IWRG El Castillo del Terror

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Máscara Año 2000, Jr., winner of the 2008 Castillo del Terror match.

El Castillo del Terror is a professional wrestling event produced and scripted annually by the lucha Libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The event was established in 2000 and is held in November each year in Arena Naucalpan, IWRG's main arena in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The annual show features the eponymous main event match; a multi-man Steel Cage Match where the last man in the cage is forced to unmask under Luchas de Apuestas , or "Bet rules". In rival Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) the match is referred to as Infierno en el Ring , but is the same concept. The 2015 event marked the fifteenth time that IWRG has held a Castillo del Terror event and the fourth time that Golden Magic has won the mask of an opponent by being the last man to escape the cage; unmasking King Drako, Alan Extreme, Kenshin Kabuki and El Golpelador. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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A total of 116 wrestlers have participated in one or more Castillo del Terror cage matches, with Oficial 911 holding a record of eight matches in total; Golden Magic is the only wrestler to have won multiple matches, four. Yack has participate under two different names, working as "Bakteria" in 2006 and Jack/Yack in 2008 and 2009. |Oficial Factor previously wrestled and lost a Castillo del Terror match under the name "Mega", while Oficial 911 previous wrestled under the name "Comando Mega". Wrestlers from IWRG, CMLL, Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) and the Mexican Independent circuit have all participated in a Castillo del Terror match. IWRG holds several multi-man steel cage Luchas de Apuesta matches throughout the year, but only refer to the November show match as the Castillo del Terror. Events with a similar match in the main event includes Guerra de Sexos and Guerra del Golfo . Being professional wrestling events matches are not won legitimately; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.

List of El Castillo del Terror winners

YearWinnerLoserWagerRef(s)
2000 Último Vampiro IV Super Mega Mask [5]
2002 Mega Karma Mask [6]
2003 Mega Comando AlfaMask [7]
2004 Black Dragon Mega Mask [8]
2005 Masada Cerebro Negro Mask [9] [10]
2006 Ave Fénix Macho II Mask [9] [10]
2007 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. Enterrador 2000 Mask [9] [10]
November 2008 Máscara Año 2000, Jr. Arlequín Amarillo Mask [9] [10]
December 2008 Oficial 911 Arlequín Hair [11]
2009 Oficial 911 Yack Mask [9] [10]
2010 Comando Negro Arlequín Negro Mask [9] [10]
2011 Golden Magic King Drako Mask [1] [9] [10]
2012 El Ángel Oficial Fierro Mask [10] [12]
2013 Golden Magic Alan Extreme Mask [2]
2014 Golden Magic Kenshin Kabuki Mask [3]
2015 Golden Magic El GolpeladorMask [4]
2016 UncertainZaturaMask 
2017 Black Dragón Oficial Spartan Mask 

Dates, venues and main events

EventDateVenueCityMain EventRef(s)
2000 November 2, 2000 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico multi-Man steel cage match [5]
2002 October 31, 2002 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-Man steel cage match [6]
2003 November 2, 2003 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Multi-Man steel cage match [7]
2004 October 31, 2004 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Multi-Man steel cage match [8]
2005 November 3, 2005 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-Man steel cage match [9]
2006 November 2, 2006 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 9-Man steel cage match [9]
2007 November 1, 2007 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 9-man Steel cage match [9]
November 2008 November 2, 2008 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-man Steel cage match [9]
December 2008 December 21, 2008 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-Man steel cage match [11]
2009 November 1, 2009 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-man Steel cage match [9]
2010 November 4, 2010 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 12-Man steel cage match [9]
2011 November 3, 2011 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-Man steel cage match [1] [9]
2012 November 1, 2012 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 12-Man steel cage match [12]
2013 November 3, 2013 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-Man steel cage match [2]
2014 November 2, 2014 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 11-Man steel cage match [3]
2015 November 1, 2015 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-man steel cage match [13]
2016 November 3, 2016 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-man steel cage match  
2017 November 3, 2017 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico 10-man steel cage match  
2018 November 1, 2018 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico TBA 

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