CMLL Día de Muertos (2017) explained

CMLL Día de Muertos (2017)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date:November 3, 2017
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:Leyenda de Plata
Nextevent:Leyendas Mexicanas
Event:Día de Muertos
Lastevent2:2016
Nextevent2:2018

The CMLL Día de Muertos(2017) (Spanish for "Day of the Dead") is professional wrestling supercard event scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The show took place on November 3, 2017 at CMLL's main venue, Arena México, in Mexico City, Mexico and celebrated the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday that ends on November 2 each year. For the event several wrestlers wore traditional Día de Muertos face and body paint. From the fourth match on the losing wrestlers would be dragged to El Inframundo ("The Underworld"), a side entrance in the arena. by a group of wrestlers dressed up as minions of the ruler of the underworld.

The main event was a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match where Los Guerreros Laguneros (Euforia, Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero) defeated Carístico, Rush and Volador Jr. by disqualification. The semi-main event was an eight-man elimination match for the Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld") Championship, a championship created specifically for the show. The match was won by Sansón, lastly eliminating his long-time rival Soberano Jr. Also on the show, reigning CMLL World Women's Champion Dalys la Caribeña successfully defended her championship against four-time champion Marcela. The show included three additional matches.

Production

Background

The 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 up 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 2018 marking the fourth year in a row.[3]

Storylines

The Dia de Muertos 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.[4]

Results

Rey del Inframundo order of elimination

data-sort-type="number" scope="col"OrderWrestlerEliminated by
scope=row1Forastero Valiente
scope=row2Valiente Hechicero
scope=row3Hechicero Diamante Azul
scope=row4Diamante Azul El Cuatrero and Sansón
scope=row5Mistico Sansón
scope=row6El Cuatrero El Soberano Jr.
scope=row7El Soberano Jr. Sansón
scope=row1Winner Sansón

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doble festejo del Día de Muertos en el CMLL . Redaccion . October 22, 2014 . October 22, 2014 . MedioTiempoo . . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Recorrido de 'espanto' en la Arena México . October 29, 2014 . October 29, 2014 . Redaccion . . MedioTiempo . Spanish.
  3. Web site: ¡Gran sorpresa! Valiente campeón universal del CMLL . October 29, 2016 . October 29, 2018 . MedioTiempo . Spanish . . Apolo . Valdés . Major surprise! Valiente is the CMLL Universal Champion.
  4. Book: Madigan, Dan . Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publishers . 2007 . "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" . 31 . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos . 978-0-06-085583-3. New York, New York.