CMLL 67th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 67th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 29, 2000 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event also being the finals of that year's Leyenda de Plata tournament between Negro Casas and Dr. Wagner Jr. Unlike previous Leyendas de Plata tournaments the final did not involve the previous year's winner (Hijo del Santo) since he was not working for CMLL at that time. The show also featured two six-man tag team matches, a four vs. three man handicap match and a tag team match.

CMLL 67th Anniversary Show
Giganté Silva, special attraction in the semi-main event
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateSeptember 29, 2000[1]
CityMexico City, Mexico[1]
VenueArena México[1]
Attendance13,400[2]
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68th Anniversary

The event commemorated the 67th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary Show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.

Production

Background

The 2000 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 67th 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.[3] 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.[4] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[4] 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.[4] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[4]

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[1] Stipulations
1 Alan Stone and Moto Cross defeated Mano Negra Jr. and Sombra de Plata Best two-out-of-three falls Tag team match
2 El Felino, Antifaz del Norte and Olímpico defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Secret Sasuke and Nosawa Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
3 Los Infernales (El Satánico, Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) defeated Atlantis, Villano III and Brazo de Plata Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
4 Giganté Silva, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Perro Aguayo defeated Los Guapos (Scorpio Jr., Shocker, Bestia Salvaje and Zumbido) Best two-out-of-three falls four on three "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
5 Negro Casas defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. Best two-out-of-three falls match: Finals of the 2000 Leyenda de Plata tournament[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "67th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 29, 2000. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  2. "CMLL 67th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 29, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  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.
  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.
  5. "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  7. "Leyenda de Plata 2000". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 22 – October 6, 2000. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  8. "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
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