IWRG El Protector explained

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

YearWinnersDateNote
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2010El Hijo del SignoDr. Cerebro[1]
2011Comando NegroScorpio, Jr.[2]
2012X-Fly[3]
2013Carta Brava, Jr.X-Fly (2)[4]
2014Electro BoySuper Nova[5]
2015MetaleonNegro Navarro[6]
2016Atomic StarHerodes Jr.[7]
2017Diablo Jr.Negro Navarro[8]
2018Villano V Jr.Rokambole Jr.[9]

Dates, venues and main events

EventDateVenueCityMain event 
2010Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoEl Hijo del Signo and Dr. Cerebro vs. Comando Negro and Oficial 911 – 2010 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final
2011Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoComando Negro and Scorpio, Jr. vs. Multifacetico IV and Trauma I – 2011 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final
2012Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoImposible and X-Fly vs. Centvrión and Negro Navarro – 2012 El Protector tournament final
2013Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoCarta Brava, Jr. and X-Fly vs. Eita and Negro Navarro – 2013 El Protector tournament final
2014Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoElectro Boy and Súper Nova vs. Atomic Star and Eterno – 2014 El Protector tournament final
2015Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoChicano and Danny Casas defended the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship against Los Primos Dinamita (Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 Jr.)
2016Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoAtomic Star and Herodes Jr. vs. Dragón Fly and El Hijo de Dos Caras - 2016 El Protector tournament final
2017Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoImposible and Black Terry vs. Demonio Infernal and Negro Navarro - 2017 El Protector tournament final
2018Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoVillano V Jr. and Rokambole Jr. vs. Ram El Carnero and Trauma I - 2018 El Protector tournament final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IWRG (1 de enero 2010): Torneo relámpago "Proyección a nuevas promesas de la lucha libre" . https://archive.today/20130222140804/http://superluchas.com/2010/01/01/iwrg-1-de-enero-2010-torneo-relampago-%E2%80%9Cproyeccion-a-nuevas-promesas-de-la-lucha-libre%E2%80%9D/ . dead . February 22, 2013 . January 1, 2010 . January 23, 2013 . Alex . Ruiz Glez . Súper Luchas Magazine . es .
  2. Web site: Scorpio Jr y Comando Negro se llevan el Torneo de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas. . January 13, 2011 . January 27, 2013 . Eduardo . Reyes Ruiz . Estrellas del Ring . es.
  3. Web site: IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible. January 13, 2012. Súper Luchas Magazine.
  4. Web site: Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013 . January 18, 2013 . January 24, 2013 . The Gladiatores . es.
  5. Web site: Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014 . Lázaro Rodríguez . José . February 3, 2014 . The Gladiatores . February 4, 2014 . es.
  6. Web site: Chicano y Dany Casas, firmes en el trono de parejas . February 16, 2015 . August 3, 2015 . The Gladiatores . es . Diego . Mejía Eguiluz.
  7. Web site: Atomic Star y Herodes Jr. se llevaron el Protector . February 1, 2016 . February 1, 2016 . The Gladiatores . es . Diego . Mejía Eguiluz.
  8. Web site: Diablo Jr. I y Black Terry ganan El Protector 2017 . Jose . Lazaro Rodriguez . February 20, 2017 . October 7, 2018 . The Gladiatores . es.
  9. Web site: Los Warrior tienen retadores al campeonato intercontinental de parejas. . February 26, 2018. September 22, 2018 . The Gladiatores . es . Alfonso . Lizarraga.

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