Caravana de Campeones (2018)

Caravana de Campeones (2018) (Spanish for "Caravan of Champions") was a major annual lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The show was held on September 9, 2018 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico, IWRG's main arena. The 2018 version of the event was the eleventh overall show IWRG has held under the Caravana de Campeones banner. As the name indicates, the focal point of the show was the various championships promoted by IWRG, as five of the matches were for a championship.

Caravana de Campeones (2018)
Official poster for the show
Date	September 9, 2018^[1]
City	Naucalpan, State of Mexico^[1]
Venue	Arena Naucalpan^[1]
Event chronology
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In the main event Mr. Electro successfully defended the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against El Hijo de Médico Asesino. Also on the show Imposible defeated Dr. Cerebro for the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship and El Hijo de Canis Lupus defeated El Hijo del Alebrije. Cerebro Negro successfully defended the IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship against Relampargo and Dragon Bane defended the IWRG Rey del Aire Championship. Also on the show long-time fan favorite Chico-Che defeated the leader of Los Tortugas Negra Teelo in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match leaving the "Ninja Turtle" with no hair. The show featured three additional, non-title matches.

Production

Background

Professional wrestling has a long running tradition of holding shows that feature several championship matches, and at times actually promoting shows as an "all championship matches" shows. The earliest documented "All-Championship" show is the EMLL Carnaval de Campeones ("Carnival of Champions") held on January 13, 1965.^[2] In 2007, WWE held a pay-per-view called Vengeance: Night of Champions, making WWE Night of Champions a recurring theme.^[3] Starting in 2008, the Mexican lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) has held a regular major show labeled Caravana de Campeones, Spanish for "Caravan of Champions" using the same concept for a major annual show.^[4] All Caravana de Campeones shows have been held in Arena Naucalpan, IWRG's home arena, the location of all of their major shows through the years. The 2015 show was the ninth time IWRG has held a Caravana de Campeones show, having not held one in 2010 but held twice in both 2012 and 2013.^[5][6][7][8] IWRG held a Caranana show in October 2015,^[9] skipped the show in 2016,^[10][11] and then held another in October 2017. The 2018 version of the Caravana de Campeones was the 11th overall show under the name.

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.^[12]

Results

No.	Results^[1]	Stipulations
1	Angel Estrella Jr. defeated Chef Benito	Singles match
2	Death Metal and Demonio Infernal defeated Alas de Acero and Mexica	Tag team match
3	Pasion Crystal defeated Fantasma de la Opera by disqualification	Singles match
4	Cerebro Negro (c) defeated Relampago	Best two-out-of-three-falls match for the IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
5	Imposible defeated Dr. Cerebro (c)	Best two-out-of-three-falls match for the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship
6	Chico Che defeated Teelo	Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match
7	El Hijo de Canis Lupus defeated El Hijo del Alebrije (c)	Best two-out-of-three-falls match for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship
8	Dragon Bane (c) defeated Freelance	Best two-out-of-three-falls match for the IWRG Rey del Aire Championship
9	Mr. Electro (c) defeated El Hijo del Médico Asesino	Best two-out-of-three-falls match for the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. Lizarraga, Alfonso (September 10, 2018). "Mr. Electro continúa como campeón, Cuervo y Escoria llegan a Naucalpan". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 15, 2018.
2. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 391–392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
3. Powell, John; Powell, Justin (June 25, 2007). "Vengeance banal and badly booked". SLAM! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Velazquez, Israel (May 30, 2008). "Resultados de IWRG: Caravana de Campeones (jueves 29 de mayo)". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 19, 2016.
5. Redaccion (May 7, 2012). "Noche de Campeones en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
6. Redaccion (August 13, 2012). "Noche de Campeonato en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
7. Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (August 15, 2013). "En la Caravana de Campeones IWRG, el Trauma II acabo con Súper Nova". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
8. Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (November 26, 2013). "Los retadores no pudieron aprovechar la Caravana de Campeones". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 22, 2016.
9. Lizarraga, Alfonso (October 12, 2015). "En la caravana de campeones le explota la dinamita al Hijo de Dos Caras" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
10. "International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) > Events > 2016". CageMatch. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
11. "Wrestling Events > International Wrestling Revolution Group > 2016". WrestlingData. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
12. 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: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos

External links

• IWRG official website