The Rey de Reyes 2005 (

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for "King of Kings") was the ninth annual

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tournament and show, produced by the Mexican

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. The event took place on March 11, 2005 in the Convention Center in

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. The main focus of the 2005 Rey de Reyes show was the ninth annual Rey de Reyes tournament, which featured an elimination match with six men competing for the Rey de Reyes title. As in the previous year, TNA representatives competed in the finals. The finalists did not have to qualify but were announced in the weeks leading up to the events. The finalists were:

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, Chessman,

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and

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. The undercard included a

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match between Humberto Galanez Gabuz and Ty Landez. In the semi-main event

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faced

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in a ''

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'' where both men put their masks on the line.

Production

Background

Starting in 1997 and every year since then the Mexican ''

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'', or

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has held a

(Spanish for "King of Kings') show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February, while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the

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ious Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's ''Rey''. Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows. The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules. There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner. The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the

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. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual '' Reina de Reinas'' ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept. The 2005 show was the ninth Rey de Reyes show in the series.

Storylines

The Rey de Reyes show featured six

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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

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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

References

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