| En Busca de un Ídolo 2012 | |||
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.jpg) Titán, winner of the tournament | |||
| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | April 27, 2012 to May 25, 2012 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
| Tagline | "In search of an idol 2012" | ||
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The 2012En Busca de un Ídolo (Spanish for "In search of an idol") was aprofessional wrestling tournament held by Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and was the first tournament in what would become an annual tournament in CMLL. The purpose of the first tournament was to identify which of the 8 "Rookies" in the tournament would move up the ranks of the promotion. The tournament consisted of two rounds, first around-robin tournament group round, with the top four point earners competing in an elimination tournament. Wrestlers could earn points in three ways, match results, judges points and points from an online poll available on the 'En Busca de un Ídolo website. The tournament ran from April 27 until May 25, 2012 and sawTitán win the tournament, partially due to a high number of fan votes.
The tournament featured eightprofessional wrestlers orluchadors, four of whom weretecnicos (the Lucha Libre term for someone who portrays a "good guy" character) and four who wererudos ("Bad Guys"). Being a professional wrestling tournament, the matches were not won legitimately through athletic competition; it is instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.[1]Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held a press conference in early April, 2012 to announce the creation of theEn Busca de un Ídolo, a tournament designed to focus on younger wrestlers, or in some cases masked wrestlers who had only worked under thatring persona for a relative short time. This was the third "Young wrestler" focused tournament CMLL had held within a year, with previous tournamentsForjando un Ídolo ("Forging an Idol") andTorneo Sangre Nueva ("New Blood") tournaments having a similar focus. The teams were divided by theirrudo/tecnico status and therudos only faced thetecnicos and vice versa. Thetechnico team consisted ofDiamante,Dragon Lee,Titán andTritón, the team was coached byAtlantis and assisted by CMLL trainerFranco Colombo.[2][3][4][5][6] TheRudo team consisted ofEuforia,Niebla Roja,Pólvora andPuma King, the team was trained byÚltimo Guerrero, assisted by CMLL trainerTony Salazar.[6][7][8][9][10] The top two point earners on each team would move on to the elimination part of the tournament. Initially the tournament matches were not shown on TV, they could only be seen on radiocmll.com and on CMLL's officialYouTube channel. The matches were all taped and shown as part of a special "tournament/reality show" onFox Sports International, starting September 29, 2012.[11]
Wrestlers could earn points in one of three ways
The winner of the tournament would be given the opportunity to main event the firstCMLL Super Viernes show after the tournament ended to showcase their skills, they would also get the opportunity to work on the 2013Fantastica Mania show, an event co-promoted by CMLL andNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that takes place in Japan once a year, they would also receive a one-year membership to a Fitness club. Finally the winner would receive a title match for theCMLL World Middleweight Championship against championDragón Rojo Jr. at a later date. The top four finalists would get an all-expense-paid trip toCancun.[14]
| # | Wrestler: | Won | Loss | Draw | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titán | 1 | 2 | 1 | 293 |
| 2 | Diamante | 3 | 1 | 0 | 238 |
| 3 | Eurforia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 236 |
| 4 | Dragon Lee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 229 |
| 5 | Niebla Roja | 1 | 2 | 1 | 226 |
| 6 | Puma King | 1 | 3 | 0 | 206 |
| 7 | Triton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 196 |
| 8 | Polvora | 2 | 2 | 0 | 165 |
The top four wrestlers moved on to the second round of the tournament, a round robin tournament where each competitor would wrestle in three matches, with the same point system in place as the first round. The matches took place exclusively on the Friday nightSuper Viernes shows and as the first round they could only be seen on radiocmll.com and on CMLL's officialYouTube channel. CMLL held a specialTrios team match where the coaches would team up with the four second round competitors on theMay 25, 2012 Super Viernes show. Atlantis teamed up with Diamante and Dragon Lee to defeat Último Guerrero, Euforia and Titán. After the match Guerrero and Euforia attacked Titán, giving everyone a preview of their match in the second round.[15][16]
The final matches of the second round took place onJune 15, 2012. The first match saw Dragon Lee actually cost himself the match by disqualification when he did not release a submission hold when told to do so. Losing the match cost him 20 points.[17] The other match was more notable for the change to the mask and trunk design change of Diamante than anything else. Diamante debut a new silver and black mask and trunks very reminiscent of Lucha libre legendsEl Santo andEl Hijo del Santo.[17]
| # | Wrestler: | Won | Loss | Draw | Match Points | Judges | Public Poll | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titán | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 points | 106 points | 120 points | 266 points |
| 2 | Euforia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 points | 88 points | 79 points | 207 points |
| 3 | Dragon Lee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 points | 97 points | 39 points | 156 points |
| 4 | Diamante | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 points | 87 points | 20 points | 127 points |
The final of theEn Busca de un Ídolo tournament came down to Titán and Euforia facing off in a one fall match with no time limit on theJune 2, 2012 Super Viernes Show. Titán had coach Atlantis and trainer Franco Colombo in his corner while Eurforia had coach (andLos Guerreros del Infierno teammate) Último Guerrero and trainer Tony Salazar in his corner. Euforia started the match before Titán, trying to cheat his way to an easy victory. The two competitors worked a very high impact match, with Titán'smask being torn open in one place and the top of Euforia's mask being torn off completely. Titán pinned Euforia to win both the mask and the tournament. After the match All four finalist were awarded with trophies and flowers.[19]
CMLL held aTorneo cibernetico (Multi-man elimination match) on theJuly 6, 2012 Super Viernes Show that involved theEn Busca de un Ídolo coaches Atlantis and Último Guerrero and seven of the eight participants, withRey Cometa replacing Dragon Lee in the match. Último Guerrero was the last man standing in the match, lastly eliminating Titán with the help of Euforia.[20][21]
One of the prizes that Titán won was a match for the CMLL World Middleweight Championship against champion Dragón Rojo Jr. Titán cashed in his prize on theJuly 21 Super Viernes Show, but was unsuccessful in the match.[22][23] Titán would later defeatEn Busca de un Ídolo rival Pólvora to win theMexican National Welterweight Championship[24] Titán also wrestled on all three of theFanstatica Mania shows, winning one of his three matches.[25][26][27]
Third place contestant Dragon Lee was announced as taking the ring character Místico ("The Mystic"), the successor of the originalMístico who left CMLL to work inWorld Wrestling Entertainment as Sin Cara in 2011. Dragon Lee was referred to asMístico, La Nueva Era ("The new era").[28][29]
