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CMLL 77h Anniversary show
Mexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
Attendance17,500[2]
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The 'CMLL 77th Anniversary Show (

2005.[1]

The main event of the show was a 14-man

El Alebrije, Histeria, Olímpico and Psicosis II. The match came down to La Sombra defeating Olímpico to unmask him. The show also featured five additional matches, all Best two out of three falls Six-man tag team matches
.

Production

Background

Arena México, CMLL's main venue and location of the Anniversary Show

The Mexican

company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) started out under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL), founded by Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico.[4] Lutteroth would later become known as "the father of Lucha Libre" .[5] A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September.[6]

Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show of the year for CMLL, akin to the

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.[6][9]

When Jim Crockett Promotions was bought by Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest still active promotion in the world.[7] In 1991 EMLL was rebranded as "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" and thus held the CMLL 59th Anniversary Show, the first under the new name, on September 18, 1992.[6] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[8]

Storylines

Olímpico (in blue), unmasked after the main event.

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.[8]

The main event match of the 77th Anniversary Show came about as a result of several concurrent and in some cases unrelated storylines, that amalgamated into one multi-man match on September 4, 2010. The oldest and longest-running storyline leading into the main event began on January 22, 2010, when

Los Hijos del Averno, especially Averno, Mephisto and Ephesto who were all included in the cage match along with Volador Jr., La Sombra and Místico[1]
Over the summer of 2010, La Sombra traveled to Japan to participate in
Jushin Thunder Liger, scoring an upset over the veteran. In July 2010 Liger came to Mexico to tour with CMLL, teasing a rematch with La Sombra. In August 2010 both Liger and La Sombra qualified for the finals of the 2010 Universal Championship tournament, marking the first time the two had faced off in singles competition since the BOSJ. Liger got revenge for his BOSJ loss against La Sombra when he, with help from Okumura at ringside, defeated La Sombra to claim the tournament trophy.[12] In the week following his Universal Championship victory Liger was added to the steel cage match.[1]

Another major storyline that led up to the cage match was the Los Invasores, a group of former

Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask, rules and forced him to unmask.[16] At the following week's Super Viernes show Místico held El Oriental's mask as a trophy, something which Invasor Psicosis II did not take too kindly to, setting off a feud between the two wrestlers.[11] The Místico vs. Psicosis II storyline was rumored to be the main event of the 77th Anniversary show, but instead they ended up as two of the 14 men in the cage.[1]

Los Guerreros del Atlantida partner Atlantis for the main event. Subsequently, Olímpico began teaming with both Atlantis and Último Guerrero again for a number of matches. During a trios tournament on the August 13, 2010 Super Viernes Olímpico caused his team to be disqualified and then attacked his former teammates, ending their tentative relationship.[12] As a result of his actions after the match Olímpico, Último Guerrero and Atlantis were all added to the main event of the 77th Anniversary Show.[1]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
El Alebrije, Histeria and Psicosis
14-man elimination steel cage match[17][18]33:50

References

General references
  1. ^ a b c d e f Ruiz Glez, Alex (August 15, 2010). "Liger, Atlantis, Mr. Niebla y Ultimo Guerrero entran al Juicio final del CMLL" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "77th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 3, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  3. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
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  5. ^ "Wed. Update: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton". Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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    ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
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  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
    . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  9. ^ "52nd Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 19, 1986. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  10. ^ Velazquez, Israel (January 23, 2010). "MLL en la Arena México (Viernes 22 de enero 2010) – ¿Místico se vuelve rudo?" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  11. ^ a b Velazquez, Israel (July 17, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (16 julio 2010): ¡Garza y Águila, nuevos Campeones de Parejas!" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  12. ^ a b Rivera, Manuel (August 14, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (13 agosto 2010): ¡Liger, Campeón Universal! ¿14 luchadores a la jaula del 3 de septiembre?" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  13. ^ Rodríguez, Arturo Wenceslao (April 13, 2010). "Ex AAA invade el CMLL" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  14. ^ RUiz Glez, Alex (May 12, 2010). "Los Hermanos Dinamita ahora Invaden la Arena Puebla" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  15. ^ Rostro Oculto (May 16, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (16 mayo 2010): ¡Mr. Águila es parte de los invasores! ¡Rayo de Jalisco Jr. regresó al CMLL!" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  16. ^ "El Oriental pierde la máscara ante Místico en Nuevo Laredo" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  17. ^ a b c d e Ocampo, Ernesto (September 3, 2010). "Cobertura CMLL: El Juicio Final. LXXVII Aniversario de la Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  18. ^ 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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