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''Infierno en el Ring'' (2015) (
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for "Inferno in the Ring") was a major
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(PPV) event that will be produced by the Mexican ''
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'' promotion
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(CMLL) that took place on Friday December 25, 2015 in
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. The show replaced CMLL's regularly scheduled ''
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'' show as is tradition with most of CMLL's signature events. The 2015 event marked the seventh time CMLL has held a show under that name with previous shows in
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. Each of the shows were main evented by a multi-man
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, contested under ''
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'', or bet match rules referred to as ''Infierno en el Ring''. According to the rules the loser of the match, the last person to remain in the cage, would be forced to have his hair shaved off per ''Lucha Libre'' traditions. The main event of the show saw 12 men put their mask on the line in the cage, with
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ending up being unmasked as a result of his loss. The show was offered as an internet-
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, but suffered major issues during the first three matches of the show. The show featured five matches in total, including the CMLL debut of
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who worked for CMLL's main rival
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for over 20 years.


Production


Background

The Mexican wrestling company ''
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...
'' (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) has held a number of major shows over the years using the moniker ''Infierno en el Ring'' ("Inferno in the Ring"), all of which were main evented by a multi-man
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, the eponymous ''Infierno en el Ring'' match. CMLL has use the ''Infierno en el Ring'' match on other shows, but will intermittently hold a show billed specifically as ''Infierno en el Ring'', with the first such show held in 2008. It is not an annually recurring show, but instead held intermittently sometimes several years apart and not always in the same month of the year either. All ''Infierno en el Ring'' shows have been held in
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in
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which is CMLL's main venue, its "home". Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, which means the ''Infierno en el Ring'' shows replace their regularly scheduled '' Super Viernes'' show. For 2015 the show will be held on December 25, part of CMLL's Christmas celebrations. A few days after the press conference it was announced that the show would be available as an Internet
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both in and outside of Mexico, the second ever Internet PPV promoted by CMLL after the
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.


Storylines

The event featured five
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
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feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed as either
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(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or
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(''técnicos'' in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The road to the ''Infierno en el RIng'' cage match saw a number of different rivalries either initiate or intensify as the twelve men risking their masks built to the December 25 show. One of the focal points of the match was the storyline rivalry that had developed between the young ''tecnico'' The Panther and the more experienced ''rudo''
Súper Comando ''Los Hombres del Camuflaje'' (Spanish for "Men In Camouflage") was a Mexican sibling professional wrestling tag team consisting of Artillero (real name unrevealed) and Súper Comando (real name Gustavo Torres Ramirez). The team is working for the ...
during a match on CMLL's ''Super Viernes'' show where The Panther teamed up with Hombre Bala Jr. and
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to defeat Súper Comando, his brother
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(collectively known as ''
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''; Spanish for "Men in Camouflage") and
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by disqualification due to excessive violence from the ''rudo'' team. In subsequent weeks the two face off several times, with Súper Comando using illegal tactics to beat up the Panther and at time tear Panther's mask up. The storyline between the third-generation of the Casas family, specifically Puma and
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and the second-generation of the Panther family,
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and The Panther, played off the long running rivalry between
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(Uncle of Puma and Tiger) and
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, the father of both Panthers. The rivalry between the two families had been going on for years, with the storyline returning to the forefront of CMLL programming in the fall of 2015, expanding the number of wrestlers feuding throughout the fall. In early December CMLL announced that Súper Comando, The Panther, Blue Panther Jr., Puma and Tiger would join 7 other wrestlers,
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,
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, Fuego,
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,
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and Tritón in the main event of the 2015 ''Infierno en el Ring'' show. During a press conference featuring all 12 competitors Puma made reference to Súper Comando being an "old man", something the 34-year old Súper Comando objected to, stating that he might have to teach Puma a lesson during the cage match. The week before the cage match all twelve wrestlers faced off in a ''
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'' elimination match, which saw The Panther and Súper Comando face off several times and also saw Súper Comando and Puma clash despite being on the same team. Puma was partially responsible for Súper Comando being eliminated from the match. In the end Puma pinned Tritón to win the match.


Event

The event was supposed to be broadcast live on internet-Pay Per View but due to technical difficulties the first two matches were not shown at all and the third match was only partially transmitted. During the event CMLL stated on
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that the problem was not on their end but with the PPV provide Cleeng. The transmission was reestablished during the third match of the night. The third match of the night, between the teams of
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and Valiente fighting against
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and Cavernario ended in a disqualification when Kamaitachi landed an illegal low kick to Máximo Sexy's groin, causing the disqualification in the final fall. Following the match CMLL match makers came to the ring and signed two ''Luchas de Apuestas'' matches for the following week's ''
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'' show, Kamaitacho against Máximo Sexy and Super Parka against Negro Casas.


Results

;Cage match escape order *Esfinge (05:06) *Puma (06:10) *Pegasso (07:03) *Cancerbero (07:58) *Tritón (08:41) *Tiger (10:04) *Blue Panther Jr. (11:09) *Sangre Azteca (13:11) *Fuego (15:23) *Raziel (17:39)


References

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