The Logo of CMLL

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) is a lucha libre promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara and Puebla. The promotion is also referred to by its previous name Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL). It is currently the oldest promotion still in existence. The Logo of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, the oldest Professional Wrestling promotion in the world This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Santo. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. ... Guadalajara is a large city in the Western-Pacific region of Mexico, located at 20. ... Other Mexican States Capital Puebla, Pue. ...

The promotion was founded by "The Father of Lucha Libre" Salvador Lutteroth Gonzales when he ran a card under the banner of EMLL in 1933. The promotion flourished and quickly became the premier spot for workers. If you were big in Mexico City, you were considered a star. With stars like El Santo, Bobby Bonales, Tarzán Lopez and Gory Guerrero (father of Eddie Guerrero), "La Empressa" was at the forefront of the Lucha Libre movement and for the next 50 years, EMLL would continue its place as the leader. 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rodolfo Guzman Huerta (September 23, 1917 - February 5, 1984), more widely known as Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata, or Samson, the silver-masked man in English translations, was a Mexican wrestler, actor, and folk hero. ... Salvador Gori Guerrero Quesada (Born January 11th, 1921 in Ray, Arizona, USA- Died April 18, 1990 in El Paso, Texas) was one of the premier Hispanic wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when a lot of the wrestlers were imported from outside the country. ... Eddie Guerrero (also known as Eddy Guerrero, born Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes on October 9, 1968 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua) is a Hispanic professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. ...

EMLL joined the National Wrestling Alliance as it's Mexican affiliate as NWA-EMLL but they pulled out in the 1980's due to various promoters becoming more self-centered and the WWE's national expansion. At this time, they changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre to make them sound more international (such as when Jim Crockett Promotions became World Championship Wrestling). Also at this time, long time booker Antonio Peña broke off and formed his own promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, taking many of the young talent with him. AAA took the lead for several years but when the Mexican economy went by the wayside in the mid-1990's, AAA scaled back and CMLL started rebuilding with the famous El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas feud where Santo shocked the world by turning heel when he dressed up like Negro Casas' brother Felino and attacked him. The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ... Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett up until the late 1980s. ... WCW logo from 1999-2001. ... Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) is a Lucha Libre Professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. ... El hijo del santo means the son of the saint. ...

Now under the ownership of Lutterroth's nephew, Paco Alonso, CMLL has since reclaimed it spot as the leader in Mexico. Its weekly cards at the legendary Arena Mexico draw crowds of over 10,000 fans. Of all the major promotions in the world, CMLL is one of the most conservative. Matches with blood are not broadcast and, other than an annual cage match, gimmick matches such as ladder matches are never used. Over the past few years, many AAA wrestlers have jumped to CMLL but recently, some major wrestlers such as Vampiro and Shocker have jumped to AAA because CMLL has too many workers and doesn't run enough shows. Vampiro (real name, Ian Hodgkinson) is a Canadian professional wrestler (born May 30, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) currently working in AAA in Mexico. ...

CMLL's main programming, hosted by Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Miguel Linares, is broadcast regularly on Televisa in Mexico, Galavisión in the United States, Telelatino in Canada and formerly on The Wrestling Channel in the United Kingdom. CMLL also has a syndicated show called "Sin Limite de Tiempo" ("with no time limit") which shows matches from Arena Coliseo shows and matches they could not fit onto the regular broadcast. It airs in Los Angeles on KWHY. CMLL is affiliated with New Japan Pro Wrestling and has an off shoot promotion CMLL Japan that runs in Japan. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Telelatino Network Inc. ... The Wrestling Channel (TWC) is the worlds first dedicated professional wrestling television channel, showing many different promotions from the wrestling spectrum. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... KWHY Channel 22 is a Spanish Independent station, owned by the Telemundo network, a subsidiary of NBC. Technical Information Frequency: Channel 22 Name: Radius: 73 miles (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties) Slogan: Start of Operation: 1967 Transmitter Location: Los Angeles, California (34° 13 36. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プロレス, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ...

Current Champions

• CMLL World Heavyweight- Universo 2000
• CMLL World Light-Heavyweight- Último Guerrero
• CMLL World Middleweight- Negro Casas
• CMLL World Welterweight- Mephisto
• CMLL World Super-Lightweight- Rocky Romero
• CMLL World Tag Team- Averno & Mephisto
• CMLL World Trios- La Furia del Norte (Héctor Garza, Tarzan Boy & El Terrible)
• CMLL World Minis (midgets)- Pequeño Olímpico
• CMLL World Women's- Diabolica (No official word but since Diabolica has wrestled in AAA, the title is considered abandoned)

Other Titles Used by CMLL: La Furia del Norte ( Spanish for The Fury from the North) is a rudo (heel) stable based in the Lucha Libre promotion CMLL in Mexico. ... Héctor Garza (born Héctor Solano Segura) is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). ... Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) is a Lucha Libre Professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. ...

• NWA World Light-Heavyweight- Dr. Wagner Jr.
• NWA World Middleweight- Místico
• National Middleweight- La Máscara
• National Trios- Dr. X, Nitro & Sangre Azteca
• UWA World Heavyweight- Dr. Wagner Jr.
• WWA Welterweight- El Hijo del Santo

External link

• Official website (in Spanish)