CMLL Super Viernes (August 2014)

August started out with the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) holding a special major event called Juicio Final on Friday August 1 instead of their traditional Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show, but for the remaining four Fridays they held their traiditonal Super Viernes show, CMLL's main weekly show. The shows focused both on continuing storylines from Juicio Final as well as storylines building interest for their next show, the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show. At the Juicio Final show long time rivals Atlantis and Último Guerrero finally agreed to a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, for their wrestling masks, which they promoted as La Lucha del siglo ("The match of the century"). The shows also furthered issues between the trio known as Los Ingobernables ("The Unruly"; La Máscara, La Sombra and Rush) and their continuing rivalry with Negro Casas and his team known as La Peste Negra (El Felino and Mr. Niebla) as well as Shocker building towards a match at the 81st Anniversary Show. The August 8 Super Viernes featured the only championship match of the month as Dragón Rojo, Jr. successfully defended the CMLL World Middleweight Championship against rival Rey Escorpión, continuing the feud between the two that started when Dragón Rojo, Jr. left a group known as Los Revolucionarios del Terror, a group led by Rey Escorpión. August also saw the annual Universal Championship return as CMLL held the two first rounds on the 15th and 22nd. Former Universal Champions La Sombra and Último Guerrero both qualified for the finals and in the end Guerrero won, making him the first ever two time Universal Champion, The August 22, 2014 Super Viernes marked the first Super Viernes show where El Sagrado worked as a heel (referred to as a "Rudo" in Mexico (a "bad guy" character) when he teamed up with Misterioso, Jr. and El Terrible, losing to the team of Blue Panther, Rey Cometa and Sagrado's rival Fuego.
The Super Viernes events featured a number of professional wrestling matches, in which some wrestlers were involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines and others were teamed up with no backstory reason as such. Wrestlers themselves portrayed either "Rudos" or fan favorites ("Tecnicos" in Mexico) as they competed in matches with pre-determined outcomes. In total Super Viernes featured 38 matches. 74 wrestlers appeared in matches during August, including 8 women and 8 Mini-Estrellas wrestlers. CMLL held two matches featuring the women's division, two featuring the Mini-Estrellas and no Lightning matches. Dragón Rojo, Jr., La Sombra, Máscara Dorada, Negro Casas, Rey Escorpión and Último Guerrero appeared on all four Super Viernes shows in August.
==Event dates and venues==
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue
CMLL Super Viernes (August 8, 2014) 	August 8, 2014 	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena México
CMLL Super Viernes (August 15, 2014)	August 15, 2014	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena México
CMLL Super Viernes (August 22, 2014)	August 22, 2014	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena México
CMLL Super Viernes (August 29, 2014)	August 29, 2014	Mexico City, Mexico	Arena México
Category:2014 events
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre shows