Juicio Final (1994)

Juicio Final (1994) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1994) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 16, 1994, 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 sixth 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.

Juicio Final (1994)
Black Magic, who had his hair shaved off after his main event loss
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 16, 1994[1]
(aired December 17, 1994)
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
Attendance7,000
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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 La Fiera defeat Black Magic, two falls to one, after which Black Magic was shaved bald. On the undercard Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) defeated Emilio Charles Jr. and El Satánico in the finals of a 16-team tournament for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. The top four matches were shown on Televisa the following day.

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] 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".[4]

Storylines
See also: professional wrestling

The 1994 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.[5]

In the summer of 1994, then-CMLL World Tag Team Champion El Canek was planning on leaving CMLL, which meant that CMLL had to make plans for the tag team championship that Canek held at the time alongside Dr. Wagner Jr. The decision was made to hold a 16-team tournament to determine the next champions.[6] The tournament started on July 22, 1994 and ran until August 5. As it turned out El Canek stayed in CMLL longer than expected and was still working for them by the time El Texano and Silver King won the tournament. CMLL named the winning team the "number one contenders", but before they got a chance to wrestle against Canek and Dr. Wagner Jr., Canek left CMLL. Without a championship team to defend against El Texano and Silver King CMLL organized a second 16-team tournament to determine who would wrestle the previous tournament winners for the vacant championship. The second tournament, which ran from November 18 until December 2 featured several wrestlers that also competed in the first tournament, most with different partners.[6] The second tournament was won by El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr.[6] The two tournament winners would then face off at Juicio Final for the championship.[1]

Number 1 Contenders tournament[6]
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
El Texano and Silver King W
Nobutaka Araya and Takashi Okano   El Texano and Silver King W
Pierroth Jr. and Emilio Charles Jr.   Vampiro Canadiense and Pegasus Kid  
Vampiro Canadiense and Pegasus Kid W El Texano and Silver King W
Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiator W Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr.  
Bestia Salvaje and El Felino   Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiator  
Espectro Jr. and Cadaver de Ultratumba   Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. W
Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. W El Texano and Silver King W
Los Headhunters W Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana  
Black Magic and Mano Negra   Los Headhunters W
Super Astro and Hayabusa   Negro Casas and El Dandy  
Negro Casas and El Dandy W Los Headhunters  
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata W Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana W
La Fiera and Apolo Dantés   Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata  
Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza W Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana W
Miguel Perez Jr. and Ricky Santana  
Number 2 Contenders tournament[6]
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Dr. Wagner Jr. and Pierroth Jr. W
Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata   Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. W
Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador   Blue Demon Jr. and Dos Caras  
Blue Demon Jr. and Dos Caras W Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. W
Negro Casas and El Dandy W Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés  
Jaque Mate and Guerrero de la Muerte   Negro Casas and El Dandy  
Héctor Garza and Humberto Garza Jr.   Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés W
Vampiro Canadiense and Apolo Dantés W Pierroth Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr.  
Atlantis and Corazon de Leon W El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. W
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Hijo del Solitario   Atlantis and Corazon de Leon W
Black Power and Black Magic   La Fiera and Shocker  
La Fiera and Shocker W Atlantis and Corazon de Leon  
Último Dragón and Hayabusa W El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. W
El Felino and Mano Negra   Último Dragón and Hayabusa  
Sangre Chicana and Bestia Salvaje   El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. W
El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. W

Results
No.Results[1][7][8]Stipulations
1DEl Felino and Los Guerreros del Futuro (Damián el Guerrero and Guerrero Maya defeated Blue Demon Jr., El Hijo del Solitario, and Máscara MágicaBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
2Bestia Salvaje, El Hijo del Gladiador, and Mano Negra defeated El Dandy, Kato Kung Lee Jr., and Negro CasasBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match[9]
3Corazon de Leon, Mil Máscaras, and Vampiro defeated Dr. Wagner Jr., Gran Markus Jr., and Pierroth Jr.Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match[9]
4Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) (c) defeated Emilio Charles Jr. and El SatánicoBest two-out-of-three falls tournament finals for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship[9][10]
5La Fiera defeated Black MagicBest two-out-of-three falls, Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match[9]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

References
  1. "1994 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 8, 1994. pp. 2–28. issue 2176.
  2. "EMLL Super Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. "CMLL Tag Team Title Tournament 1994". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. "CMLL Súper Viernes - Juicio Final 1994". Wrestling Data. December 16, 1994. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  8. Meltzer, Dave (January 16, 1995). "Mexico Results December 16, 1994". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. p. 19.
  9. "CMLL on Televisa". CageMatch. December 16, 1994. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  10. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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