The IWRG 16th Anniversary Show was an annual
professional wrestling
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major event produced by Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan,
Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The event commemorated the creation of IWRG on January 1, 1996 by promoter Adolfo Moreno. In the main event
Multifacético (the fourth wrestler to use that name) defeated
Apolo Estrada, Jr.
Apolo Estrada Jr. is the ring name of Roberto Guadalupe Estrada Zúñiga (born January 10, 1987), a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler. He is the son of professional wrestler Apolo Estrada and has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Li ...
in a ''
Lucha de Apuesta
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'', or bet match, where both wrestlers put their hair on the line and as a result Estrada Jr. was shaved bald after the match.
Production
Background
The 2012
International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as ''Grupo Internacional Revolución'' in
Spanish) anniversary show commemorated the 16th anniversary of IWRG's creation as a
wrestling promotion and holding their first show on January 1, 1996. The Anniversary show, 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 Anniversary Shows generally take place on January 1 each year whenever possible.
Storylines
The event featured five
professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
scripted feuds,
plots and
storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either
heels
The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.
Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exert ...
(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.
Results
References
External links
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{{IWRGShows, Anniversary
2012 in professional wrestling
2012 in Mexico
16
January 2012 events in Mexico