EMLL 57th Anniversary Show

The EMLL 57th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 21, 1990 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match between Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Cien Caras, considered one of the most important Apuesta matches of the late 1980s/early 1990s. Also on the show, Atlantis defended the NWA World Middleweight Championship against Emilio Charles Jr.. The show also featured four six-man tag team matches. The event commemorated the 57th anniversary of EMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.

EMLL 57th Anniversary show
Mascarita Sagrada, part of the first match of the show.
PromotionEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
DateSeptember 21, 1990[1]
CityMexico City, Mexico[2]
VenueArena México[2]
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Production

Background

The 1990 Anniversary show commemorated the 57th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling 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.[3] 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.[4] With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world.[4] 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.[4] Traditionally EMLL/CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[4]

Storylines

The event featured six 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.

Results
No. Results[2][5] Stipulations Times
1 Pequeño Cobarde, Mascarita Sagrada, and Aguilita Solitaria defeated Piratita Morgan, MS-1/2, and Espectrito Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match  
2 Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, and El Brazo) fought Volador, Super Astro, and Ángel Azteca to a no contest Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match  
3 Mike Golden, Abdul the Great, and the Great Sheik defeated El Dandy, Solomon Grundy, and El Satánico Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match  
4 El Hijo del Santo, Lizmark, and Ringo Mendoza defeated Konnan, Perro Aguayo, and Fabuloso Blondie Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match  
5 Atlantis (c) defeated Emilio Charles Jr. Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Middleweight Championship[6][7][8] 07:33
6 Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Cien Caras Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match.[6][7][9] 11:49
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
gollark: I would say Thermal stuff.
gollark: It can do some stuff, like redstone IO with a card, or wireless networking also with a card.
gollark: Those are external components.
gollark: I'm fairly sure that it won't work.
gollark: Even smaller keys? I don't think I could cope.

See also

References
  1. "EMLL 57. Aniversario « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  2. "57th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 21, 1990. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  3. "Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 20–27. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  4. Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. "1990 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 8, 1991. pp. 2–28. issue 1968.
  6. "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  8. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 17, 2009). "Recordando los aniversarios del CMLL: El Rayo de Jalisco gana la Máscara de Cien Caras" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
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