Background , CMLL's main venue and location of the Anniversary Show The Mexican
Lucha libre (professional wrestling)
company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) started out under the name
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Company"; EMLL), founded by
Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico. Lutteroth would later become known as "the father of Lucha Libre" . A year later EMLL held the
EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September. Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show of the year for CMLL, akin to the
Super Bowl for the
National Football League (NFL) or
WWE's
WrestleMania event. The first anniversary show was held in
Arena Modelo, which Lutteroth had bought after starting EMLL. In 1942–43 Lutteroth financed the construction of
Arena Coliseo, which opened in April 1943. The
EMLL 10th Anniversary Show was the first of the anniversary shows to be held in Arena Coliseo. When
Jim Crockett Promotions was bought by
Ted Turner in 1988 EMLL became the oldest still active promotion in the world.
Storylines (in blue), unmasked after the main event. 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 (referred to as
rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or
faces (
técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Subsequently Volador Jr. defeated Místico to win the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship as Místico continued to skirt the
tecnico/rudo divide. Later a few months later Místico returned to the
tecnico side, with the storyline between Místico and Volador Jr. downplayed for the time being. At the 2010
Sin Salida, it looked like the feud was reignited as Volador Jr. began showing
rudo traits, especially when wrestling against Místico, but once again the storyline was subsequently downplayed. After teasing a
rudo turn for over a month Volador Jr. and
La Sombra lost the
CMLL World Tag Team Championship to
Los Invasores without any obvious signs of dissention between the two. During a later show Volador Jr. finally turned
rudo when he attacked La Sombra, tore his former partner's mask off and beat him up. Volador Jr. sided with
Los Hijos del Averno, especially Averno,
Mephisto and
Ephesto who were all included in the cage match along with Volador Jr., La Sombra and Místico Over the summer of 2010, La Sombra traveled to Japan to participate in
New Japan Pro-Wrestling's
2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. During the tournament La Sombra defeated
Jushin Thunder Liger, scoring an upset over the veteran. In July 2010 Liger came to Mexico to tour with CMLL, teasing a rematch with La Sombra. In August 2010 both Liger and La Sombra qualified for the finals of the
2010 Universal Championship tournament, marking the first time the two had faced off in singles competition since the BOSJ. Liger got revenge for his BOSJ loss against La Sombra when he, with help from
Okumura at ringside, defeated La Sombra to claim the tournament trophy. In the week following his Universal Championship victory Liger was added to the steel cage match. In subsequent weeks
Los Invasores struck again and again, expanding the group with
Universo 2000 and
Máscara Año 2000,
Mr. Águila,
Olímpico,
Monster,
El Oriental and
Héctor Garza. During the
Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show Místico defeated El Oriental in a match under
Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask, rules and forced him to unmask. At the following week's
Super Viernes show Místico held El Oriental's mask as a trophy, something which
Invasor Psicosis II did not take too kindly to, setting off a feud between the two wrestlers. The Místico vs. Psicosis II storyline was rumored to be the main event of the 77th Anniversary show, but instead they ended up as two of the 14 men in the cage.
Olímpico returned to CMLL in June 2010 as part of
Los Invasores, even though he never worked for AAA. On June 7, during the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show Olímpico teamed up with his former
Los Guerreros del Atlantida partner
Atlantis for the main event. Subsequently, Olímpico began teaming with both Atlantis and
Último Guerrero again for a number of matches. During a trios tournament on the
August 13, 2010 Super Viernes Olímpico caused his team to be disqualified and then attacked his former teammates, ending their tentative relationship. As a result of his actions after the match Olímpico, Último Guerrero and Atlantis were all added to the main event of the 77th Anniversary Show. ==Results==