El Protector (2014)

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El Protector (2014)
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Official poster of the event depicting the veteran participants in the El Protector tournament
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group
DateFebruary 2, 2014 [1]
City Naucalpan, State of Mexico [1]
VenueArena Naucalpan [1]
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El Protector (2014) was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on February 2, 2014 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The 2014 El Protector was the third annual event produced under that name and the first to be held in February. The focal point of the show was the El Protector tag team tournament where seven teams competed for the trophy.

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International Wrestling Revolution Group Mexican professional wrestling promotion

International Wrestling Revolution Group is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. Founded in 1996 by Adolfo Moreno and since Moreno's death in late 2007 has been controlled by his sons Alfredo and Marco Moreno. IWRG has its own championships but like a lot of Mexican promotions recognize champions from other promotions, occasionally allowing them to defend those titles on IWRG shows. In recent times the company has tried to become a competitor to both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (AAA), acquiring a national television deal with TV Azteca and using a number of talent that have left CMLL or AAA to bolster their ranks and profile. IWRG's home base is Arena Naucalpan where the majority of their shows are held, though they have regularly promoted shows at other venues such as Arena Emiliano Zapata, Arena Xochimilco and Arena Neza.

Contents

Production

Background

Lucha Libre has a tradition for a tournament where a rookie, or novato, would be teamed up with an experienced veteran wrestler for a tag team tournament in the hopes of giving the Novato a chance to show case their talent and move up the ranks. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre has held a Torneo Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative Tournament") almost every year since 1994, but the concept predates the creation of the Gran Alternativa. [2] The Mexican professional wrestling company International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; at times referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) started their own annual rookie/veteran tournament in 2010. The first two tournaments were called Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Projecting a new promise lightning tournament") but would be renamed the El Protector tournament in 2012. The El Protector shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general, are held in "Arena Naucalpan", owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The 2014 El Protector show was the fifth time that IWRG promoted a show around the rookie/veteran tournament, with the name changing to El Protector in 2012 and onwards.

Tag team Team of multiple professional wrestlers

Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name and identity.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Mexican professional wrestling promotion

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion is also referred to by its previous name Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence.

<i>CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa</i>

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Storylines

The event featured nine 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 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.

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Tournament participants

Trauma I Mexican professional wrestler

Trauma I is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, working on the Mexican independent circuit and as a freelance wrestler for promotions such as International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), portraying a tecnico wrestling character. Trauma I's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Trauma I is a second generation wrestler, the son of Miguel Calderón Navarro, better known under his ring name Negro Navarro. He is the younger brother of Trauma II, who he regularly teams up with under the name Los Traumas. Trauma I is a freelance wrestler and thus is not exclusively working for one specific professional wrestling promotion but has worked for a large number of Mexican wrestling promotions including working matches on shows promoted by the largest Mexican based promotions such as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG).

Miguel Ángel Lugo, better known under the ring name Eterno is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) and on the Mexican independent circuit portraying a rudo wrestling character.

Rafael Ernesto Medina Baeza, better known under the ring name Veneno ("Venom"), is a Panamanian luchador, or professional wrestler, living in Mexico and currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a tecnico wrestling character. He is related through marriage to the extended Casas wrestling family as his sister, also a wrestler under the ring name Dalys La Caribeña, is married to Negro Casas.

Results

No.Results [3] Stipulations
1 Cristal, Dama de Hierro and Latigo defeated Diosa Maya, Sadica and Zurdog Intergender trios tag team two-out-of-three falls match
2Chico Che, Diva Salvaje and Miss Gaviota defeated El Hijo del Fishman and Los Oficiales (Oficial AK-47 and Oficial Fierro) Six-man tag team two-out-of-three falls match
3 Oficial 911 (C) defeated Golden Magic Best two-out-of-three falls match for the IWRG Rey del Ring
4 Alan Extreme and Veneno, Emperador Azteca and Máscara Purpura defeated Arana de Plata and Trauma I, Atomic Star and Eterno, Centvrion and El Hijo de Dos Caras, Dragón Celestia and Relámpago, Electro Boy and Super Nova, El Hijo de Pirata Morgan and Imposible 2014 El Protector seeding Battle Royal
5Dragón Celestia and Relámpago defeated Centvrion and El Hijo de Dos Caras2014 El Protector tournament quarter finals, tag team match
6Electro Boy and Super Nova defeated Arana de Plata and Trauma I2014 El Protector tournament quarter finals, tag team match
7Atomic Star and Eterno defeated El Hijo de Pirata Morgan and Imposible2014 El Protector tournament quarter finals, tag team match
8Emperador Azteca and Máscara Purpura defeated Alan Extreme and Veneno2014 El Protector tournament quarter finals, tag team match
9Electro Boy and Super Nova defeated Dragón Celestia and Relámpago2014 El Protector tournament semi-finals, tag team match
10Atomic Star and Eterno defeated Emperador Azteca and Máscara Purpura2014 El Protector tournament quarter finals, tag team match
11Electro Boy and Super Nova defeated Atomic Star and Eterno02014 El Protector tournament finals, tag team match
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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