''Sin Piedad'' (2016) (
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for "No Mercy") was an internet
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(iPPV) event produced by the Mexican ''
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promotion
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL), which took place on January 1, 2016 in
Arena México
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,
Mexico City, Mexico
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. The show replaced CMLL's regular Friday night show ''
Super Viernes'' ("Super Friday"). The 2016 ''Sin Piedad'' was the twelfth event under that name that CMLL has promoted, the first one to be held on New Year's Day.
The original main event match between
Thunder
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and
Último Guerrero
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was changed eight days before the show. The main event was replaced with two ''
Luchas de Apuestas
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'', or bet matches, each with the competitors risking their hair. The first of the two ''Apuestas'' matches saw
Máximo Sexy
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* Maximu or ...
face off against
Kamaitachi
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and the second match featured ''lucha libre'' veterans
Negro Casas
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and
Super Parka
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.
Production
Background
The Mexican
wrestling company ''
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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'' (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) has held a number of major shows over the years using the moniker ''Sin Piedad'' ("No Pity" or "No Mercy"). CMLL has intermittently held a show billed specifically as ''Sin Piedad'' since 2000, primarily using the name for their "end of the year" show in December, although once they held a ''Sin Piedad'' show in August as well. CMLL has on occasion used a different name for the end-of-year show but ''Sin Piedad'' is the most commonly used name. All ''Sin Piedad'' shows have been held in
Arena México
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in
Mexico City, Mexico
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which is CMLL's main venue, its "home".
The 2016 ''Sin Piedad'' will be the first show to be held on New Year's Day and the first time CMLL has promoted a "name" show on that day, previously having promoted whatever regular house shows they happened to have on that day.
Starting in 2011 through 2014 CMLL has been promoting a New Year's Day show with bigger, more prominent and promoted matches as part of the show although they did not specifically promote the shows under a special name, they were simply a special version of their weekly Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday shows that they hold in Arena Mexico on a regular basis. Starting in 2011 CMLL added at least one high profile match to their shows, slowly building them into a special event. in 2011 the show featured the annual ''
Reyes del Aire'' ("Kings of the Air") tournament, won by
Ángel de Oro
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.
In 2012 the January 1 show saw
Hombre Bala Jr. and
Super Halcón Jr.
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defeated the team known as ''
Los Rayos Tapatío
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'' in a ''
Luchas de Apuestas
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'', masks vs masks match in what turned out to be ''Los Rayos'' last match in CMLL.
The main event of the 2012 was the finals of a tournament for the vacant
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
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which was
El Terrible
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defeat
Rush 17th heavyweight champion.
The 2013 start of the year show was highlighted first by then
CMLL World Welterweight Champion Pólvora
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successfully defending against
Titán and then the team of
Boby Zavala
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and
Disturbio
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defeated
Leono
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and
Tigre Blanco
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, forcing Leono and Blanco to have their hair shaved off as a result.
The 2014 show, the last January 1 show without a specific title saw Super Halcón Jr. win that year's ''
La Copa Junior
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'' tournament.
Late in the show
Mephisto
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defeated
Atlantis
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to retain the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
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in the main event. CMLL did not hold a show on January 1, 2015.
Storylines
The event featured six
professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
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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
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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.
For years CMLL has had a working agreement with Japanese promotion
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(NJPW), which has included NJPW sending one or more young wrestlers to Mexico to gain further experience as part of their training. Since 2009 one or more NJPW rookies has stayed with CMLL for an extended period of time, with
Hiromu Takahashi
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Takahashi made his debut for NJPW on Augus ...
travelling to Mexico in early 2014. He was given a
wrestling mask
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and the
ring name
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Kamaitachi, making him part of ''
La Fievre Amarilla'' ("The Yellow Fever") along with
Okumura, a long time CMLL ''rudo''. Over the almost two years Kamaitachi competed for CMLL he developed a long running storyline rivalry with
Dragon Lee, with the Dragon Lee taking Kamatachi's mask in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match at the 2015 ''
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
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'' show.
On December 4, 2015 Kamaitachi appeared to have defeated Dragon Lee to win the
CMLL World Lightweight Championship
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when he pinned Dragon Lee, but Lee's corner man
Máximo Sexy
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* Capcom video game series
** '' Maximo: Ghosts to Glory'' (also known as just ''Maximo'')
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pointed out that Lee had his foot on the ropes and the match was restarted. Moments later Dragon Lee won the match, promoting Kamaitachi to attack Máximo Sexy, with the storyline being that Kamaitachi was angry that Máximo cost him the title. In subsequent weeks Kamaitachi and Máximo Sexy were on opposite sides of six-man tag team matches, furthering the rivalry between the two. During the 2015 ''
Infierno en el Ring
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'' show CMLL officials held an in ring contract signing between Kamaitachi and Máximo Sexy for a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match between the two for the following week's ''Sin Piedad'' show.
In the week leading up to the ''Sin Piedad'' show it was revealed that Máximo Sexy had suffered a knee injury, but would work through it for the ''Sin Piedad'' show, it is unclear if the knee injury was part of the storyline or a legitimate injury suffered by Máximo Sexy.
Results
See also
*
2016 in professional wrestling
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* '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen
* ''Sixteen'' ...
References
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2016 in professional wrestling
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January 2016 in Mexico