Fans now have a new option to watch CMLL’s big annual Aniversario event this Friday night.
Triller TV has announced that it will be carrying CMLL’s 92nd Aniversario as a pay-per-view, with the show set to stream live starting at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday (September 19). It’s priced at $19.99 and has English and Spanish commentary both available.
BREAKING 🚨🚨#CMLL92Aniversario will stream live THIS FRIDAY in English and Spanish on TrillerTV PPV.
In the main event, AEW star MJF is putting the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship on the line against Mistico’s mask. MJF won the belt back in August to set up this matchup against CMLL’s top attraction.
MJF and Mistico have faced each other once before. That match happened at AEW Grand Slam Mexico in June. It ended with Mistico winning by disqualification when MJF gave him a low blow.
Arena Mexico hosts the Aniversario event every September as CMLL — the oldest wrestling promotion still in existence — celebrates its history. The company dates back to 1933 when it was founded as EMLL.
Along with the Triller PPV option, the anniversary show will air live on CMLL’s YouTube channel for paying subscribers at the highest tier ($34.99 per month).
CMLL has officially set a date for its biggest event of the year.
The promotion will hold its 92nd Aniversario at Arena Mexico on Friday, September 19. The announcement was made on Thursday night during CMLL’s weekly Informa news show. No matches have been booked for the event yet.
⏳ FALTAN 92 DÍAS PARA EL 92 ANIVERSARIO#CMLLInforma || ¡La Fiesta Máxima de la Lucha Libre ya tiene fecha! El #92AniversarioCMLL será el Viernes 19 de Septiembre en la Arena México
CMLL is the oldest wrestling promotion still in existence, with its history dating back to 1933 when it was founded as EMLL.
Last year’s Aniversario was headlined by Mistico defeating Chris Jericho in what was Jericho’s first match in a CMLL ring in nearly 30 years.
This week, Arena Mexico hosted AEW Dynamite for the first time ever and was also the location for a CMLL/ROH Global Wars event. The collaboration between CMLL and AEW continues at Arena Mexico tonight with a Fantastica Mania show also featuring NJPW talent. CMLL director Salvador Lutteroth Lomeli and AEW’s Tony Khan reaffirmed the collaborative ties between their companies during a meeting on Wednesday.
CMLL broadcasts shows live on its YouTube channel for paying members with the highest tier being $35 per month.
AEW star Willow Nightingale is “very excited” to return to Arena Mexico for CMLL’s 91st Anniversary Show.
Nightingale has a CMLL World Women’s Championship against Zeuxis set for the Friday, September 13 event. In an interview with the Battleground Podcast, Nightingale expressed how much respect she has for Arena Mexico as a venue — saying she felt an “air of regality” when she’s wrestled there in the past.
“The last time I was in Arena Mexico, I felt so much love. I felt this air of — the best word that pops in my head right now is ‘regality.’ Like, we don’t have a building like Arena Mexico in the United States. We don’t have a structure that is specifically dedicated to professional wrestling and has been there for upwards of 60-70 years,” Nightingale said.
“The amount of history, the amount of professional wrestling matches, the culture, the love, the passion that has been poured into that building and that seeps through those walls — we don’t have anything like that. So to go there and visit that and see the fans — who it’s so deeply ingrained in their culture and lifestyle — is a joy. So I’m excited. I’m very excited.”
After the title was vacated by new WWE signee Stephanie Vaquer, Nightingale won the CMLL Women’s Championship at NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania USA this July.
Nightingale has a street fight against Kris Statlander at AEW All Out this Saturday night, but the CMLL Women’s title won’t be on the line.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including MJF on Ariel Helwani’s show, Survivor Series and War Games, ratings, White Rabbit teases, CMLL Anniversary show thoughts, RAW report, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
The oldest lucha libre promotion in existence continued a storied tradition with its 84th anniversary show on Saturday evening in Mexico City.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre presented the 84th Aniversario from Arena Mexico headlined by two mask matches for what is traditionally the biggest show of the year on the CMLL calendar.
Niebla Roja unmasked after losing to Gran Guerrero in the main event. In the other mask match, Princesa Sugehit became the first luchadora to lose her mask on an Aniversario show after being defeated by Zeuxis.
With rudos winning the mask matches, the tecnico side won most of the trios matches. The one trios match with two heel teams was won by a defacto babyface opposing a team captained by a foreign menace. While the tecnicos won a majority of the trios matches, rudos won the opening match.
Dragon Rojo Jr., Polvora & captain Hechicero defeated Blue Panther Jr., The Panther & captain Stuka Jr.
The opener was the Hechicero show, and that was not a bad thing at all. The other luchadores did a lot too, but Hechicero stole the show. His team of rudos won the first and third falls to take the match.
The tecnicos won the first fall, and the rudo fans were displeased. Panther Jr. gave Hechicero a super German suplex. A moment later, Stuka launched into a torpedo splash on Hechicero. The tecnico captain then covered the rudo captain for the pinfall. The rudo fans loudly booed as Hechicro was shining before being pinned.
Hechicero avenged the setback in the second fall. He eliminated The Panther via pinfall with a bridging cradle. When Stuka went for another torpedo splash, Hechicero caught him in a body scissors and tied him into a knot for a submission to even the falls.
In the third fall, Dragon Rojo eliminated Panther Jr. by pinning him with a double foot stomp off the top. Polvora then executed a super sit-out Dominator before pinning The Panther to win the match.
The tecincos dropped the first fall only to rally and win two straight.
La Nueva Generacion Dinamita ganged up on the tecincos to pick them off one-by-one in the first fall. Valiente was eliminated after being pinned with a springboard flying elbow. Los Dinamitas then all teamed up on Azul, and he was pinned after taking a missile dropkick.
The tecnicos made a comeback in the second fall. Marco Corleone sprinted down the ramp and leapt into a flying crossbody on Sanson. The tecinco captain then pinned the rudo captain to even the falls.
Stereo submissions ended the match after a parade of dives. Valiente submitted Cuatrero and Azul submitted Forastero for the tecincos to win the match in the third fall.
Barbaro Cavernario, Felino & captain Negro Casas (w/ El Perico Zakarias) defeated Sam Adonis, Kraneo (w/ Mije) & captain Rush
La Peste Negra (“The Black Plague”) won the battle of rudo teams in two straight falls. A disqualification in the second fall cost the other rudo team as Adonis and Casas continue feuding.
For the first fall, Cavernario springboarded into a splash on Rush. Kraneo tried to save his teammate by going for his own splash. Cavernario moved and Kraneo splashed Rush. Cavernario piled on top of both to pin the opposing captain.
The finish in the second fall began with Felino and Cavernario doing dives. Adonis missed a senton bomb in the ring. Casas went for a cradle, but Adonis countered. From the mount position, Adonis started strangling Casas. Adonis refused to break the blatant choke, and the referee called for a DQ.
Zeuxis defeated Princesa Sugehit in a mask match
Sugehit became the first woman to lose her mask on a CMLL anniversary show. She unmasked after being pinned in the third fall. She won the first fall, and then dropped two straight to Zeuxis.
Negro Navarro was in Zeuxis’ corner while Shocker was the second for Sugehit.
The match opened with a brawl that spilled onto the entrance ramp. Zeuxis pummeled Sugehit and whipped her into a staircase. Back in the ring, Sugehit fired up. Zeuxis had her in a fireman’s carry when Sugehit shifted into a hurricanrana. She hooked the legs and cradled Zeuxis for the pinfall to capture the first fall.
Sugehit returned the favor in the second fall, but not before a receipt for the earlier brawl on the ramp. Sugehit whipped Zeuxis into the staircase — much like Zeuxis had done to her beforehand.
They wrapped up the first fall with Sugehit doing a tilt-a-whirl headscissors into an armbar. Sugehit was cranking on the arm when Zeuxis countered the hold and used a bridging cradle to pin Sugehit.
The third fall opened with Zeuxis doing a dive through the ropes. They brawled around ringside and threw drinks on each other. Sugehit also threw Zeuxis over the barricade into the lap of a women sitting in the first row. Sugehit nearly wiped out on a springboard as she tumbled to the floor.
In between fighting at ringside, they traded pinning attempts in th ring with Sugehit countering a Romero Special into a pinning attempt. After another near fall, they went back to the floor. They eventually got back in the ring for a long series of near falls and highspots.
Sugehit countered a submission hold into a Code Red for a slow two count. Heel referree Tirantes would could slow throughout the match until the finish.
Sugehit sent Zeuxis sailing off the top with a flying arm drag. Zeuxis looked beaten, but Tirantes counted slow again. Shocker pitched a fit at ringside.
Sugehit applied an armbar, and Zeuxis got a rope break. Sugehit got several more near falls, and Zeuxis also got in a few.
A codebreaker and a senton from Sugehit put Zeuxis down for a close near fall. A few seconds later and Sugehit appiled a Black Widow — only for Zeuxis to get her foot on the ropes.
Sugehit gave Zeuxis a Michinoku Driver, and Tirantes delayed his count. Zeuxis had plenty of time to kick out at two and half.
At the finish, Zeuxis executed a Spanish Fly for the three count.
Princesa Sugehit unmasked as Ernestina Sugehit Salazar Martinez, age 37, with 21 years experience as a luchadora.
Volador Jr. (w/ KeMonito), Flip Gordon & captain Caristico defeated Satoshi Kojima, Mephisto & captain Ultimo Guerrero
Cooling off the crowd as the buffer between mask matches, this started off slow and deliberate. The tecincos rallied from a deficit to win by capturing the second and third falls. Kojima delivered a cutter off the middle rope to pin Caristico in the first fall.
A tecnico comeback led to the action picking up in the second fall. After stereo flip dives dives by Flip and Volador, Caristico submitted Guerrero with La Mistica for the tecincos to even the falls.
Mephisto kicked mascot KeMonito, and Volador made the save. Moments later, Mephisto gave Volador a super Devil’s Wings for a near fall. Volador countered with an Asai moonsault.
The tecincos scored dual pinfalls in the third fall. Gordon hit a 450 splash to pin Guerrero, and Volador covered Mephisto after a super Frankensteiner.
Gran Guerrero defeated Niebla Roja in a mask match
Gran Guerrero won the second and third falls to take the mask of Niebla Roja.
Ultimo Guerrero was the second in Gran Guerrero’s corner. Niebla Roja’s brother, Angel de Oro, was in his corner.
Roja did a dive at the outset of the match with a tope through the ropes. They brawled on the floor with Gran Guerrero gaining an advantage. Guerrero was dominating when Roja hit a springboard crossbody. Guerrero rolled through to reverse a pinning attempt, then Roja rolled through with another reversal to pin Guerrero in the first fall.
Into the second fall, Guerrero caught Roja and powerbombed him on the floor. Back in the ring, Guerrero submitted Roja with a modified wristlock using his leg to grapevine the arm. That evened the falls at one apiece. A docotor checked on Roja between falls, which played on Roja coming into the match with an injury.
They brawled on the floor again. Roja ripped Guerrero’s mask and did a flip dive to the outside. The near falls and false finishes began deep into the third fall.
Guerrero escaped a Boston crab, and then Guerrero kicked out after taking a Code Red. Roja got another near fall with a hurricanrana.
They brawled on the outside again. Roja leapt off the barricade into the waiting arms of Guerrero for a powerbomb in an aisle at ringside.
Roja delivered a running Liger bomb for a two count. Roja followed with a super Frankensteiner for another close count. Guerrero got his knees up on an attempted lionsault and Roja kicked out.
Guerrero used an inverted super powerbomb for another near fall. Roja countered with a schoolboy, but Guerrero once again kicked out. Roja then picked up Guerrero for a chicken wing facebuster off the middle rope. Guerrero still got his shoulder up at two.
In the closing moments, Guerrero picked Roja up in a fireman’s carry. He flipped Roja into a Michinoku Driver to score the deciding pinfall.
Niebla Roja unmasked as Sergio Raymundo Chavez, age 31, with 11 years of experience as a professional luchador.
