''CMLL Día de Muertos'' (

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...

(CMLL). Starting in 2014, CMLL has held specially themed shows to celebrate ''Día de Muertos'' with a special edition of their

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show closest to November 2. Some years the celebrations extended to shows held on Saturday and Sunday as well but the focal point has been the Friday night shows in

Arena México Arena México is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico, located in the Colonia Doctores neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or ''lucha libre'', shows promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lu ...

. There has been a total of eleven events promoted focusing on the ''Día de Muertos'' celebration, with the first taking place in 2014. The October 31, 2014 ''Día de Muertos'' show was the first of CMLL's ''Dia de los Muertos'' celebrations and began a tradition of CMLL holding a major show to celebrate the Latin American holiday. As part of their ''Dia de los Muerte'' celebrations CMLL admitted all children in costumes for free for the show. CMLL held a second ''Dia de los Muerte'' celebration on Sunday November 2 as well. Both shows included the ''Edcanes'', CMLL's ring girls and various wrestlers dressed up in traditional ''Día de Muertos'' garb. In 2014, CMLL also turned the basement of Arena México into a haunted house attraction before each show.

Dates, venues, and main events

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