History Wrestling / CMLL

* CharacterAlignment: While EMLL obviously did not invent the concept of baby {{face}}s and {{heel}}s, they decided to be [[InvokedTrope more open about the dynamic]], treating tecnicos and rudos as representatives of two different philosophies in regards to lucha libre. Tecnicos compete to be the best technical performers, and rudos subscribe to all's fair so long as you're not caught. While fan response can still change one's alignment in a heart beat, they're not afraid of acknowledging that a rudo gets cheered, so long as the tecnico's cheers are still louder. And sometimes not even then, as Rush was officially billed as the most hated man in CMLL despite also officially being billed as tecnico. It's also rare to see a promotion openly acknowledge the broader alignments on the shows themselves unless it is aimed at a Spanish speaking market, as many in them followed EMLL's lead.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Universal Studios managed to get the gimmick clause suspended for a November 6th 2008 BShow, where it convinced Rey Bucanero and Damián el Terrible to dress as Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and The Abomination in a street fight, [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk in mimicry of the movie.]]

* BaldWoman: A semi frequent [[HumiliatingWager wager]], starting in 1987 between Medusa and Irma Águilar. Diana La Cazadora probably got the most mileage out of it when it came to crowd sympathy, though La Amapola's head has been shaved more times.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consejo_Mundial_de_Lucha_Libre The Other Wiki]].

It was started in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity in 1933 by Salvador Lutteroth, who ran the first show under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre[[note]]Mexican Wrestling Enterprise[[/note]]. Lutteroth, a tax inspector for the Mexican government, had seen an early American professional wrestling event in [[UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas El Paso]] while stationed in Ciudad Juárez, and immediately realized the potential this entertainment would have in Mexico. EMLL later helped establish the legitimacy of then fledgling Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and has still interacted with it over the years, even after leaving the Alliance and crowning its own world champions. CMLL has also retained working relations with other former members such as Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]].

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)[[note]]Spanish for "World Wrestling Council," not to be confused with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico[[/note]] is a UsefulNotes/{{Mexic|o}}an ProfessionalWrestling, or, ''lucha libre'', promotion and the oldest active wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL is also one of the premier promotions of the Americas, being only the second since the sport entered the region to draw a million dollars at the gate. It was started in 1933 by Salvador Lutteroth, who ran the first show under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre[[note]]Mexican Wrestling Enterprise[[/note]]. EMLL later helped establish the legitimacy of then fledgling Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and has still interacted with it over the years, even after leaving the Alliance and crowning its own world champions. CMLL has also retained working relations with other former members such as Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]].

** Gigante Singh, migrating from New Japan and Californian All Pro Wrestling. Incidentally, he moves a little better here than he would later as The Great Khali.

** El Canek, UWA's legendary powerhouse known for his kneeling Argentine Back breaker, who could still life up men over twice his size while in his late forties. CMLL got more time with him after Lucha Libre Internacional(whom UWA acted as the sanctioning committee for) went under.

* GorgeousGaijin
** Vampiro, who you'd think was some kind of Canadian rock star than a man with an "undead" gimmick.
** La 5000% Guapa Raven Hiroka and Mima Shimoda
** El Panameño Veneno teased people about his looks before his unmasking and then everyone got a look...then got to see him shaved bald.
** Alex Koslov, Marco Corleone and Shocker, the trio better known as Los Guapos Internacional. Joined by Rey Bucanero to become High Society.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)[[note]]Spanish for "World Wrestling Council," not to be confused with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico[[/note]] is a UsefulNotes/{{Mexic|o}}an ProfessionalWrestling, or, ''lucha libre'', promotion and the oldest active wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL is also one of the premier promotions of the Americas, being only the second since the sport entered the region to draw a million dollars at the gate. It was started in 1933 by Salvador Lutteroth, who ran the first show under the name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre[[note]]Mexican Wrestling Enterprise[[/note]]. EMLL later helped establish the legitimacy of then fledgling Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and has still interacted with it over the years, even after leaving the Alliance and crowning its own world champions. CMLL has also retained working relations with other former members such as Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: Fans turned on both Wrestling/LaSombra and Volador Jr at the 80th anniversary due to them not being the wrestlers they wanted to see in an apuestes but since Volador Jr was already a rudo it had little effect and he used the inherent sympathy that comes with losing a mask to become a tecnico while Sombra turned ruthless due to the booing, becoming a rudo(albeit, [[{{Tweener}} a rudo who didn't like other rudos]])

* ForeignFanservice
** Vampiro, who you'd think was some kind of Canadian rock star than a man with an "undead" gimmick.
** La 5000% Guapa Raven Hiroka and Mima Shimoda
** El Panameño Veneno teased people about his looks before his unmasking and then everyone got a look...then got to see him shaved bald.
** Alex Koslov, Marco Corleone and Shocker, the trio better known as Los Guapos Internacional. Joined by Rey Bucanero to become High Society.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Steele's gimmick, with a mask that even looked like a shiny face guard

* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: Fans turned on both La Sombra and Volador Jr at the 80th anniversary due to them not being the wrestlers they wanted to see in an apuestes but since Volador Jr was already a rudo it had little effect and he used the inherent sympathy that comes with losing a mask to become a tecnico while Sombra turned ruthless due to the booing, becoming a rudo(albeit, [[{{Tweener}} a rudo who didn't like other rudos]])

* NinetiesAntiHero: Even as a técnico, Rush displays many rudo tendencies. Given that he debuted for CMLL in ''2009'', crowds tend to have little tolerance for this. There was an attempt to brand him and La Sombra as rudos after they, with La Máscara, ganged up on and beat down Volador Jr but they insisted they be called "técnicos diferentes".

** El Canek, UWA's legendary powerhouse known for his kneeling Argentine Back breaker. CMLL got more time with him after Lucha Libre Internacional(whom UWA acted as the sanctioning committee for) went under.

* EvilIsCool: The intended reaction of Rudos del Ritmo. They can dance, and everyone thinks dancing is cool, right?

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Cyber Vikingo

* KnightInShinningArmor: Steele's gimmick, with a mask that even looked like a shiny face guard

* FinalBattle: While those attending live usually get to see a few more events, to foreign viewers ''Sin Piedad'' marked the end of the year for everyone else, excepting when Sin Silada was pushed back to December in 2009 and tradition seemingly ending in until 2016, when CMLL opened the year with ''Sin Piedad''.

* EnemyMine: El Texano Jr, El Terrible and Averno using the first Los Independientes attack on CMLL to blindside Brazo de Plata, Jon Strongman and Mistico as they ran out to try and stop the independent circuit trespassers.

* StrangeBedfellows: Torneo Increibles de Parejas, Arena Puebla and Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles require a technico and a rudo to team up. Sometimes they may not have any particular relationship prior but more often, they do.

** La Ola Azul and La Ola Blanca have La Ola Amarilla

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ephesto is sometimes misprinted as Hefesto, as in the Greek god. And, as always, Princesa Sujei has many different variations-Sujei in particular being another mythological reference to [[StellarName a queen of stars]].

* EnemyMine: El Texano Jr, El Terrible and Averno using the first Los Independientes attack on CMLL to blindside Brazo de Plata, Jon Strongman, Mistico as they ran out to try and stop the independent circuit trespassers.

* EvilMakeover: Dalys la Caribeña started painting [[ThisMeansWarPaint jaws and teeth on her face]] [[FaceHeelTurn after becoming a ruda.]]

* GratuitousNazis: El Nazi, his later successor, La Nazi. Also, Sombra Nazi and Furia Nazi, who later went by Furia Roja but still had a swastika on his mask. {{Subverted|trope}} by Lizmark, Stuka and their successors, who are named after war machines used by Nazi Germany but have rejected what the Nazis stand for.

* IHaveTheHighGround: ''Reyes del Aire'', a tournament for high flyers and ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'', for shorter high flyers, see this play out a lot.

* {{Medusa}}: They've had at least two wrestlers with this gimmick over the years, at least one of whom was unmasked and shaved.

* PetTheDog: Okumura helps Japanese talent establish themselves in CMLL by acting as a translator, even those that openly embrace Mexicans.

** Due to the legacy of El Santo, as well as Gory Guerrero, Blue Demon, Huracán Ramírez and Arkangel de la Muerte and many other standouts(not all of whom wrestled for CMLL), the Welterweight Championship belts are more prestigious than heavy weight variants.

* PlayingWithFire: Hechicero literally does, using his wizardry to [[TechnicolorFirechange the color]] of fire in a bowl, during his entrances.

* RandomPowerRanking: cmllgaceta.net assign stats to the luchadors it covers in five categories: Strength, agility, speed, experience and technical wrestling ability, the latter being independent of tecnico/rudo status, which is also marked.

* {{Cameo}}: After their very public departure from CMLL in 2008, Dr. Wagner Jr. would cameo in 2013 promising revenge against Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis while LA Park would cameo in 2014 as a vehicle for CMLL to promote the independent promotion 'Liga Elite'. Neither would return to the active roster until 2015.

* CharacterAlignment: While EMLL obviously did not invent the concept of baby {{face}}s and {{heel}}s, they decided to be [[InvokedTrope more open about the dynamic]], treating tecnicos and rudos as representatives of two different philosophies in regards to lucha libre. Tecnicos compete to be the best technical performers, and rudos subscribe to all's fair so long as you're not caught. While fan response can still change one's alignment in a heart beat, they're not afraid of acknowledging that a rudo gets cheered, so long as the tecnico's cheers are still louder. And sometimes not even then, as Rush was officially billed as the most hated man in CMLL despite also officially being billed as tecnico. It's also rare to see a promotion openly acknowledge the broader alignments on the shows themselves unless it is aimed at a Spanish speaking market.

** El Canek, UWA's legendary powerhouse known for kneeling Argentine Back breaker. CMLL got more time with him after Lucha Libre Internacional(whom UWA acted as the sanctioning committee for) went under.

** Several with New Japan Pro Wrestling, they will even do commentary for each other's shows and host each other's title defenses. In particular, Wrestling/{{Mistico}} hit it off big in Japan while CMLL helped Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger establish himself in Mexico, after he had been previously pulled out the country by New Japan. At the very least, the two companies will work together once a year since the establishment of ''Fantasticamania''.

** The World Welterweight Title has seen extensive time in Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling when Super Delfin was champion.

* SiblingTeam: Cien Caras, Máscara Año Dos Mil and Universo Dos Mil: Los Hermanos Dinamita. National Trios Champions for three years they were.

* SmugSnake: When CMLL made its deal with Wrestling/RingOfHonor official, the first wrestler they showcased was Matt Taven, even though he hadn't been in an ROH ring in eight months, possibly having something to do with him claiming to be the most decorated athlete in the company [[labelnote:yes]] more than Wrestling/AustinAries, Eddie Edwards, Wrestling/RoderickStrong, Wrestling/JayLethal or The Briscoes[[/labelnote]] and his promises to bring the soon to be created ROH six man tag belts with his yet to be seen New Kingdom. Taven's Kingdom would win the belts but instead of bringing them Taven stayed on the other side of the border after failing to beat NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion Ultimo Guerrero and began using The Guerrero Special on ROH television, daring Guerrero to come to the US and do something about it. Guerrero ''and'' El Terrible would at ''Best In The World''

* BattleStrip: Tecnico! La Máscara tend to compete in a shirt, wrist tape and arm bands, stripping off more and more the longer his matches last.