Juicio Final (1993)

Juicio Final (1993) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1993) were a pair of professional wrestling supercard shows, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The two shows took place on December 3 and December 10, 1993, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows 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.

Juicio Final (1993)
Chris Jericho, who worked under the name "Corazon de Leon" ("Lion heart") on the December 3 Juicio FInal
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date
  • December 3, 1993[1]
  • December 10, 1993[1]

(aired
  • December 4, 1993[2]
  • December 11, 1993[3]
)
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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The main event of the December 3 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 Mano Negra defeated Bestia Salvaje, two falls to one, to win the match. Afterwards Bestia Salvaje was forced to stand in the middle of the ring as his hair was shaved off in accordance with lucha libre traditions. That show featured four additional matches

For the December 10 show, Kato Kung Lee and Mocho Cota both risked their hair in another Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match, that saw Cota cheat to defeat Kato Kung Lee. As a result Lee was shaved bald afterwards. On the undercard Último Dragón]] successfully defended the UWA World Middleweight Championship against El Felino. The December 10 show featured three additional 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. 1989 is the first year where CMLL used the name "El Juicio Final" ("The Final Judgement") for their year end supershow.[4][5]
December 8, 1989[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
See also: professional wrestling

The 1993 Juicio Final shows featured ten professional wrestling matches in total, all 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]

Results December 3, 1993
No. Results[1][8][9] Stipulations
1D Filoso and Metálico defeated Escudero Rojo and Reyes Veloz Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2 Espectro Jr., Halcon Negro Jr., and Tornado Negro defeated Americo Rocca, Blue Demon Jr. and La Sombra Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3D El Felino, Jaque Mate, and Mocho Cota defeat El Dandy, Kato Kung Lee and Último Dragón Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4D Dr. Wagner Jr., John Tenta, and Pierroth Jr. defeated Corazon de Leon, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and King Haku Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
5 Mano Negra defeated Bestia Salvaje Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[2]

[10]

  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Results December 10, 1993
No. Results[1][11][12] Stipulations
1D El Hijo del Solitario, El Pantera and La Sombra defeated Los Guerreros del Futuro (Damian El Guerrero, Guerrero del Futuro and Guerrero Maya) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
2D La Ola Blanca (Dr. Wagner Jr., Gran Markus Jr., and El Hijo del Gladiador) defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3D Atlantis, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and King Haku wrestled Mano Negro, Negro Casas and Pierroth Jr. to a double disqualification Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4D Último Dragón (c) defeated El Felino Best two-out-of-three falls match for the UWA World Middleweight Championship[13]
5 Mocho Cota defeated Kato Kung Lee Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[3][14]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

References
  1. "1993 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1993. pp. 2–28. issue 2214.
  2. "CMLL on Televisa". CageMatch. December 3, 1993. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. "CMLL on Televisa". CageMatch. December 11, 1993. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. "EMLL". CageMatch. December 9, 1988. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  5. "1989 Especial!" [1989 Special]. Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1989. p. 20. issue 1917. Juicio Final (1-dic-89) Juicio Final (8-dic-89)
  6. 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. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  7. 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: HarperColins Publisher. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  8. "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. December 3, 1994. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  9. "CMLL Súper Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 3, 1994. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  10. "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Mano Negra (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 20. Tomo III.
  11. "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. December 10, 1994. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  12. "CMLL Súper Viernes - Juicio Final 1993". Wrestling Data. December 10, 1994. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  13. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: UWA Middleweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Kato Kung Lee (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 12. Tomo III.
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