CMLL 68th Anniversary Show

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CMLL 68th Anniversary show
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
VenueArena México[1]
Attendance10,500[1]
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The CMLL 68th Anniversary Show (

professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl
event. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.

The show consisted of five matches, with the main event being a

Máscara Mágica, Mephisto, Averno and El Satánico. This was the first time a CMLL Anniversary Show
featured a steel cage match.

The show featured a total of four

Poder Boricua
.

Production

Background

Arena México, CMLL's main venue and host of the 68th Anniversary Show.

The Mexican

magnitude 8.0 earthquake. EMLL canceled the event both because of the general devastation but also over fears that Arena México might not be structurally sound after the earthquake.[4][7]

When

steel cage match on their anniversary show.[9]

Storylines

Averno wearing a half Averno/half Rencor Latino mask in 2005

The event featured five

scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.[6]

During the early 1980s the

Copa de Arena Mexico by defeating the trio of Emilio Charles Jr., Mr. Niebla and Tarzan Boy in the finals.[11] Following the tournament El Satánico began working a feud with the young técnico Tarzan Boy, with the explanation being that "El Satánico wanted to teach the young kid a lesson".[10] Meanwhile, Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero experienced their own success as they won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship by defeating Villano IV and Mr. Niebla in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.[12][13]

The feud between El Satánico. and Tarzan Boy was used to turn both Bucanero and Último Guerrero against El Satánico. Bucanero, Guerrero and Tarzan Boy claimed that they deserved the name Los Infernales and that "old man" Satánico was holding them back.

Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", rules.[4][15]

On July 6, 1996 the team of

Poder Boricua. Due to their prominent position in CMLL the team of Gran Markus Jr., Veneno and Poder Boricua were granted a match for the Mexican National Trios Championship.[9]

Event

Olímpico (in blue) one third of the Mexican National Trios Championship team.

The first match of the show was a

Sicodélico Jr. and Tigre Blanco took on the makeshift rudo team of Doctor X, Virus and Mr. Mexico. In the first fall Sicodélico Jr. forced Doctor X to submit while Tigre Blanco forced Mr. Mexico submit at the same time to take the first fall. In the second fall, Mr. Mexico pinned Sicodélico Jr. to win the fall, evening the score. In the third fall all three rudos pinned their opponents at the same time to win the match two falls to one.[1][9] For the second match of the night the técnico side (Atlantis, Brazo de Plata and El Felino) won the first fall when they pinned all three of their opponents (Black Warrior, Apolo Dantés and Shocker). The rudo team fought back and won the second fall, and then the third and deciding fall as Shocker pinned El Felino and Apolo Dantés pinned Brazo de Plata.[1][9]

For the Mexican National Trios Championship challengers Los Boricuas, represented by Gran Markus Jr, Violencia and Poder Boricua in this case, was accompanied by Pierroth Jr. and La Nazi. The outside interference helped Los Boricuas win the first fall over Olímpico, Mr. Niebla and Safari. In the third and final fall, both Mr. Niebla and Safari piled on Gran Markus Jr. to pin him and retain the championship. After the loss Pierroth Jr. berated Gran Markus Jr. over the loss.[1][4][9][15][16] The fourth match of the night featured brothers Dr. Wagner Jr. and Black Tiger on opposite sides as they each captained a trio. In the third and deciding fall Dr. Wagner Jr. pinned Negro Casas to bring the victory for himself, Universo 2000, Juventud Guerrera and Fuerza Guerrera.[1][9]

For the main event, the CMLL ring crew quickly erected a 15-foot tall steel cage around the ring as the participants were introduced. The match started out with a 10-minute period where no one would be allowed to leave the cage, forcing the two Infernales squads to fight each other. When the 10 minutes were up Tarzan Boy was quick to climb up the cage and over the top, escaping while everyone else was fighting. Moments later he was joined by teammate Rey Bucanero. Mephisto was the first to escape the cage for his team, leaving four men in the ring. Moments later both Último Guerrero and Averno climbed out of the cage. This left El Satánico to fight Máscara Mágica where the only way to win was to pin their opponent or force them to submit. In the end, the veteran Satánico forced his masked opponent to submit to win the match and the Los Infernales name. Afterwards Máscara Mágica removed his mask per the Lucha de Apuestas stipulations and revealed his birth name, Antonio Gómez Medina, formerly known as Talismán Jr.[1][9][17]

Aftermath

Los Guerreros del Infierno
faction after the main event loss.

Following their victory in the main event Los Infernales ended up facing off against and defeating the reigning Mexican National Trios Champions, Olímpico, Mr. Niebla and Safari at CMLL's next major event,

La Trada del Terror (the trio of terror) along with Ephesto, putting an end to Los Infernales just over a year after they won the rights to the name.[10]

While Antonio Gómez was forced to remove his mask after the match he kept the ring name "Máscara Mágica" throughout his career, despite never wearing the match again.

Pandilla Guerrera ("Gang of Warriors").[21] Over the years the group would also be referred to as Los Guerreros del Atlantida (after Atlantis joined) and later Los Guerreros Laguneros ("The Warriors of the Lagoon") referring to the Lagoon area of Mexico.[23]

The championship loss by Los Boricuas furthered already existing problems between Pierroth Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. leading to Gran Markus Jr. breaking away from the group in the fall of 2001, stating that he was tired of being under Pierroth Jr.'s command.

Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, forcing Veneno to unmask as a result of the loss.[24][25] In subsequent months Poder Boricua left the group as well, changing his name to "Poder Mexica" ("Mexican Power"), siding with Gran Markus Jr. against the rest of Los Boricuas.[26] On July 14, 2002 Poder Mexica and Mr. Mexico lost a Luchas de Apuestas match to Veneno and Violencia and as a result Poder Mexica was forced to unmask.[27] The feud between Los Boricuas and their former members continued as Gran Markus Jr. won a Luchas de Apuestas match in November, 2002 forcing Veneno to have all his hair shaved off.[25][27] The culmination of the storyline came on March 21, 2003 as Pierroth Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. faced off in main event of that year's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. In the end Pierroth defeated Gran Markus and as a result Gran Markus Jr. was shaved bald.[25][28][29]

The 68th Anniversary Show marked the last time Máscara Mágica and El Satánico wrestled in the main event of the anniversary shows, while the other competitors worked at least one more main event match at a subsequent anniversary show. Tarzan Boy lost a Lucha de Apuestas match to Shocker and had his hair shaved off at the CMLL 70th Anniversary Show,[30] Rey Bucanero lost a 10-man Infierno en el ring steel cage match in the main event of the CMLL 78th Anniversary Show,[31] and Último Guerrero was unmasked after his loss to Atlantis in the main event of the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show.[32]

Results

No.Results
Lucha de Apuestas match.[4][15][17][33]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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  33. ^ Acosta, Carlos (September 26, 2019). "Las jaulas y los Aniversarios del CMLL: Antecedentes de pasión". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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