En Busca de un Ídolo

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En Busca de un Idolo is a complicated CMLL tournament. It involves match results, judging scores, and fan voting.

Titan won the 2012 tournament. The 2013 tournament will run from May 17th to July 12th.

History

The tournament first was held in 2012, with the idea of a young luchador to becoming the new star of CMLL. Not all participants quite fit the ideal; Euforia more than a decade older than most of the rest of the field, and Polvora wasn't as much a new luchador. Titan won the tournament and did become a bigger star, but third place finisher Dragon Lee was given the Mistico character as soon as he was eliminated from the tournament and presented as the new star of CMLL as if he had been the winner. Euforia (second place), Niebla Roja and Puma King (both eliminated in round one) also received more prominent roles directly after the tournament. Polvora struggled greatly during the tournament, but rebounded later in the year and also ended up in a better position. Triton and Diamante positions were largely unaffected.

The tournament returns in 2013, with a new theme: "Ahora or Nunca!" (Now or Never!) This tournament focuses on giving long time midcarders a chance to break thru to the top. Again, not everyone actually fit: Tiger is a relative youngster who would've been a better fit in the previous year's tournament, while Valiente had recently been main eventing CMLL shows.

Format

Similar to 2011's Forjando un Idolo, En Busca de un Ídolo is a CMLL tournament for young wrestlers. Participating luchadors are grouped into 4 man tecnico & rudo teams, with an assigned mentor and trainer. Matches are held in a modified league format - only tecnico vs rudo matches in first round, then no restrictions later on, with points going to the winner. Four judges also grade the performance of each luchador, evaluating the quality of the matches and their ability to get reactions from the crowd. Finally, fans are allowed to vote for their favorite luchador, with points being handed out based on share of the votes.

Each luchador has four matches in the first round, one match versus everyone in the opposition group, taking place on either the Tuesday or Friday Arena Mexico show. All matches are limited to 10 minutes. The top four point totals, regardless of group affiliation, move on to a second round of matches. All remaining wrestlers face off against each other again under the same scoring system again, with the points being reset to zero. The top two point scores in the second round move onto a final match, and the winner of the match (no points in play) wins the tournament.

A non-tournament trios match with the two coaches and the four remaining luchadors is held after the first round. The final first round matches typically take place only 3 days before the trios match, so the teams and even the participants in the match are not known until a few days before the match.

The official website of the tournament is http://enbuscadeunidolo.com . Standings were only shown on the website thru the season.

All the matches from the tournament were not shown on CMLL's regular TV shows, despite being in the middle of their usual TV tapings. Matches were instead uploaded, with no commentary, to one of CMLL's YouTube channels. An accompanying season one reality show, covering both the in-arena portion of the tournaments and training sessions, aired later in 2012 after the tournament had concluded.

Points System

Matches

20 points for a win
10 points for a draw
0 points for a loss

Judging

each judge can give 1 to 10 points for the performance
each luchador can receive a maximum of 40 judging points per win

Polling

the luchador win the most votes at the end of the week receive 40 points
the other luchadors receive a portion of 40 points based on how close they came to the leader
In Season 1, the voting totals were not reset between weeks.

2012 Tournament

Participants

Rudos

Coach: Ultimo Guerrero
Trainer: Tony Salazar

Tecnicos

Coach: Atlantis
Trainer: Franco Colombo

Judges

Maximo
Miguel Linares
Negro Casas
Tirantes

First Round Standings

Place Luchador Matches Wins Draws Losses Judges Poll Total
1 Titan 4 1 1 2 103 160 293
2 Diamante 4 3 0 1 92 86 238
3 Euforia 4 3 0 1 135 41 236
4 Dragon Lee 4 3 0 1 119 50 229
Last Four Eliminated
5 Niebla Roja 4 1 1 2 98 98 226
6 Puma King 4 1 0 3 115 71 206
7 Triton 4 1 0 3 96 80 196
8 Polvora 4 2 0 2 88 37 165

First Round Poll Results

Luchador Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Total
Diamante 17 29 25 19 90
Dragon Lee 16 6 5 23 50
Euforia 22 7 6 7 42
Polvora 12 8 8 9 37
Niebla Roja 7 38 38 15 98
Puma King 5 22 22 22 77
Titan 40 40 40 40 160
Triton 7 26 26 21 80

Second Round Standings

Place Luchador Matches Wins Draws Losses Judges Poll Total
1 Titan 3 1 0 2 106 120 246
2 Euforia 3 2 0 1 88 79 207
Last Two Eliminated
3 Dragon Lee 3 1 0 2 98 39 157
4 Diamante 3 2 0 1 87 20 147

Second Round Poll Results

Luchador Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Total
Diamante 10 10 [1] 20
Dragon Lee 20 19 [2] 39
Euforia 31 29 19 79
Titan 40 40 40 120
  1. no points for polling were listed in week 3 for Diamante
  2. no points for polling were listed in week 3 for Dragon Lee

Schedule/Results

Week 1 (April 27)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Dragon Lee 0 4 6 6 2 18 16 34
Polvora 20 5 5 5 5 20 12 52
 
Puma King 0 6 8 5 3 22 5 27
Triton 20 6 8 7 4 25 7 52
 
Titan 10 6 5 4 3 18 40 68
Niebla Roja 10 6 4 5 4 19 7 36
 
Diamante 0 7 6 6 2 21 17 38
Euforia 20 8 7 7 4 26 22 68

Week 2 (May 4)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Titan 0 7 7 7 7 28 40 68
Euforia 20 9 9 10 7 35 6 61
 
Diamante 20 7 7 8 4 26 25 71
Niebla Roja 0 6 8 9 5 28 38 66
 
Dragon Lee 20 8 10 9 7 34 5 59
Puma King 0 8 8 8 7 31 22 53
 
Triton 0 6 7 7 6 26 26 52
Polvora 20 7 7 6 6 26 8 54

Week 3 (May 11)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Triton 0 5 5 5 6 21 26 47
Niebla Roja 20 7 7 4 5 23 38 81
 
Dragon Lee 20 10 9 8 9 36 5 61
Euforia 0 10 10 10 10 40 6 46
 
Titan 20 6 8 7 6 27 40 87
Polvora 0 5 8 7 5 25 8 33
 
Diamante 20 7 8 1 9 25 25 70
Puma King 0 7 9 8 6 30 22 52

Week 4 (May 18)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Dragon Lee 20 9 10 8 4 31 23 74
Niebla Roja 0 8 8 7 5 28 15 43
 
Triton 0 5 7 7 5 24 21 45
Euforia 20 9 10 9 6 34 7 61
 
Diamante 20 4 6 7 3 20 19 59
Polvora 0 4 5 7 1 17 9 26
 
Titan 0 7 8 8 7 30 40 70
Puma King 20 8 9 9 6 32 22 74

Week 5 (May 25)

This week, the Atlantis and Ultimo Guerrero will team with the top two semifinalists (presumably the top two in their group.)

May 25: Atlantis & Dragon Lee & Diamante defeated Ultimo Guerrero & Euforia & Niebla Roja

Week 6 (June 1)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Diamante 20 7 8 5 8 28 10 58
Dragon Lee 0 7 9 4 7 27 20 47
 
Euforia 0 6 5 6 5 22 31 53
Titan 20 10 10 6 10 36 40 96

Week 7 (June 8)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Dragon Lee 20 10 10 8 7 35 19 74
Titan 0 9 10 9 9 37 40 77
 
Euforia 20 9 10 7 8 34 29 83
Diamante 0 7 9 5 9 30 10 40

Week 8 (June 15)

Luchador Decision Linares Maximo Tirantes Casas Judges Total Poll Total
Dragon Lee 0 10 10 6 10 36 [1] 36
Euforia 20 7 9 7 9 32 19 71
 
Titan 0 5 9 10 9 33 40 73
Diamante 20 6 9 5 9 29 [2] 29
  1. no poll points were listed for week 3 for Dragon Lee
  2. no poll points were listed for week 3 for Diamante

Week 9 (June 22)

Titan defeated Euforia to win the tournament.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Championships
CMLL: Micro: Micro Gemelo Diablo IMini: Ultimo Dragoncito
Super Light: StigmaWelter: TitánMiddle: Templario
Light Heavy: Barbaro CavernarioHeavy: Gran Guerrero
Tag: Ángel de Oro & Niebla RojaTrios: (Atlantis Jr., Star Jr., Volador Jr.)
Women: Stephanie VaquerWomen's Tag: Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis
Historic: Welter: Mascara DoradaMiddle: MisticoLight Heavy: Atlantis Jr.
National: Light: FuturoWelter: Magia BlancaMiddle: Guerrero Maya Jr.
Light Heavy: EsfingeHeavy: Star Black
Tag: Los Depredadores (Magnus & Rugido)Trios: Los Indestructibles (Apocalipsis, Disturbio, Cholo)
Women: Reyna IsisWomen's Tag: Jarochita & Lluvia
Occidente: Welter: ExplosivoMiddle: Zandokan Jr.
Light Heavy: EsfingeHeavy: Bestia Negra
Tag: Dulce Gardenia & La FashionTrios: Batallon de la Muerte (El Malayo, Rey Apocalipsis. Siki Osama Jr.)
Women: Dark SiluetaWomen's Tag: Vacant
Misc: Arena Coliseo Tag: La Ola Negra (Akuma & Dark Magic)Japan Women's: Dark Silueta
Tournaments: Leyenda de Azul HechiceroLeyenda de Plata: Mascara DoradaUniversal: Dragon Rojo Jr.Universal de Amazonas: La Catalina
Reyes del Aire: Dragon Rojo Jr.Gran Alternativa: Panterita del Ring Jr. & Mistico
La Copa Jr.: Soberano Jr.Parejas Increíbles: Mistico & Averno
Inactive

Copa de Arena Mexico Tournament
Pequeño Reyes del AireEn Busca de un Ídolo
Japan Tag
DF: LightWelterMiddle
CMLL-REINA: Intl JuniorIntlTag Team