Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows

The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Show is the biggest annual professional wrestling event promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), held in September every year, commemorating the creation of CMLL, then known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), in September 1933 by Salvador Lutteroth. Since Lutteroth built Arena Mexico in Mexico City it's been the home of CMLL and the host of all Anniversary shows held since then. The first show was held in 1934 and since then 81 shows have been held, making it the longest-running annual wrestling event in history and making CMLL the oldest wrestling promotion in existence.[1]

EMLL's first show

Promoter Salvador Lutteroth held his first show on September 21, 1933 in Arena Moreno, the future site of Arena Mexico. The show featured at least 4 matches, but it may have had more matches as records from the era are sparse.[2]

# Result Stipulation
1 Yaqui Joe defeated Bobby Samson Singles match[2]
2 Liong Tin Kit defeated Cíclon MacKey Singles match[2]
3 Antonio Rubio defeated Jesus Castilló Singles match[2]
4 Flam Arion defeated Antonio Jose Pava Singles match[2]

Anniversary show history

A year after EMLL's first show Lutteroth held the "EMLL 1st Anniversary Show" on September 21, 1934 and since then the Anniversary show has been held on a Friday in mid to late September each year as the "biggest show" of EMLL/CMLL's year. The Anniversary show has always been held in Mexico City, EMLL/CMLL's home town, and held in Arena Mexico since 1955 when it was built. When EMLL changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1990 the events became known as the "CMLL Anniversary Shows" but kept the numbering as it was the same organisation, just "rebranded". CMLL promotes the event as the "Anniversary of Wrestling in Mexico" and not just the anniversary of the promotion, but that is more of a promotional statement than the truth. Several promoters had run wrestling shows in Mexico since the early 1920s, but Lutteroth was the first to run a large scale organized promotion and soon became the dominant promotion.[3]

The show often features high profile Lucha de Apuestas matches where the competitors "bet" their mask or hair; the main event of at least 29 Anniversary shows has been an Apuesta match, including the last nine in a row. The Anniversary shows have seen the high-profile mask losses of such wrestlers as Mano Negra, Cien Caras, Universo 2000, Black Warrior, Blue Panther, Volador Jr. and Último Guerrero. A large number of wrestlers have lost their hair at the Anniversary show, with the most recent being Negro Casas who was shaved bald after losing an Apuesta match against Místico on the 76th Anniversary Show.[4] The Anniversary shows often see "special guest appearances" of well known wrestlers from the United States, Canada or Japan.

Dates, venues, and main events

Event Date City Venue Main Event
EMLL 1st Anniversary Show September 21, 1934 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Stephan Berne vs. Ray Ryan
EMLL 2nd Anniversary Show September 26, 1935 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Carlos Meza vs. Sammy Levine
EMLL 3rd Anniversary Show September 27, 1936 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Zimba Parka vs. Tuffy Klein
EMLL 4th Anniversary Show September 23, 1937 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Jack O'Brien vs. Joe Maynes
EMLL 5th Anniversary Show September 1938 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Tarzán López vs. Don Hill
EMLL 6th Anniversary Show September 21, 1939 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Mexican National Welterweight Championship match: Bob Arreola vs. Cíclon Veloz
EMLL 7th Anniversary Show September 1940 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Middleweight Championship match Tarzán López (C) vs. John Nemenic
EMLL 8th Anniversary Show September 25, 1941 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Mexican National Junior Heavyweight Championship match, Mike London (C) vs. Gorilla Ramos
EMLL 9th Anniversary Show September 25, 1942 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Lobo Negro and Tarzan Lopez vs. El Santo and Charro Aguayo
EMLL 10th Anniversary Show September 24, 1943 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Santo vs. Bobby Bonales – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 11th Anniversary Show September 1944 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Middleweight Championship match: Tarzan Lopez vs. Mike Kelley
EMLL 12th Anniversary Show September 1945 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 13th Anniversary Show September 1946 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 14th Anniversary Show September 1947 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 15th Anniversary Show September 22, 1948 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 16th Anniversary Show September 1949 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 17th Anniversary Show September 1950 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 18th Anniversary Show September 24, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Middleweight Championship match: Sugi Sito vs. Enrique Llanes
EMLL 19th Anniversary Show September 18, 1952 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Cavernario Galindo vs. Gory Guerrero
EMLL 20th Anniversary Show September 25, 1953 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Blue Demon vs. El Santo
EMLL 21st Anniversary Show September 24, 1954 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Cavernario Galindo vs. Gory Guerrero – Super Luchas match
EMLL 22nd Anniversary Show September 16, 1955 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Cavernario Galindo vs. Halcon Negro – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show September 1956 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Santo vs. El Gladiador – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 24th Anniversary Show September 1957 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 25th Anniversary Show September 1958 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 26th Anniversary Show September 1959 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 27th Anniversary Show September 27, 1960 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship match: Ray Mendoza vs. Ruben Juarez
EMLL 28th Anniversary Show September 1961 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Santo vs. Rene Guajardo – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 29th Anniversary Show September 1962 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 30th Anniversary Show (1) September 1963 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Espanto I vs. Ruben Juarez – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 31st Anniversary Show September 1964 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show September 24, 1965 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Welterweight Championship match: Huracán Ramírez vs. Karloff Lagarde
EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (1) September 1966 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 34th Anniversary Show September 1967 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 35th Anniversary Show September 1968 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Santo and Ray Mendoza vs. Ola Blanca (Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner)
EMLL 36th Anniversary Show September 1969 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Middleweight Championship match: El Solitario vs. El Santo
EMLL 37th Anniversary Show September 1970 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 38th Anniversary Show September 1971 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 39th Anniversary Show (1) September 1972 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 40th Anniversary Show September 21, 1973 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Ray Mendoza and Ringo Mendoza vs. Angel Blanco and Kim Chul Won – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 41st Anniversary Show September 20, 1974 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship match: Dr. Wagner Jr. Vs. El Halcon
EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (1) September 26, 1975 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Middleweight Championship match: champion vs. El Santo
EMLL 43rd Anniversary Show September 24, 1976 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Faraón vs. Perro Aguayo – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (1) September 23, 1977 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship match: Alfonso Dantés vs. El Faraón
EMLL 45th Anniversary Show September 1978 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Unknown
EMLL 46th Anniversary Show September 21, 1979 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Gran Cochisse vs. Américo Rocca – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 47th Anniversary Show September 26, 1980 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Vengador vs. Manuel Robles
EMLL 48th Anniversary Show September 18, 1981 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Halcon Ortiz vs. Herodes – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 49th Anniversary Show September 17, 1982 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Perro Aguayo vs. Tony Salazar – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 50th Anniversary Show September 23, 1983 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 51st Anniversary Show September 21, 1984 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Atlantis vs. Talismán – Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. Mask
EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show September 20, 1985 N/A N/A On September 19, 1985 Mexico City was hit by an earthquake and the event was canceled.
EMLL 53rd Anniversary Show September 19, 1986 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Américo Rocca, Tony Salazar and Ringo Mendoza vs. Los Misioneros de la Muerte (El Signo, Negro Navarro and El Texano - triple Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 54th Anniversary Show September 18, 1987 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Los Infernales (MS-1 and Satánico vs. Ray Mendoza and Kung Fu
EMLL 55th Anniversary Show September 30, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship match, Fabuloso Blondy vs. Lizmark
EMLL 56th Anniversary Show September 22, 1989 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Atlantis and El Satánico vs. Los Infernales (MS-1 and Tierra Viento y Fuego) – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 57th Anniversary Show September 21, 1990 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Cien Caras – Lucha de Apuestas
EMLL 58th Anniversary Show September 8, 1991 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Konnan vs. Cien Casas vs. Perro Aguayo – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 59th Anniversary Show September 18, 1992 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico The Great Kabuki, La Fiera and Pierroth Jr. vs. Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Atlantis and King Haku
CMLL 60th Anniversary Show October 1, 1993 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Atlantis vs. Mano Negra – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 61st Anniversary Show September 30, 1994 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Ricky Santana vs. El Texano – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 62nd Anniversary Show September 22, 1995 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Silver King – Luchas de Apuestas
CMLL 63rd Anniversary Show September 20, 1996 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico CMLL World Heavyweight Championship match: Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Vs. Gran Markus Jr.
CMLL 64th Anniversary Show September 19, 1997 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 65th Anniversary Show September 18, 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Emilio Charles Jr. vs. Kevin Quinn, El Boricua and Miguel Perez Jr.
CMLL 66th Anniversary Show September 24, 1999 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Mr. Niebla vs. Shocker – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 67th Anniversary Show September 29, 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Leyenda de Plata 2000 final: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Negro Casas
CMLL 68th Anniversary Show September 28, 2001 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Infernales vs. Infernales Steel cage match
CMLL 69th Anniversary Show September 13, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Negro Casas vs. Tarzan Boy – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 70th Anniversary Show September 19, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Shocker vs. Tarzan Boy – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 71st Anniversary Show September 17, 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Universo 2000 vs. Canek vs. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. &ndash: Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show September 16, 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Héctor Garza vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. vs. Universo 2000 – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 73rd Anniversary Show September 29, 2006 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Místico vs. Black Warrior – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 74th Anniversary Show September 28, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Eight-man Infierno en en Ring cage match
CMLL 75th Anniversary Show September 19, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Blue Panther vs. Villano V – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 76th Anniversary Show September 18, 2009 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Místico vs. Negro Casas – Lucha de Apuestas[4]
CMLL 77th Anniversary Show September 3, 2010 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Fourteen-man Infierno en en Ring cage match
CMLL 78th Anniversary Show September 30, 2011 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Ten-man Infierno en en Ring cage match
CMLL 79th Anniversary Show September 14, 2012 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Rush vs. El Terrible – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 80th Anniversary Show September 13, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico La Sombra vs. Volador Jr. – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 81st Anniversary Show September 19, 2014 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Atlantis vs. Último Guerrero – Lucha de Apuestas[5][6]
CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show September 18, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Atlantis vs. La Sombra – Lucha de Apuestas
CMLL 83rd Anniversary Show September 2, 2016 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico Dragón Lee defeated La Máscara – Lucha de Apuestas

See also

References

General sources
Specific sources
  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "EMLL Debut show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 21, 1933. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  3. ↑ "LXXIV Aniversrio de la Lucha Libre algunas remembranzas" (in Spanish). SupeLuchas Magazine. September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Marquina, Alva (September 18, 2009). "76 Aniversario del CMLL (Cobertura y Resultados en vivo 18 septiembre 2009) – Místico vs Negro Casas – Máscara vs Cabellera" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  5. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (August 2, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 1º de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (August 2, 2014). "Último Guerrero y Atlantis, por las máscaras en el Aniversario del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved August 2, 2014.
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