Juicio Final (2014)

File:La-Sombra.jpg who lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship on the show.]]

For decades Arena México, the main venue of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), would close down in early December and remain closed into either January or February to allow for renovations as well as letting Circo Atayde occupy the space over the holidays. As a result, CMLL usually held a "end of the year" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name "El Juicio Final" ("The Final Judgement") for their year-end supershow.{{cite web | url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=219912 | title= EMLL Super Viernes | date= December 2, 1955 | accessdate=March 21, 2019 | work=Wrestling Data}}{{cite web | url=https://www.record.com.mx/lucha-cmll/juicio-final-nos-ha-regalado-luchas-de-apuestas-emblematicas | title=Juicio Final nos ha regalado Luchas de Apuestas emblematicas | trans-title=Juicio Final has provided some emblematic bet matches | language=Spanish | work=Record | date=May 31, 2019 | accessdate=June 1, 2019 | first=Fernando | last=Salazar}} Until 2000 the Jucio Final name was always used for the year end show, but since 2000 has at times been used for shows outside of December.{{cite web | url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/ppv.html#0300| title= March 2000 PPV | date= March 17, 2000 | accessdate= February 19, 2010 | publisher= ProWrestlingHistory}}{{cite web | url=https://www.record.com.mx/lucha-cmll/ultimo-guerrero-rapa-a-mascara-ano-2000-en-el-juicio-final | title='El Último de su estirpe' salió con la cabellera del Macho de Lagos de Moreno de la Arena México | trans-title='The last of his lineage' leaves with hair of the Macho Man of the Moreno Lagoon | date=May 31, 2019 | accessdate=June 1, 2019 | language=Spanish | work=Record | first=Carlos | last=Zulbaran}} It is no longer an annually recurring show, but instead held intermittently sometimes several years apart and not always in the same month of the year either. All Juicio Final shows have been held in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico which is CMLL's main venue, its "home".{{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=El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)|pages=41–50|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}

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.

The focal point of the Juicio Final show was the long running storyline feud between the rudo Negro Casas and Rush that started over a year earliere. The earliest encounters between the two came in clashes between Casas' team La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague"; El Felino and Mr. Niebla) and Rush, Marco Corleone and Máximo, a team known as El Bufete del Amor ("The Law of Love") but later escalated to a personal issue between Casas and Rush. Their rivalry led the two to be included in the main event of the 2013 Infirno en el Ring Steel cage match alongside eight other wrestlers. Both Rush and Negro Casas escaped the cage without losing their hair.|{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2013/07/20/shocker-puso-guapo-a-mr-aguila-y-lo-dejo-sin-cabellera | title=Shocker puso 'guapo' a Mr. Águila y lo dejó sin cabellera | date=July 20, 2013 | accessdate=July 30, 2014 | first=Alejandro | last=Rodriquez | work=Mediotiempo | language=Spanish}} By the end of 2013 the storyline began to also include Shocker, who turned rudo and sided with Casas in the feud.{{cite web | url = http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/01/25/shocker-volvio-al-bando-rudo | title = Shocker volvió al bando rudo | date=January 25, 2014 | accessdate=February 27, 2014 | work=MedioTiempo | language=Spanish}} On February 18, 2014 La Peste Negra defeated Rush and his teammates La Máscara and Titán to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209022015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm |title=¡ Nuevos Campeones Nacionales de Tríos ! La Peste Negra se corona en la México |last=Granados |first=Sandra |archivedate=February 9, 2014 |date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=February 19, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} In the weeks following the title change Rush, Casa and Shocker all agreed to a three-way match under Lucha de Apuestas ("Bet match") rules where the loser would be shaved bald. The match was originally planned for the March 21 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas event, but Negro Casas dropped out of the match, declaring that he would rather face the winner later on.{{cite web | url = http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/02/27/shocker-y-rush-se-jugaran-las-cabelleras-en-homenaje-a-dos-leyendas | title = Shocker y Rush se jugarán las cabelleras en Homenaje a dos Leyendas | last=Valdés | first=Apolo | date=February 27, 2014 | accessdate=February 27, 2014 | work=MedioTiempo | language=Spanish}} Rush defeated Shocker, forcing Shocker to be shaved bald after the event and immediately set his sights on Negro Casas.{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702063843/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Homenaje a Dos Leyendas |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis |archivedate=July 2, 2014 |date=March 22, 2014 |accessdate=March 22, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} For months Rush had displayed less of a "fan favorite" or tecnico attitude during his matches without actually turning rudo in the process. Following the Homenaje show Rush began teaming with La Sombra, who was also displaying a more rudo attitude, announcing themselves as "técnicos diferentes" ("A different kind of good guy").{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625130259/http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |title=Noticias |archivedate=2014-06-25 |accessdate=May 5, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} Soon after they were joined by La Máscara, to become a trio known as Los Indeseables ("The Undesirables"),{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625130259/http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |title=Noticias |archivedate=2014-06-25 |accessdate=July 5, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} later renamed Los Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables").{{cite web | url = http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/07/27/cayeron-los-ingobernables-rumbo-al-juicio-final | title = Cayeron los Ingobernables rumbo al Juicio Final | date=July 27, 2014 | accessdate=July 28, 2014 | work=MedioTiempo | language=Spanish}} Casas and La Máscara won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, but later lost the title to Negro Casas and Shocker.{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702063843/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Resultados Arena México Viernes 13 de Junio '14 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |archivedate=July 2, 2014 |date=June 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 14, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }}

File:LuchaLibreObrera003.JPG (in blue) and Princesa Blanca (in black), both put their hair on the line.]]

Titán was originally slated to compete in the fifth match of the night, but the day before the event it was announced that Máscara Dorada would replace him, due to Titán being unable to compete because of a foot injury.{{cite web | url=http://deportes.terra.com.mx/otros-deportes/llega-la-hora-para-rush-y-negro-casas-en-el-juicio-final,5a5089ceade87410VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html | title=Llega la hora para Rush y Negro Casas en el juicio final | date=July 31, 2014 | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | work=Terra | publisher=Terra Television | language=Spanish}}

The fourth match of the evening was another chapter in a long running feud between Volador Jr. and La Sombra, this time with La Sombra defending the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. Volador Jr. and La Sombra were originally a very successful tag team from 2008 to 2010, even holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship for 542 days.{{cite news|author=Arturo Rosas Plata|title=La Sombra fue el héroe|url=http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/17012009/2009011701/en/?page=21|work=Ovaciones|publisher=Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.|location=Mexico, D.F.|id=Número 21470 Año LXII|page=21|date=January 17, 2009|accessdate=July 9, 2009|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202175913/http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/17012009/2009011701/en/?page=21|archive-date=February 2, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2010/07/17/resultados-arena-mexico-16-julio-2010-%C2%A1garza-y-aguila-nuevos-campeones-de-parejas/|title=Resultados Arena México (16 julio 2010): ¡Garza y Águila, nuevos Campeones de Parejas!|author=Velazquez, Israel|date=July 17, 2010|accessdate=July 17, 2010|work=Súper Luchas|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719004708/http://superluchas.com/2010/07/17/resultados-arena-mexico-16-julio-2010-%C2%A1garza-y-aguila-nuevos-campeones-de-parejas/|archivedate=July 19, 2010}} The partnership ended when Volador Jr. turned on his partner in 2010, sparking a long running storyline between the two. Over the years La Sombra and Volador Jr. traded championships, even teamed together to win the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament.{{cite web | url=http://mx.deportes.yahoo.com/fotos/lucha-libre-función-15-de-marzo-de-2013-slideshow/ | title=Lucha Libre: Función 15 de marzo de 2013 | date=March 15, 2013 | accessdate=March 16, 2013 | first=Gonzalo | last=López | work=Yahoo! Deportes | publisher=Yahoo! | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318051705/http://mx.deportes.yahoo.com/fotos/lucha-libre-funci%C3%B3n-15-de-marzo-de-2013-slideshow/ | archive-date=March 18, 2013 | url-status=dead }} On September 13, 2013 La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. in the main event of CMLL's 80th Anniversary Show, forcing Volador Jr. to unmask.{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702063843/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Resultados Arena México Viernes 13 de Septiembre '13 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |archivedate=July 2, 2014 |date=September 14, 2013 |accessdate=September 14, 2013 |publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }} Following the match La Sombra began experiencing fan opinion turning against him and actually siding with Volador Jr. during subsequent encounters. In early 2014 Volador Jr. turned tecnico again, something that did not please La Sombra, especially when they were teamed up together. In subsequent months La Sombra joined forces with Rush and later La Máscara to form the group Los Ingobernables. On June 6, La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, with help from Rush and La Máscara.{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702063843/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Resultados Arena México Viernes 6 de Junio '14 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |date=June 6, 2014 |archivedate=2014-07-02 |accessdate=June 6, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url= http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/06/07/la-sombra-un-campeon-indeseable?ModPagespeed=noscript | title= La Sombra, un Campeón Indeseable | last=Valdés | first=Apolo | date=June 7, 2014 | accessdate=June 7, 2014 | work=MedioTiempo | language=Spanish}}

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|match1=Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. and Rey Cometa defeated Tiger, Puma and Skándalo – two falls to one

|stip1=Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match{{cite web|url=http://www.cmll.com/01_cartelera/c_arena_mexico.htm |title=Cartelera Arena Mexico |date=July 24, 2014 |accessdate=July 30, 2014 |publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104124841/http://cmll.com/01_cartelera/c_arena_mexico.htm |archivedate=November 4, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702063843/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Resultados Arena México Viernes 1º de Agosto '14 |last=Reducindo |first=Miguel |archivedate=2014-07-02 |date=August 2, 2014 |accessdate=August 2, 2014 |work=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |language=Spanish |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/08/02/cayo-la-cabellera-de-princesa-blanca-y-la-mascara-de-seductora | title=Cayó la cabellera de Princesa Blanca y la máscara de Seductora | first=Apolo | last=Valdés | work=MedioTiempo | date=August 2, 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | language=Spanish}}{{cite web | url=https://mx.deportes.yahoo.com/fotos/lucha-libre-función-vernes-1-de-agosto-slideshow/luchas-photo-1406997245324.html | title=Lucha Libre: Función vernes 1 de agosto | first=Gonzalo | last=López Peralta | publisher=Yahoo! | work=Yahoo! Deportes Mexico | date=August 2, 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | language=Spanish}}

|match2=Ephesto, Euforia and Mephisto defeated Blue Panther, Máximo and La Mascara – two falls to one

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

|match3=Marcela and Princesa Sugehit defeated Princesa Blanca and La Seductora – two falls to one.

|stip3=Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, Hair and Mask vs. Hair and Mask match

|match4=Volador Jr. defeated La Sombra (C) – two falls to one

|stip4=Best two-out-of-three falls match for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship

|match5=Rey Escorpión, Shocker and Último Guerrero defeated Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr. and Máscara Dorada by disqualification

|stip5=Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/08/02/ultimo-guerrero-y-atlantis-por-las-mascaras-en-el-aniversario-del-cmll | title=Último Guerrero y Atlantis, por las máscaras en el Aniversario del CMLL | first=Apolo | last=Valdés | work=MedioTiempo | date=August 2, 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | language=Spanish}}

|match6=Rush defeated Negro Casas – two falls to one

|stip6=Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, Hair vs. Hair match{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/08/02/con-un-faul-rush-rapo-al-negro-casas | title=Con un faul, Rush rapó al Negro Casas | first=Apolo | last=Valdés | work=MedioTiempo | date=August 2, 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | language=Spanish}}

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File:Maximo-CMLL.jpg, who was hurt during the second match of the night and had to leave the ring.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/CMLL_OFICIAL/status/495393410380222465 | title=Con una variante del NUdo Lagunero, Mephisto aprovecha para rendir a Blue Panther. Máximo se fue lesionado a medio combate. | date=August 1, 2014 | accessdate=August 1, 2014 | publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | author=CMLL_Oficial | language=Spanish}}]]

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