CMLL 67th Anniversary Show


The CMLL 67th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on September 29, 2000 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event also being the finals of that year's Leyenda de Plata tournament between Negro Casas and Dr. Wagner Jr. Unlike previous Leyendas de Plata tournaments the final did not involve the previous year's winner since he was not working for CMLL at that time. The show also featured two six-man tag team matches, a four vs. three man handicap match and a tag team match.
The event commemorated the 67th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary Show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.

Production

Background

The 2000 CMLL Anniversary Shows commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre holding their first show on September 22, 1933 by promoter and founder Salvador Lutteroth. CMLL, originally known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre it would change its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1992 to signal their departure from the National Wrestling Alliance. With the sales of the Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner in 1988 CMLL became the oldest, still-operating wrestling promotion in the world. Over the years CMLL has on occasion held multiple shows to celebrate their anniversary but since 1977 the company has only held one annual show, which is considered the biggest show of the year, CMLL's equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. CMLL has held their Anniversary show at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico since 1956, the year the building was completed, over time Arena México earned the nickname "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre" due to it hosting most of CMLL's major events since the building was completed. Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, replacing their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.

Storylines

The event featured five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels or faces as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results