''Juicio Final'' (2005) (

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for "Final Judgement") was a

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major show event produced by

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(CMLL) that took place on December 2, 2005 in

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. This was the twelfth time that CMLL used the name "Jucio Final" for one of their major shows. The main event of the show was a ''

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'', hair vs. hair match between

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and

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that saw Halloween lose and have all his hair shaved off after the match. The show also featured four traditional six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team matches, one featuring the Women's division and three regular male trios matches.

Production

Background

For decades

, the main venue of the Mexican

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(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. 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. 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

which is CMLL's main venue, its "home".

Storylines

The event featured five

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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

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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.

Results

References

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Juicio Final'' (2005) 2005 in professional wrestling CMLL Juicio Final December 2005 in Mexico