Prisión Fatal (English: "Deadly Prison") is both the name of a major show series promoted by the Mexican ''

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'', or

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promotion

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(IWRG) as well as the name of the match that always main events the show. The Prisión Fatal match is a

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where the participants are chained to the cage, with the last person in the cage being forced to either unmask or have their hair shaved off according to ''

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'' traditions.

Event history

Starting as far back as at least 1997, the Mexican

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

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

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

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or have their hair shaved off under ''

'', or "bet match", rules. In late 2000 IWRG promoted a variation of the steel cage match under the moniker '' Prisión Fatal'' ("Deadly Prison"), the first such event to ever bear the name. The ''Prisión Fatal'' name would not officially be used for 12 years before the 2012 ''Prisión Fatal'' show and then used at intermittent times over the subsequent years, some times twice a year, other time not having a ''Prisión Fatal'' show at all. The ''Prisión Fatal'' match often has the added stipulation that each competitor is chained by the wrist to the cage with a long steel chain and to escape they fight have to get a key to unlock their chain before they are able to climb out of the cage. The added chain helps to distinguish it from other Steel cage matches held throughout the year such as the ''

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'' ("Gulf War"), ''

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'' ("The Tower of Terror") shows. The ''Prisión Fatal'' 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. So far IWRG has promoted a ''Prisión Fatal'' show a total of five times. A total of 33 wrestlers have competed in a ''Prisión Fatal'' match, with only

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and

X-Fly Juan Francisco Domínguez (born September 8, 1977) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced ("Mosquito of the Mercy"), a name which ha ...

have competed in multiple ''Prisión Fatal'' matches and X-Fly being the only wrestler to lose two such matches. Factor competed in the 2000 version of the ''Prisión Fatal'' show as Súper Mega and later on as Oficial Factor. Rody and Oficial Factor are the only wrestlers to be forced to unmask while

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, X-Fly and

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have had their hair shaved off as a result of the match. The six ''Prisión Fatal'' shows have hosted more than 27 matches in total,Records for the first ''Prisión Fatal'' in 2000 are incomplete, only verifying two of the matches on the show. including 4 championship matches. The

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and

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were all successfully defended while the AIWA Argentinean National Cruiserweight Championship changed hands on the August 2014 version of the ''Prisión Fatal'' show.

Event history

Prisión Fatal winners

Dates, venues, and main events

Footnotes

References