Titanes en el ring (Titans in the ring) was an Argentine lucha libre promotion. Titanes en el ring also refers to the promotion's television program aired between 3 March 1962 and 1988.
The Armenian Argentine MartÃÂn Karadagián (1922-1991) had started at 15 years old practicing Greco-Roman wrestling in the . The following year he joined a troupe of wrestlers, with which he traveled to Europe. After returning to Argentina in 1947, Karadagián maintained a fight at Luna Park against , El Hombre Montaña. After to give up the fight Zelezniak (five-time champion from 1947 to 1951), the Armenian was already one of the most attractive conveners of the wrestling in Buenos Aires.
In 1950s Karadagián fought against former heavyweight champion Primo Carnera. And in 1957 he maintained a wrestling match in the stadium of Boca Juniors, against former boxer José MarÃÂa Gatica, el mono. That same year, Karadagian starred in ', movie where a wrestler ("Pantera") accidentally killed a rival during a fight.
In 1961 Karadagián fought at Luna Park against Capitan Piluso, played by actor Alberto Olmedo. Following the success of combat was filmed the movie ' with MartÃÂn Karadagián in the role of villain.
MartÃÂn Karadagián creates Titans in the ring in 1962, the TV show airs on Canal 9 in live from Luna Park. Karadagian had hired great figures of wrestling as ', ' (bodybuilder), ', ', ', ', ', ', and ' as referee. Karadagian himself appeared regularly in the show, in which he was regarded as the "World Champion".
In 1964 (el campeón español) joined in Titans, time after, Karadagiám hired the wrestlers Rubén Peucelle el Ancho, , Ulises, El Caballero Rojo and Pepino el Payaso. In the late 1960s Titanes en el Ring incorporates a fantastic wrestling match against El Hombre invicible. In 1967 Karadagián was starring in the science fiction classic El hombre invisible ataca with , and Ricardo Passano.
In 1970s Titanes en el Ring moved to Canal 13, Karadagián incorporates fantastic and mythological characters as El Vikingo, Don Quijote y Sancho Panza, ', El Acuanauta, Poseidon, El Cavernario, La Momia Negra and others.
In 1972 Karadagián faces La Momia for the world championship. The evening was held at the Luna Park stadium, with a draw.
Other classic wrestling battles included Peucelle vs , vs , vs Silvio, Karadagián vs , Karadagián vs , vs el Vasco Guipúzcoa, vs David el Pastor, vs Ivanoff. And La Momia blanca vs La Momia negra.
Titanes also had a cheater referee . Other famous arbiters include , Albert Jaitt, El Conde Schiaffino, Professor Eduardo Davis and Johnny Well.
Titanes en el Ring season of 1982 was one of the most successful, Karadagián incorporates new characters as , el Pibe 10, , El Diabolo, . The gang El Padrino, and . And the Brotherhood of Mongols and .
and (gitano Ivanoff), were the first wrestlers who had personified La Momia. was La Momia between 1975 and 1988.
Titans in the Ring was narrated and commented by , and Jorge Bocacci was the responsible for the presentation ceremony.
Originally focused on adult audience, during the years it was gradually adapted for targeting a younger audience.
It enjoyed its peak popularity in the early 1970s; in 1972 a Titanes en el Ring music album, featuring the theme songs of the wrestlers, got a large commercial success, and from the same year tapes of the shows started being exported abroad. In 1973 a deal with the Felfort-brand of chocolate bonbons "Jack" also helped to popularize the program and its athletes. In the 1970s the show also did two large tours in Latin America.
Two films based on the show were produced: ', released in 1973, and ', released in 1984.
In the 1990s, MartÃÂn Karadagian's daughter tried to re-launch Titanes, but it lasted only a few months.