Ruleta de la Muerte (2015)
Ruleta de la Muerte (2015) (Spanish for "Roulette of Death") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on May 5, 2015 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The event was named after the maine vent match, the Ruleta de la Muerte, a steel cage match where all four of the competitors were chained together. The last man in the cage would be forced to have his hair shaved off as a result. The four competitors risking their hair in the match were Ricky Cruz, Eterno, Veneno and X-Fly. The show featured four additonal matches.
Production
Background
Starting as far back as at least 2000, 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. This specific Ruleta de la Muerte cage match differed from other cage match shows by the fact that all four competitors were chained together at the beginning of the match, distinguishing this particular event from other Steel cage matches held through out the year such as the IWRG Guerra del Golfo ("Gulf War"), 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 the promoters of IWRG and their main arena.
Traditionally in Lucha libre a Ruleta de la Muerte refers to a type of tournament, normally a tag team tournament where the losing tag team would advance on the tournament instead of the winning team. In the end the losers of the finals are punished by being forced to wrestle each other with their hair or mask in the line under Lucha de Apuestas rules. IWRG previously held such an event in 2012, the only other IWRG show under the Ruleta de la Muerte banner.[2][3] For this specific show IWRG invented their own variation on the Ruleta de la Muerte concept.
Storylines
The event featured five 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.
Results
References
- ↑ "IWRG" (in German). Cagematch. April 19, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ↑ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (September 7, 2012). "Bombero Infernal y el Oficial AK-47 empataron y se quedaron sin cabellera". The Gladatores (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Redaccion (September 7, 2012). "Bombero Infernal y AK-47 sin cabellera". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (April 20, 2015). "La cabellera de Eterno cae ante X-Fly.". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2015.
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