CMLL Super Viernes (January 2010)

CMLL Super Viernes
Místico, turned rudo during the show
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Date	January 22, 2010[8]
City	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Arena México
CMLL Super Viernes chronology
← Previous Super Viernes January 15, 2010 Next → Super Viernes January 29, 2010

While the main event of the January 22, 2010 Super Viernes show was a CMLL World Heavyweight Championship match between champion Último Guerrero and Héctor Garza the main focus of the show was the first block of CMLL's first ever Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament. In the main event Último Guerrero successfully defended the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Héctor Garza, winning two falls to one.^[8][9] This was Último Guerrero's 8th successful title defense since winning it on December 22, 2008.^[10]

The Nacional Parejas Increibles tournament featured 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. The teams each represented the region where they went to wrestling school, representing Mexico City, Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Lagunero region and Nuevo León in the tournament.^[4] To determine the match-ups in the tournament a representative of each team entered a Battle royal where the order of elimination determined when the team would wrestle in the first round – the first two wrestlers eliminated would face off, then the next two and the next two, with the final two men in the ring facing off in the last of the opening round matches. The battle royal included El Terrible, El Hijo del Fantasma, Averno, Dragón Rojo, Jr., Euforia, Máscara Dorada, Máximo and Misterioso II.^[8][9] After the match order was determined the actual tournament began. The first match saw Atlantis and Mascara Dorada defeat Dragón Rojo, Jr. and La Sombra. While Atlantis is a Rudo the team got along without any problems, Atlantis wore his own Tecnico white mask and wrestled a tecnico style to complement Mascara Dorada.^[8][9] The second match saw Máximo and Mr. Niebla form a team that quickly earned the nickname La Peste con Amour, "the Love Plague", born from Mr. Niebla being part of La Peste Negra ("the Black Plague") and Máximo's Exótico ring character. The team won when Máximo kissed Blue Panther or Misterioso II, distracting him long enough for Mr. Niebla to sneak up behind him to roll him up for the pinfall.^[8][9] The third first round match paired longtime rivals Místico, CMLL's top Tecnico up with Averno, one of CMLL's top Rudos together to face Euforia and Averno's regular partner Ephesto. Místico and Averno came out with a surprising show of unity as they both wore masks that melded their own masks with their partner's mask, the arch-enemies got along in the match, handily winning it.^[8][9] The last match saw El Terrible and Volador Jr. defeat Hijo del Fantasma and Mephisto to earn their way to the quarter finals.^[8][9]

Atlantis and Máscara Dorada defeated La Pestre con Amour when Máximo tried to kiss Atlantis to distract him, but ended up kissing Mr. Niebla instead, making him susceptible to a roll-up and pinfall.^[8][9] The most talked about storyline of the evening took place in the second quarter final match as Místico and Averno took on Volador Jr. and El Terrible. Up until that night Místico and Volador Jr. (Along with La Sombra had formed a trio called "Super sky Team", but on the night of the 22 that partnership ended. During the match Místico wrestled a much more aggressive, Rudo style especially when in the ring with Volador Jr. Mistico would tear up Volador's mask and win by cheating. Following the match Místico kept attacking Volador Jr.^[8][9]

The semi-final match once again saw Místico continue his newly found Rudo ways, tearing at Máscara Dorada's mask and wrestling a more brutal style than he usually wrestled. In the end Atlantis forced Averno to submit to win a place in the finals of the match. Initially it was thought that Místico's rudo tactics were just because he was teamed up with Averno, leaving his true allegiance up in the air at the moment.^[8][9]

CMLL Super Viernes
Shocker, teamed with Valiente for the tournament
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
Date	January 29, 2010[11]
City	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Arena México
CMLL Super Viernes chronology
← Previous Super Viernes January 22, 2010 Next → Super Viernes February 5, 2010

The second bracket of the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament took place on the January 29, 2010 Super Viernes show, with the tournament also taking the main event spot. The undercard saw a six-Mini-Estrellas match between Bracito de Oro, Mascarita Dorada and Último Dragoncito and Pequeño Damián 666, Pequeño Black Warrior and Pierrothito, the final fall saw Bracito de Oro force Pequeño Black Warrior to submit. Following the match Pequeño Black Warrior attacked Bracito de Oro, ripping at his mask.^[11][12] ALso on the undercard Ángel Azteca, Jr., Pegasso and Rey Cometa defeated Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max and Skandalo) in two straight falls when Guerreros Tuarego threw Ángel Azteca, Jr. over the top rope for a disqualification.^[11][12][13] The main focus of the match was the feud between Ángel Azteca, Jr. and Arkangel de la Muerte, a storyline that plays off the fact that Arkangel defeated Ángel Azteca in a Lucha de Apuesta match in 2003 to unmask him.

The second block of the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament saw an eight-man Battle Royal to determine the pairings for the tournament. The match included El Sagrado, Ray Mendoza, Jr., Stuka, Jr.La Máscara, Rush, Sangre Azteca, Toscano and Valiente with Ray Mendoza Jr. and Stuka Jr. being the last two men in the ring.^[11][12] In the first round El Sagrado and Shocker defeated Rey Bucanero and Valiente, Negro Casas and La Mascara defeated El Texano, Jr. and Rush, Héctor Garza and Toscano defeated El Felino and Sangre Azteca and finally Último Guerrero and Stuka, Jr. defeated Ray Mendoza, Jr. and Brazo de Plata.^[11][12][13] The longest first round match went 05:11 while the shortest match was 03:52. In the second round La Mascara and Negro Casas defeated Shocker and El Sagrado while Garza and Toscano defeated the bracket favorites Último Guerrero and Stuka, Jr.^{[11][12][13][14]} While Toscano and Garza were both Tecnicos (fan favorites) and had teamed before it was the Rudo (villain)/tecnico team of Negro Casas and La Mascara who worked best together and won the semi-final match, earning the right to face Atlantis and Máscara Dorada the following week for the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament trophy.^[11][12][13]