Guerra del Golfo (September 2009) (

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for "Gulf War") was a major annual

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event produced by Mexican

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(IWRG), which took place on September 16, 2009 in Arena Naucalpan,

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, Mexico. The annual ''Guerra del Golfo'' main event consists of three matches in total, with two "qualifying matches", multi-man steel cage matches where the last person left in the cage advances to the main event of the night. The two losers would then be forced to wrestle inside the steel cage, with the loser of that match being forced to either take off their

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or have their hair shaved off under ''

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'', or "Bet match" rules, if they are unmasked.

Production

Background

Starting as far back as at least 2000, the Mexican

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(IWRG; Sometimes referred to as ''Grupo Internacional Revolución'' in

) has held several annual events where the main event was a multi-man

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where the last wrestler left in the cage would be forced to either remove their

or have their hair shaved off under ''

'', or "bet match", rules. From 2005 IWRG has promoted a spring time show promoting the steel cage match concept under the name ''Guerra del Golfo'', or "Gulf War", referring to the

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, not the

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in the middle east. The ''Gurerra del Golfo'' shows featured two "qualifying" steel cage matches where the loser would later be forced to face off against each other in the main event of the show, a final cage match where the loser would be forced to either unmask or have his/her hair shaved off. The use of the steel cage in three matches distinguishes the ''Guerra del Golfo'' event from other Steel cage matches held throughout the year such as the ''

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'' ("The Tower of Terror"), ''

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'' ("War of the Sexes") or ''

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'' ("Deadly Prison") shows. The ''Guerra del Golfo'' shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general, are held in "Arena Naucalpan", owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The September 2009 ''Guerra del Golfo'' show was the third year IWRG promoted a show under that name and the second year in a row since becoming an annual event from 2008 forward. 2009 was the only year to date where IWRG held two ''Guerra del Golfo'' shows in a year, having previously held a Guerro del Golfo show in January 2009.

Storylines

The event featured six

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed 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 followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Aftermath

As a result of the main event Arlequín Rojo was forced to unmask and reveal his real name, Victor Manuel Montés, per ''Lucha Libre'' traditions. Following Arlequín Rojo unmasking in the main event

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issued a challenge to Rigo and Chico Che to a tag team ''

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'' where both teams would risk their hair. The following week Rigo and Chico Che defeated ''

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'', forcing both Rojo and Amarillo to have their hair shaved off as a result. The duo would only wrestle sporadically for IWRG after the hair loss. In the mid-2011 the group ''

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'' introduced a new member called Oficial Spartans, later shortened to just Oficial Spartan, who was played by Montés and was brought in to replace the injured

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. In late 2014 the former ''Los Arlequíns'' partners were reunited as IWRG hired Arlequín Amarillo to play the part of "Oficial Spector", teaming with Oficial Spartan,

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and Oficial Liderk.

Results

;''Guerra del Golfo'' Cage match A order of escape #Yack # Oficial AK-47 #Capitan Muerte #Tetsuya Bushi #Oficial Fierro ;''Guerra del Golfo'' Cage match B order of escape #Arlequin Amarillo #Toxico #Bobby Lee Jr. #Pirata Morgan #Oficial 911

References

External links

IWRG official website
{{IWRGShows, Guerra del Golfo 2009 in professional wrestling 2009 in Mexico 2009.9 September 2009 events in Mexico