IWRG El Castillo del Terror explained

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.

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

YearWinnerLoserWager
2000Último Vampiro IVSuper MegaMask[1]
2002MegaKarmaMask[2]
2003MegaComando AlfaMask[3]
2004Black DragonMegaMask[4]
2005MasadaCerebro NegroMask[5] [6]
2006Ave FénixMacho IIMask
2007Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.Enterrador 2000Mask
November 2008Máscara Año 2000, Jr.Arlequín AmarilloMask
December 2008Oficial 911ArlequínHair[7]
2009Oficial 911YackMask
2010Comando NegroArlequín NegroMask
2011Golden MagicKing DrakoMask
2012El ÁngelOficial FierroMask[8]
2013Golden MagicAlan ExtremeMask[9]
2014Golden MagicKenshin KabukiMask[10]
2015Golden MagicEl GolpeladorMask[11]
2016UncertainZaturaMask 
2017Black DragónOficial SpartanMask 

Dates, venues and main events

EventDateVenueCityMain Event
2000Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexicomulti-Man steel cage match
2002Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match
2003Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoMulti-Man steel cage match
2004Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoMulti-Man steel cage match
2005Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match
2006Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico9-Man steel cage match
2007Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico9-man Steel cage match
November 2008Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man Steel cage match
December 2008Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match
2009Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man Steel cage match
2010Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico12-Man steel cage match
2011Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match[12]
2012Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico12-Man steel cage match
2013Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match
2014Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico11-Man steel cage match
2015Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match[13]
2016Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match 
2017Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match 
2018Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoTBA 

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IWRG @ Naucalpan - El Castillo del Terror 2000 . November 2, 2000 . April 28, 2016 . Wrestling Data.
  2. Web site: IWRG TV . October 31, 2002 . April 28, 2016 . Cage Match . de.
  3. News: Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2003. Súper Luchas. Issue 40. January 5, 2003. es.
  4. News: Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004. Súper Luchas. Issue 91. January 24, 2005. es.
  5. Web site: Castillo del Terror, las Máscaras que muriero . November 1, 2012 . Fuego en el Ring . es.
  6. Web site: Castillo del Terror Losers . November 29, 2012. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  7. News: Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008. Súper Luchas. issue 296. January 6, 2008. July 11, 2009. es.
  8. Web site: Oficial Fierro, víctima del Ángel en el Castillo del Terror . Alvin . November 2, 2012 . November 2, 2012 . the Gladiatores . es.
  9. Web site: Alan Extreme, víctima del Castillo del Terror; Golden Magic, su verdugo. November 4, 2013. November 4, 2013. The Gladiatores. es.
  10. Web site: Golden Magic dejo sin máscara a Kenshi Kabuki y dio a conocer el rostro de......¿Chicano ?. November 2, 2014. November 3, 2014. Estrellas del Ring. Blogger. es.
  11. Web site: De manera polémica, cayó el Golpeador y reaparece el Tarasco III . November 2, 2015 . December 12, 2015 . The Gladiatores . Diego . Mejía Eguiluz . es.
  12. Web site: Golden Magic desenmascaró a King Drako, en el Castillo del Terror. November 4, 2011. The Gladiatores.
  13. Web site: Arena Naucalpan Eventos 2015 . March 1, 2015 . August 2, 2015 . . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222134713/http://www.iwrg.mx/uploads/1426628191PROGRAMA%20ANUAL%20(2).jpg . December 22, 2015 . dead .