IWRG El Protector

El Protector is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in January of each year. The El Protector tournament started in 2012 but was preceded in 2010 and 2011 by the Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre ("Projecting a new promise lightning tournament"), a tournament with the same format and concept. The concept of the tournament is to team a young up-and-comer with a veteran and use the tournament to help showcase the younger talent, the young winner is often someone IWRG has plans for, although at times it has not always had the desired result. The tournament has always been held in Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, the main arena of IWRG. A total of 66 different wrestlers have competed in the seven tournaments held so far with Veneno being the only wrestler to compete in all seven. Alan Extreme, Eterno and Trauma I are the only three wrestlers to compete both as a rookie and as a veteran in the tournament. X-Fly is the only wrestler to win the tournament twice, winning the 2012 tournament and the 2013 tournament as a veteran.

List of El Protector winners

Year Winners Date Note
Rookie Veteran
2010 El Hijo del Signo Dr. Cerebro January 1, 2010 [1]
2011 Comando Negro Scorpio, Jr. January 13, 2011 [2]
2012 Imposible X-Fly January 12, 2012 [3]
2013 Carta Brava, Jr. X-Fly (2) January 17, 2013 [4]
2014 Electro Boy Super Nova February 2, 2014 [5]
2015 Metaleon Negro Navarro February 15, 2015 [6]
2016 Atomic Star Herodes Jr. January 31, 2016 [7]

Dates, venues and main events

Event Date Venue City Main event  
2010 January 1, 2010 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico El Hijo del Signo and Dr. Cerebro vs. Comando Negro and Oficial 911 – 2010 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final [1]
2011 January 13, 2011 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Comando Negro and Scorpio, Jr. vs. Multifacetico IV and Trauma I – 2011 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final [2]
2012 January 12, 2012 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Imposible and X-Fly vs. Centvrión and Negro Navarro – 2012 El Protector tournament final [3]
2013 January 17, 2013 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Carta Brava, Jr. and X-Fly vs. Eita and Negro Navarro – 2013 El Protector tournament final [4]
2014 February 2, 2014 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Electro Boy and Súper Nova vs. Atomic Star and Eterno – 2014 El Protector tournament final [5]
2015 February 15, 2015 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Chicano and Danny Casas defended the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship against Los Primos Dinamita (Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 Jr.) [6]
2016 January 31, 2016 Arena Naucalpan Naucalpan, State of Mexico Atomic Star and Herodes Jr. vs. Dragón Fly and El Hijo de Dos Caras - 2016 El Protector tournament final [7]

Tournament Participants

Name Tournaments Year[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Adrenalina 1 2016
Alan Extreme 4 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Alfa 1 2015
Angélico 1 2012
Anubis Black 1 2015
Arana de Plata Jr. 1 2014
Atomic Star 3 2015, 2014, 2016
Black Terry 3 2010, 2011, 2012
Bushi, TetsuyaTetsuya Bushi 1 2010
Canis Lupus 1 2013
Carta Brava, Jr. 2 2012, 2013
Danny Casas/Hammer, Danny Casas/Hammer 2 2011, 2016
Centvrion 3 2012, 2013, 2014
Chico Che 2 2010, 2011
Comando Negro 2 2010, 2011
Dinamic Black 3 2010, 2011, 2012
Dr. Cerebro 1 2010
Dragón Fly 1 2016
Dragón Celestia 2 2014, 2015
Eita 1 2013
Estrada, Jr., ApoloApolo Estrada, Jr. 1 2012
Herodes Jr. 1 2016
Electro Boy 2 2014, 2015
Emperador Azteca 3 2014, 2015, 2016
Eterno 4 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Fuerza Guerrera 1 2013
Guerrero 2000 1 2010
Guizmo 1 2010
Hijo de Alebrije 1 2016
Hijo de Dos Caras, ElEl Hijo de Dos Caras 3 2014, 2015, 2016
Hijo de Máscara Sagrada 1 2016
Hijo de Pirata Morgan, ElEl Hijo de Pirata Morgan 2 2011, 2014
Hijo del Diablo, ElEl Hijo del Diablo 2 2011, 2015
Hijo del Pantera 1 2013
Hijo del Signo 1 2010
Hip Hop Man 2 2015, 2016
Imperial 1 2010
Imposible 2 2012, 2014
Kanon 1 2016
Keshin Black 2 2010, 2011
Kiwby 1 2013
Máscara Año 2000, Jr. 1 2012
Máscara Purpura 1 2014
Máscara Sagrada 2 2015, 2016
Metaleon 1 2015
Muerte Infernal 1 2011
Multifacetico 1 2011
Negro Navarro 4 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Oficial 911 1 2010
Pantera 1 2013
Pirata Morgan 2 2013, 2015
Relámpago 1 2014
Rocket 1 2010
Saruman 2 2012, 2013
Scorpio, Jr. 1 2011
Solar, ElEl Solar 1 2013
Super Nova 1 2014
Toscano 1 2016
Trauma I 3 2011, 2014, 2016
Tritón 1 2012
Rivera, TonyTony Rivera 1 2012
Ultraman, Jr. 1 2010
Veneno 7 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
X-Fly 4 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 1, 2010). "IWRG (1 de enero 2010): Torneo relámpago "Proyección a nuevas promesas de la lucha libre"" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 >Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (January 13, 2011). "Scorpio Jr y Comando Negro se llevan el Torneo de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible". SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Lázaro Rodríguez, José (February 3, 2014). "Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 16, 2015). "Chicano y Dany Casas, firmes en el trono de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 1, 2016). "Atomic Star y Herodes Jr. se llevaron el Protector". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 1, 2016.

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