Guerra del Golfo (2012)

Guerra del Golfo (2012)
Information
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group
Date April 15, 2012[1]
Venue Arena Naucalpan[1]
City Naucalpan, State of Mexico[1]
Event chronology

Rebelión de los Juniors (2012) Guerra del Golfo (2012) Caravan de Campeones (2012)
Guerra del Golfo chronology

Guerra del Golfo (2011) Guerra del Golfo (2012) Guerra del Golfo (2013)

Guerra del Golfo (2012) (Spanish for "Gulf War") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on April 15, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The annual Guerra del Golfo main event consists of three matches in total, with two "qualifying matches", multi-man steel cage matches where the last person left in the cage advances to the main event of the night. The two losers is forced to wrestle inside the steel cage, with the loser being forced to either take off their wrestling mask or have their hair shaved off under Lucha de Apuesta, or "Bet match" rules.

Background

The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Being a professional wrestling event matches are not won legitimately through athletic competition; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.

In the summer of 2011 the group Los Oficiales introduced a new member called Oficial Spartan, replacing Oficial AK-47, who was unable to wrestle due to an arm injury, in his first match to team up with Oficial 911 and Oficial Fierro.[2] In the fall of 20011 the original Oficiales kicked Spartan out of the group he cost their team a number of matches due to disqualifications. Spartan would return with back up in the form of Oficial Rayan, forming a group called Los Oficiales Elite to start a rival faction to Los Oficiales.[3] In early 2012 Los Oficiales Elite became a trio with the introduction of Oficial Factor to the team.[4]

Event

The opening match, a tag team match between the team of Guerrero Mixtico, Jr. and Matrix, Jr. and the team of Galaxy and Star Boy, Jr., ended after Galaxy dislocated his shoulder and his opponents quickly pinned him to end the match.[1] The second match was originally scheduled to have Tritón team up with Chicano, but due to injuries IWRG decided to replace him with Star Boy, Jr. and have the team of Star Boy, Jr. and Chicano defeat Pacto Negro and The Mummy.[1] The third match of the night was a continuation of the Oficiales vs. Oficiales Elite storyline as two members from each team faced off, Los Oficiales (Oficial 911 and Oficial Fierro) teamed up with Toxico while Oficial Rayan and Oficial Spartan teamed up with veteran wrestler Negro Navarro. Los Oficials Elite won the third and deciding fall when 911 intentionally unmasked Spartan, which is against the rules of Lucha Libre.[1]

The first of the "qualifying" steel cage matches featured nine wrestlers, eight male (Comando Negro, Damian 666, El Hijo del Diablo, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Oficial Factor, Tony Rivera, Trauma I and X-Fly) and a single female competitor (Ludark Shaitan). The match saw Oficial Factor as the last remaining wrestler in the ring, which meant he was forced to put his mask on the line later on in the show's main event.[1] The second match started out with nine competitors just like the other steel cage match, and again included eight male (Oficial AK-47, Alan Extreme, Bestia 666, Bombero Infernal, Carta Brava, Jr., Halloween, Sexy Lady, Trauma I and Zumbi) and one female (Sexy Lady) competitor. In the latter parts of the match AK-47's partners 911 and Fierro came to the ring and entered the cage, trying to help AK-47 defeat Trauma I. Moments later Trauma I's brother Trauma II came to the ring and also entered the cage. In the end Oficial 911 ended up losing the match instead of one of the scheduled competitors. Like Oficial Factor he was forced to put his mask on the line in the main event steel cage match.[1]

The main event looked to conclude with either Oficial Factor or Oficial 911 unmasking, but as the match was about to beging Factor was joined by his Los Oficiales Elite partners Spartan and Rayan while 911 was joined by AK-47 and Fierro to make it a six-man match where everyone but AK-47 risked their mask and AK-47, since he was already unmasked, risked his hair on the outcome of the match. After a long and brutal match it came down to Factor and AK-47 with Oficial Factor escaping the cage. As a result Oficial AK-47 was shaved bald afterwards even if he was not the announced participant at the beginning of the match.[1]

Results

# Result Stipulation Reference
1 Guerrero Mixtico, Jr. and Matrix, Jr. defeated Galaxy and Star Boy, Jr. – two falls to none Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match [1][5]
2 Chicano and Star Boy, Jr. defeated Pacto Negro and The Mummy – two falls to one Tag team best two-out-of-three falls tag team match [1][5]
3 Negro Navarro and Los Oficiales Elite (Oficial Rayan and Oficial Spartan) defeated Los Oficiales (Oficial 911 and Oficial Fierro) and Toxico by disqualification DQ – two falls to one Best two-out-of-three falls six-person tag team match [1][5]
4 Oficial Factor lost to Comando Negro, Damian 666, El Hijo del Diablo, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Ludark Shaitan, Tony Rivera, Trauma I and X-Fly Nine-person "Loser advances" steel cage match [1][5]
5 Oficial 911 lost to Oficial AK-47, Alan Extreme, Bestia 666, Bombero Infernal, Carta Brava, Jr., Oficial Fierro, Halloween, Sexy Lady, Trauma I, Trauma II, Zumbi Twelve-person "Loser advances" steel cage match [1][5]
6 Oficial AK-47 lost to Oficial 911, Oficial Factor, Oficial Fierro, Oficial Rayan and Oficial Spartan six-way Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. mask steel cage match [1][5]

Aftermath

The feud between the two Oficiales factions continued throughout 2012 with several highlights, including Oficial AK-47 winning the vacant IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship in a tournament, which saw him defeat Oficial Spartan in the quarter final.[6] Oficial Factor won the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament, defeating 29 other wrestlers including members of Los Oficiales.[7] On July 26, 2012 Los Oficiales ended Oficiales Elite's reign as Distrito Federal Trios Champions after 129 days.[8] In the fall of 2012 Oficiales Elite changed their name to Los Comandos Élite, but the feud with Los Oficiales remained as intense as ever and led to both Oficial 911 and Factor being part of the main event Prison Fatal match on the 2012 IWRG show called Prison Fatal, where Factor would lose to Hijo de Pirata Morgan.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 "AK-47 perdió la cabellera en la Guerra del Golfo". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). April 16, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mr. Reyes (July 27, 2011). "Silver King sigue siendo el Rey de IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mr. Reyes (October 28, 2011). "Golden Magic retiene el Campeonato Intercontinental". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "La sangre nueva de Naucalpan continua en los planos estelares" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. January 27, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Redaccion (April 16, 2012). "AK-47 perdió la cabellera en Naucalpan". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Los campeones, firmes en sus tronos en IWRG; AK-47, nuevo campeón de peso medio". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). May 7, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Factor Campeón del Rey del Ring". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Los Oficiales recuperan el Campeonato de Tríos del Estado de México.". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). July 27, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Factor sin mascara" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. December 3, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.

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