IWRG Rey del Ring

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship

El Pantera, winner of the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament and first holder of the Rey del Ring Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Ricky Cruz
Date won April 5, 2015
Date established June 16, 2011[1]
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)

The IWRG Rey del Ring (Spanish for "King of the Ring") refers both to an annual tournament and a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). From 2002 until 2011 the IWRG Rey del Ring only referred to an annual 30-man tournament, but as of the 2011 tournament there is also a physical championship belt that is and can be defended throughout the year. Being a professional wrestling tournament championship, it is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

Rey del Ring tournament

Originally the Rey del Ring tournament was a 30-man elimination match, starting with four wrestlers in the ring, then when a wrestler was eliminated through pinfall, submission, countout or disqualification another participant was added until 29 men had been eliminated. In 2008 IWRG changed the format to be more like World Wrestling Entertainment's Royal Rumble match; two men start in the ring and a new wrestler joins the match at a specific time interval. Unlike the Royal Rumble throwing a wrestler out of the ring did not result in elimination. The first tournament, the 2002 Rey del Ring was held on June 6, 2002 in IWRG's primary arena, Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The tournament was won by Último Vampiro when he eliminated Bombero Infernal as the last participant.[6] In 2004 the winner of that year's Rey del Ring tournament was also awarded the vacant IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship; the match saw Fantasy eliminate Avisman as the last participant to win the tournament and the championship.[7] Cerebro Negro won both the 2005 and 2006 tournaments, making him the only person to win the tournament twice.[8][9] In 2007 the Rey del Ring was won by Yamato, the first non-Mexican to win the tournament.[10] Yamato worked for IWRG through a deal struck with Japanese wrestling promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) that allowed AJPW to send young wrestlers to Mexico to gain in ring experience. The 2008 Rey del Ring was won by Scorpio, Jr. while the 2009 Rey del Ring tournament was won by Puerto Rican Ricky Cruzz.[11] The two Rey del Ring winners would later team up to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship from Los Junior Dinamitas (El Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000, Jr.).[12] IWRG did not hold a Rey del Ring tournament in 2010 and never gave an official explanation as to why not. In 2011 IWRG introduced the Rey del Ring Championship to be awarded to the winner of the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament winner El Pantera.[1] Pantera would vacate the Championship on the date of the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament, allowing tournament winner Oficial Factor to become the new champion as well.[13] After Oficial 911 won the 2013 Rey del Ring tournament Oficial Factor handed over the championship belt to 911.[14]

Rey del Ring Championship

El Pantera became the first ever Rey del Ring Champion as a result of winning the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament on June 16, 2011 when he eliminated Último Gladiador as the last tournament participant.[1] He was awarded with an actual championship belt, to be work for IWRG matches and defended when appropriate between tournaments. Pantera made the first ever championship defense on July 10, 2011 when he successfully defeated Último Gladiador to retain the championship. The championship was vacated for the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament so that the winner of the tournament could become the new Rey del Ring Champion at the same time. Oficial Factor won the tournament, lastly eliminating Hijo del Pirata Morgan to win the Championship.[13] on August 12, 2012 Hijo del Pirata Morgan became the first person to win the Rey del Ring Championship outside of the tournament when he defeated Oficial Factor.[2] He held the championship for a total of 42 days, until September 23, 2012 when Oficial Factor regained the championship.[3] Factor won the title in a Relevos Suicidas match that also included Trauma I and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., and as a result of his victory Factor also won the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship from Hijo del Pirata Morgan.[3]

Rey del Ring Tournament winners

Year Winner Date Location Notes
2002 Último Vampiro June 9, 2002 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [6][11]
2003 Unknown 2003 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [Note 1][15]
2004 Fantasy March 18, 2004 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Won the vacant IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship as a result.[7]
2005 Cerebro Negro November 17, 2005 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [8]
2006 Cerebro Negro 2006 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Only two time winner.[9]
2007 Yamato July 26, 2007 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [10]
2008 Scorpio, Jr. July 24, 2008 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [11]
2009 Ricky Cruzz July 16, 2009 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [11]
2010 N/A N/A N/A No Rey del Ring tournament was held in 2010
2011 El Pantera June 16, 2011 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [1]
2012 Oficial Factor May 31, 2012 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [13]
2013 Oficial 911 May 19, 2013 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [14]
2014 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 May 4, 2014 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico [16]
2015 Ricky Cruz May 4, 2015 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico

Rey del Ring Championship history

Key
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known or cannot be calculated.
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
No. Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 El Pantera 1 June 16, 2011 350 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Rey del Ring (2011) Was awarded a championship belt after winning the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament.[1]
— Vacated — May 31, 2012 0 N/A N/A Vacated for the 2012 tournament.[13]
2 Oficial Factor 1 May 31, 2012 91 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Rey del Ring (2012) Won the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament.[13]
3 Hijo de Pirata Morgan 1 August 12, 2012 42 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Caravan de Campeones (2012) [2]
4 Oficial Factor 2 September 23, 2012 238 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico IWRG Live event [3]
5 Oficial 911 1 May 19, 2013 350 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Rey del Ring (2013) [14]
6 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 1 May 4, 2014 154 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Rey del Ring (2014) [16]
7 El Hijo de Dos Caras 1 October 5, 2014 98 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico N/A
6 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 2 January 11, 2015 84 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico N/A
— Vacated — April 5, 2015 N/A N/A Vacated for the 2015 tournament.[13]
7 Ricky Cruz 1 April 5, 2015 279+ Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico Rey del Ring 2015

List of combined reigns

Key
Symbol Meaning
  Indicates the current champion
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 El Pantera 1 350
1 Oficial 911 1 350
3 Oficial Factor 2 329
4 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 † 2 517+
5 El Hijo de Dos Caras 1 98
6 Hijo de Pirata Morgan 1 24

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Reference to the 2003 tournament has been found but no winner was identified.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mexicool, Rey (June 17, 2011). "IWRG (Resultados 16 de junio): El nuevo Rey del Ring es El Pantera". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Noche de Campeonato en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). August 13, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "¡Factor, nuevo bicampeón de IWRG!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). September 23, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2008 :344 Pantera". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC). August 2008. October 2008.
  5. 1 2 "El tesoro del Hijo del Pirata". Mi Lucha Libre (in Spanish). May 25, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  7. 1 2 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. 91.
  8. 1 2 "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. 140.
  9. 1 2 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. issue 192. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  10. 1 2 "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Rey del Ring". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  12. ↑ Reyes, Eduardo (August 9, 2009). "Resultados IWRG, Ricky Cruzz y Y Scorpio Jr, Nuevos Campeones Mundiales de Parejas" (in Spanish). Estrellas del Ring. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Factor Campeón del Rey del Ring". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (May 20, 2013). "Oficial 911, nuevo Rey del Ring". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2004. 40.
  16. 1 2 Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (May 5, 2014). "El Hijo de Máscara Año Dos Mil, Rey del Ring 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved May 6, 2014.
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