The Crash Lucha Libre began operating on 2011, focusing mainly on promotion professional wrestling event in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their first show was held on November 4, 2011 with a main event of El Hijo del Santo and Latin Lover defeating El Hijo del Solitario and Marco Corleone.[2] The Crash held shows on a limited schedule over the next couple of years; 4 in 2012,[3] 4 in 2013,[4] 2 in 2014,[5] and 5 in 2015.[6]
The group held The Crash V Aniversario show on November 26, 2016, the first time they billed one of their shows as a direct celebration of their anniversary.[7] They continued the tradition in 2017 with The Crash VI Aniversario show.[8]
Event
The Crash VII Aniversario Show featured eight professional wrestling matches scripted by The Crash with some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform in the ring.[9]
Aftermath
After the match Garza Jr. took time off to deal with a shoulder injury, returning to The Crash in early 2019. He would wrestle a total of four matches in 2019 before he moved to the United States to start working for WWE's NXT promotion under the name Angel Garza.[10][11]
Willie Mack's reign as The Crash Tag Team Championship lasted a total of 119 days, until November 3, 2018 where he lost the championship to Austin Theory in one of the featured matches at one of The Crash shows, in a match that also included Bárbaro Cavernario and Sansón.[12] The championship reign of Los Lucha Bros lasted until May 24, 2019 when were defeated by La Rebelión Amarilla.[13][14]
Blanchard's The Crash Women's Championship reign that began at the VII Aniversarios show ended on February 9, 2019 when The Crash announced that the championship had been vacated due to Blanchard not being available for championship matches.[15] Xperia's The Crash Junior Championship reign lasted for a total for a total of 202 days until he lost it to Tiago on May 24, 2019.[16]
↑Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
↑Romero, Marcos (March 3, 2019). "The Crash tiene nuevo campeón" [The Crash has a new champion]. El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved May 6, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)