Reyes del Aire

Reyes del Aire (Kings of the Air) is CMLL's high flyers tournament. The tournament usually works as a cibernetico with mostly young and undercard tecnicos, with the idea of focusing more attention on the winner. Reyes del Aire grown in importance each year.

The size of the tournament varies year to year. The tournament is usually held in Arena Mexico, but some have taken place in Arena Puebla. CMLL will occasionally run multiple tournaments in a year for no explained reason.

Past Winners

2005: Volador Jr.

2006: La Mascara

2007: Volador Jr. (2) & Virus

2008: Valiente

2009: Volador Jr. (3)

2010: no tournament held

2011: Angel de Oro

2012: Angel de Oro (2) & Valiente (2)

2013: La Sombra

2014: Stuka Jr.

2015: La Sombra (2)

2016: Bárbaro Cavernario

2017: Angel de Oro

2005

This year's Reyes del Aire match was held on June 10, in Arena Mexico.

Order of Elimination

1. Leono (by Tigre Metalico)
2. Stuka Jr. (by Tigre Blanco)
3. Tigre Metalico (by Misterioso II)
4. Tigre Blanco (by Alan Stone)
5. Alan Stone & Virus (double pinfall)
6. La Mascara (by Misterioso II via La Rosa Driver)
7. Misterioso II (by Volador Jr. via Spanish Fly)

Volador Jr. defeated Ricky Marvin with a Dos Caras Clutch for the victory.

2006

This year's Reyes del Aire match was held on June 18, in Arena Coliseo.

Order of Elimination

1. Valiente (by Leono)
2. Danger (by Tony Rivera)
3. Loco Max (by Oro II)
4. Leono (by Stuka)
5. Oro II (by Neutron)
6. Tony Rivera (by Mascara Purpura)
7. Stuka Jr.
8. Mascara Purpura (double countout with Stuka Jr., suffered an injury on a dive)
9. Neutron

La Mascara defeated Neutron with his La Campana for the victory.

2007

There were two Reyes del Aire tournaments in 2008.

February

The first Reyes del Aire of the year was held on February 16th in Arena Mexico.

Order of elimination

1. Sombra de Plata
2. Super Nova
3. Valiente
4. Metro
5. Leono
6. Misterioso II
7. Stuka Jr.
8. Virus
9. Felino
10. Alex Koslov (double pin with Felino)
11. Sagrado
12. Averno
13. Mephisto
14. La Mascara
15. Sangre Azteca

Volador Jr. was the winner, pinning Sangre after a Spanish Fly.

October

The second Reyes del Aire of the year was held on October 2nd in Arena Coliseo. This tournament featured lower level wrestlers as compared to the early Reyes del Aire

Wrestlers included:

• Ángel Azteca Jr.
• Astro Boy
• Euforia
• Loco Max
• Metálico
• Nosferatu
• Skandalo
• Stuka Jr.
• Super Nova
• Trueno
• Valiente
• Virus

Virus was the winner, defeating Valiente for the win.

2008

This year's Reyes del Aire was held on May 9th in Arena Mexico.

Order of Elimination:

1. Loco Max
2. Stuka Jr.
3. Virus
4. Flash
5. Diamante Negro
6. Mascara Purpura
7. Euforia
8. Ephesto
9. Volador Jr.
10. Mr. Aguila (draw with Volador Jr.)
11. La Mascara
12. Misterioso II
13. La Sombra
14. Sangre Azteca
15. Valiente

Valiente was the winner.

2009

This year's tournament was held on October 12. Breaking with the usual pattern, this was held in Arena Puebla.

At the time, it was unclear if this was meant to be the official Reyes del Aire tournament. White it was promoted using the name Reyes del Aire, this sort of annual events had never been held outside Mexico City and the list of participants more resembled a usual cibernetico than a group of pure flyers. Since no named cibernetico was ever held in Mexico City this year, Puebla's tournament has been confirmed as the actual 2009 tournament.

Order of elimination (from Fuego en el Ring

1. Flash (by Sangre Azteca)
2. Sangre Azteca (by Mascara Dorada, double pin)
3. Mascara Dorada (by Sangre Azteca, double pin)
4. Ephesto (by Valiente)
5. Sagrado (by Black Warrior)
6. Black Warrior (by La Mascara)
7. Valiente (by Texano Jr.)
8. Texano Jr. (by La Mascara)
9. La Mascara (by Averno)
10. Averno (by Volador Jr.)
11. Mephisto (by Volador Jr.)

The winner was Volador Jr.

2010

There was no 2010 Reyes del Aire.

2011

Angel de Oro

This year's tournament was held back in Arena Mexico on January 1st, the first show of the year. The tournament featured lower status wrestlers than the previous tournament, and included half tecnicos and half rudos.

Guerrero Maya Jr. was scheduled to be in the match, but replaced by Molotov due to illness. Pegasso was also scheduled for the tournament and was replaced by Sensei. No reason was given at the time, but Pegasso explained he had a knee injury when he returned months later.

Order of elimination

1. Tiger Kid (by Molotov)
2. Sensei (by Puma King)
3. Scorpion (by Rey Cometa)
4. Molotov (by Arkangel de la Muerte)
5. Puma King (by Angel de Plata
6. Rey Cometa (by Cancerbero)
7. Raziel (by Fuego)
8. Fuego (by ?)
9. Arkangel de la Muerte (by Angel de Plata, double elimination)
10. Angel de Plata (by Arkangel de la Muerte, double elimination)
11. Cancerbero (by Delta)
12. Diamante (by Virus)
13. Polvora (by Delta)
14. Delta (by Virus)
15. Virus (by Angel de Oro)

Angel de Oro was the winner.

2012

Arena Mexico (February)

This first version of this year's tournament was held back in Arena Mexico on February 3rd. The cibernetico was expanded to 18 wrestlers for the first time ever, 9 rudos and 9 tecnicos.

Order of Elimination:

1. Rey Cometa
2. Puma King
3. Raziel
4. Titán
5. Hijo del Signo
6. Fuego
7. Euforia
8. Guerrero Maya Jr.
9. Tiger
10. Pólvora (double elimination with Stuka)
11. Stuka Jr. (double elimination with Polvora)
12. Delta
13. Virus
14. Valiente
15. Rey Escorpion
16. Máscara Dorada (by Mr. Aguila)
17. Mr. Águila (by Mascara Dorada)

Leaving Ángel de Oro as the winner.

Ángel de Oro joined Volador Jr. as the only multi-time winners, and became the first back to back winner.

Arena Puebla (October)

A second version of the tournament was held October 15th in Arena Puebla. It's only the second time the tournament was held in Puebla, the first since 2009. This version was a twelve man tournament, six rudos, six tecnicos.

Tritón was announced for the tournament, but replaced by Titán.

Eliminations

1. Niebla Roja (by Mistico)
2. Titán (by Rey Escorpion)
3. Angel de Oro (by Averno & Escorpion)
4. Rey Escorpion (by Mascara Dorada)
5. Euforia (by La Mascara)
6. Mistico (by Mephisto)
7. Averno (by Valiente)
8. Mascara Dorada (Dragon Rojo)
9. La Mascara (double pin with Mephisto)
10. Mephisto (double pin with La Mascara)
11. Dragon Rojo (disqualified for pulling Valiente's mask)

2013

This year's Reyes del Aire was expanded to thirty two luchadors, the largest ever field. Two sixteen luchador ciberneticos led to a singles match between the two survivors. All matches took place in Arena Mexico.

February 1st Cibernetico

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Sagrado	Tiger	7:15
Stuka Jr.	Namajague	10:20
Tiger	Titan	11:44
Namajague	Rey Cometa	13:00
Hijo del Fantasma	Polvora	13:58
Felino	La Mascara	14:29
Rey Cometa	Euforia	15:40
Delta	Dragon Rojo	17:00
Mr. Aguila	La Sombra	20:28
Polvora	Titan	24:16
Euforia	La Mascara	25:44
Titan	Averno	27:00
La Mascara drew Dragon Rojo, both are eliminated		30:44
Averno	La Sombra	37:12
La Sombra won the cibernetico

February 8th Cibernetico

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Sangre Azteca	Valiente	11:20
Virus	Guerrero Maya Jr.	12:38
Angel de Oro	Rey Escorpion	14:26
Mephisto	injury	16:54
Puma	Maximo	17:38
Triton	Niebla Roja	18:26
Diamante	Niebla Roja	19:08
Fuego	Psicosis	20:01
Valiente	Volador Jr.	21:08
Psicosis	Mascara Dorada	22:09
Niebla Roja	Maximo	23:22
Maximo	Volador Jr.	24:08
Rey Escorpion	Mascara Dorada	25:19
Guerrero Maya Jr.	Volador Jr.	26:37
Mascara Dorada	Volador Jr.	28:50
Volador Jr. won the cibernetico

February 15th Final

La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. to win the tournament.

2014

The 2014 tournament was held on April 27th in 2014.

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Triton	Tiger	7:15
Ephesto	Guerrero Maya Jr.	7:53
Guerrero Maya Jr.	Niebla Roja	10:28
Rey Cometa	Puma	11:31
Tiger	Delta	12:23
Puma	Valiente	13:51
Delta	Averno	15:37
Niebla Roja	Stuka Jr.	17:00
Valiente	Averno & Mephisto	19:26
Averno	Stuka Jr.	20:51
Mephisto	Stuka Jr.	27:08
Stuka Jr. won the cibernetico

As in 2012, a second tournament was held in Arena Puebla. This tournament took place on August 4.

Order of elimination is currently unknown. Rey Escorpion defeated Mascara Dorada to win the tournament. Other participants were Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Stigma, Stuka Jr., Gran Guerrero, Misterioso Jr., Puma, Ripper

2015

The 2015 tournament was held on May 1st in Arena Mexico. All times are as aired on TV, which was an edited version of the match.

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Triton	Tiger	2:34
Guerrero Maya Jr.	Puma	4:12
Fuego	Virus	5:42
Puma	Angel de Oro	7:16
Delta	Kamaitachi	8:58
Tiger	Dragon Lee	9:50
Kamaitachi drew Dragon Lee, both are eliminated		9:59
Misterioso Jr.	Stuka Jr.	10:13
Virus	Niebla Roja	10:58
Angel de Oro	Gran Guerrero	11:35
Gran Guerrero	Barbaro Cavernario	12:17
Niebla Roja	La Sombra	14:08
Barbaro Cavernario	Stuka Jr.	15:37
Stuka Jr.	La Sombra	21:40
La Sombra won the cibernetico

La Sombra won with help from a distraction from Rush.

2016

The 2016 tournament was held over two weeks on September 23 & September 30 in Arena Mexico, being the first night a cibernetico with the last two survivors heading to a match the next week.

September 23th

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Dragon Rojo Jr.	Valiente	5:36
La Mascara	disqualified, unmasked Dragon Lee	7:32
Mascara Dorada	Negro Casas	8:39
Valiente	Euforia	9:01
Máximo Sexy	Mephisto	10:03
Negro Casas	Dragon Lee	12:21
Dragon Lee	Bárbaro Cavernario	12:48
Euforia	Mistico	14:10
Mistico	Bárbaro Cavernario	14:43
Mephisto	Volador Jr.	24:16
Bárbaro Cavernario and Volador Jr. won the cibernetico

September 30th Final

Bárbaro Cavernario defeated Volador Jr. to win the tournament.

2017

The 2017 tournament was held on April 7 in Arena Mexico.

Eliminated	Eliminator	Time
Luciferno	Volador Jr.	6:14
Titan	Barbaro Cavernario	10:15
Gran Guerrero	Máximo Sexy	12:01
Dragon Lee	Hechicero	14:32
Mephisto	Volador Jr.	14:32
Valiente	La Mascara	17:39
Barbaro Cavernario	Mistico	18:22
Máximo Sexy	Hechicero	19:57
La Mascara	Caristico	20:25
Hechicero	Volador Jr.	21:41
Caristico	Euforia	23:41
Mistico	Niebla Roja	24:15
Niebla Roja	Volador Jr.	24:47
Volador Jr.	Euforia	29:35
Euforia	Angel de Oro	29:44
Angel de Oro won the cibernetico