CMLL Día de Muertos (2016)
The CMLL Día de Muertos (2016) (Spanish for "Day of the Dead") is a professional wrestling supercard event, scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The show took place on October 28, 2016 in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, in Mexico City, Mexico and celebrated the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. Many of the wrestlers working the show wore the traditional Día de Muertos face and body paint for the Día de Muerto event. From the fourth match on the losing wrestlers were 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.
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Official poster for CMLL's Day of the Dead celebration | |||
Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
Date | October 28, 2016 | ||
City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Venue | Arena México | ||
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The main event was the finals of the 2016 Universal Championship tournament and saw Valiente defeat Volador Jr. to win the annual tournament. The show featured five additional matches.