Juicio Final (1975) ( Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1975) was a

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supercard show, scripted and produced by

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(CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1975, in Arena México,

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. 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

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("Super Friday") shows held by CMLL since the mid-1930s. 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

which is CMLL's main venue, its "home". Results records have only documented one match on the 1975 Juicio Final show. The main event, a "hair vs. hair" or ''

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'' match, saw

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defeated

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in a match that also included

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. As a result, Dantés had all his hair shaved off.

Production

Background

For decades Arena México, the main venue of the Mexican

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(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

show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name "El Juicio Final" ("The Final Judgement") for their year-end supershow.

Storylines

The 1975 Juicio Final show featured an indeterminate number of

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scripted by CMLL with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either

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(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.

Results

References

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