Guerra del Golfo (2013)
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'3 Luchas en Jaula de mascaras y cabelleras "3 cage matches for masks and hair" | |||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | |||
| Date | April 18, 2012[1] | |||
| Venue | Arena Naucalpan[1] | |||
| City | Naucalpan, State of Mexico[1] | |||
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Guerra del Golfo (2013) (Spanish for "Gulf War") is an upcoming annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which will take place on April 18, 2013 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 will feature five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers, where some were involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines and others simply put together by the matchmakers without a backstory. 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. Wrestlers portray either heels (the bad guys, referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or faces (fan favorites or Técnicos in Mexico).
IWRG announced 16 participants for the annual Guerra del Golfo ("Gulf War", referring to the Gulf of Mexico, not the middle eastern wars.) on April 14, 2018. IWRG regulars El Ángel, Carta Brava, Jr., Danny Casas, Chico Che, Dinamic Black, Apolo Estrada, Jr., Eterno, Factor, Mosca X-Fly, Oficial 911, Trauma I, Trauma II and Veneno were all included in the match.[1] The Guerro del Golfo event would also include Dragon Gate trainees Eita and Tomahawk and lone Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) representative Toscano rounded out the match.[1] In the annual Guerra del Golfo wrestlers face off in Steel cage matches with the loser of the first two steel cage matches being forced to fight each other in the final match of the night. The losing wrestler in the final would be forced to either unmask (if masked) or have their hair shaved off (if not masked) under the Lucha libre rules of a Lucha de Apuesta, or "Bet match". Carta Brava, Jr., Dinamic Black, Trauma I and Trauma II were all masked going into the match while the other 12 competitors were putting their hair on the line. The first "loser advances" steel cage match would include Toscano, Mosca X-Fly, Oficial 911, El Ángel, Veneno, Apolo Estrada, Jr., Tomahawk and Trauma II, while the second "loser advances" match included Factor, Carta Brava, Jr., Chico Che, Eterno, Dinamic Black, Eita, Trauma I and Danny Casas.[1] The first two cage matches would be contested under "escape" rules, which meant that a wrestler would be eliminated when that person was able to climb up the cage and put at least one leg over the top. The last person in the ring would be deemed the loser and would have to compete in a match where pinfalls and submissions would also win the match. In past IWRG steel cage matches under similar stipulations wrestlers not officially announced in the match have interfered, climbed in the cage to help someone or attack someone. This interference made the unannounced wrestlers eligible for the "loser advances" stipulation as well. The most blatant case of this scenario came at the 2012 Guerra del Golfo event where the final match turned from a one on one match to a three on three match involving all three members of Los Oficiales and all three members of Los Oficiales Elite who were involved in a long running storyline at the time.[2][3]
Event
IWRG replaced Picudo, Jr. and Spartan with Eita and Tomahawk in the second match. Tomahawak was removed from the Steel Cage Match by Spartan while Eita worked two matches on the same show.
Results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Reference |
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| 1 | Galaxy and Mr. Leo defeated Fulgor and Power Bull | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match | [4][5] |
| 2 | Eita, Tomahawk and Rayan defeated Centvrión, Golden Magic and Saruman | Best two-out-of-three falls six-person tag team match | [4][5] |
| 3 | El Ángel, Mosca X-Fly, Oficial 911, Spartan, Toscano, Trauma II and Veneno defeated Apolo Estrada, Jr. | Eight-man "Loser advances" steel cage match | [4][5] |
| 4 | Carta Brava, Jr., Danny Casas, Dinamic Black, Eterno, Eita, Factor and Trauma I defeated Chico Che | Eight-man "Loser advances" steel cage match | [4][5] |
| 5 | Apolo Estrada, Jr. defeated Chico Che | Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair steel cage match | [4][5] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "IWRG Guerra del Golfo (Poster)" (in Spanish). International Wrestling Revolution Group. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ↑ "AK-47 perdió la cabellera en la Guerra del Golfo". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). April 16, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ↑ Redaccion (April 16, 2012). "AK-47 perdió la cabellera en Naucalpan". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (April 19, 2013). "Apolo Estrada Jr. rapó a Chico Che en la Guerra del Golfo". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Reyes Ruiz, Eudardo (April 19, 2013). "Chico Che la victima del Guerra del Golfo de la IWRG su verdugo fue Apolo Estrada Jr.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 19, 2013.
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