Caravana de Campeones (May 2012) (

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for "Caravana of Champions") was an annual

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major event produced and scripted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion

International Wrestling Revolution Group International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish; the Spanish name is used for the promotion while the English initials are used for the title governing body) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, S ...

(IWRG), which took place on April 6, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan,

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, Mexico. The events always feature multiple title matches, in this case three championships were defended and IWRG held a tournament to determine the next holder of the

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which was declared vacant in the weeks prior to the ''Caravana de Campeones'' show. The May 2012 version of the event was the fourth overall show IWRG has held under the '' Caravana de Campeones'' banner. The event featured eleven

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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feuds or storylines. Being a professional wrestling event matches are not won legitimately through athletic competition; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.

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

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held a pay-per-view called Vengeance: Night of Champions, making

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a recurring theme. Starting in 2008 the Mexican '' lucha libre'' promotion

(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, IWRG's home arena, the location of all of their major shows through the years. The April 2012 show was the fourth time IWRG has held a ''Caravana de Campeones'' show, having not held one in 2010 but held twice in 2012.

Storylines

The event featured twelve

with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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

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(''técnicos'' in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminated in wrestling matches. The

was created in 1997, the year after IWRG was founded, specifically for male wrestlers between and . In 2007

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won the championship by defeating

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to win the vacant championship. Casas worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) who had worked with IWRG for many years, but in late 2007 the relationship was broken off and Casas ceased working for IWRG, but never lost the championship in the ring. On May 1, 2012 IWRG officially declared the championship vacant as they announced that the 2012 ''Caravana de Campeones'' would host an eight-man tourmant for the championship. On December 22, 2011

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defeated

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to win the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship, becoming the 10th over-all champion. The championship had been defended, and changed hands at each of the previous three championships and with the April 2012 ''Caravana de Campeones'' it became the only championship to have been featured on all four shows held up to that point. ''La Dinastia de la Muerte'' ("The Dynasty of Death"; the father/son team of

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and

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) became the 18th overall holders of the

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on March 18, 2012 when they defeated ''Las Piratas'' ( El Hijo del Pirata Morgan and Pirata Morgan). the May ''Caravana de Campeones'' would be the first time the team put the championship on the line after winning it. In 2010

El Hijo del Diablo Juan Carlos Gonzales (born November 4, 1962 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico), better known under the ring name ''El Hijo del Diablo'' (Spanish for "The Son of the Devil"), is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working on ...

appeared at an IWRG event with the WWS World Welterweight Championship around his waist, claiming that he won it on the independent circuit, but never specified when or from who. Over the following years IWRG allowed the championship to be defended on their shows despite not originating in IWRG. The champion prior to ''Caravna de Campeons'' was Eterno, who had defeated Multifacético to win the title on November 3, 2011.

Results

References

External links

IWRG Official website
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