Festival de las Máscaras (2019)

The Festival de las Máscaras (2019) (Spanish for "Festival of the Masks") was a major annual lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion held on June 26, 2019. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. For the 2019 event Bombero Infernal, Cerebro Negro, Cocolores, Coco Verde, Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, and Oficial Fierro all wore their masks again after having lost Luchas de Apuestas, or "bet matches", in the past and thus lost the rights to wear their mask. The 2019 event also homage to Vampiro and his long career.

Festival de las Máscaras (2019)
Official poster for the event showing including a homage to Vampiro
DateJune 26, 2019[1]
CityNaucalpan, State of Mexico[1]
VenueArena Naucalpan[1]
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In the main event IWRG mainstays Dragon Bane and El Hijo de Canis Lupus teamed up with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) representative Negro Casas to defeat IWRG regulars Los Traumas (Trauma I and Trauma II) and CMLL representative Hechicero. In the semi-main event CMLL visitors La Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) defeated Capo del Norte, Capo del Sur, and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. by disqualification. The show included five additional matches.

Production

Background

The wrestling mask has always held a sacred place in lucha libre, carrying with it a mystique and anonymity beyond what it means to wrestlers elsewhere in the world.[2] The ultimate humiliation a luchador can suffer is to lose a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match. Following a loss in a Lucha de Apuesta match the masked wrestler would be forced to unmask, state their real name and then would be unable to wear that mask while wrestling anywhere in Mexico.[3] Since 2007 the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) has held a special annual show where they received a waiver to the rule from the State of Mexico Wrestling Commission and wrestlers would be allowed to wear the mask they previously lost in a Lucha de Apuestas.[4]

The annual IWRG Festival de las Máscaras ("Festival of the Masks") event is also partly a celebration or homage of lucha libre history with IWRG honoring wrestlers of the past at the events similar to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to Two Legends") annual shows. The IWRG's Festival de las Máscaras shows, as well as the majority of their major IWRG shows in general, are held in Arena Naucalpan, owned by the promoters of IWRG and is their main venue. The 2019 Festival de las Máscaras show was the 12th year in a row IWRG held the show.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Storylines

The event featured seven 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.[13]

Previously unmasked wrestlers
Name Lost mask to Date Ref
Bombero InfernalEl PanteraDecember 7, 1997[14]
Cerebro NegroMasadaNovember 3, 2005[15]
Cocolores and Coco VerdeSuper Muñeco and AxelDecember 12, 2009[16]
Oficial 911Golden Magic and El Hijo de Pirata MorganDecember 19, 2013[17]
Oficial AK-47Trauma IDecember 22, 2011[18]
Oficial FierroEl ÁngelNovember 1, 2012[19]

Aftermath

One of the storylines from the main event centered around IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion El Hijo de Canis Lupus and Hechicero who appeared as part of a collaboration with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Hechicero defeated El Hijo de Canis Lupus on August 4, 2019 and afterwards made a championship challenge.[20] The following month El Hijo de Canis Lupus retained his championship against Hechicero, defeating the CMLL challenger by disqualification.[21]

Results
No. Results[1] Stipulations
1 Fulgor I and Fulgor II defeated Iron Kid and Principe Aereo Tag team match
2 Los Oficiales (Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, and Oficial Fierro) defeated Jessy Ventura, Oscar El Hermoso, and Soy Raymunda Six-man tag team match
3 Black Terry, Bombero Infernal, and Sangre Azteca defeated Los Payasos (Cocolores, Coco Rojo, and Coco Verde) Six-man tag team match
4 Aramís defeated Demonio Infernal Singles match
5 Aramís, Atomic Star, and El Pantera II defeated Cerebro Negro, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, and Fly Warrior Six-man tag team match
6 La Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón) defeated Capo del Norte, Capo del Sur, and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. by disqualification Six-man tag team match
7 Dragon Bane, El Hijo de Canis Lupus, and Negro Casas defeated Los Traumas (Trauma I and Trauma II) and Hechicero Six-man tag team match

References
  1. Lizzaranga, Alfonso (June 17, 2019). "Emotivo homenaje a Vampiro Canadiense en el festival de máscaras" [Emotional homage to Canadian Vampire at the Festival of the Masks]. The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. "CANOE – SLAM! Sports – Wrestling – Viva la lucha libre!". Slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  4. Mejia Eguiluz, Diego (July 3, 2011). "Los Dinamita y el Rayo de Jalisco, una vez mas frente a frente". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  5. "Festival de Máscaras y la despedida de El Audaz en Zona de Combate". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). August 28, 2008. p. 20. Issue 278.
  6. "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2009. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  7. La¡zaro Rodriguez, Jose (July 24, 2015). "IWRG Festival de Mascaras Expo Lucha Libre". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  8. "IWRG "Festival de las Máscaras – Homenaje a Fray Tormenta" (Resultados 3 de julio): Konnan traiciona a su equipo – Canek, luchador sorpresa – ¿Rayo de Jalisco Jr. a Triple A? – Fray Tormenta en acción – El Pantera no se despoja de su incógnita – Los Capos presentan al Hijo de Universo 2000". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). July 4, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  9. Redaccion (August 3, 2012). "Festival de Máscaras en Naucalpan". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  10. Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (August 12, 2013). "Emotivo homenaje a Pierroth en el Festival de las Máscaras". the Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  11. Lizárraga, Alfonso (June 16, 2014). "L.A. Park, Mascara Sagrada y Demon Clown acaban con Dr. Wagner". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  12. Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (May 4, 2015). "Hijo de Dos Caras se echa a los hermanos Wagner encima". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  13. Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperColins Publisher. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  14. Enciclopedia staff (July 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Bombero Infernal (in Spanish). Mexico. p. 38. Tomo I.
  15. "Castillo del Terror Losers". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  16. Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 13, 2009). "FMLL (resultados 12 de diciembre 2009) – Axel y Súper Muñeco ganan las Mascaras de los Payasos Coco Verde y Cocolores". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  17. "Golden Magic dejó sin máscara al Oficial 911 y el Hijo del Pirata pelón al Mosco X Fly". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Blogger. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  18. Saavedra, Roman Farid (December 23, 2011). "IWRG: Oficial AK-47 pierde la mascara ante Trauma I". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  19. Alvin (November 2, 2012). "Oficial Fierro, víctima del Ángel en el Castillo del Terror". the Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  20. Lizzaranga, Alfonso (August 5, 2019). "Hechicervyo: Quiero ser campeón Intercontinental de IWRG" [Hechicero: I want to be IWRG Intercontinental Champion]. The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  21. Lizzaranga, Alfonso (September 2, 2019). "Con accidente en contra el Hechicero cae por el campeonato completo IWRG ante el Hijo de Canis Lupus" [Hechicero accidentally loses to the IWRG Heavyweight Champion El Hijo de Canis Lupus]. The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2019.
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