In February 2012 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held four CMLL Super Viernes shows, all of which took place in Arena México on Friday nights. Some of the matches from Super Viernes were taped for CMLL's weekly shows that aired in Mexico the week following the Super Viernes show. The shows featured various professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as "rudos" in Mexico, the "bad guys") or faces ("technicos" in Mexico, the "good guys") as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Being a professional wrestling event matches are not won legitimately; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.
The primary storylines that played out on Super Viernes in February 2012 included the build to a Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet match") between Negro Casas and Blue Panther. The match between the two took place on March 3, 2012 at the 2012 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, but the build up of the storyline leading into the show culminated in February. CMLL also held the 2012 version of the Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") tournament on February 3 as well as the preliminary rounds of their third annual Torneo Nacional De Parejas Increibles tournament, the finals of the tournament took place at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.
February 3, 2012
The February 3, 2012 Super Viernes was a professional wrestling event held by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in their home arena Arena Mexico. The main event was a Best two out of three falls match between former team mates, turned rivals, Atlantis and Último Guerrero. Atlantis was a member of Último Guerrero group Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Infernal Warriors") and was such an integral part of the group that for a while they were known as Los Guerreros de Atlantida ("The Warriors from Atlantis"). In late 2011 Atlantis turned tecnico (also known as "Face", someone portraying the "good guy") and left the group, starting a storyline between the two that some expected to develop into a Lucha de Apuesta ("Bet match") where both men would put their mask on the line. The show only featured four matches, instead of the traditional six matches, a reduction that was done to accommodate the longer than average match time for the 2012 Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") tournament. The match featured 16 wrestlers in total. The show was rounded out with a Best two out of three falls Six-woman tag team match and a tag team match.
Event
In the opening match the team of Metalico and Molotov defeated Bobby Zavala and Disturbio, winning the match two falls to one. Despite their loss as a team Bobby Zavala and Disturbio would continue to work as a team on various Super Viernes shows throughout 2012 working shows in April, May, June, August, September and October.
The second match centered on CMLL's female division, especially on the developing rivalry between La Amapola and Estrellita. For this show Amapola teamed up with Las Ladies de Polanco (Princesa Blanca and Princesa Sujei) while Estrellita had back up in the form of the rookie Dalys la Caribeña and the veteran Lady Apache. The two teams each won a fall, forcing the match to go to the full three falls and in the end La Amapola used the ring rope for illegal leverage to pin Estrellita to win the match.
Reyes del Aire 2012
The Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") tournament was contested under Torneo cibernetico elimination rules, which meant that two teams of nine would face off and whenever someone was pinned, forced to submit, counted out or disqualified they would be eliminated from the match. If there was more than one member of the surviving team left in the end then the team members would have to wrestle each other. For the 2012 tournament the tecnico team consisted of Ángel de Oro (2011 winner), Delta, Fuego, Guerrero Maya, Jr., Máscara Dorada, Rey Cometa, Stuka, Jr., Titán and Valiente. The rudo (also known as heels, someone portraying the "bad guy") team was composed of Euforia, Hijo del Signo, Mr. Águila, Pólvora, Puma King, Raziel, Rey Escorpión, Tiger and Virus.