IWRG El Protector

El Protector is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in January of each year. The El Protector tournament started in 2012 but was preceded in 2010 and 2011 by the Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre ("Projecting a new promise lightning tournament"), a tournament with the same format and concept. The concept of the tournament is to team a young up-and-comer with a veteran and use the tournament to help showcase the younger talent, the young winner is often someone IWRG has plans for, although at times it has not always had the desired result. The tournament has always been held in Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, the main arena of IWRG.

List of winners

Year Winners Date Note
Rookie Veteran
2010 El Hijo del Signo Dr. Cerebro January 1, 2010 [1]
2011 Comando Negro Scorpio, Jr. January 13, 2011 [2]
2012 Imposible X-Fly January 12, 2012 [3]
2013 Carta Brava, Jr. X-Fly (2) January 17, 2013 [4]
2014 Electro Boy Super Nova February 2, 2014 [5]

Dates, venues and main events

Event Date Venue City Main event  
2010 January 1, 2010 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico El Hijo del Signo and Dr. Cerebro vs. Comando Negro and Oficial 911 – 2010 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final [1]
2011 January 13, 2011 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Comando Negro and Scorpio, Jr. vs. Multifacetico IV and Trauma I – 2011 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final [2]
2012 January 12, 2012 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Imposible and X-Fly [3]
2013 January 17, 2013 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Carta Brava, Jr. and X-Fly vs. Eita and Negro Navarro – 2013 El Protector tournament final [4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 1, 2010). "IWRG (1 de enero 2010): Torneo relámpago “Proyección a nuevas promesas de la lucha libre”" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 >Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (January 13, 2011). "Scorpio Jr y Comando Negro se llevan el Torneo de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible". SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lázaro Rodríguez, José (February 3, 2014). "Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2014.

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