EMLL 36th Anniversary Show
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Promotion | Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | August 15, 1969[1] September 19[2] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | ||
| Attendance | 17,100 (August 15)[1] | ||
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The 'EMLL 36th Anniversary Show (
Records indicate two different EMLL shows held to commemorate the 36th anniversary: one on August 15 and one on September 19. Records at the time did not indicate that the August 15 show was the anniversary show,[3] while later released information on the anniversary shows lists August 15 as the date.[1] contemporary records, and some current records, indicate that the September 19 Super Viernes show in Arena México was the anniversary show.[4][2] The first anniversary show saw El Solitario defeat Rayo de Jalisco to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship, while Ray Mendoza successfully defended the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship against Dr. Wagner. The September 19 main event had El Solitario make a successful title defense against El Santo.
Production
Background
The 1969
Storylines
The events 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.[7] 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.
Rayo de Jalisco defeated René Guajardo on April 18, 1969, to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship, his third reign with the championship.[8] In 1968, El Solitario joined forces with Ángel Blanco and Dr. Wagner to form a rudo trio known as La Ola Blanca ("The White Wave"). By 1969 the group was the biggest Rudó team in all of Mexico, but El Solitario started to gain a following among the fans, often hearing cheers during his matches. El Solitario's popularity increased when Dr. Wagner and Ángel Blanco turned on him one night during a match and attacked him, turning El Solitario tecnico.[9] As part of his tecnico turn, El Solitario began to pursue the NWA World Middleweight Championship held by Rayo de Jalisco, having 2 unsuccessful challenges prior to the anniversary show.[3]
Ray Mendoza's NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship reign began on December 25, 1968, when he defeated Ángel Blanco to become champion.[10] By August 1969, Ángel Blanco's tag team partner Dr. Wagner had been lined up as Mendoza's next rival, with a championship match between the two set up.[3]
Event
The 36th EMLL anniversary shows featured an unknown number of matches, traditionally EMLL has five to six matches per show, but at times have had more or less and the total number has not been verified. The only match verified for the show saw
Aftermath
El Solitario reigned as the NWA World Middleweight Champion until June 28, 1970, when he lost the title to Mashio Koma.[8] Ray Mendoza's run as the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship ended on December 19, 1969, as Colosi Colosetti defeated Mendoza to claim the championship.[10]
Anniversary results August 15
| No. | Results | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | Ray Mendoza (c) defeated Dr. Wagner | Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship[3] | ||
| 2 | El Solitario defeated Rayo de Jalisco (c) | Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[1][11][12][13][8] | ||
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Anniversary results September 19
| No. | Results | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | El Solitario (c) defeated Rayo de Jalisco | Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[4][2] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g "36th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. August 15, 1969. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^ a b c "EMLL Súper Viernes - 36. Aniversario (B)". Wrestling Data. September 19, 1969. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Viernes Arena Mexico". Lucha Libre (in Spanish). No. 305. August 18, 1969. p. 3.
- ^ a b "EMLL Aniversario". Lucha Libre (in Spanish). No. 310. August 18, 1969. p. 3.
- 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
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b "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 Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.