CMLL 69th Anniversary Show

CMLL 69th Anniversary Show
Negro Casas, forced to have his hair shaved off as a result of the main event
Information
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date	September 13, 2002[1]
Attendance	17,000[1]
Venue	Arena Mexico[1]
City	Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Event chronology
Leyenda de Plata (2002) CMLL 69th Anniversary Show Sin Piedad (2002)
CMLL Anniversary Shows chronology
CMLL 68th Anniversary Show CMLL 69th Anniversary Show CMLL 70th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 69th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 13, 2002 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 69th 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 2002 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 69th 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.^[2] 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.^[3] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.^[3] 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.^[3] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.^[3]

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[1]	Stipulations	Times
1	Arkangel de la Muerte, Zumbido, and Doctor X defeated Ricky Marvin, Tigre Blanco, and Tony Rivera	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
2	Los Infernales (El Satánico, Averno, and Mephisto) defeated Safari, Virus, and Volador Jr.	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
3	Brazo de Plata, Atlantis, and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras and Universo 2000) via disqualification	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
4	Pierroth Jr. defeated Máscara Año 2000 via disqualification	Best two-out-of-three falls singles match
5	Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) (c) defeated Vampiro and Shocker	Best two-out-of-three falls tag Team match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
6	Tarzan Boy defeated Negro Casas	Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match.
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. "69th Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
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.