IWRG Caravana de Campeones

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Trauma I, one of only four wrestlers to have competed at six different Caravana de Campeones events.

Caravana de Campeones is a major

promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) on a near-annual basis since its inception in 2008. The focal point of the shows are the various championships promoted by IWRG, both those actually branded as IWRG championships as well as other championships promoted by IWRG. These can be either long term or short term such as the Distrito Federal Trios Championship
which has been under IWRG's control since 2007, or the WWS World Welterweight Championship which IWRG has on occasion used on their shows.

For most major lucha libre shows the main events are usually a

Lucha de Apuesta, or "bet match", where competitors risk their wrestling mask or hair, but for the Caravana de Campeones series the main event has always been a championship match, with several championship matches on the undercard as well. The 2015 Caravana de Campeones show
was the ninth show held under that banner since 2008, with two held in both 2012 and 2013 but none in 2010. In addition to the official IWRG championships, the IWRG promoters have also used both the WWS World Welterweight Championship and the AIWA Argentinian National Cruiserweight Championship despite not being official championships.

Event history

Professional wrestling has a long running tradition of holding shows that feature several championship matches, and at times actually promotes shows as an "all championship matches" show. The earliest documented "All-Championship" show is the EMLL Carnaval de Campeones ("Carnival of Champions") held on January 13, 1965.[1] In 2007 WWE held a pay-per-view called Vengeance: Night of Champions, making WWE Night of Champions a recurring theme.[2] Starting in 2008 the Mexican lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) has held a regular major show labeled Caravana de Campeones, Spanish for "Caravan of Champions". They did not hold a Caravana de Campeones show in 2010, but in both 2012 and 2013 held two shows during the year under the Caravana de Campeones banner.[3][4][5][6]

IWRG has nine championships that they actively promote, including the

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship and the Distrito Federal Trios Championship. Due to the volume of championships, no show has featured every single active championship being "defended" at one show, but all active IWRG championships have been challenged on at least one Caravana de Campeones. The IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship was first introduced at the 2008 Caravana de Campeones show, with IWRG holding a tournament on the show.[7] The first of the 2012 Caravana de Campeones show featured a tournament for the vacant IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.[3] IWRG has also promoted a championship match for the WWS World Welterweight Championship (April 2012 Caravana de Campeones) and the AIWA Argentinian National Cruiserweight Championship at the 2015 Caravana de Campeones show.[3][8]
The IWRG Lightweight Championship has been shown at eight out of the nine shows, making it the most often contested for championship of the Caravana de Campeones series.

As of the 2015 Caravana de Campeones show a total of ninety wrestlers have appeared on the nine shows IWRG has held over the years. 86 wrestlers were male and only 4 were female, with only a single women's wrestling match being held at the

steel cage match or a no disqualification
rules.

The April 2013, November 2013 and 2014 Caravana de Campeones saw all championships retained,

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship.[4] On the 2015 version of the Caravana de Campeones show Máscara Año 2000 Jr. defeated El Hijo de Dos Caras to win the IWRG Heavyweight Championship.[8]

The events feature professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portray themselves as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminated in wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.[12]

Dates, venues, and main events

Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref(s)
2008 May 29, 2008
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
El Hijo del Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. vs. El Dandy and Silver King
 [7]
2009 March 15, 2009
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
The Headhunters
 [10]
2011 January 30, 2011
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
Damian 666 and X-Fly
)		 [9]
May 2012 May 1, 2012
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan La Dinastia de la Muerte (
Damian 666
)		 [3]
August 2012 August 1, 2012
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
Super Nova
)		 [4]
August 2013 August 15, 2013
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
Súper Nova
 [5]
November 2013 November 24, 2013
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
El Hijo del Máscara Año 2000
 [6]
2014 December 17, 2014
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan Los Gringos VIP (Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman and El Hijo del Diablo) vs. Chicano, Danny Casas and Hip Hop Man [11]
2015 October 11, 2015
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan El Hijo de Dos Caras vs. Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [8]
2017 September 17, 2017
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan Black Warrior and Warrior Jr. (c) vs. Herodes Jr. and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. for the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship [13]
2018 September 9, 2018
Mexico State
 Arena Naucalpan
Mr. Electro vs. El Hijo del Medico Asesino for the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
 [14]

Championships

As of the 2015 Caravana de Campeones show

Championship Event(s) Ref(s)
AIWA Argentinian National Cruiserweight Championship 2015 [8]
Distrito Federal Trios Championship 2008, 2009, August 2012, November 2013, 2014 [4][6][7][10][11]
IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship August 2012, 2015 [4][8]
IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship 2008, 2009, 2011, April 2012, August 2013, November 2013, 2014, 2015 [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship April 2012, August 2013 [3][5]
IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship 20082009, 2011, April 2012, November 2013, 2015 [3][6][7][8][10]
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship 2009, 2011, November 2013 [6][9][10]
IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship 2008, 2014 [7][11]
IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship August 2012, August 2013, 2015 [4][6][8]
IWRG Rey del Ring August 2012, August 2013, November 2013 [4][5][6]
WWS World Welterweight Championship April 2012, August 2012 [3][4]

References

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Redaccion (May 7, 2012). "Noche de Campeones en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Redaccion (August 13, 2012). "Noche de Campeonato en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (August 15, 2013). "En la Caravana de Campeones IWRG, el Trauma II acabo con Súper Nova". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (November 26, 2013). "Los retadores no pudieron aprovechar la Caravana de Campeones". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Velazquez, Israel (May 30, 2008). "Resultados de IWRG: Caravana de Campeones (jueves 29 de mayo)". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lizarraga, Alfonso (October 12, 2015). "En la caravana de campeones le explota la dinamita al Hijo de Dos Caras" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Caravana de Campeones en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. January 31, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Arena Naucalpan 15 de Marzo '09". The Gladiatores (in Spanish).
  11. ^ a b c d e f Lazaro Rodriguez, Jose (December 18, 2014). "En la Caravana de Campeones se disputaron 3 campeonatos, estos quedaron en su mismo lugar". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  12. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
    . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  13. ^ "Los Warriors continúan como campeones de parejas en Naucalpan". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). September 18, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  14. ^ Lizarraga, Alfonso (September 10, 2018). "Mr. Electro continúa como campeón, Cuervo y Escoria llegan a Naucalpan". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 15, 2018.
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