CMLL 71st Anniversary Show

CMLL 71st Anniversary show
	Canek, unmasked Universo 2000 in the main event.
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date	September 17, 2004[1]
City	Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Venue	Arena México[1]
Attendance	17,000[2]
Event chronology
← Previous; Torneo Gran Alternativa (2004)	Next →; Leyenda de Azul (2004)
CMLL Anniversary Shows chronology
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The CMLL 71st Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 17, 2004 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, elimination match where all four competitors put their mask on the line. The competitors were Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Universo 2000 and Canek.^[1] It also featured four Six-man tag team matches, including a Mini-Estrella match. The show also featured CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Último Guerrero defending the title against L.A. Park. The event commemorated the 71st 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 2004 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 71st 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
1	Mascarita Sagrada, Shockercito and Tzuki defeated Espectrito, Fire and Pequeño Violencia - two falls to one First fall: Espectrito pinned Mascarita Sagrada (1-0) Second fall: Mascarita Sagrada pinned Expectrito (1-1) Third fall: Mascarita Sagrada pinned Pequeño Violencia (2-1)	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	18:00 (09:24) (14:03) (18:00)
2	Místico, Misterioso II and Volador Jr. defeated Averno, Mephisto and Olímpico - two falls to one First fall: Volador pinned Averno, Misterioso II pinned Olímpico (1-0) Second fall: Averno pinned Místico (1-1) Third fall: Místico pinned Averno (2-1)	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	11:19 (05:15) (08:09) (11:19)
3	Atlantis, Blue Panther and Máscara Sagrada defeated Pierroth Jr., Tarzan Boy and Vampiro - two falls to one First fall: Pierroth Jr. pinned Máscara Sagrada Second fall: Atlantis pinned Tarzan Boy, Blue Panther made Vampiro submit Third fall: Pierroth Jr. was disqualified	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	15:03 (05:07) (10:13) (15:03)
4	Último Guerrero defeated L.A. Park - two falls to one First fall: L.A. Park forced Último Guerrero to submit (1-0) Second fall: Último Guerrero pinned L.A. Park (1-1) Third fall: Último Guerrero forced L.A. Park to submit (1-1)	Singles match for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship	15:55 (??:??) (05:07) (15:55)
5	Los Perros del Mal (Perro Aguayo Jr., El Terrible and Héctor Garza) defeated El Hijo del Santo, Negro Casas and Shocker - two falls to one First fall: Héctor Garza pinned Shocker (1-0) Second fall: Shocker pinned Héctor Garza, El Hijo del Santo forced El Terrible submit (1-1) Third fall: Perro Aguayo Jr. pinned Negro Casas	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match	13:37 (05:32) (08:53) (13:37)
6	Universo 2000 lost to Canek, also in the match: Dr. Wagner Jr. and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. pinned Universo 2000 to keep his mask Dr. Wagner Jr. pinned El Canek to keep his mask El Canek defeats Universo 2000 by Disqualification to keep his mask	Four-way Lucha de Apuesta mask vs. mask elimination match.^[1]	19:50 (09:21) (11:57) (19:50)
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

General result sources

"75th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 19, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2004.
Ocampo, Jorge (September 26, 2004). "Anniversario 71 de CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 72.

Specific sources

1 2 3 4 5 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 71st Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 17, 2004. 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.

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[Ovaciones20999-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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.

[2] "CMLL 71st Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 17, 2004. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

[3] 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.

[Lutteroth-4] "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.

[Mondo-5] 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.