Infierno en el Ring (2012)
Infierno en el Ring (2012) (Spanish for "Inferno in the Ring") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on June 29, 2012 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2012 Infierno en el Ring replaced CMLL's regularly scheduled Friday night Super Viernes show. The 2012 Infierno en el Ring was the fourth show under that name, the 14th time CMLL have promoted an Infierno en el Ring cage match and the first time it featured women competing in the main event.[2] The main event of the show was the eponymous Infierno en el Ring match that CMLL traditionally has traditionally held approximately once a year and which has headlined its own specific show since 2008. The Infierno en el Ring match is a multi-person Steel Cage match contested under Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, rules which means that the loser of the match would be forced to unmask or have their hair shaved off per Lucha Libre traditions. At the 2012 event 10 women participated, risking either their mask, (La Seductora and Goya Kong) or their hair (La Amapola, Estrellita, Dark Angel, Lady Apache, Tiffany, Marcela, Dalys la Caribeña and Princesa Blanca).[3]
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) | ||
| Date | June 29, 2012[1] | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Arena México[1] | ||
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The show featured an additional five matches, three Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team matches, a Tag Team match and a Lightning match, a one fall match with a 10-minute time limit.
Production
Background
The Mexican wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) has held a number of major shows over the years using the moniker Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring"), all of which were main evented by a multi-man steel cage match, the eponymous Infierno en el Ring match. CMLL has use the Infierno en el Ring match on other shows, but will intermittently hold a show billed specifically as Infierno en el Ring, with the first such show held in 2008. It is not an annually recurring show, but instead held intermittently sometimes several years apart and not always in the same month of the year either. All Infierno en el Ring shows have been held in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico which is CMLL's main venue, its "home".[4] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, which means the Infierno en el Ring shows replace their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[4] The 2012 Infierno en el Ring show was the fourth show to use the name.
Storylines
The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
| No. | Results[1][5] | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metálico and Starman defeated Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero and Raziel) by Disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | — |
| 2 | Rey Cometa, El Sagrado and Stuka Jr. defeated Misterioso Jr., Puma King and Virus | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man lucha libre rules tag team match | — |
| 3 | Valiente defeated Ephesto | Lightning match (One fall, 10 minute time limit) | 05:59 |
| 4 | Diamante Azul, Máximo and Rush defeated Volador Jr., Rey Bucanero and Mr. Águila | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man lucha libre rules tag team match | — |
| 5 | Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Dragon Rojo Jr. and Euforia) defeated La Sombra, Atlantis and Titán | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man lucha libre rules tag team match | — |
| 6 | Princesa Blanca defeated Goya Kong Also in the match: La Amapola, Estrellita, Dark Angel, Lady Apache, Tiffany, Marcela, La Seductora and Dalys la Caribeña | 10-woman Infierno en el Ring, Lucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Hair Steel cage match[6] | — |
References
- Martin, Adam (July 7, 2012). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly" (in Spanish). WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- Redacción Mediotiempo (June 28, 2012). "Sin tregua las Amazonas del ring en el Infierno". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- Redacción Mediotiempo (June 21, 2012). "Infierno en el Ring para las Amazonas del CMLL". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- Rodriquez, Alejandro (June 30, 2012). "Euforia da la victoria a Los Guerreros". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- Rodriquez, Alejandro (June 30, 2012). "Princesa Blanca destapa a Goya Kong". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- "CMLL (Resultados 29/Jun/12): ¡Princesa Blanca gana la máscara de Goya Kong en el Infierno en el Ring 2012!" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. June 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.