CMLL Día de Muertos
CMLL Día de Muertos (Spanish for "Day of the Dead") is the collective name of a series of annually occurring lucha libre, or professional wrestling supercard how promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Starting in 2014 CMLL has held specially themed shows to celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday with a special edition of their CMLL Super Viernes show closest to November 2. Some years the celebrations extended to shows held on Saturday and Sunday as well but the focal point has been the Friday night shows in Arena México. There has been a total of six events promoted focusing on the Día de Muertos celebration, with the first taking place in 2014.
The October 31, 2014 Día de Muertos show was the first of Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Dia de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") celebrations in 2014 and began a tradition of CMLL holding a major show to celebrate the Latin American holiday. As part of their Dia de los Muerte celebrations CMLL admitted all kids in costumes for free for the show.[1] CMLL held a second Dia de los Muerte celebration on Sunday November 2 as well. Both shows included the Edcanes, CMLL's ring girls and various wrestlers dressed up in traditional Día de Muertos garb. In 2014, CMLL also turned the basement of Arena México into a haunted house attraction before each show.[2]
Dates, venues, and main events
Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref(s). |
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2014 | October 31 | Mexico City | Arena México | Último Guerrero vs. Rush | [3] |
2015 | October 30 | Mexico City | Arena México | Volador Jr. vs. La Sombra for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship | [4] |
2016 | October 29 | Mexico City | Arena México | Valiente vs. Volador Jr. for the 2016 Universal Championship | [5] |
2017 | November 3 | Mexico City | Arena México | Carístico, Rush and Volador Jr. vs. Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) | [6][7] |
2018 | November 2 | Mexico City | Arena México | Diamante Azul, L.A. Park, and Michael Elgin vs King Phoenix, Penta 0M, and Último Guerrero in a six-man Relevos increíbles match | [8][9][10] |
2019 | November 1 | Mexico City | Arena México | TBD | [11] |
November 3 | TBD |
References
- Redaccion (October 22, 2014). "Doble festejo del Día de Muertos en el CMLL". MedioTiempoo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- Redaccion (October 29, 2014). "Recorrido de 'espanto' en la Arena México". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- Reducindo, Miguel (October 31, 2014). "Sorpresa de Día de Muertos en la Arena México ¡¡¡ Aparecio L.A. Park!!!" [Surprise at Day of the Dead in Arena Mexico! L.A. Park appears]. Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- Valdés, Apolo (October 29, 2016). "¡Gran sorpresa! Valiente campeón universal del CMLL" [Major surprise! Valiente is the CMLL Universal Champion]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- Dark Angelita (November 10, 2017). "CMLL: Una mirada semanal al CMLL (del 2 al 8 de noviembre de 2017)" [CMLL: A weekly look at the CMLL (from November 2 to 8, 2017)]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- Valdés, Apolo (November 4, 2017). "Sansón se proclamó el primer Rey del Inframundo en el CMLL" [Sansón is crowned the first CMLL King of the underworld]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Rosas Plata, Arturo (November 3, 2018). "Sansón, bicampeón del inframundo". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- "Sansón se mantuvo como Rey del Inframundo en el CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- Lizarraga, Alfonso (November 3, 2018). "Sansón continúa como campeón del Inframundo". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (October 5, 2019). "Día de Muertos en la Arena México" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved October 5, 2019.