| CMLL 63rd Anniversary show | |||
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | September 20, 1996[1] September 27, 1996[2] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | ||
| Attendance | 10,500 (September 20) | ||
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The CMLL 63rd Anniversary Show (Spanish: 63. Aniversario de CMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1996. Different sources identify different shows in September as the actual Anniversary Show, either on September 20 or September 27, or possibly both as CMLL has held multiple shows to commemorate their anniversary in the past. Both shows took place in Arena Méxicoin Mexico City, Mexico. One or both events commemorated the 63rd anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is CMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual professional wrestling show, starting in 1934.
The September 20th show consisted of five matches, with the main event seeing Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defend the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against challenger Gran Markus Jr. On the undercard El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas faced off in a singles match, working a storyline that a year later, at the CMLL 64th Anniversary Show saw them wrestle in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. mask match. Also on the show Lola Gonzales defended the TWF Women's Championship against Lioness Asuka as well as three further matches.[1] The September 27th show consisted of at least four matches, with the main event being a Best two-out-of-three fallsLucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match between rivals Emilio Charles Jr. and Silver King.