En Busca de un Ídolo

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

• Euforia
• Niebla Roja
• Polvora
• Puma King

Coach: Ultimo Guerrero

Trainer: Tony Salazar

Tecnicos

• Diamante
• Dragon Lee
• Titan
• Triton

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		20
Dragon Lee	20	19		39
Euforia	31	29	19	79
Titan	40	40	40	120

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		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		29

Week 9 (June 22)

Titan defeated Euforia to win the tournament.