-man La Copa Victoria tournament | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | December 5, 1997 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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The main event of the show was the finals of a several weeks long La Copa Victoria tournament which saw Atlantis defeat Blue Panther two falls to one to win the tournament. On the undercard the team of Black Warrior and El Hijo del Santo defeated the team of Los Revolucionaries (El Felino and Negro Casas) as well as Scorpio Jr. and a partner. The show featured three additional matches.
Production
editBackground
editFor decades Arena México, the main venue of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), would close down in early December and remain closed into either January or February to allow for renovations as well as letting Circo Atayde occupy the space over the holidays. As a result CMLL usually held a "end of the year" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name "El Juicio Final" ("The Final Judgement") for their year-end supershow.[1][2] It is no longer 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 CMLL's main venue, its "home".[3]
Storylines
editThe 1997 Juicio Final show featured five professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.[4]
The main event was the culmination of the La Copa Victoria tournament, a 16-man double-elimination tournament that started on October 31 and ran over five shows prior to the Juicio Final Show. The winners bracket was won by Blue Panther.[5] while Atlantis overcame his first round loss to win the losers bracket.[6]
La Copa Victoria winners brackets
edit| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Violencia | W | ||||||||||||||
| Shocker | Pin[7] | Violencia | W | ||||||||||||
| Universo 2000 | W | Universo 2000 | Pin[8] | ||||||||||||
| Atlantis | Pin[7] | Violencia | Pin[9] | ||||||||||||
| Blue Panther | W | Blue Panter | W | ||||||||||||
| Brazo de Plata | Pin[7] | Blue Panther | W | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Niebla | W | Mr. Niebla | Pin[8] | ||||||||||||
| Dr. Wagner Jr. | Pin[7] | Blue Panter | W | ||||||||||||
| Lizmark | W | Apolo Dantés | Pin[5] | ||||||||||||
| Máscara Año 2000 | Pin[7] | Lizmark | Pin[8] | ||||||||||||
| Apolo Dantés | W | Apolo Dantés | W | ||||||||||||
| El Fantasma | Pin[7] | Apolo Dantés | W | ||||||||||||
| Tigre Blanco | W | Black Warrior | Pin[9] | ||||||||||||
| Emilio Charles Jr. | Pin[7] | Tigre Blanco | DQ[8] | ||||||||||||
| Black Warrior | W | Black Warrior | W | ||||||||||||
| La Fiera | Pin[7] | ||||||||||||||
La Copa Victoria winners brackets
edit| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Warrior | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tigre Blanco | Pin[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | Black Warrior | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violencia | Pin[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Warrior | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apolo Dantés | Pin[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winners bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Warrior | Pin[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Wagner Jr. | W | Atlantis | W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazo de Plata | Pin[8] | Dr. Wagner Jr. | Pin[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shocker | Pin | Atlantis | W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlantis | W | Atlantis | W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| El Fantasma | W | Emilio Charles Jr. | Pin[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Máscara Año 2000 | Pin[8] | El Fantasma | Pin[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| La Fiera | Pin[8] | Emilio Charles Jr. | W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Emilio Charles Jr. | W | Atlantis | W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | Mr. Niebla | Pin[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lizmark | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tigre Blanco | Pin[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | Lizmark | Forfeit[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Niebla | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | Mr. Niebla | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost winner's bracket | Universo 2000 | Forfeit[9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
edit| No. | Results[10][11] | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Apolo Chino and El Oriental defeated Jeque and Rencor Latino | Tag team match |
| 2 | Brazo de Oro, El Hijo del Solitario, and Fray Tormenta defeated Guerrero del Futuro, Karloff Lagarde Jr., and Violencia | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 3 | Apolo Dantés, Dr. Wagner Jr., and Emilio Charles Jr. defeated El Fantasma, La Fiera, and Mr. Niebla | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | Black Warrior and El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and a partner, Los Revolucionaries (El Felino and Negro Casas) | Three-way tag team match |
| 5 | Atlantis defeated Blue Panther | La Copa Victoria tournament finals |
References
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- ^ 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. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ 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 d e "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. November 21, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "CMLL Sabados Arena Mexico". CageMatch. November 28, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 31, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "CMLL Jueves Arena Mexico". CageMatch. November 6, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. November 14, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "CMLL Super Viernes – Juicio Final 1997". Wrestling Data. December 5, 1997. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. ISSN 2007-0896. 2332.
