The CMLL 73rd Anniversary Show () was a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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event produced by
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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 profe ...
(CMLL) that took place on September 29, 2006, in
Arena México
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,
Mexico City, Mexico
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. The event commemorated the 73rd anniversary of CMLL, the oldest
professional wrestling promotion
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. in the world.
The anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their
Super Bowl
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event. The 73rd-anniversary show was transmitted live on
Pay-Per-View
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, something only a few anniversary shows before this one had been. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.
The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being a ''
Lucha de Apuestas
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'', mask vs. mask match between
Místico
Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL ...
and
Black Warrior. It also featured five
Six-man tag team matches, including the final match in a tournament for the vacant
CMLL World Trios Championship
The CMLL World Trios Championship (Spanish: "''Campeonato Mundial de Trios''") is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams o ...
.
Production
Background

The Mexican ''
Lucha libre
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'' (professional wrestling)
company
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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 profe ...
(CMLL) started out under the name ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL), founded by
Salvador Lutteroth
Salvador Lutteroth González (21 March 1897 – 5 September 1987) was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter of the mid-twentieth century. Lutteroth's organization, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), was the dominant Mexican wrestling ...
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.
Lutteroth would later become known as "the father of Lucha Libre" .
A year later EMLL held the
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 ...
, starting the annual tradition of the
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 L ...
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
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for the
National Football League
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(NFL) or
WWE
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's
WrestleMania event.
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
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, which opened in April 1943. The 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 Mex ...
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
The EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show () was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 21, 1956, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 23rd anni ...
, all anniversary shows except for the EMLL 46th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 46th Anniversary Show () was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 21, 1979 in Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 46th annive ...
have been held in the arena that would become known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre".[ On occasion EMLL held more than one show labelled 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
The EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show () was supposed to be a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL, later renamed ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'', CMLL) slated to take place on September 20, 1985, ...
on September 20, 1985, but Mexico City was hit by a magnitude
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8.0 earthquake
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. 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.
When Jim Crockett Promotions
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was bought by Ted Turner
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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.]
Storylines
The event featured six professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted
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Backgr ...
feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels
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(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces
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(''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
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