The International Wrestling Revolution Group Anniversary Shows is an annual major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico). The show is always held on or just after January 1 each year, marking the creation of IWRG on January 1, 1996. The anniversary shows are often, but not always main evented by a Lucha de Apuestas , or "bet match", where a wrestler will put his wrestling mask or hair on the line.
31-495: The first Anniversary show was held on January 1, 1997 but records are unclear on the actual results of the show. Some years the anniversary is celebrated by IWRG holding one of their other annual shows to commemorate the date, such as the January 2009 Guerra del Golfo ("Gulf War") that was also the IWRG 13th Anniversary Show. In 2010 IWRG held the first ever Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion
62-766: A tag team tournament. The tournament was won by AAA representatives Los Psycho Circus ( Monster Clown and Psycho Clown ) as they defeated Perros del Mal representatives Super Crazy and X-Fly . Guerra del Golfo (January 2009) Guerra del Golfo (January 2009) ( Spanish for "Gulf War") was a major annual professional wrestling event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2009 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
93-540: A Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Projecting a new promise lightning tournament") tournament on January 1, marking the 14th anniversary. In 2011 the 15th-anniversary show was marked by IWRG arranging a Guerra de Empresas ("War of the promotions") tournament to mark the day. Wrestler-turned-promoter Adolfo "Pirata" Moreno began promoting wrestling shows in his native Naucalpan de Juárez , Mexico, bringing in wrestlers from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) to Naucalpan as well as featuring wrestlers from
124-574: A maximum capacity of 2,400 spectators for the shows. Arena Naucalpan became the permanent home for Promociones Moreno , with very few shows held elsewhere. In the 1990s the UWA folded and Promociones Moreno worked primarily with EMLL, now rebranded as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). From the mid-1990s Moreno would promote several Naucalpan championships, including the Naucalpan Tag Team Championship, Naucalpan Middleweight Championship and
155-468: A mini version of Super Nova, called Mino Nova or just Nova wrestled for the WWF from 1997 until 1999. In the fall of 1997 Miguel Nava, along with a large group of other wrestlers, left AAA and ended up working for rival promotion Promo Azteca . Nava used the ring character "Oro, Jr.", the same mask and tights as Orito but this time he competed in the regular division. During his debut for Promo Azteca he wore
186-410: A number of years. During the slow period Orito began a long running storyline , or feud, with El Felinito, a feud that the two of them would continue after jumping to AAA in 1997. In AAA Nava was given a new ring persona, "Super Nova", was moved into the "regular" divisions and made a part of the wrestling group Los Cadetes Del Espacio (Spanish for "The Space Cadets"). El Felinito was also moved into
217-564: A spring time show promoting the steel cage match concept under the name Guerra del Golfo , or "Gulf War", referring to the Gulf of Mexico , not the Gulf War in the middle east. The Gurerra del Golfo shows featured two "qualifying" steel cage matches where the loser would later be forced to face off against each other in the main event of the show, a final cage match where the loser would be forced to either unmask or have his/her hair shaved off. The use of
248-497: The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship but later moved into the regular division. Nava currently works for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) as Mike Segura . Miguel Angel Nava made his professional wrestling debut in 1991; in 1992 then-CMLL booker Antonio Peña left Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to form his own promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA); Peña had been
279-534: The Distrito Federal Trios Championship , the only championship predating the foundation of the IWRG. In 2007 Adolfo Moreno died, leaving his sons César and Marco Moreno to take ownership of both International Wrestling Revolution Group as well as Arena Naucalpan. Each year on or right after January 1 IWRG has traditionally held a major lucha libre event to commemorate the creation of IWRG, starting in 1997. Records confirm that an anniversary show
310-413: The "Rudos De La Galaxia" team of Abismo Negro , El Mosco and Histeria . The following day, at a WWF Shotgun Saturday Night taping Super Nova, Discovery, Venum and Ludxor defeated the team of Abismo Negro, El Mosco, Histeria and Maniaco. Super Nova's last WWF match was on March 31, 1997 when he lost a singles match to El Mosco on Monday Night Raw. while Miguel Nava did not make further WWF appearances
341-474: The "Super Nova" mask, but removed it to reveal the Oro, Jr. mask. After Promo Azteca folded Nava began working for a promotion out of Arena Neza , when that promotion became International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) Nava was one of the regulars. In 1998 Nava lost the "Oro, Jr." mask after losing a Luchas de Apuestas match to Dr. Cerebro . After being unmasked he started work as "Mike Segura" and quickly earned
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#1732898029877372-455: The "bad guys") or faces ( técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. After both men lost a steel cage match , long time friends and tag team partners Cerebro Negro and Dr. Cerebro were forced to face off in the final match of the night, with the loser being shaved bald. Before
403-642: The "regular" division, repackaged as "Mach-1" and made a part of a group called Los Rudos De La Galaxia (The Villains of the Galaxy). Miguel Nava, as Super Nova, made several appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of the AAA/WWF talent trading agreement. His first appearance was on the March 24, 1997 WWF Monday Night Raw where he teamed up with fellow "Cadets" Discovery and Venum to defeat
434-449: The 12th anniversary of IWRG's creation as a wrestling promotion and holding their first show on January 1, 1996. The Anniversary Shows generally take place on January 1 each year whenever possible. The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines . Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray
465-528: The Mexican independent circuit . Later on he would promote shows mainly in "Arena KO Al Gusto" and served as the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) partner, using the name Promociones Moreno as the business name for his promotional efforts. In 1977 Moreno bought the run down Arena KO Al Gusto and had Arena Naucalpan built in its place, an arena designed specifically for wrestling shows, with
496-499: The Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish ) has held several annual events where the main event was a multi-man steel cage match where the last wrestler left in the cage would be forced to either remove their wrestling mask or have their hair shaved off under Lucha de Apuestas , or "bet match", rules. From 2005 IWRG has promoted
527-661: The Naucalpan Welterweight Championship, all sanctioned by the local boxing and wrestling commission. In late 1995 Adolfo Moreno decided to create his own promotion, creating a regular roster instead of relying totally on wrestlers from other promotions, creating the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) on January 1, 1996. From that point on Arena Naucalpan became
558-400: The fought both men discussed that they were so good friends that they did not want to fight, each of them offering to just be shaved bald. Then they suggested that the two of them could face Pirata Morgan Jr and Pirata Mogan in a different Luchas de Apuestas , or bet match, between the two teams. In the end the local wrestling commission insisted that they wrestled each other, which led to
589-443: The last person left in the cage advances to the main event of the night. The two losers would then be forced to wrestle inside the steel cage, with the loser of that match being forced to either take off their wrestling mask or have their hair shaved off under Lucha de Apuestas , or "Bet match" rules, if they are unmasked. The Event was also the celebration of the 13th IWRG Anniversary Show . Starting as far back as at least 2000,
620-728: The main venue for IWRG, hosting the majority of their weekly shows and all of their major shows as well. With the creation of the IWRG Moreno abandoned the Naucalpan championships, instead introducing a series of IWRG branded championships, starting with the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship created on July 27, 1997, followed by the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship two months later. IWRG also kept promoting
651-604: The mastermind behind the CMLL Minis division and most of the Minis in CMLL decided to leave with Peña. Serrano and a number of other wrestlers were brought in to replenish the division. Working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that Nava is a dwarf as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division. Miguel Nava was one of the wrestlers brought into CMLL to replenish the division, he
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#1732898029877682-580: The most prestigious type of match, more important to the Mexican fans and wrestlers alike than championship matches, The earliest anniversary show with confirmed results is the IWRG 5th Anniversary Show main evented by a best two-out-of-three falls eight-man tag team match with the team of Bombero Infernal , El Enterrador and Los Megas ( Mega and Super Mega ) defeating Black Dragon, Kato Kung Lee , Mike Segura and Tony Rivera . In 2009 IWRG held their annual Guerra del Golfo ("Gulf War") on January 1 having
713-552: The nickname "Suicida" due to his high risk dives out of the ring. On February 15, 2007 Segura teamed up with Dr. Cerebro and Cerebro Negro to win the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship from El Hijo del Diablo , Fantasma de la Opera and Veneno . The trio would defend the championship for 154 days before losing to the Escuadron de la Muerte team of Capitan Muerte, Cyborg Cop and Xibalba Shortly after
744-483: The promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The September 2009 Guerra del Golfo show was the third year IWRG promoted a show under that name and the second year in a row since becoming an annual event from 2008 forward. 2009 was the only year to date where IWRG held two Guerra del Golfo shows in a year, as they would also hold a Guerro del Golfo show in September 2009 . The 2009 Guerra del Golfo show also commemorated
775-419: The show doubled as the IWRG 13th Anniversary Show. In the main event steel cage match Dr. Cerebro defeated Cerebro Negro , forcing Cerebro Negro to be shaved bald as a result. The following year IWRG held the first ever Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Projecting a new promise lightning tournament") tournament on January 1, marking their 14th anniversary with
806-572: The steel cage in three matches distinguishes the Guerra del Golfo event from other Steel cage matches held throughout the year such as the IWRG El Castillo del Terror ("The Tower of Terror"), IWRG Guerra de Sexos ("War of the Sexes") or IWRG Prison Fatal ("Deadly Prison") shows. The Guerra del Golfo shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general, are held in "Arena Naucalpan", owned by
837-651: The title loss Mike Segura disappeared from the IWRG, soon after an enmascarado called "Aeroman" made his debut with a style so close to Segura's that it was impossible to hide his true identity causing fans to chant "Suicida" during his matches. He briefly left IWRG to work for Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) as Mike Segura, in DTU he won the DTU Extreme Championship from Aero Boy on February 2, 2008, holding it for 72 days before losing it to Paranoiko. In May 2009 an unmasked Mike Segura returned to IWRG with no mention of
868-430: The tournament. The tournament would become an annual tradition under the name El Protector . In 2011 IWRG celebrated their 15th Anniversary by holding a Guerra de Empresas ("War of the promotions") tournament inviting representatives from other wrestling promotions. such as Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion , Los Perros del Mal , Desastre Total Ultraviolento and Alianza Universal de Lucha Libre to compete in
899-559: The two wrestling a clean, scientific match that Dr. Cerebro ended up winning, forcing Cerebro Negro to be shaved bald. Mike Segura Miguel Angel Nava (born July 29, 1969) is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler best known under the ring name , Mike Segura . North American fans knows Nava under the name Super Nova from his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Nava originally worked in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 's (CMLL) Minis division and held
930-621: Was given the ring persona of Orito , a mini version of Oro who worked in CMLL at the time. On September 6, 1992 Orito won a tournament to crown a new CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion after the AAA exodus, defeating El Felinito in the final. On March 14, 1993, lost the CMLL Minis title to Último Dragóncito , ending his reign at 189 days. In the mid to late-1990s CMLL did not focus much on their Minis division, their rarely made it onto their television shows which meant that Orito only used sparingly for
961-467: Was indeed held but no details on what matches were held or what the results have been found. Over the years IWRG has celebrated the anniversary by holding one or more Lucha de Apuestas , or "bet matches", where all wrestlers involved in the match would risk their wrestling mask or hair, "betting" it on the outcome of the match. In Lucha libre the traditions surrounding the Luchas de Apuestas match makes it