Juicio Final (1997)

Juicio Final (1997) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1993) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1997, 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.

Juicio Final (1997)
Atlantis, winner of the month-long, 16-man La Copa Victoria tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 5, 1997
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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The main event of the show was the finals of a several weeks long La Copa Victoria tournament which saw Atlantis defeat Blue Panther two falls to one to win the tournament. On the undercard the team of Black Warrior and El Hijo del Santo defeated the team of Los Revolucionaries (El Felino and Negro Casas) as well as Scorpio Jr. and a partner. The 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. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name "El Juicio Final" ("The Final Judgement") for their year-end supershow.[1][2] 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".[3]

Storylines
See also: professional wrestling

The 1997 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.[4]

The main event was the culmination of the La Copa Victoria tournament, a 16-man double-elimination tournament that started on October 31 and ran over five shows prior to the Juicio Final Show. The winners bracket was won by Blue Panther.[5] while Atlantis overcame his first round loss to win the losers bracket.[6]

La Copa Victoria winners brackets
Round of 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
                           
Violencia W  
Shocker Pin[7]     Violencia W  
Universo 2000 W   Universo 2000 Pin[8]  
Atlantis Pin[7]       Violencia Pin[9]  
Blue Panther W       Blue Panter W  
Brazo de Plata Pin[7]     Blue Panther W
Mr. Niebla W   Mr. Niebla Pin[8]  
Dr. Wagner Jr. Pin[7]       Blue Panter W
Lizmark W       Apolo Dantés Pin[5]
Máscara Año 2000 Pin[7]     Lizmark Pin[8]  
Apolo Dantés W   Apolo Dantés W  
El Fantasma Pin[7]       Apolo Dantés W
Tigre Blanco W       Black Warrior Pin[9]  
Emilio Charles Jr. Pin[7]     Tigre Blanco DQ[8]
Black Warrior W   Black Warrior W  
La Fiera Pin[7]  

La Copa Victoria winners brackets
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Lost winner's bracket  
    Black Warrior W
    Tigre Blanco Pin[9]
Lost winner's bracket   Black Warrior W
    Violencia Pin[5]
    Lost winner's bracket  
       
    Black Warrior W
    Apolo Dantés Pin[6]
       
       
       
    Lost winners bracket  
       
       
    Black Warrior Pin[6]
Dr. Wagner Jr. W Atlantis W
Brazo de Plata Pin[8] Dr. Wagner Jr. Pin[9]
Shocker Pin Atlantis W
Atlantis W Atlantis W
El Fantasma W Emilio Charles Jr. Pin[5]
Máscara Año 2000 Pin[8] El Fantasma Pin[9]
La Fiera Pin[8] Emilio Charles Jr. W
Emilio Charles Jr. W Atlantis W
Lost winner's bracket   Mr. Niebla Pin[6]
    Lizmark W
    Tigre Blanco Pin[9]
Lost winner's bracket   Lizmark Forfeit[5]
    Mr. Niebla W
Lost winner's bracket   Mr. Niebla W
Lost winner's bracket   Universo 2000 Forfeit[9]
   

Results
No. Results[10][11] Stipulations
1 Apolo Chino and El Oriental defeated Jeque and Rencor Latino Tag team match
2 Brazo de Oro, El Hijo del Solitario, and Fray Tormenta defeated Guerrero del Futuro, Karloff Lagarde Jr., and Violencia Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3 Apolo Dantés, Dr. Wagner Jr., and Emilio Charles Jr. defeated El Fantasma, La Fiera, and Mr. Niebla Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4 Black Warrior and El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and a partner, Los Revolucionaries (El Felino and Negro Casas) Three-way tag team match
5 Atlantis defeated Blue Panther La Copa Victoria tournament finals
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. "EMLL Super Viernes". Wrestling Data. December 2, 1955. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. November 21, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  6. "CMLL Sabados Arena Mexico". CageMatch. November 28, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  7. "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 31, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  8. "CMLL Jueves Arena Mexico". CageMatch. November 6, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  9. "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. November 14, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  10. "CMLL Super Viernes – Juicio Final 1997". Wrestling Data. December 5, 1997. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  11. "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresora y Encuaderanadora Glem S.A. de C.V. January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. ISSN 2007-0896. 2332.
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