 The event took place on April 15, 1994 and celebrated the 38th anniversary of the first show held in Arena México in April 1956, the arena that would become the main venue for CMLL and eventually be known as "La Catedral de lucha libre" ("The Cathedral of professional wrestling") and one of the most emblematic professional wrestling venues in the world.The International Gran Prix would become a regularly occurring tournament for CMLL in the years to follow.Most of the matches on the show were dedicated to the first ever "International Gran Prix", a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament consisting of Mexican natives and a number of foreign wrestlers, some of which worked for CMLL on a regular basis (such as King Haku and Corazon de León) and others who were invited specially for the tournament (such as Yamato).