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CMLL
Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 91st Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names '' Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' ("Homage to two legends"), '' Sin Piedad'' ("No Mercy"), '' Sin Salida'' ("No Escape"), '' Infierno en el Ring'' ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly '' Super Viernes'' ("Super Friday") on a regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows
The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Show, formerly known as the Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre Anniversary Show, is the biggest annual professional wrestling event promoted by Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), typically held in September every year, commemorating the creation of CMLL, then known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), in 1933 by Salvador Lutteroth. Since the mid-1950s, the event has been held exclusively at Arena México in Mexico City (with the exception of the 1979 event); Arena México was built by CMLL's founder Lutteroth and is considered CMLL's home base and the "Cathedral of Lucha Libre". The first event promoted under the Anniversary Show banner was held in 1934 and since then 100 additional Anniversary Shows have been held, making it the longest-running annual wrestling event in history. History A year after the first event of Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), EMLL's founder Salvador Lutteroth h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infierno En El Ring
''Infierno en el Ring'' is the name of an annual professional wrestling super show or pay-per-view (PPV) event held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2008. The term ''Infierno en el Ring'' is also the "brand name" used by CMLL for a multi-man steel cage match where the last man in the cage is either forced to unmask or have his hair shaved off. Before 2008 the ''Infierno en el Ring'' match was the main event of other shows such as the '' Entre Torre Infernal'' show in 2000 and the CMLL 74th Anniversary Show in 2007. 19 matches have taken place so far with the most recent being the 2016 ''Infierno en el Ring'', which took place on December 25, 2016. Match type The ''Infierno en el Ring'' match is a steel cage match where all the competitors are locked in the cage during the match. After a certain time interval, between three and eight minutes traditionally, the wrestlers are allowed to escape the cage by climbing over the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucha Libre
''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form of the genre, characterized by colorful wrestling mask, masks, rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, and professional wrestling aerial techniques, "high-flying" aerial techniques, some of which have been adopted by wrestlers in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere. The wearing of masks has developed special significance, and matches are sometimes contested in which the loser must permanently remove his mask, which is a wager with a high degree of weight attached. Tag team wrestling is especially prevalent in ''lucha libre'', particularly matches with three-member teams, called ''trios''. Although in English the term specifically refers to the Mexican style of theatrical professional wrestling, in Mexico (and certa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMLL Super Viernes
CMLL Super Viernes (Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ... for "CMLL Super Friday") is the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's banner event that takes place every Friday in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows take place every Friday all year long, except when CMLL schedules a "Super Show" or a pay-per-view (PPV) to take its place since all CMLL PPVs and Super Shows take place on Friday nights in Arena México. Event history Founded in 1933 as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) and renamed in 1990, CMLL is the world's oldest professional wrestling promotions still active today. Unlike most wrestling promotions in the world CMLL generally does not tour, preferring to hold weekly events in the same bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMLL 91st Anniversary Show
The CMLL 91st Anniversary Show () was the 91st annual (and 102nd overall) CMLL Anniversary Show professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). It was held on September 13, 2024, at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. Production Background On June 15, 2024, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), on their official Twitter account, announced that their 91st annual anniversary show would take place at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday September 13, 2024 as part of Mexican independence day weekend, a major weekend for Mexican combat sports. The 2024 Mexican independence day is notable for being the first to host major Mexican-themed ''lucha libre'' (CMLL 91st Anniversary Show), boxing (Canelo Álvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga), and mixed martial arts ( UFC 306) events on the same weekend. Storylines The event featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Salida
''Sin Salida'' (Spanish for "No Escape") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on December 4, 2009. The main event of the event was a ''Lucha de Apuestas'', hair vs. hair match between the teams of El Texano Jr. and El Terrible against No Limit ( Yujiro and Naito), which was the latest highlight of a "Mexico vs. Japan" storyline that CMLL has presented since the summer of 2009. Also on the show was a match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship as reigning champions Volador Jr. and La Sombra defends against ''Los Hijos del Averno'' ( Mephisto and Ephesto). The show featured four additional matches, three six-man, two out of three falls, tag team matches that is the most common match form in CMLL, and one ''Relampago'' or Lightning match, a one fall match between Mini-Estrella Mascarita Dorada and Pequeño Damián 666. Production Background The Mexican wrestling company ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homenaje A Dos Leyendas
''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is the collective name of a series of annual ''lucha libre'' (or professional wrestling) major shows promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The show started out as ''Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth'', honoring CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, it would later honor Lutteroth and El Santo until 2005 where the event would honor Lutteroth and a different retired or deceased luchador each year. CMLL has held a total of 29 ''Homenaje'' events, starting in 1996 and one each year since then. The shows are usually main evented by a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' or "Bet match" where competitors wager either their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match. Event history CMLL has paid homage to its founder Salvador Lutteroth since Lutteroth's death in 1987 but it was not until 1995 that they held a specific event in his honor. On March 24, 1995, during their regular Friday nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Coliseo
Arena Coliseo is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico, located at República del Perú 77 in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District, borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or ''lucha libre'', shows promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The building was completed in 1943, built by Salvador Lutteroth, founder and owner of CMLL and served as the main venue for CMLL from 1943 until 1953 when Arena México was completed and became the main venue for Lutteroth's promotion. It has a seating capacity of 5,550 when configured for professional wrestling or boxing events. History professional wrestling promotion, Professional wrestling promoter Salvador Lutteroth began promoting wrestling, or ''Lucha libre'' events in Arena México, Arena Modelo in 1933 as he founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). The building served as the main venue for Lutteroth's promotion from 1933 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMLL 10th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 10th Anniversary Show () was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL, later renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, CMLL) that took place on September 24, 1943, in Arena Coliseo, in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the tenth anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest still active professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The EMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934. This was the first Anniversary show to take place in the recently built Arena Coloseo that opened in April 1943 and was the first arena built specifically for professional wrestling in Mexico and the first sports building in Mexico to have built-in air conditioning. Production Background The 1943 Anniversary show commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMLL 1st Anniversary Show
The EMLL 1st Anniversary Show () was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL, later renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, CMLL) that took place on September 21, 1934, in Arena Modelo (In the same location Arena México was built years later), in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the first anniversary of EMLL, which became the oldest still active professional wrestling promotion in the world by the 1990s. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event, where a lot of storylines conclude and important matches are held. The EMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934. The first anniversary show saw the debut of the first wrestler in Mexico to wear a wrestling mask, setting a trend that greatly influenced ''lucha libre'' in Mexico since then. Production Background The 1934 Anniversary show commemorated the 1st anniversary of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Piedad
''Sin Piedad'' (Spanish for "No Mercy" or "No Pity", not to be confused with a similarly-titled series of PPV's hosted by WWE) is the collective name of a series of annual ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling major show promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The ''Sin Piedad'' show is CMLL's end of the year show, held in December. The first show held under the ''Sin Piedad'' took place in 2000, although CMLL has traditionally held a major event in December before then. ''Sin Piedad'' has been held eleven times so far, with the end of years event in 2005 billed as '' Juicio Final'' ("Final Judgment") and then 2009 event billed as ''Sin Salida'' ("No Escape") instead. In 2008 ''Sin Pidead'' was held in August, with no December show being held at all. Event history The very first '' Sin Piedad'' event produced under that name took place on December 15, 2000 in Arena México, in Mexico City, replacing their regularly produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
