''El Legado Final'' (2012) (
Spanish
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for "The Final Legacy") 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
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(IWRG), which took place on June 24, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan,
Naucalpan, State of Mexico
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, Mexico. The main event of the show was the ''Torneo de Legado Final'' ("The Final Legacy Tournament"), a 12-man ''
Torneo cibernetico
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''. The match saw six teams compete, five of which we scheduled to be father/son teams and one a set of second-generation wrestlers.
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was originally supposed to team with his son,
Ultraman, Jr. but his son was unable to compete and had to be replaced with
Danny Casas
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, a third-generation wrestler from
the
Casas wrestling family. The other teams were
Bestia 666
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and
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*Damiani, an Italian surname
*Damiano (disambiguation)
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...
,
El Hijo del Pantera
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and
El Pantera
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,
Hijo de Pirata Morgan
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and
Pirata Morgan
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Máscara Sagrada
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and
Máscara Sagrada, Jr. The team of ''
Los Hermanos Dinamita, Jr.'' (
Cien Caras, Jr. and
Hijo de Máscara Año 2000
Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 (born 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy ...
) is promoted as the sons of
Cien Caras
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and
Máscara Año 2000
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, but it has been verified that Cien Caras, Jr. is not related, but instead someone using the
ring character with permission. The ''Legado Final'' match rules dictated that the father of each team would compete in a match where there were two wrestlers in the ring and the remaining four were on the outside to be
tagged in during the match. When someone was eliminated, by pinfall, submission, disqualification or count out the son would enter the match. The last person remaining in the match after all 10 or 11 wrestlers were eliminated would be declared the victor along with his team mate.
Production
Background
professional wrestling
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has been a generational tradition in ''
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'' since its inception early in the 20th century, with a great deal of second or third-generation wrestlers following in the footsteps of their fathers or mothers.
Several ''lucha libre'' promotions honor those traditions, often with annual tournaments such as
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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's ''
La Copa Junior
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''.
The
Naucalpan
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,
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based
International Wrestling Revolution Group
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(IWRG) has held a ''Legado Final'' (
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
for "Final Legacy") on an annual basis since 2011, with the 2015 show marking the fifth time they used the name. The ''Legado Final'' show, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general will be held in "Arena Naucalpan", owned by the promoters of IWRG. In addition to legitimate second-generation wrestlers there are a number of wrestlers who are presented as second or third-generation wrestlers, normally masked wrestlers promoted as "Juniors". These wrestlers normally pay a royalty or fee for the use of the name, using the name of an established star to get attention from fans and promoters.
[ Examples of such instances of fictional family relationships include ]Arturo Beristain
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, also known as ''El Hijo del Gladiador'' ("The Son of El Gladiador
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") who was not related to the original El Gladiador, or El Hijo de Cien Caras
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who paid Cien Caras
Carmelo Reyes González (born October 18, 1949) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Personal l ...
for the rights to use the name.
Storylines
The event featured four professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted
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Back ...
feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels
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Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exert ...
(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces
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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.
Results
Torneo El Gran Legado order of elimination
References
External links
IWRG official website
{{IWRGShows, Legado Final
2012 in professional wrestling
2012 in Mexico
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