Rebelión de los Juniors (2013) ( Spanish for "The Junior Rebellion") was an annual

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major event produced by Mexican

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International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), that took place on February 26, 2014 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. Select matches from the show aired on February 23, 2014 on the Mexican channel ''AYM Sports''. The main event of the show was an eight-man elimination match featuring eight "Juniors" with the last surviving participant becoming the number one contender for the

IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship The IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship promoted by the Mexican ''lucha libre'' (Professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion International Wres ...

held by

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at the time.

Production

Background

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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 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...

's ''

La Copa Junior The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) has held the La Copa Junior ("The Junior Cup") tournament on an infrequent schedule since 1996. The tournament pays respect to the fact that wrestling is a family t ...

''. The Naucalpan,

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based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) created the

in 2011, a championship where only second or third-generation wrestlers are allowed to challenge for it. 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, also known as ''El Hijo del Gladiador'' ("The Son of

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") who was not related to the original El Gladiador, or

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who paid

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for the rights to use the name. Weeks after the creation of the Junior de Juniors Championship IWRG held their first ''

IWRG Rebelión de los Juniors IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship at the first ''Rebelión de los Juniors (2011)">Rebelión de los Juniors'' show. Rebelión de los Juniors (Spanish for "The Junior Rebellion") is a major professional wrestling show held by the Mexican ''Lucha ...

'' show with the centerpiece of the show being the ''Junior de Juniors'' Championship. The ''Rebelión de los Juniors'' 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 2014 show was the fourth year in a row that IWRG used the ''Rebelión de los Juniors'' name for a show

Storylines

The event featured five

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted 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 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.

Family relationship

Results

References

External links

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