CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2013) explained

CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2013)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Date:March 1, 2013
March 8, 2013
March 15, 2013
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:Reyes del Aire
Nextevent:Torneo Sangre Nueva
Event:CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles tournaments
Lastevent2:2012
Nextevent2:2014

The CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles 2013 or "National Incredible Pairs Tournament 2013" was the fourth of a series of Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) tournaments for Tag Teams traditionally held early in the year. The tournament was based on the Lucha Libre Parejas Increíbles match type where two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, portraying either villains, referred to as "Rudos" in Lucha Libre wrestling terminology or fan favorites, or "tecnicos".[1] At times some of the team members were part of a pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines with each other.[1] The tournament was won by the team of La Sombra and Volador Jr.

Tournament

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) will hold their fourth annual Torneo Nacional De Parejas Increíbles tournament between March 1 and March 15, 2013, starting with two opening round groups where the winner of each group will advance to the finals. The finals will take place at the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas and be the only tournament match contested under best two-out-of-three falls rules. The tournament will feature teams of wrestlers who do not usually team up, in fact most of the teams are on opposite sides of the Tecnico/Rudo (Fan favorite/villain) divide and were oftentimes direct rivals. As in 2012, the 2013 tournament abandoned the "Regional" approach and combined teams more based on storylines than what region they would represent. Of the 32 participants it was the first Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbless tournament for Niebla Roja and Tiger.

Tournament Participants

Key
SymbolMeaning
This wrestler is a Tecnico
This wrestler is a Rudo
Block A (March 1, 2013)
Block B (March 8, 2013)

Team rivalries

The concept of the Parejas Increíbles tournament oftentimes sees two wrestlers who either have history together or are currently working a storyline feud against each other, which in the 2013 tournament is the case in several instances.

Block ASome of the teams were simply put together from opposite sides of the tecnico/rudo divide and not because of some past or current storyline. In Block A the team of Marco Corleone was originally scheduled to team up with Olímpico, who did not have any direct storyline between the two, Corleone's team El Bufete del Amor ("The Law of Love") (Corleone, Rush and Maximo) were at the time involved in a series of matches against the Los Invasores group for the CMLL World Trios Championship, but not so much Olímpico as it was against Volador Jr., Mr. Águila and Kraneo.[2] The team was later changed so that Corleone was forced to team up with his rival Kraneo, playing off the running storyline between El Bufete and Los Invasores. The team of Hijo del Fantasma and El Felino as well as the team of Máscara Dorada and Mephisto did not have a particular storyline reason to be teamed up. La Máscara was paired up with Averno, someone he had a long running storyline against, a storyline that included La Máscara unmasked Averno at the 2011 Juicio Final event.[3] Guerrero Maya Jr. and Negro Casas met in a series of trios matches in late 2012 leading up to Guerrero Mayo Jr. wrestling, and losing to, Negro Casas in a match for Casas' NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, but not much interaction since then. In the weeks and months leading up to the tournament Máximo and Mr. Águila often found themselves on opposite sides in Trios matches, Máximo with the rest of El Bufete del Amor and Mr. Águila with the rest of Los Invasores. The two teams have met on a few occasions with El Bufete's CMLL World Trios Championship on the line, while Los Invasores Mexican National Trios Championship being passed over compared to the more prestigious CMLL title.[2] The team of Shocker Mr. Niebla were no strangers to each other, having actually worked together as a regular tag team in the late 1990s. In 1998 the two defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Emilio Charles Jr. to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship and would subsequently defend the tag team championship against teams such as Blue Panther and Black Warrior, Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. and the Hermanas Dinamita (Cien Caras and Universo 2000). In October 1998 Mr. Niebla suffered an injury during a match, an injury that was so severe that Mr. Niebla was forced to vacate the Tag Team title.[4] Upon his return Mr. Niebla continued to team with Shocker but the team were not able to win the Tag Team title back. On September 24, 1999, at the CMLL 66th Anniversary Show, the team of Nr. Niebla and Shocker faced Atlantis and Villano III in a Relevos suicida match, a match where the losing team would fight each other for their mask. In the main event match of CMLL's 66th Anniversary show, Atlantis and Villano III defeated the much less experienced team, afterwards Mr. Niebla defeated Shocker to unmask him.[5] In the years since Shocker's unmasking the two have wrestled each other on numerous occasions, both in CMLL and other promotions. In the period leading up to the Parejas Increíbles tournament it was speculated that the two may finally wrestle each other in another match where Shocker's hair and Mr. Niebla's mask is on the line, but such a match had not been made official before the tournament was announced.

La Sombra and Volador Jr. originally worked together as a very successful tag team, including holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from January 16, 2009, until July 16, 2010. Up until the end of their run as champions there was no problems between the two, but during the spring of 2010 Volador Jr. began exhibiting more rudo tendencies. During the 2010 "Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles" tournament longtime tecnico Místico clashed with Volador Jr., turning rudo.[6] Over the following months the rivalry between Volador Jr. and Místico also drew in La Sombra as well as El Felino, leading to the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where Místico and El Felino would team up to face Volador Jr. and La Sombra in a match contested under Relevos Suicida rules, with the first two wrestlers eliminated by pinfall, submission, disqualification or count out would have to face each other in a Lucha de Apuesta match with their mask on the line.[7] The match came down to La Sombra and El Felino, with La Sombra taking the victory.[8] In subsequent weeks Místico returned to the tecnico side, while Volador Jr. became a rudo, a turn that was cemented during a match on July 16, 2010, where Volador Jr. turned on La Sombra and cost them the match and the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to the team of Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza on July 23, 2010.[9] Later on Volador Jr. attacked La Sombra and tore his mask off and beat him up. The feud between the two led both wrestlers to be booked in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show, a 14-man steel cage Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[10] Volador Jr. was the 10th man to leave the steel cage, keeping his mask safe. The match came down to La Sombra pinning Olímpico to unmask him.[11] Their rivalry extended into 2013 when La Sombra successfully defended the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship during the second day of the Fantastica Mania 2013 series of events in Japan.[12] The two had faced off again only weeks before their Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles participation when La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. to become the 2013 CMLL Reyes del Aire#CMLL Reyes del Aire 2013 Reyes del Aire.

Block BLike Block A, Block B saw several teams with a storied past, none more so than the team of Rush and El Terrible. Their past rivalry had started when El Terrible defeated Rush in the finals of a tournament to determine a holder of the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship on January 1, 2012.[13] The two were also paired up for the 2012 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles, and in the weeks leading up to the tournament Rush stated that he was willing to set aside his differences with El Terrible as he wanted to win the Parejas Increibles tournament, despite the two having developed a heated rivalry over the last number of months.[14] After getting along and qualifying for the final match Rush and El Terrible's miscommunication and dissension allowed their opponents to win the match and the tournament. Following the match Rush took a microphone and berated both El Terrible and the fans for their actions that night and then followed it up by challenging El Terrible to a Luchas de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match at a later date. El Terrible did not accept the challenge at that point in time.[15] The two faced off in the main event of the CMLL 79th Anniversary Show in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match that was won by Rush.[16] The storyline continued to develop in the months following the anniversary event and included El Terrible successfully defending the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Rush on January 22, 2013.[17] [18]

The team of Atlantis and Último Guerrero is the team with one of the longest back stories, going back all the way to 2005. At the time Atlantis was a tecnico, but came to the aid of rudo Último Guerrero during a match to signal his move to the rudo side, joining Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Warriors from Hell"), actually causing them to change the name of the group to Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (the Warriors of Atlantis).[19] Over the following years Guerrero and Atlantis acted as co-captains of the group, functioning as unit without any signs of problems.

On February 25, 2011, Atlantis and Máscara Dorada defeated Blue Panther and Dragón Rojo Jr. in the finals to win the 2010 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles for the second year in a row.[20] In June, Atlantis replaced an injured Shocker and teamed with the tecnico team of Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. in the Forjando un Ídolo tournament, which they eventually went on to win.[21] After weeks of tension between Atlantis and Último Guerrero, CMLL held a press conference on August 11, where Atlantis officially turned technico and left Los Guerreros de la Atlantida.[22] Since the turn Atlantis and Guerrero faced off on opposite sides of trios, tag and singles matches, often with inconclusive results or as a result of underhanded tactics from either side. In the week before their Torneo Parejas Increíbles participation the two faced off in the main event of that week's Super Viernes, a match that saw the storyline between the two once again become the focal point of the match, leading into their Parejas Incredibles match the following week.[23]

While both Dragón Rojo Jr. and Niebla Roja were both rudos and had once both been part of Los Guerreros del Infierno the team was still considered a Pareja Increíbles due to the rudo vs. rudo rivalry that had developed between Los Guerreros del Infierno and Los Revolucionarios del Terror ("The Revolutionaries of Terror"), a group that had split from Los Guerreros in 2012.[24] On April 8, 2011, Último Guerrero teamed up with Rey Escorpión, to win the 2011 CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa#Gran Alternativa 2011 and subsequently invited Escorpión to join his Los Guerreros del Infierno group.[25] In May, Guerrero became a member of the CMLL booking committee.[26] Through the summer of Rey Escorpión began to develop problems with the rest of Los Guerreros, particularly Último Guerrero and new Guerrero Euforia. The tension let to Escorpión being kicked out of the group, although the confrontations never turned to an actual fight. On August 31, 2012, during CMLL's weekly Super Viernes Show Rey Escorpión teamed with his former Los Guerreros teammates to win a Cuadrangular de Tercias tournament, actually winning the tournament despite not getting along.[27] Two weeks later the team were unsuccessful in their challenge for the CMLL World Trios Championship, which only furthered the issues between Escorpión and Los Guerreros.[28] The tension finally erupted into a physical encounter as Dragón Rojo Jr. turned on Los Guerreros, siding with Rey Escorpión as they beat up Euforia after a match on the October 5th Super Viernes show.[29] Afterwards Escorpión and Dragón Rojo Jr. announced that they were forming their own group, targeting Los Guerreros del Infierno.[30] A few days later it was announced that Pólvora was joining the two to form a trio called Los Revolucionarios del Terror.

While Valiente and Pólvora did not have a long running storyline the two had clashed several times in the weeks before the tournament, culminating in Pólvora successfully defending the CMLL World Welterweight Championship against Valiente on February 3, 2013.[31] Some of the teams were simply paired together, not because of any existing storyline, but because they were Increíbles by being on opposite sides of the tecnico/rudo divide. These teams included Ángel de Oro and Ephesto, Blue Panther and Rey Escorpión, Delta and Tiger and finally Diamante Azul and Euforia.

Tournament results

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Sigue reinando el Buffet del Amor en el CMLL . February 18, 2013 . March 3, 2013 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.
  3. Web site: La Máscara destapó a Averno . June 18, 2011 . February 22, 2013 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.
  4. Book: Royal Duncan and Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Mexico: EMLL CMLL Tag Team Title . 396 . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. News: Enciclopedia staff . Enciclopedia de las Mascaras . Mr. Niebla . . Tomo III . 39 . October 2007 . Spanish.
  6. Web site: MLL en la Arena México (Viernes 22 de enero 2010) – ¿Místico se vuelve rudo? . Velazquez, Israel . January 23, 2010 . January 28, 2010 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100125005322/http://superluchas.com/cmll-en-la-arena-mexico-viernes-22-de-enero-2010-mistico-se-vuelve-rudo/ . January 25, 2010 .
  7. Web site: Cartel CMLL: Homenaje a dos Leyendas 2010 – Caerá una máscara . Ocampo, Jorge . March 4, 2010 . March 5, 2010 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  8. Web site: CMLL- Arena México (Cobertura y Resultados 19 marzo 2010) – Felino y Místico vs. Volador Jr. y Sombra por las máscaras . March 19, 2010 . March 20, 2010 . Marquina, Alva . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  9. Web site: Resultados Arena México (16 julio 2010): ¡Garza y Águila, nuevos Campeones de Parejas! . Velazquez, Israel . July 17, 2010 . July 17, 2010 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100719004708/http://superluchas.com/resultados-arena-mexico-16-julio-2010-garza-y-aguila-nuevos-campeones-de-parejas/ . July 19, 2010 .
  10. Web site: Liger, Atlantis, Mr. Niebla y Ultimo Guerrero entran al Juicio final del CMLL . August 15, 2010 . August 16, 2010 . Ruiz Glez, Alex . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  11. Web site: Cobertura CMLL: El Juicio Final. LXXVII Aniversario de la Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre . Ocampo, Jorge . September 3, 2010 . September 4, 2010 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  12. Web site: NJPW-CMLL: Resultados "Fantasticamanía 2012″ Día 2 . Soy Rudo . January 22, 2012 . January 23, 2012 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  13. Web site: Imagen: El Terrible, nuevo Campeón Mundial Completo del CMLL . Mexicool . Rey . January 1, 2012 . September 24, 2012 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  14. Web site: Rush quiere el Torneo de Parejas Incrdibles . Redacción Mediotiempo . February 23, 2012 . October 3, 2012 . Medio Tiempo . Spanish.
  15. Web site: Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly . Andrew. Martin. March 10, 2012. Wrestleview.com . September 24, 2012. Spanish.
  16. Web site: El 79 aniversario del CMLL ¡Minuto a minuto en vivo! . Valdés . Apolo . September 14, 2012 . September 15, 2012 . Medio Tiempo . Spanish.
  17. Web site: Terrible retiene su título completo ante Rush . January 22, 2013 . January 22, 2013 . Mexicool . Rey . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  18. Web site: Resultados Arena México Martes 22 de Enero '13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130117233516/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/martes_arena_mex/martes_arenamex.htm . January 17, 2013 . Salazar López . Alexis A. . January 22, 2013 . January 22, 2013 . . Spanish . dead .
  19. News: Enciclopedia staff . Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre . Atlantis . Portales, Mexico . 17 . 8 . November 2008 . Spanish.
  20. Web site: ¡Viva Jalisco! Atlantis y Máscara Dorada bicampeones del torneo nacional de Parejas increíbles . Ruiz Glez, Alex . February 26, 2011 . February 27, 2011 . Súper Luchas Magazine.
  21. Web site: Grupo Charly, Campeón en FUI . Elías, Agustín . June 24, 2011 . June 25, 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628190931/http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-06-24/grupo-charly-campeon-en-fui . June 28, 2011 .
  22. Web site: Atlantis y Garza técnicos, un torneo de minis. Sólo eso. . Acosta, Carlos R. . August 11, 2011 . August 11, 2011 . Súper Luchas Magazine.
  23. Web site: Arde rivalidad Atlantis-Último Guerrero . March 2, 2013 . March 6, 2013 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.
  24. Web site: Volador Jr. vs. Rey Escorpión por el Campeonato Mundial Semicompleto del CMLL. Mexicool. Rey. January 22, 2013. Súper Luchas Magazine. January 22, 2013. Spanish.
  25. Web site: La Gran Alternativa 2011 fue para Escorpión y Ultimo Guerrero !! . April 8, 2011 . April 10, 2011 . Salazar López, Alexis A. . Estrellas del Ring . Spanish.
  26. Web site: Tues update: Tons more on Savage, Kharma update, Punk/Bret, new WWE office, more . Alvarez, Bryan . Bryan Alvarez . May 24, 2011 . September 12, 2011 . Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
  27. Web site: Viernes 31 de Augusto '12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm . Salazar López . Alexis A. . September 20, 2012 . August 31, 2012 . October 3, 2012 . . Spanish . dead .
  28. Web site: Viernes 7 de Septiembre '12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm . Salazar López . Alexis A. . September 20, 2012 . September 7, 2012 . October 3, 2012 . . Spanish . dead .
  29. Web site: Los Guerreros Rompen Lazos. Alexis . Salazar Lopez. October 5, 2012 . October 11, 2012 . Fuego en el ring . Spanish.
  30. Web site: Retan Dragón Rojo y Escorpión al Guerrero . Pablo . Lozano . October 8, 2012 . October 11, 2012 . Kaiser Sports. Spanish.
  31. Web site: Los Invasores lustraron su título . February 4, 2013 . March 6, 2013 . MedioTiempo . Spanish.

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