CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
The CMLL 81st Anniversary Show (Spanish: 81. Aniversario de CMLL) was a major professional wrestling event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 19, 2014, in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 81st anniversary of the creation of CMLL, which is the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL's anniversary show is their biggest, most important show of the year, comparable to the Super Bowl for the National Football League or WrestleMania for World Wrestling Entertainment. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | September 19, 2014 Air date: September 19, 2014 (Terra.com) October 19, 2014 (SamuraiTV) | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
| Attendance | Over 17,000 | ||
| Tagline(s) | "La lucha del siglo" ("The match of the century") Sin Salida ("No Escape") | ||
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The main event of the show was a best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" between perennial rivals Atlantis and Último Guerrero, with both wrestlers putting their mask on the line. The show featured five more matches. The show made CMLL only the second promotion in the Americas, after WWE, to draw a $1 million gate.