Juicio Final (1985)

Juicio Final (1985)
PromotionEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 6, 1985
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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Juicio Final (1985) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1985) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 6, 1985, 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.

In the main event of the show El Solar II defeated Belcebú in a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", forcing Belcebú to remove his devil inspired mask and reveal that his name was Juan Manuel Linares. In the semi-main event of the six-match show, El Dandy defeated Gran Cochisse, which meant that Cochisse had all his hair shaved off afterwards. The four remaining matches included a tag team match and three Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team matches.

In addition to being EMLL's year end show, thee show was also a benefit show for victims of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that happened on September 19, 1985, that had caused the death of over 5,000 people and cased major damage to Mexico City, including structural damage to Arena México. The earthquake had also forced the cancellation of the EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show.[1][2]

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.[3][4] 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".[5]

Storylines

The 1985 Juicio Final show featured six 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.[6]

Results

No.Results[7][8][9]Stipulations
1Águila Solitaria and Javier Llanes defeated Cimarron Negro and Guerrero NegroTag team match
2Los Destructores (Leon Chino, Tony Arce, and Vulcano) defeated Los Bravos (Bufalo Salvaje, Fuerza Guerrera, and Talisman)Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3Los Hermanos Dinamitas (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000), and Sangre Chicana defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, and El Brazo)Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4Los Infernales (El Satánico, MS-1, and Pirata Morgan) defeated El Egipcio, El Faraón, and La FieraBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
5El Dandy defeated Gran CochisseBest two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match
6El Solar II defeated BelcebuBest two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match

References

  1. ^ "52nd Anniversary Show". ProWrestlingHistory. September 19, 1986. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes – Juicio Final 1985". Wrestling Data. December 6, 1985. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "1985 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 7, 1986. pp. 2–28. ISSN 2007-0896. 17080.
  9. ^ Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (December 6, 2019). "Un Dia Como Hoy" (in Spanish). Facebook. Retrieved October 27, 2019.