EMLL 58th Anniversary Show

The EMLL 58th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 8, 1991 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. This would be the last show promoted under the EMLL name as the organisation changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the winter of 1991. The show consisted of four matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match between Konnan, Cien Caras and Perro Aguayo. The show also featured a Six-man tag team match, an eight-man match and a match where Máscara Sagrada defended the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship against Pirata Morgan. The event commemorated the 58th anniversary of EMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.

EMLL 58th Anniversary show
PromotionEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
DateSeptember 8, 1991[1]
CityMexico City, Mexico[1]
VenueArena México[1]
Attendance18,500[1]
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Production

Background

The 1991 Anniversary show commemorated the 58th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling company Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Promotion"; EMLL) holding their first show on September 22, 1933 by promoter and founder Salvador Lutteroth.[2] This would be the last Anniversary show held under the EMLL name as the company was rebranded early in 1992 to become Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) signal their departure from the National Wrestling Alliance.[3] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[3] Over the years EMLL/CMLL has held multiple shows to celebrate their anniversary but since 1977 the company has only held one annual show. This 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 EMLL/CMLL's major events since the building was completed.[3] Traditionally EMLL/CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[3]

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][4] Stipulations Times
1 El Hijo del Santo, El Hijo del Solitario and Lizmark Jr. defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match[5]  
2 Máscara Sagrada (c) defeated Pirata Morgan Best two-out-of-three falls match for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship 24:03
3 Octagón, Atlantis, Vampiro Canadiense, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., and Konnan defeated Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Javier Cruz, Pierroth Jr., and Perro Aguayo Best two-out-of-three falls eight-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match  
4 Aníbal, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., and Lizmark defeated Nitron and Los Hermanos Dinamita (Máscara Año 2000, and Universo 2000) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match 11:52
5 Konnan defeated Perro Aguayo, Cien Caras was also on the match Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, triangular hair vs. hair match. As a result Perro Aguayo had his hair shaved off after the match.[6][7] 12:51

References
  1. "58th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 8, 1991. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  2. "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  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.
  4. "1991 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1992. pp. 2–28. issue 2020.
  5. "CMLL 58. Aniversario". cagematch. September 6, 1991. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  6. "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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