The CMLL Día de Muertos(2017) (Spanish for "Day of the Dead") is

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supercard event scripted and produced by the Mexican ''

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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). The show took place on November 3, 2017 at CMLL's main venue,

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, in

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and celebrated the Mexican

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holiday that ends on November 2 each year. For the event several wrestlers wore traditional Día de Muertos face and body paint. From the fourth match on the losing wrestlers would be dragged to ''El Inframundo'' ("The Underworld"), a side entrance in the arena. by a group of wrestlers dressed up as minions of the ruler of the underworld. The main event was a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match where

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( Euforia,

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and

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) defeated Carístico, Rush and

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by disqualification. The semi-main event was an eight-man elimination match for the Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld") Championship, a championship created specifically for the show. The match was won by Sansón, lastly eliminating his long-time rival Soberano Jr. Also on the show, reigning CMLL World Women's Champion

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successfully defended her championship against four-time champion

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. The show included three additional matches.

Production

Background

The October 31, 2014 ''

Día de Muertos The Day of the Dead () is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pa ...

'' show was the first of Mexican

promotion

's ''Dia de los Muertos'' ("

") celebrations in 2014 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 kids 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

into a haunted house attraction before each show. CMLL has held one or more shows to celebrate the holiday annually since 2014, with 2018 marking the fourth year in a row.

Storylines

The Dia de Muertos show featured six

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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

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(''técnicos'' in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.

Results

Rey del Inframundo order of elimination

References