CMLL 65th Anniversary Show

File:ArenaMexicoDF.JPG, CMLL's main venue and location of the Anniversary Show]]

The Mexican Lucha libre (professional wrestling) company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) started out under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL), founded by Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico.{{cite book|title=Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling|publisher=Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.|year=2005|chapter=Los Lutteroth / the Lutteroths|pages=20–27|isbn=968-6842-48-9}} Lutteroth would later become known as "the father of Lucha Libre".{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22262-wed-update-flair-in-boston-ratings-anniversary-white-on-hhh-dgusa-star-on-smackdown-orton | title= Wed. Update: Flair in Boston, ratings, Anniversary, White on HHH, DGUSA star on Smackdown, Orton | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127133051/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22262-wed-update-flair-in-boston-ratings-anniversary-white-on-hhh-dgusa-star-on-smackdown-orton | archivedate= November 27, 2011 | publisher= Figure Four Online /Wrestling Observer | accessdate=January 31, 2016 | date=September 21, 2011}} A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September.

Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show of the year for CMLL, akin to the Super Bowl for the National Football League (NFL) or WWE's WrestleMania event.{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=A family affair|pages=128–132|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}} The first anniversary show was held in Arena Modelo, which Lutteroth had bought after starting EMLL. In 1942–43 Lutteroth financed the construction of Arena Coliseo, which opened in April 1943. The EMLL 10th Anniversary Show was the first of the anniversary shows to be held in Arena Coliseo. In 1956 Lutteroth had Arena México built in the location of the original Arena Modelo, making Arena México the main venue of EMLL from that point on. Starting with the EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show, all anniversary shows except for the EMLL 46th Anniversary Show have been held in the arena that would become known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre". On occasion EMLL held more than one show labeled as their "Anniversary" show, such as two 33rd Anniversary Shows in 1966. Over time the anniversary show series became the oldest, longest-running annual professional wrestling show. In comparison, WWE's WrestleMania is only the fourth oldest still promoted show (CMLL's Arena Coliseo Anniversary Show and Arena México anniversary shows being second and third). EMLL was supposed to hold the EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show on September 20, 1985 but Mexico City was hit by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. EMLL canceled the event both because of the general devastation but also over fears that Arena México might not be structurally sound after the earthquake.{{cite web | url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary75.html#52 | title= 52nd Anniversary Show | date= September 19, 1986 | accessdate= September 27, 2012 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory}}

When Jim Crockett Promotions was bought by Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest still active promotion in the world. In 1991 EMLL was rebranded as "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" and thus held the CMLL 59th Anniversary Show, the first under the new name, on September 18, 1992. Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.{{cite book | author= Madigan, Dan | title= Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling | publisher= HarperCollins Publishers | year= 2007 | chapter = "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" | page = 31 | quote=featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos | isbn=978-0-06-085583-3|location=New York, New York}}

Both shows featured a 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.

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|results={{cite news|title=1998 Especial!|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=2–28|id=issue 2348|date=January 9, 1999|language=Spanish}}

|match1=El Hijo del Solitario and Ultraman Jr. defeated Valentin Mayo and Zumbido

|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls Tag team match

|time1=

|match2=Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000) defeated Ringo Mendoza and The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B)

|stip2=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|time2=

|match3=Apolo Dantés, Emilio Charles Jr. and Máscara Año 2000 defeated El Boricua, Kevin Quinn and Ricky Santana by disqualification

|stip3=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|time3=

|match4=Último Guerrero defeated Mr. Águila

|stip4=Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match{{cite news | author = Arturo Rosas Plata | title = Último Guerrero, listo para la lucha de Máscaras - Cobaré vengenza! | url = http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/11032009/2009031101/en/?page=19 | work = Ovaciones | publisher = Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. | location = Mexico, D.F. | id = Número 21523 Año LXII | page = 19 | date = March 11, 2009 | accessdate = March 29, 2009 | language = Spanish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090318011751/http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/11032009/2009031101/en/?page=19 | archive-date = March 18, 2009 | url-status = dead }}

|time4=

|match5=Atlantis, La Fiera and Negro Casas defeated El Hijo del Santo, Fuerza Guerrera and Villano III by disqualification

|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|time5=

}}

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results=

|match1=Virus and Halcon Negro Jr. defeated Sendero and El Oriental

|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls Tag team match

|time1=

|match2=Steele, Universo 2000 and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and The Headhunters (A and B)

|stip2=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|time2=

|match3=Hijo del Santo, Atlantis, La Fiera and Negro Casas defeated Fuerza Guerrera, Villano III, Scorpio Jr. and Bestia Salvaje

|stip3=Best two-out-of-three falls eight-man Atómicos tag team match

|time3=

|match4=Ricky Santana defeated Apolo Dantés

|stip4=Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match

|time4=

|match5=Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000) and Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Los Boricuas (Kevin Quinn, La Boricua and Miguel Perez, Jr.)

|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match

|time5=

}}

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