In August 2012 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held five CMLL Super Viernes shows, all of which took place in Arena México on Friday nights. Some of the matches from Super Viernes are taped for CMLL's weekly shows that air in Mexico the week following the Super Viernes show. The shows features various professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as "rudos" in Mexico) or fan favorites ("técnicos" in Mexico) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) August 3, 2012 Super Viernes show featured six matches. The most talked about match of the night was not the main event CMLL World Tag Team Championship defense by Los Guerreros del Infierno (Dragón Rojo Jr. and Último Guerrero) against Atlantis and Diamante Azul, instead it was the scheduled debut of the Ring persona Místico or rather Místico La Nueva Era as CMLL gave the name, mask and persona of their most successful luchador ever, Místico to a new wrestler, a man who had previously worked as "Dragon Lee" in CMLL. While Místico was in the fourth match of the night fans came to see the debut of Místico "La Nueva Era" ("The New Era") and attendance figures went up between 4,000 and 6,000. The show featured four additional matches, three of which were Best two-out-of-three falls six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match and a Lightning Match, a one on one match with a one fall, 10 minute time limit.

The opening match pitted the técnico team of Molotov, Starman and Tigre Blanco against Los Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte and Skándalo) and Nosferatu. The Rudo team won two falls to one. In the second match the Japanese team La Fiebre Amarilla ("The Yellow Fever") of Namajague and Okumura teamed up with Misterioso Jr. to take on the trio of Diamante, Fuego and Tritón. During the match Delta landed awkwardly after a high risk move and had to be removed from the ring on a stretcher. Fuego would pin Misterioso Jr. to win the third fall, which along with a victory in the first fall gave Fuego and his team the victory. CMLL normally includes a Lighting Match on their Super Viernes show unless they have a special reason to leave it out, and the August 3 edition did indeed feature a Lightning Match, pitting the Rudo veteran El Felino against the young, high-flying tecnico Stuka Jr. The two wrestled a very fast paced match which ultimately saw El Felino pin Stuka Jr.

The fourth match saw the debut of Dragon Lee as the new Místico, taking over the mask and name of CMLL's most successful wrestler ever, the original Místico. Místico was accompanied by Fray Tormenta, the "Wrestling Priest", who had also acted as the Padrino (Literally Godfather") of the original Místico, giving his official blessing to the new Místico before the match. The new Místico teamed up with Valiente and Ángel de Oro, who had originally been offered the role of the new Místico but declined. The team would face Los Hijos del Averno ("The Sons of Hell"; Ephesto and Mephisto) and Euforia. Los Hijos del Averno had been constant rivals with the original Místico and had worked together in a series of very well received and profitable matches. La Nuevo Era Místico did not have an easy debut as the Rudo trio ganged up on him and actually attacked him so brutally that the team was disqualified to lose the first fall. In the second fall Los Hijos pinned both Valiente and Ángel de Oro, but not Místico as the team took the second fall. The final fall did not involve Místico at all as Ángel de Oro forced Mephisto to submit for the victory. Following the match Los Hijos attacked Místico again, tearing his mask open. Following the match Místico rated his own effort as a "7 out of 10" and noted that while it was not a perfect debut he still considered it successful. The official CMLL website described the debut as "excellent"

Leading up to the fifth match of the evening Volador Jr. and Mr. Niebla had been unable to get along and their trios match which also included Negro Casas on their side was no different. The internal strife made it easier for Máscara Dorada, Maximo and Shocker to win the match as they took two straight falls, winning two to zero due to Volador Jr. and Mr. Niebla fighting amongst themselves. After the match was over Mr. Niebla and his companion Zacarias attacked Volador Jr. allowing weeks of frustration to be expressed physically instead. At first Negro Casas tried to keep the peace between the two, but finally ended up siding with his La Peste Negra teammate Mr. Niebla as they tried to unmask Volador Jr. after the match. Once the two had been separated by arena security Volador Jr. made a challenge to Mr. Niebla to face him in a Lucha de Apuestas match with both Masks at stake. Mr. Niebla refused to even answer the challenge but instead left the arena along with Negro Casas.

The main event was billed as the 22nd CMLL World Tag Team Championship defense by the team of Dragón Rojo Jr. and Último Guerrero, just short of the record 25 title defenses Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero had achieved a few years prior. The team had to fend off the team of Atlantis and Diamante Azul, who had teamed in Trios matches, but not as a regular Tag Team at this point in time. The match started out as a clean, very technical match which saw Atlantis and Diamante Azul display a great deal of teamwork that allowed the challengers to take the first fall in quick order, putting the champions on the defensive. The champions regrouped in the second fall with Guerrero focusing on Atlantis and Dragón Rojo Jr. worked over Diamante Azul, allowing them to even the match and force a third and deciding fall. The third fall saw a number of close calls as both teams fought hard to gain the victory. At one point Último Guerrero had Atlantis on the top rope, ready to perform his" Guerrero Special" move when Dragón Rojo Jr. threw Diamante Azul into the ring ropes, shaking them enough for Último Guerrero to lose his footing and fall to the canvas. Moments later Atlantis pinned Guerrero to win his fifth overall CMLL World Tag Team Championship. After the match the now former champions began arguing between them, blaming each other for the title loss.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) August 10, 2012 Super Viernes show featured six matches wrestling matches in total. The main event for the show, El Felino, Mr. Niebla and Negro Casas (Collectively known as La Peste Negra, "the Black Plague") faced off against Mr. Águila, Psicosis and Volador Jr. who are also known as Los Invasores ("The Invaders") and was a direct result of a match from the previous week where Mr. Niebla and Volador Jr. were unable to get along in their Tag Team match and actually fought each other after the match was over. In the Semi-Main event CMLL's recently introduced Nueva Era ("New Era") Místico teamed up with veteran tecnico (good guy) Atlantis and one of CMLL's top, young tecnicos La Mascara to face off against the Rudo (bad guy) team known as Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Warriors from Hell", Dragón Rojo Jr., Euforia and Último Guerrero) The show featured four additional matches including a Tag Team match, a Lightning Match (singles match with a 10-minute time limit) and two Best two out of three falls Six-man tag team match.

The opening match of the show was the technico team of Hombre Bala Jr. and Super Halcón Jr. face off against Bobby Zavala and Disturbio in a Tag Team match. Zavala and Disturbio overcame their opponents two falls to one to take the match. In the second match Puma King cost his team (Puma, Raziel and Sangre Azteca) the match in two straight falls as he pulled Rey Cometa's mask off in clear view of the referee who disqualified Puma King and awarded the second fall to the team of Rey Cometa, Fuego and Tritón. Rey Cometa and Puma King had been involved in a long running rivalry, where this was just the latest development between the two. Following the match Rey Cometa challenged Puma King to put his mask on the line against him. The third match of the evening, which saw Lady Apache and Las Ladies de Polanco (Princesa Blanca and Princesa Sujei) face off against the team of Dark Angel, Goya Kong and Luna Magica, centered around the developing rivalry between Dark Angel and Lady Apache, which only intensified when Lady Apache cheated by holding the ropes to gain the third and deciding fall for her team. The Lightning Match saw the seasoned veteran Rudo Rey Bucanero cheat his way to a victory over Ángel de Oro with very little time left on the clock. During the show CMLL Announced that they would start the 2012 Campeonato Universal (Universal Championship) tournament on August 17 and would span the August 17, August 24 and August 31 Super Viernes show.