Infierno en el Ring (2008)
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Infierno en el Ring (Spanish
for "Inferno in the ring") was a professional wrestling
Pay-Per-View
(PPV) produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL), which took place on June 13, 2008 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
. The main event was the eponimous Infierno en el Ring match that CMLL traditionally holds at least once a year. In 2008 the match was given its own event, where as previously it had been a part of other events. The Infierno en el Ring match is a multi-man Steel Cage match where all the competitors risked their hair, with the last wrestler in the ring being shaved bald. The 2008 event saw ten men risk their hair: Heavy Metal
, El Texano, Jr.
, Damián 666
, Mr. Águila
, El Terrible
, Perro Aguayo, Jr.
, Shocker
, Marco Corelone
, Negro Casas
and Alex Koslov
. The event also featured 5 Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match, including the finals of a tournament to determine the next holders of the CMLL World Trios Championship
as Los Ángleles (Spanish for "The Angels; Héctor Garza
, Hijo del Fantasma
and La Máscara
faced Blue Panther
, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico
.
. Wrestlers portray either villains
(referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites
(Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "Inferno in the ring") was a professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
Pay-Per-View
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(PPV) produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
(CMLL), which took place on June 13, 2008 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. The main event was the eponimous Infierno en el Ring match that CMLL traditionally holds at least once a year. In 2008 the match was given its own event, where as previously it had been a part of other events. The Infierno en el Ring match is a multi-man Steel Cage match where all the competitors risked their hair, with the last wrestler in the ring being shaved bald. The 2008 event saw ten men risk their hair: Heavy Metal
Erick Casas
Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
, El Texano, Jr.
El Texano, Jr.
Juan Aguilar Leos is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name El Texano, Jr.. Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar also has several uncles and cousins that are professional wrestlers...
, Damián 666
Leonardo Carrera
Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...
, Mr. Águila
Mr. Águila
José Seldano is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
, El Terrible
El Terrible
Damián Gutiérrez Hernández is a Mexican professional wrestler currently performing for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Damián el Terrible or simply El Terrible.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...
, Shocker
José Luis Jair Soria
José Luis Jair Soria is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name Shocker. He has in the past branched out into the United States, working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :...
, Marco Corelone
Mark Jindrak
Mark Robert Jindrak is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...
, Negro Casas
Negro Casas
José Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal...
and Alex Koslov
Alex Koslov
Alex Sherman is a Moldovan-born professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Koslov. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov...
. The event also featured 5 Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match, including the finals of a tournament to determine the next holders of the CMLL World Trios Championship
CMLL World Trios Championship
The CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
as Los Ángleles (Spanish for "The Angels; Héctor Garza
Héctor Garza
Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
, Hijo del Fantasma
Hijo del Fantasma
El Hijo del Fantasma is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. His father is luchador El Fantasma...
and La Máscara
La Mascara (wrestler)
La Mascara is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Also one of his uncle is Brazo de Plata. His cousins are Psycho Clown and Máximo. La Mascara is the son of Brazo de Oro, and the...
faced Blue Panther
Blue Panther
Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...
, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico
Místico
Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara...
.
Background
The event featured five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylinesNarrative thread
A narrative thread, or plot thread , refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration...
. Wrestlers portray either villains
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
(referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
(Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.
Results
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flash (wrestler) Flash is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Flash's ring character is inspired by the comic book character The Flash. Flash regularly teams with Stuka, Jr., with whom he... , Stuka, Jr. Stuka, Jr. Stuka, Jr. is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Stuka, Jr. is not, despite what the name indicates, the son of Luchador Stuka but his much younger brother. Stuka, Jr... and Máscara Purpura defeated Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte Arkangel de la Muerte Arkangel de la Muerte is a luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . he is often referred to as just Arkangel. He previous worked under the ring name "Mister Cid" but changed to... , Loco Max and Skándalo) |
Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:18 | |
| First fall: Loco Max forced Máscara Purpura to submit, Skándalo pinned Flash | Flash, Stuka, Jr. and Máscara Purpura (0) – Guerreros Tuareg (1) | 05:08 | |
| Second fall: Stuka, Jr. pinned Arkangel de la Muerte | Flash, Stuka, Jr. and Máscara Purpura (1) – Guerreros Tuareg (1) | 9:03 | |
| Third fall: Máscara Purpura pinned Arkangel de la Muerte | Flash, Stuka, Jr. and Máscara Purpura (2) – Guerreros Tuareg (1) | 11:18 | |
| La Triada de Terror (Averno, Ephesto Ephesto Ephesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record... and Mephisto Mephisto (wrestler) Mephisto , whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto... ) defeated Grey Shadow Rocky Romero John R. Rivera is a Cuban American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger. As Romero he was one half of the tag team The Havana Pitbulls , along with Ricky Reyes... , El Sagrado El Sagrado Luis Fernando Lopez Ramos is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name El Sagrado... and Valiente Valiente (wrestler) Valiente is a Mexican luchador enmáscarado, or masked professional wrestler, and is mainly known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Valiente's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico... |
Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 11:15 | |
| First fall:Mephisto forced Valiente to submit, Averno forced Grey Shadow to submit | La Trada de Terror (1) – Grey Shadow, El Sagrado and Valiente (0) | 03:57 | |
| Second fall: Grey Shadow forced Mephisto to submit, Valiente forced Ephesto to submit | La Trada de Terror (1) – Grey Shadow, El Sagrado and Valiente (1) | 08:05 | |
| Third fall: Ephesto pinned El Sagrado | La Trada de Terror (2) – Grey Shadow, El Sagrado and Valiente (1) | 11:15 | |
| Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr... , La Sombra La Sombra (wrestler) La Sombra is a Mexican luchador enmascarado . La Sombra's real real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans... and Volador, Jr. defeated Los Guerreros de Atlántida Los Guerreros del Infierno Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000... (Atlantis Atlantis (wrestler) Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan... , Rey Bucanero Rey Bucanero Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero . Outside of lucha libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor... and Último Guerrero Último Guerrero Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship... ) |
Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match | 14:15 | |
| First fall: Rey Bucanero pinned Dr. Wagner, Jr. | Dr. Wagner, Jr., La Sombra and Volador, Jr. (0) – Los Guerreros de Atlántida (1) | 02:14 | |
| Second fall: Volador, Jr. pinned Último Guerrero, La Sombra pinned Rey Bucanero | Dr. Wagner, Jr., La Sombra and Volador, Jr. (1) – Los Guerreros de Atlántida(1) | 06:24 | |
| Third fall: Dr. Wagner, Jr. pinned Atlantis | Dr. Wagner, Jr., La Sombra and Volador, Jr. (2) – Los Guerreros de Atlántida (1) | 14:15 | |
| Los Ángeles (Héctor Garza Héctor Garza Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones... , Hijo del Fantasma Hijo del Fantasma El Hijo del Fantasma is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. His father is luchador El Fantasma... and La Máscara La Mascara (wrestler) La Mascara is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Also one of his uncle is Brazo de Plata. His cousins are Psycho Clown and Máximo. La Mascara is the son of Brazo de Oro, and the... ) defeated Blue Panther Blue Panther Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther... , Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico Místico Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara... |
Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match for the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship CMLL World Trios Championship The CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers... |
20:47 | |
| First fall: Dos Caras, Jr. pinned La Máscara, Blue Panther forced Hijo del Fantasma to submit | Los Ángeles (0) – Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico (1) | 07:12 | |
| Second fall: La Máscara pinned Blue Panther | Los Ángeles (1) – Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico (1) | 12:36 | |
| Third fall: Héctor Garza pinned Místico | Los Ángeles (2) – Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico (1) | 20:47 | |
| Damián 666 Leonardo Carrera Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666... , Mr. Águila Mr. Águila José Seldano is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre... , El Terrible El Terrible Damián Gutiérrez Hernández is a Mexican professional wrestler currently performing for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Damián el Terrible or simply El Terrible.-Professional wrestling career:... , Perro Aguayo, Jr. Perro Aguayo, Jr. Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"... , Shocker José Luis Jair Soria José Luis Jair Soria is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the name Shocker. He has in the past branched out into the United States, working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :... , Marco Corelone Mark Jindrak Mark Robert Jindrak is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment... , Negro Casas Negro Casas José Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal... and Alex Koslov Alex Koslov Alex Sherman is a Moldovan-born professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Koslov. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov... escaped the cage leaving Heavy Metal Erick Casas Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración... and El Texano, Jr. El Texano, Jr. Juan Aguilar Leos is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name El Texano, Jr.. Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar also has several uncles and cousins that are professional wrestlers... , in the cage |
10 man Steel Cage elimination match | 21:41 | |
| Alex Koslov is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 07:15 | |
| Damián 666 is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 09:16 | |
| Marco Corleone is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 09:47 | |
| El Terrible is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 11:34 | |
| Mr. Águila is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 12:09 | |
| Shocker is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 12:20 | |
| Negro Casas is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 16:29 | |
| Perro Aguayo, Jr. is eliminated | Escaped the cage | 18:06 | |
| El Texano, Jr. pinned Heavy Metal | Luchas de Apuestas, "hair vs. hair" match. | 21:41 |