Ruleta de la Muerte (1999)
Ruleta de la Muerte (1999) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on July 18, 1999 in Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured the Ruleta de la Muerte¨(Spanish for "Roulette of Death") tournament, in which tag teams face off in a single elimination tournament, but unlike traditional tournaments it is the losing team that advances in the tournament. The losing team in the final match must wrestle each other in a Lucha de Apuestas match, where either their mask or their hair is on the line. The Tournament featured 8 teams, all of them randomly paired the tournament through the elimination order of a battle royal involving all 16 participants. In addition to the battle royal, seven tournament matches and the Lucha de Apuesta match the show also featured two five vs. five elimination matches on the under card.
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 La Parka, one of 16 men risking their mask at this event | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | July 18, 1999[1] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Palacio de los Deportes[1] | ||
| Attendance | 8,000[1] | ||
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Background
The event featured 11 professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.
Results
| No. | Results[1][2] | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battle royal ended with elimination order determining teams and first round matches | 16-man Battle royal for the Ruleta de la Muerte tournament |
| 2 | El Satánico, Zumbido, Valentin Mayo, Virus, and Rencor Latino defeated Starman, Astro Rey Jr., El Oriental, Tigre Blanco and Mr. Águila | 10-man torneo cibernetico elimination match |
| 3 | Scorpio Jr. and Los Capos (Apolo Dantés, Máscara Año 2000 and Cien Caras) defeated Negro Casas, Super Astro, Emilio Charles Jr., and Brazo de Plata | Best two-out-of-three falls eight-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 4 | Villaño III and El Hijo del Santo defeated Shocker and Rey Bucanero | Ruleta de la Muerte quarter final match |
| 5 | Mr. Niebla and Tinieblas Jr. defeated La Parka and Fishman | Ruleta de la Muerte quarter final match |
| 6 | Fuerza Guerrera and Tinieblas defeated Atlantis and Violencia | Ruleta de la Muerte quarter final match |
| 7 | Máscara Sagrada and Último Guerrero defeated Olímpico and Blue Panther | Ruleta de la Muerte quarter final match |
| 8 | La Parka and Fishman defeated Shocker and Rey Bucanero | Ruleta de la Muerte semi-final match |
| 9 | Atlantis and Violencia defeated Olímpico and Blue Panther | Ruleta de la Muerte semi-final match |
| 10 | Olímpico and Blue panther defeated Shocker and Rey Bucanero | Ruleta de la Muerte final match |
| 11 | Shocker defeated Rey Bucanero via submission | Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match[3] |
References
- "July 1999 PPV "Ruleta de la Muerte"". ProWrestlingHistory. July 18, 1999. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- "1999 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 2000. pp. 2–28. issue 2436.
- Enciclopedia staff (November 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Rey Bucanero (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 12. Tomo IV.