The Caravana de Campeones (2009), Spanish for "Caravan of Champions", was a major

professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

show produced and scripted by the Mexican ''

Lucha libre Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...

'' promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The event took place on March 15, 2008 in IWRG's main arena Arena Naucalpan. The 2009 event was the second overall show IWRG has held under the '' Caravana de Campeones'' banner. The show featured a total of five matches, four of which were for championships. ''Los Terrible Cerebros'' successfully defended the

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, '' Los Oficiales'' successfully defended the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship and the team of

El Hijo del Cien Caras Eustacio Jiménez Ibarra (March 21, 1976 – November 29, 2010) was a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler better known by the ring name of El Hijo de Cien Caras. The name is Spanish for "the Son of Cien Caras." ...

and

Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Ángel Omar Reyes Franco (born 16 January 1977) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' or professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. He is working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and International ...

retained the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. Zatura defeated Tetsuya Bushi to win the

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, the only championship match that ended with a new champion.

Production

Background

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has a long running tradition of holding shows that feature several championship matches, and at times actually promotes shows as an "all championship matches" show. The earliest documented "All-Championship" show is the

EMLL Carnaval de Campeones The ''EMLL Carnaval de Campeones'' (Spanish for the "EMLL Carnival of Champions") was a major professional wrestling event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on January 13, 1965, in EMLL's home arena Arena México ...

("Carnival of Champions") held on January 13, 1965. In 2007

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held a

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called Vengeance: Night of Champions, making WWE Night of Champions a recurring theme. Starting in 2008 the Mexican ''

lucha libre Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...

'' 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. All ''Caravana de Campeones'' shows have been held in

Arena Naucalpan Arena Naucalpan is an indoor sports arena located in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico located on Calle Jardín 19, Naucalpan Centro. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or ''lucha libre'', mainly shows promoted by International Wre ...

, IWRG's home arena, the location of all of their major shows through the years. The 2009 show was the second time IWRG has held a ''Caravana de Campeones'' show.

Storylines

The event featured five

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed themselves as either

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(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (''técnicos'' in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminated in wrestling matches. On December 17, 2008 ''Los Terrible Cerebros'' ("The Terrible Brains"), the team of Black Terry, Cerebro Negro and Dr. Cerebro defeated '' Los Oficiales'' ( Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47 and

Oficial Fierro Fernando Montes (born February 14, 1974) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Oficial Fierro. As Oficial Fierro he is part of a group called ''Los Oficiales'' that has worked for International Wrestling R ...

) to win the

, ending ''Los Oficiales'' reign after 507 days. Since winning the championship ''Los Terrible Cerebros'' successfully defended the Distrito Federal Trios Championship against the trio of Barba Roja, Capitan Muerte and

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on January 15, 2009 and then against the trio of Chico Chele and ''Los Gemelo Fantastico'' ("The Fantastic Twins", Gemelo Fantastico I and Gemelo Fantastico II) on February 1. During the latter championship bout Gemelo Fantastico II was injured when he landed wrong doing a move. IWRG use the real life injury to create a storyline where Gemelo Fantastico I searched for two tag team partners to take on ''Los Terrible Cereros'' at the 2009 ''Caravana de Campeones'' show. After being introduced at the 2008 ''Caravana de Campeones'' show the

initial champion Freelance lost the championship to Japanese wrestler Tetsuya Bushi on February 8, 2009 during an IWRG show. Following the title change ''tecnico'' Zatura was named the next challenger and announced that he would get his title match at the ''Caravana de Campeones'' show. On September 28, 2008 ''Los Oficiales'' won the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship from the trio of Cyborg, Kraneo and Xibalva, adding it to the Distrito Trios Championship that they already held at that time. They later lost the Distrio Federal Trios Championship to ''Los Terrible Cerebros''. Afterwards ''Los Oficiales'' successfully defended the IWRG Intercontinetl Trios Championship against ''Los Terrible Cerebros'' on December 25, 2008. In 2009 they successfully defended the championship against the trio of Zatura,

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and

Trauma II Trauma II (born December 12, 1982, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler working on the Mexican independent circuit and as a freelance wrestler for promotions such as International Wrestli ...

on January 22, against Dr. Cerebro, Freelance and Multifacético and then against Zatura, Pedulo and Multifacético prior to the 2009 ''Caravana de Campeones'' show. The storyline cousins

and

(Hijo de Cien Caras paid for the nme and was not related to

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nor Máscara Año 2000) had won the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship from El Felino and

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on May 31, 2007 and by the time ''Caravana de Campeones'' came around had been champions for days in total. During that time the champions had logged successful defenses against the teams of Electroshock and Hijo de Aníbal,

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and Hijo de Pierroth, El Hijo de Solitario and Hijo de Aníbal, Heavy Metal and Negro Casas,

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (Spanish for "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Ray ...

and Hijo de Aníbal,

Dr. Wagner Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera ...

and Silver King, They also successfully defended the championship at the first ''Caravana de Campeones'' as they defeated El Dandy and Silver King.

Aftermath

Zatura's reign as the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship only lasted one match as he lost the belt to Trauma II on June 18, 2009. ''Los Terrible Cerebros'' would go on to defend the championship throughout 2009, but in 2010 the championship was declared vacant as the champions had not teamed together for a while. ''Los Oficiales'' reign as IWRG Intercontinental Trios Champions until March 2011 when they were defeated by ''Los Maniacos'' ("The Maniacs"; Silver King, Joe Líder and

Último Gladiador Gerardo Campos Poza (born March 28, 1978), better known under his ring name Último Gladiador (Spanish for "Last Gladiator") is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Campos currently works for the Mexican prof ...

. Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. had no more successful title defenses after defeating the Headhunters, losing the tag team titles to

Scorpio Jr. Rafael Núñez Juan (born October 11, 1966) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio", and was trained by his father and Rafael Sal ...

and Ricky Cruzz on August 9, 2009.

Results

References

External links

IWRG official website
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