EMLL 29th Anniversary Show

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EMLL 29th Anniversary Show
Promotion
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
DateSeptember 21, 1962[1]
CityMexico City, Mexico[1]
VenueArena México[1]
AttendanceUnknown[1]
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The EMLL 29th Anniversary Show (

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

Production

Background

The 1962

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] EMLL 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 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 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 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 the first of only two confirmed matches on the show both Benny Galant and Cavernario Galindo "bet" their hair on the outcome of their best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match, which came about after a long and intense storyline between the two participants. Galant proved successful, defeating Galindo two falls to one, and forcing Galindo to have all his hair shaved off after the match.[1][5][6][7] The second confirmed match saw the Spanish born Antonio Posa successfully defend the NWA World Middleweight Championship against Karloff Lagarde in three falls.[1][5][6][7][8]

Results

No.Results[1][5][6][7]Stipulations
1Benny Galant defeated Cavernario GalindoBest two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match
2Antonio Posa (c) defeated Karloff LagardeBest two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[8]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "29th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 21, 1962. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. ISBN 968-6842-48-9
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
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  4. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
    . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  5. ^ a b c "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  8. ^
    ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .
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