Juicio Final (1999)
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 Brazo de Plata, who lost to Pierroth Jr. in the main event and had his hair shaved off | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | December 3, 1999[1] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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Juicio Final (1999) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1999) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 3, 1999, 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. This was the ninth year that CMLL used the name "Jucio Final" for their year-end show, a name they would use on a regular basis going forward, originally for their year even events but later on held at other points in the year.
The main event of the show was a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match, which is considered a higher profile match type than a championship match in Lucha Libre. The match saw Pierroth Jr. defeating Brazo de Plata, thus forcing Brazo de Plata to be shaved bald as a result. In the semi-main event El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. to win the 1999 Leyenda de Plata tournament named after El Hijo del Santo's father El Santo. The match featured three more matches.
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.[2][3] Until 2000 the Jucio Final name was always used for the year end show, but since 2000 has at times been used for shows outside of December.[4][5] 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".[6]
Storylines
The 1992 Juicio Final show featured five 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.[7]
The qualifying torneo cibernetico elimination match took place on November 26, 1999, and saw El Hijo del Santo outlast a field of 15 other wrestlers including Antifaz del Norte, Bestia Salvaje, BlacK warrior, Blue Panther, Emilio Charles Jr., El Felino, Fuerza Guerrera, Negro Casas, Olímpico, Rey Bucanero, Satánico, Tarzan Boy, Tony Rivera, Último Guerrero and Zumbido. El Hijo del Santo only eliminated one wrestler in the match, Último Guerrero to qualify for the final. Like in 1998 the 1999 Leyenda de Plata cibernetico winner went straight to the final, a rematch from the 1998 tournament, only this time El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. to win the tournament named after his father.[8][9]
| # | Eliminated | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Rivera | Bestia Salvaje |
| 2 | Antifaz del Nortre | El Satánico |
| 3 | Bestia Salvaje | Tarzan Boy |
| 4 | Zumbido | Negro Casas |
| 5 | Rey Bucanero | Olímpico |
| 6 | Negro Casas | Fuerza Guerrera |
| 7 | El Felino | Emilio Charles Jr. |
| 8 | El Satánico | Blue Panther |
| 9 | Emilio Charles Jr. | Blue Panther |
| 9 | Blue Panther | Emilio Charles Jr. |
| 11 | Fuerza Guerrera | Olímpico |
| 12 | Olímpico | Tarzan Boy |
| 13 | Tarzan Boy | Black Warrior |
| 14 | Black Warrior | Último Guerrero |
| 15 | Último Guerrero | El Hijo del Santo |
| 16 | Winner | El Hijo del Santo |
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ángel Azteca, El Pantera, and Tigre Blanco defeated Rencor Latino, Valentin Mayo, and Virus | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 2 | Los Guapos (Bestia Salvaje, Shocker, and Zumbido) defeated Emilio Charles Jr., Negro Casas, and Tarzan Boy by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 3 | Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Gigante Silva, and Tinieblas Jr. defeated Los Capos (Apolo Dantés, Cien Caras, and Universo 2000) and Último Guerrero | Four vs. three, best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls Leyenda de Plata tournament final[8] |
| 5 | Pierroth Jr. defeated Brazo de Plata | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[10] |
References
- ^ "1999 Especial!" [1999 Special]. Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 1999. p. 24. issue 2436.
Juicio Final (3-dic-99)
- ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "March 2000 PPV". ProWrestlingHistory. March 17, 2000. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ Zulbaran, Carlos (May 31, 2019). "'El Último de su estirpe' salió con la cabellera del Macho de Lagos de Moreno de la Arena México" ['The last of his lineage' leaves with hair of the Macho Man of the Moreno Lagoon]. Record (in Spanish). Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Leyenda de Plata 1999". ProWrestlingHistory.com. November 26 – December 3, 1999. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
- ^ Box y Lucha staff (December 14, 1999). "Segunda Leyenda de Plata". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). pp. 3–6. issue 2432.
- ^ "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero" [Professional Wrestling: Meet the history of the legends of the squared circle]. Brazo de Plata (1963) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 14. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
