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The 2019 CMLL Día de Muertos is two professional wrestling supercard events, scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), held to celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead. The shows took place on November 1 and November 3, 2019, in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, in Mexico City, Mexico. Many of the wrestlers working the shows wore traditional Día de Muertos face and body paint for the event. Losing wrestlers from each show were dragged to El Inframundo ("The Underworld"; in actuality a side entrance in the arena) by a group of wrestlers dressed up as minions of the ruler of the underworld. It was the sixth annual Día de Muertos celebration hosted by CMLL.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
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| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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As part of the shows, Sansón defended the Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld") championship that he won at the 2017 Día de Muertos show and successfully defended on the 2018 show. The November 3 show featured a Singles match between Micro-Estrellas Microman and Chamuel.
Production
editBackground
editThe October 31, 2014, Día de Muertos show was the first of Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Dia de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") celebrations in 2014 and began a tradition of CMLL holding a major show to celebrate the Latin American holiday. As part of their Dia de los Muerte celebrations CMLL admitted all kids in costumes for free for the show.[1] CMLL held a second Dia de los Muerte celebration on Sunday November 2 as well. Both shows included the Edcanes, CMLL's ring girls and various wrestlers dressed in traditional Día de Muertos garb. In 2014, CMLL also turned the basement of Arena México into a haunted house attraction before each show.[2] CMLL has held one or more shows to celebrate the holiday annually since 2014, with 2019 marking the sixth year in a row.[3][4] The 2019 show featured the Mexican god of death known as "Amotlamini" or "Amo-tlamini" as the main character directing his minions during the show. Amo-tlamini will be portrayed by young wrestler Retro.[5]
Storylines
editThe 2019 Dia de Muertos shows featured twelve professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. Wrestlers portrayed 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 performed.[6]
At the 2017 Día de Muertos show, Sansón outlasted El Cuatrero, Diamante Azul, Forastero, Hechicero, Mistico, Soberano Jr. and Valiente in a torneo cibernetico elimination match to become the first ever Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld").[7][8] While Sansón was given a championship belt to symbolize his victory it is not a championship, but a tournament trophy that is not defended outside of the annual tournament in the vein of CMLL's Leyenda de Plata or Leyenda de Azul tournaments.[9] The following year, at the 2018 Día de Muertos show Sansón successfully defended the Rey del Inframundo championship against Templario.[3][10][4] At an October 18 CMLL press conference, the company announced that Sansón would be defending the Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld") championship on the November 1 show.[11] The challenger would be determined by a torneo cibernetico elimination match held on October 29.[11] CMLL later announced the 10 wrestlers who would compete in the torneo cibernetic: Rey Cometa, Universo 2000 Jr., Audaz, Disturbio, Dulce Gardenia, Pólvora, Star Jr., Tiger, Black Panther and Virus.[12]
During the same press conference CMLL announced that the Micro-Estrellas Microman and Chamuel would face off on the Sunday November 3 Día de Muertos show, continuing their feud that saw Microman defeat and unmask Chamuel at the CMLL 86th Anniversary Show.[11]
Results
editNovember 1
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | Akuma and Espanto Jr. defeated Magnus and Príncipe Diamante | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | ||
| 2 | Dalys, La Metálica, and Reyna Isis defeated La Jarochita, Lluvia, and Princesa Sugehit | Best two-out-of-three falls six-woman tag team match[13] | ||
| 3 | Atlantis Jr., Flyer, and Fugaz defeated Hechicero, El Hijo del Villano III, and Templario | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match[13] | ||
| 4 | Sansón (c) defeated Star Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls match for the CMLL Rey del Inframundo Championship[13] | ||
| 5 | Bárbaro Cavernario, Negro Casas, and Último Guerrero defeated Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, and Stuka Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match[13] | ||
| 6 | La Alianza de Plata y Oro (Carístico and Místico) defeated Los Guerreros Lagunero (Euforia and Gran Guerrero) (c) | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship[13] | ||
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November 3
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Fantasy and Kaligua defeated Pequeño Universo 2000 and Pequeño Violencia | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
| 2 | Estrellita, Sanely, and Silueta defeated La Comandante, La Infernal, and La Seductora | Best two-out-of-three falls six-woman tag team match |
| 3 | Átomo, El Gallito, and Microman defeated Chamuel, El Guapito, and Perico Zakarías | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | El Hijo del Villano III defeated Guerrero Maya Jr. by disqualification | Lighting Match, one fall, 10 minute time limit singles match |
| 5 | Diamante Azul, Dulce Gardenia, and Valiente defeated Los Hijos del Infierno (Ephesto, Luciferno, and Mephisto) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 6 | Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (El Cuatrero and Forastero), and Gran Guerrero defeated Carístico, Místico, and Soberano Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
References
edit- ^ Redaccion (October 22, 2014). "Doble festejo del Día de Muertos en el CMLL". MedioTiempoo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ Redaccion (October 29, 2014). "Recorrido de 'espanto' en la Arena México". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ a b Rosas Plata, Arturo (November 3, 2018). "Sansón, bicampeón del inframundo". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ a b Lizarraga, Alfonso (November 3, 2018). "Sansón continúa como campeón del Inframundo". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ "Mítico folclor". El Heraldo de Mexico (in Spanish). November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ 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
- ^ Dark Angelita (November 10, 2017). "CMLL: Una mirada semanal al CMLL (del 2 al 8 de noviembre de 2017)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ Valdés, Apolo (November 4, 2017). "Sansón se proclamó el primer Rey del Inframundo en el CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ "El CMLL realizará segunda edición torneo Rey del Inframundo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ "Sansón se mantuvo como Rey del Inframundo en el CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c VideosOficialesCMLL (October 18, 2019). "Conferencia de prensa con motivo de las functiones de Dia de Muertos CMLL 18 de Octubre de 2019" (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ @CMLL_Oficial (October 23, 2019). "Los participantes son: Rey Cometa, Universo 2000 Jr., El Audaz, Disturbio, Dulce Gardenia, Pólvora, Star Jr., Tiger, Black Panther y Virus" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e @VideosOficialesCMLL (November 1, 2019). "LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DIA DE MUERTOS 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2019 FUNCION COMPLETA" (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
