Juicio Final (1969)

Juicio Final (1969)
PromotionEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 19, 1969
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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Juicio Final (1969) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1969) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 19, 1969, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde. The shows replaced the regular Super Viernes ("Super Friday") shows held by CMLL since the mid-1930s.

Due to his loss to Aníbal in the main event, Red Terror was forced to remove his mask and state his real name, Sammy Chavez from Ciudad Juarez due to the Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" stipulations. In the semi-main event, NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Ray Mendoza successfully defended the championship against Coloso Colosetti, two falls to one. The show featured five additional matches.

Production

Background

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.[1][2] 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".[3]

Storylines

The 1969 Juicio Final show featured seven professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.[4]

Results

No.Results[6][7]Stipulations
1Rodolfo Ruiz defeated Chico VelozSingles match
2Ciclón Veloz Jr. defeated Rizado RuizSingles match
3Alfonso Dantes defeated Steve ClementsSingles match
4Black Gordman defeated Antonio PosaSingles match
5Los Rebeldes (Karloff Lagarde and Rene Guajardo) defeated El Santo and Raúl MataTag team match
6Ray Mendoza (c) defeated Coloso ColosettiSingles match for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
7Aníbal defeated Red TerrorBest two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask Vs. mask match[5]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Salazar, Fernando (May 31, 2019). "Juicio Final nos ha regalado Luchas de Apuestas emblematicas" [Juicio Final has provided some emblematic bet matches]. Record (in Spanish). Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  5. ^ Enciclopedia staff (August 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Aníbal (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. pp. 16–17. Tomo I.
  6. ^ Centinela, Teddy (July 2, 2015). "En un día como hoy... Aníbal destapa a Red Terror... Adrian Street en México". Super Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". December 19, 1969. Retrieved October 22, 2019.