Torneo Sangre Nueva ("The New Blood Tournament") is a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), first held in 2012. The tournament focuses primarily on younger wrestlers or wrestlers who work in the lower ranks of the promotion, generally the first or second match of the show, as a way to highlight or promote a wrestler up to a higher level of competition. A total of 27 individuals have competed in the two Sangre Nueva tournaments held as of 2014 with nine competitors participating in both tournaments held so far: Bobby Zavala, Camaleón, El Cholo, Disturbio, Hombre Bala Jr., Robin, Soberano Jr., Stigma and Super Halcón Jr. Soberano Jr. is both the youngest competitor over-all (18 years and 206 days old) and the youngest tournament winner as well (19 days and 198 days old), while Cholo is the oldest (40 years and 56 days) at the time of his second tournament participation. Soberano Jr. was the lightest competitor and champion at 75 kg (165 lb) while Bronco, at 103 kg (227 lb), was the heaviest of any tournament competitor so far.
Torneo Sangre Nueva
Taurus, finalist in the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament
The first ever Torneo Sangre Nueva took place in March 2012. Some of the competitors did not fit the "New Blood" tournaments, but in the case of wrestlers like Cancerbero and Raziel, the ring persona he portrayed had only been used for around 2 years, making the character a rookie, but not the man under the mask. CMLL has a history of not openly promoting the fact that some of their workers have worked under different identities previously.[3] The tournament played out from March 6, 2012, until March 20, 2012, on CMLL's Tuesday shows in Arena Mexico. The first two shows had 8 wrestlers compete for a shot at the finals. Each night the eight wrestlers competed in a "Seeding" battle royal to determine the four on four Torneo cibernetico elimination match. On the first night El Cholo, Soberano Jr., Cancerbero, and Dragon Lee comprised one team while Bobby Zavala, Titán, Stigma and Camaleón on the other. Dragon Lee won the match, lastly eliminating Titán to win the match.[4] The second block, on March 13, 2012 saw Disturbio, Hombre Bala Jr., Raziel, and Tritón team up to face Robin, Bronco, Hijo del Signo, and Super Halcón Jr. Raziel took the victory, eliminating Tritón to end the nearly 25 minute long match to move on to the finals.[5] A week later, on March 20, 2012 Dragon Lee and Raziel faced off in the only three fall match of the night. Dragon Lee defeated Raziel to win the Torneo Sangre Nueva.[1]
On June 20, 2012, CMLL held a press conference, during which lucha libre priest Fray Tormenta announced that since Dragon Lee had impressed him with his in-ring performance, Fray Tormenta wanted Dragon Lee to take over the role of Místico, his storyline protégé.[6][7] Lee immediately accepted Tormenta's offer and received his new mask to officially become the second incarnation of Místico, taking over the highly successful role following the character's original performer, who had signed with WWE in January 2011.[6][7][8][9] Titán entered CMLL's En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an Idol") a few months after narrowly missing out on the Sangre Nueva tournament finals. The tournament used a point system that allowed fans to vote online, allowing Titán to advance to the second round despite only winning one of his four first round matches.[10] The fan support propelled Titán to the finale where he defeated Euforia to win the tournament.[11] Titán would later defeat En Busca de un Ídolo rival Pólvora to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship[12] Cholo, Bobby Zavala, Soberano Jr., Camaleón, Stigma, Robin, Disturbio and Super Halcón Jr. would all compete in the subsequent Torneo Sangre Nueva in 2013.
On February 21, 2013, CMLL announced that they were holding another Torneo Sangre Nueva tournament in 2013, possibly making it an annual event. Like the first tournament the 2013 Sangre Nueva would feature two qualifying torneo cibernetico elimination matches with the winner of each facing off in a one-on-one match. In 2013 the cibernetico match included 10 competitors instead of the eight competitors in the previous year's tournament. The first match took place on February 26, 2013, in Arena Mexico and saw Soberano Jr. (son of CMLL wrestler Euforia) outlast Camaleón, Stigma, Höruz, Hombre Bala Jr., Akuma, Espanto Jr., Herodes Jr., Cholo and Bobby Zavala to qualify for the finals.[13] During the match Höruz suffered a knee injury as a result of a dive out of the ring, the injury was believed to keep him out of the ring for three months.[14] Block B competed on March 5, 2013, for the other finalist spot, with a field that included Genesis, Oro Jr., Robin, Sensei, Super Halcón Jr., Disturbio, Guerrero Negro Jr., Inquisidor, Taurus and Zayco. As with the 2012 Torneo Sangre Nueva, not everyone competing in the tournament fit the "new blood" description; Sensei had worked for CMLL under that ring persona since 2005 and been a professional wrestler even longer. Inquisidor made his professional wrestling in 1995, but only adopted the Inquisidor name and mask in 2008, with CMLL officially not acknowledging his past before becoming Inquisidor.[15] The second Cibernetico was won by Taurus, son of Último Guerrero when he was the last wrestler in the ring, eliminating Guerrero Negro Jr. to earn his spot in the finals for the following week.[16] The following week, Sobereano Jr. defeated Taurus, two falls to one to win the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament.[2]
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^ ab"Raziel a la Final de Sangre Nueva". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). March 14, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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^Ruiz Glez, Alex. "Imagen: Dragón Lee es el nuevo "Místico"". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 20, 2012.
^Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 5, 2012). (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
^ ab"Soberano, finalista de Sangre Nueva". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^"¡Höruz, fuera de acción!". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). March 1, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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^"Taurus segundo finalista de Sangre Nueva 2013". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
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Torneo Sangre Nueva The New Blood Tournament is a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL first held in 2012 The tournament focuses primarily on younger wrestlers or wrestlers who work in the lower ranks of the promotion generally the first or second match of the show as a way to highlight or promote a wrestler up to a higher level of competition A total of 27 individuals have competed in the two Sangre Nueva tournaments held as of 2014 with nine competitors participating in both tournaments held so far Bobby Zavala Camaleon El Cholo Disturbio Hombre Bala Jr Robin Soberano Jr Stigma and Super Halcon Jr Soberano Jr is both the youngest competitor over all 18 years and 206 days old and the youngest tournament winner as well 19 days and 198 days old while Cholo is the oldest 40 years and 56 days at the time of his second tournament participation Soberano Jr was the lightest competitor and champion at 75 kg 165 lb while Bronco at 103 kg 227 lb was the heaviest of any tournament competitor so far Torneo Sangre NuevaTaurus finalist in the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournamentDetailsPromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreDate establishedMarch 20 2012Current champion s Soberano Jr Date wonMarch 12 2013StatisticsFirst champion s Dragon LeeOldest championEl Cholo 40 years 56 days Competitor Youngest championSoberano Jr 18 years 206 days Heaviest championBronco 103 kg 227 lb Competitor Lightest championSoberano Jr 75 kg 165 lb Contents 1 Sangre Nueva tournament winners 2 Torneo Sangre Nueva 2012 3 Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013 4 Sangre Nueva Tournament Participants 5 ReferencesSangre Nueva tournament winners EditYear Winner Finalist Date Reference2012 Dragon Lee Raziel March 20 2012 1 2013 Soberano Jr Taurus March 12 2013 2 Torneo Sangre Nueva 2012 EditTorneo Sangre Nueva 2012 PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreDateMarch 20 2012CityMexico City MexicoVenueArena MexicoEvent chronology PreviousHomenaje a Dos Leyendas Next Torneo Gran AlternativaTorneo Gran Alternativa chronology PreviousFirst Next 2013The first ever Torneo Sangre Nueva took place in March 2012 Some of the competitors did not fit the New Blood tournaments but in the case of wrestlers like Cancerbero and Raziel the ring persona he portrayed had only been used for around 2 years making the character a rookie but not the man under the mask CMLL has a history of not openly promoting the fact that some of their workers have worked under different identities previously 3 The tournament played out from March 6 2012 until March 20 2012 on CMLL s Tuesday shows in Arena Mexico The first two shows had 8 wrestlers compete for a shot at the finals Each night the eight wrestlers competed in a Seeding battle royal to determine the four on four Torneo cibernetico elimination match On the first night El Cholo Soberano Jr Cancerbero and Dragon Lee comprised one team while Bobby Zavala Titan Stigma and Camaleon on the other Dragon Lee won the match lastly eliminating Titan to win the match 4 The second block on March 13 2012 saw Disturbio Hombre Bala Jr Raziel and Triton team up to face Robin Bronco Hijo del Signo and Super Halcon Jr Raziel took the victory eliminating Triton to end the nearly 25 minute long match to move on to the finals 5 A week later on March 20 2012 Dragon Lee and Raziel faced off in the only three fall match of the night Dragon Lee defeated Raziel to win the Torneo Sangre Nueva 1 Cibernetico order of eliminationBlock A Block BNo Eliminated By Time No Eliminated By Time1 El Cholo Camaleon 08 11 1 Robin Disturbio 11 062 Bobby Zavala Cancerbero 08 48 2 Hombre Bala Jr Hijo del Signo 14 433 Soberano Jr Stigma 10 12 3 Bronco Triton 16 144 Camaleon Dragon Lee 11 28 4 Disturbio Super Halcon Jr 17 175 Stigma Cancerbero 12 08 5 Super Halcon Jr Raziel 18 546 Cancerbero Titan 13 00 6 Hijo del Signo Raziel 20 017 Titan Dragon Lee 15 02 7 Triton Raziel 24 548 Winner Dragon Lee 15 02 8 Winner Raziel 24 54AftermathOn June 20 2012 CMLL held a press conference during which lucha libre priest Fray Tormenta announced that since Dragon Lee had impressed him with his in ring performance Fray Tormenta wanted Dragon Lee to take over the role of Mistico his storyline protege 6 7 Lee immediately accepted Tormenta s offer and received his new mask to officially become the second incarnation of Mistico taking over the highly successful role following the character s original performer who had signed with WWE in January 2011 6 7 8 9 Titan entered CMLL s En Busca de un Idolo In search of an Idol a few months after narrowly missing out on the Sangre Nueva tournament finals The tournament used a point system that allowed fans to vote online allowing Titan to advance to the second round despite only winning one of his four first round matches 10 The fan support propelled Titan to the finale where he defeated Euforia to win the tournament 11 Titan would later defeat En Busca de un Idolo rival Polvora to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship 12 Cholo Bobby Zavala Soberano Jr Camaleon Stigma Robin Disturbio and Super Halcon Jr would all compete in the subsequent Torneo Sangre Nueva in 2013 Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013 EditTorneo Sangre Nueva 2013 PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreDateFebruary 26 2013CityMexico City MexicoVenueArena MexicoEvent chronology PreviousTorneo de Parejas Increibles Next Homenaje a Dos LeyendasTorneo Gran Alternativa chronology Previous2012 Next On February 21 2013 CMLL announced that they were holding another Torneo Sangre Nueva tournament in 2013 possibly making it an annual event Like the first tournament the 2013 Sangre Nueva would feature two qualifying torneo cibernetico elimination matches with the winner of each facing off in a one on one match In 2013 the cibernetico match included 10 competitors instead of the eight competitors in the previous year s tournament The first match took place on February 26 2013 in Arena Mexico and saw Soberano Jr son of CMLL wrestler Euforia outlast Camaleon Stigma Horuz Hombre Bala Jr Akuma Espanto Jr Herodes Jr Cholo and Bobby Zavala to qualify for the finals 13 During the match Horuz suffered a knee injury as a result of a dive out of the ring the injury was believed to keep him out of the ring for three months 14 Block B competed on March 5 2013 for the other finalist spot with a field that included Genesis Oro Jr Robin Sensei Super Halcon Jr Disturbio Guerrero Negro Jr Inquisidor Taurus and Zayco As with the 2012 Torneo Sangre Nueva not everyone competing in the tournament fit the new blood description Sensei had worked for CMLL under that ring persona since 2005 and been a professional wrestler even longer Inquisidor made his professional wrestling in 1995 but only adopted the Inquisidor name and mask in 2008 with CMLL officially not acknowledging his past before becoming Inquisidor 15 The second Cibernetico was won by Taurus son of Ultimo Guerrero when he was the last wrestler in the ring eliminating Guerrero Negro Jr to earn his spot in the finals for the following week 16 The following week Sobereano Jr defeated Taurus two falls to one to win the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament 2 Cibernetico order of eliminationBlock A Block BNo Eliminated By Time No Eliminated By Time1 Akuma Horuz 10 00 1 Genesis Zayco 2 Cholo Camaleon 11 34 2 Inquisidor Sensei 3 Horuz Injury 13 29 3 Zayco Super Halcon Jr 4 Camaleon Herodes Jr 14 17 4 Robin Guerrero Negro Jr 5 Espanto Jr Hombre Bala Jr 15 00 5 Oro Jr Disturbio 6 Herodes Jr Stigma 16 06 6 Sensei Taurus 7 Stigma Bobby Zavala 17 29 7 Super Halcon Jr Guerrero Negro Jr 8 Bobby Zavala Hombre Bala Jr 21 17 8 Disturbio Guerrero Negro Jr 9 Hombre Bala Jr Soberano Jr 26 49 9 Guerrero Negro Jr Taurus 10 Winner Soberano Jr 26 49 10 Winner Taurus Sangre Nueva Tournament Participants EditName Tournaments Year s 4 5 13 2 Akuma 1 2013Bronco 1 2012Camaleon 2 2012 2013Cancerbero 1 2012Cholo 2 2012 2013Disturbio 2 2012 2013Dragon Lee 1 2012Espanto Jr 1 2013Genesis 1 2013Guerrero Negro Jr 1 2013Herodes Jr 1 2013Hijo del Signo 1 2012Hombre Bala Jr 2 2012 2013Horuz 1 2013Inquisidor 1 2013Oro Jr 1 2013Raziel 1 2012Robin 2 2012 2013Sensei 1 2013Soberano Jr 2 2012 2013Stigma 2 2012 2013Super Halcon Jr 2 2012 2013Taurus 1 2013Titan 1 2012Triton 1 2012Bobby Zavala 2 2012 2013Zayco 1 2013References Edit a b Contento Dargon Lee por su primer trofeo Medio Tiempo in Spanish March 21 2012 Retrieved October 20 2012 a b c Soberano Jr gana el Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013 Super Luchas in Spanish March 12 2013 Retrieved March 13 2013 Madigan Dan 2007 Okay what is Lucha Libre Mondo Lucha A Go Go the bizarre amp honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling HarperCollins Publishers pp 29 40 ISBN 978 0 06 085583 3 a b Se mantiene el reinado de la Atlantida Medio Tiempo in Spanish March 7 2012 Retrieved October 20 2012 a b Raziel a la Final de Sangre Nueva Medio Tiempo in Spanish March 14 2012 Retrieved October 20 2012 a b Mistico con alma de Dragon Las Amazonas del ring en jaula in Spanish Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre June 21 2012 Archived from the original on June 15 2012 Retrieved June 21 2012 a b Boutwell Josh June 23 2012 Viva La Raza Lucha Weekly WrestleView Retrieved June 23 2012 Mexicool Rey June 20 2012 Dragon Lee se convierte en Mistico Super Luchas in Spanish Retrieved June 20 2012 Ruiz Glez Alex Imagen Dragon Lee es el nuevo Mistico Super Luchas in Spanish Retrieved June 20 2012 Resultados in Spanish Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Archived from the original on October 18 2012 En Busca de un Idolo 2a Etapa in Spanish Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Archived from the original on October 22 2012 Retrieved October 19 2012 Salazar Lopez Alexis A September 5 2012 Martes 4 de Septiembre del 2012 in Spanish Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Archived from the original on October 16 2012 Retrieved September 5 2012 a b Soberano finalista de Sangre Nueva Medio Tiempo in Spanish February 27 2013 Retrieved March 1 2013 Horuz fuera de accion Super Luchas in Spanish March 1 2013 Retrieved March 1 2013 entrevista con Polvora y Inquisidor Luchas 2000 in Spanish Mexico City Mexico August 15 2008 issue 583 Taurus segundo finalista de Sangre Nueva 2013 Medio Tiempo in Spanish March 6 2013 Retrieved March 6 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Torneo Sangre Nueva amp oldid 1092545901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
