EMLL 18th Anniversary Show
EMLL 18th Anniversary Show | |||
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Promotion | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | ||
Date | September 21, 1951[1] | ||
City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
Venue | Arena Modelo[1] | ||
Attendance | 10,000[1] | ||
EMLL Anniversary Show chronology | |||
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The EMLL 18th Anniversary Show (
Production
Background
The 1951
Storylines
The event featured an undetermined number of 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.[4] Due to the nature of keeping mainly paper records of wrestling at the time no documentation has been found for some of the matches of the show.
Event
In one of the verified matches Emilio Charles, defeated the legendary Murciélago Velázquez, who was nearing the end of his in-ring career.[1][5][6][7] The show also saw Fernando Oses defeat Jalisco Gonzales.[1][5][6][7] In what would be a preview of many future matches between the two El Santo defeated Black Shadow in a regular match.[1][5][6][7] Lucha Libre pioneer Bobby Bonales, who had helped make EMLL popular in its early years defeated Cavernario Galindo whose days as a headliner still lay ahead of him.[1][5][6][7] NWA World Middleweight Champion Sugi Sito had won the championship at the previous year's anniversary show but was unable to hold on to it as challenger Enrique Llanes defeated him two falls to one to win the championship.[1][5][6][7][8]
Aftermath
EMLL stripped Enrique Llanes of the NWA World Middleweight Championship in early 1952, the exact reason why this took place has not been found documented.[8] El Santo and Black Shadow would face off in one of the most famous Lucha de Apuesta ("bet matches") just over a year later, with El Santo unmasking his opponent as a result of the match.[9]
Results
No. | Results[1] | Stipulations | ||
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1 | Emilio Charles defeated Murciélago Velázquez | Singles match | ||
2 | Fernando Oses defeated Jalisco Gonzales. | Singles match | ||
3 | El Santo defeated Black Shadow | Singles match | ||
4 | Bobby Bonales defeated Cavernario Galindo | Singles match | ||
5 | Enrique Llanes defeated Sugi Sito (c) | Best two-out-of three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[5][6][7][8] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "18th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 21, 1951. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
- ^ a b c d e f "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Black Shadow (in Spanish). Mexico. July 2007. p. 32. Tomo I.