CMLL Juicio Final
Juicio Final (Spanish for "Final Justice") is the collective name of a series of semi-regularly occurring lucha libre, or professional wrestling major show promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). There has been a total of six events promoted under the Juicio Final name since 1990, with events in 1991, 2000, 2001, 2005 and most recently in 2011. The event has taken place in March, June or December, at times replacing the Sin Piedad event in December, and twice it has been promoted both as Juicio Final as well as Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth
Event history
The very first Juicio Final event produced under that name took place on December 14, 1990 in Arena México, in Mexico City, replacing their regularly produced Friday night CMLL Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show.[1] All subsequent Juicio Final shows have taken place on Friday nights and all in Arena México, CMLL's "home arena". Most have taken place in December, three, two have taken place in March and one in June. The two March Juicio Final events were also promoted under the name Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends"). The exact number of matches is unclear as only three matches for the 1991 Juicio Final show were documented and confirmed, leading to at least 94 wrestlers who have wrestled in a total of at least matches 28 matches over the six shows, six female wrestlers, four Mini-Estrellas and 84 male wrestlers from the regular division. Atlantis is the wrestler with the most Juicio Final matches, six in total making him the only wrestler to have appeared at all Juicio Final events. The Mini-Estrella and the female division has only been featured in one show each.[Note 1]
All six Juicio Final shows have featured one or more Lucha de Apuestas, or bet matches, the most prestigious match form in lucha libre, with wrestlers fighting for either their hair or their masks. Huracán Ramírez II, Aníbal, Villano III and Averno have all lost their mask at a Juicio Final and El Satánico, Perro Aguayo and Halloween all have been shaved bald as a result of their losses. The Luchas de Apuestas between Villano III and Atlantis was voted the 2000 Wrestling Observer Match of the Year.[2] Juicio Final has hosted only one championship matche, which saw the team of Olímpico, Safari and Mr. Niebla defeat Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera and El Signo to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.[3] The 2011 Juicio Final event was the only show to host tournament matches as it featured two semi final matches in the Forjando un Ídolo trios tournament.[4]
Dates, venues, and main events
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juicio Final (1990) | December 14, 1990 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | Octagón vs. Huracán Ramírez II vs. Fuerza Guerrera in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[1] |
| Juicio Final (1991) | December 13, 1991 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | Máscara Año 2000 vs. Aníbal in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[5] |
| Juicio Final (2000) | March 17, 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | Atlantis vs. Villano III in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[6] |
| Juicio Final (2001) | March 30, 2001 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | Universo 2000 vs. Perro Aguayo in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. hair match.[7] |
| Juicio Final (2005) | December 2, 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | Universo 2000 vs. Halloween in a Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair match.[8] |
| Juicio Final (2011) | June 17, 2011 | Mexico City, Mexico | Arena México | La Máscara vs. Averno in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[4] |
Footnotes
- ^ The match statistics are supposed by the sources listed in the "Dates, venues and main events table.
References
- ^ a b "EMLL Juicio Final 1990". CageMatch.net. December 14, 1990. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ Luchas 2000 staff. "Luchas 2000". Atlantis y sus Victimas. Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. pp. 32–36language = Spanish. Especial 30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Terminó el plantón en la Arena México. El Juicio Final sí se realizará" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. June 17, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "CMLL Juicio Final 1991". CageMatch.net. December 13, 1991. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ "March 2000 PPV". ProWrestlingHistory. March 17, 2000. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "March 2001 PPV "El Jucio Final"". ProWrestlingHistory. March 30, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "CMLL Juicio Final 2005". CageMatch.net. December 2, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2010.