The very first
Infierno en el Ring was actually promoted as
Torre Infernal, Spanish for "Infernal Tower" and was the main event of CMLL's
Entre Torre Infernal ("In the Infernal Tower")
pay-per-view (PPV) and featured four wrestlers who all put their hair on the line in the match.
Máscara Año 2000 lost when
Perro Aguayo pinned him. Subsequently, CMLL began promoting all multi-man
Steel cage matches that had
Lucha de Apuesta (bet match) rules as
Infierno en el Ring. CMLL would use the
Infierno en el Ring concept the following year as the main event of the
CMLL 69th Anniversary Show where 7 wrestlers risked either their hair or their mask on the outcome of the match. In addition the winning side would earn the rights to the name
Los Infernales as well. So far the match at the 69th Anniversary Show is the only match to feature a mixture of hair or masks being bet as well as an additional stipulation. In the end
El Satánico pinned
Máscara Mágica, forcing him to unmask as well as earning his team the rights to be known as
Los Infernales. The next
Infierno en el Ring match took place three years after the Anniversary event, on July 18, 2004 and featured six unmasked, main event level wrestlers risking their hair. The finals came down to
Perro Aguayo Jr. and his mentor
Negro Casas and saw Aguayo Jr. betray Casas, leaving his mentor to have his hair shaved off after the match. This turn was the catalyst to Perro Aguayo Jr. forming the
Perros del Mal stable. CMLL repeated the event the following year on June 17 as the main event of a
CMLL Super Viernes show. The match featured 9 men in total as the storyline between
Los Perros del Mal and other CMLL
rudos (bad guys) heated up, with CMLL's top fan favorite
Místico added to the match. In the end
Damián 666 escaped the cage, leaving Máscara Magica to lose his second
Infierno en el Ring match and had his hair shaved off. The 2006
Infierno en el Ring match was the first to carry the stipulation that the last two wrestlers would have to wrestle in a regular match instead of escaping the cage. The match took place on July 14, 2006 and featured only masked wrestlers, mainly mid-card level wrestlers all risking their masks in the match. In the end the young
Misterioso II defeated the experienced
Pantera to unmask him. The
Infierno en el Ring concept was used instead of the traditional big singles match CMLL usually books for their Anniversary shows as they booked an eight-man
Infierno en el Ring match as the main event of the
CMLL 74th Anniversary Show in 2007. The main event saw all eight men put their masks on the line in the cage, ending with
Blue Panther pinning
Lizmark Jr. to win the match. The following year CMLL introduced an event called
Infierno en el Ring, dedicating an entire event to the cage match. That year's cage match saw 10 wrestlers risk their hair in the match. The finals saw
El Texano Jr. defeat
Heavy Metal, costing him all his hair. CMLL used the
Infierno en el Ring eight times during 2009, the most of any year. They started the year off with a special
Mini-Estrella match, featuring 13 masked
Mini-Estrellas facing off. The finals came down to
Pierrothito and
Shockercito with Pierrothito taking the victory. CMLL held another
Mini-Estrellas only cage match on March 3, 2009 in
Puebla, Puebla where
Mascarita Dorada defeated
Sombrita in the final two That was followed by a match that saw
Mini-Estrellas and regular sized competitors mixed together for an
Infierno en el Ring on August 18, 2009 where
Mini-Estrella Pierrothito pinned regular sized competitor Mr. Ráfaga to become the only man to win two
Infierno en el Ring matches. CMLL also held their annual
Infierno en el Ring event in 2009, this time a 15-man cage match with everyone putting their hair on the line. The match served as the start of the "Mexico vs. Japan" storyline that ran for the rest of 2009 as
New Japan Pro-Wrestling visitor
Naito pinned
Toscano to take Toscano's hair. The fifth and last
Infierno en el Ring match in 2009 took place on October 18, 2009 and featured a mixture of young wrestlers trying to make a name for themselves and experienced mid-card wrestlers with the prime of their careers behind them. The final saw the young
rudo (bad guy)
Pólvora pin the experienced
tecnico (good guy)
Tigre Blanco to unmask him. CMLL held the
Infierno en el Ring supercard on June 18, 2010. The match featured 12 wrestlers who put their mask on the line in the match. Like the October, 2009 match this cage match featured a mixture of young wrestlers looking to climb up the ranks of CMLL and experienced mid-card wrestlers. The match was the first time two
tecnicos ended up as the finalists and saw
Ángel de Oro pin
Fabián el Gitano to unmask him With one exception in 2025, 2016 featured the final regular
Infierno en el Ring event to be promoted as such. Subsequently, all
Infierno en el Ring matches have taken place on shows going by other names, most commonly the annual
New Year's Day Sin Salida event. So far, twenty-three of the 74 matches have featured every wrestler putting their mask on the line and twenty-four have all risked their hair, with the remaining 27 events featuring mixed bets. Seven of the 74 matches have featured CMLL's
Mini-Estrella division, one has mixed minis with lightweights, three featured all female competitors and the rest have featured CMLL's regular male division. The first match had the fewest participants with just four, while two of the 2020s'
Sin Salida matches featured 16, the most of any event so far. Ten of the matches are of dubious relevance to CMLL, having taken place in independent arenas that CMLL had leased its talent & branding out to. Of the 30 matches to take place in Guadalajara, 23 have focused exclusively on its insular local roster. Excluding such, thirteen wrestlers have been part of the final two for multiple matches; •
Shockercito has been in the final pair an unmatched 4 times for a record of 2-2, having lost both his mask & then his hair • brothers
Brazo de Oro &
Brazo de Platino have both individually lost 0-4 •
Shocker is undefeated at 3-0 •
Pierrothito &
Princesa Blanca are both undefeated at 2-0 •
Negro Casas's record is 1-2 •
Máscara Magica has lost both of his finals at 0-2 •
Satánico,
Máscara Año 2000 &
Cesar Dantes are level at 1-1 •
Rey Bucanero &
El Felino are also 1-1, but with the unique distinction of being the same final pair twice and trading the win ==Dates, venues and results==