Rey del Ring (2012)

Rey del Ring (2012) (Spanish for "King of the Ring") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on May 31, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The Rey del Ring tournament was taped for television and shown on TVC Deportes on June 6, 2012. The main event was the Eponymous IWRG Rey del Ring tournament, the tenth annual version of the tournament, IWRG's version of World Wrestling Entertainment's Royal Rumble event. 30 men competed in the Rey del Ring, which was won by Oficial Factor when he eliminated Hijo del Pirata Morgan to claim the victory as well as the Rey del Ring Championship belt.[1][2][3][4]

Rey del Ring (2012)
Official poster depicting several of the Rey del Ring competitors
Promotion	International Wrestling Revolution Group
Date	May 31, 2012 (aired June 2, 2012)
City	Naucalpan, State of Mexico
Venue	Arena Naucalpan
Event chronology
← Previous Caravana de Campeones Next → Legado Final
IWRG Rey del Ring chronology
← Previous 2011 Next → 2013

Production

Background

The Mexican professional wrestling company International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; at times referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) started their annual Rey del Ring ("King of the Ring") event in 2002, creating an annual event around the eponymous Rey del Ring match, a 30-man elimination match similar in concept to the WWE's Royal Rumble match.[5][4] From 2002 until the 2011 event the "prize" for winning the match itself was simply the prestige of outlasting 29 other competitors, but at the 2011 Rey del Ring IWRG introduced the IWR Rey del Ring Championship complete with a belt to symbolize the championship that would be awarded to the winner each year.[6] At that point in time the Rey del Ring title became a championship that could be defended and lost or won in matches in between the annual tournaments. For the tournament the champion would vacate the Rey del Ring Championship prior to the actual Rey del Ring match itself.[1] All Rey del Ring 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 2012 Rey del Ring was the tenth over all Rey del Ring tournament held by IWRG.

Storylines

The event featured three professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (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

No.	Results[1][2][3]	Stipulations
1^D	Charly Madrid and Serpiente de Oro defeated Matrix, Jr. and The Mummy – two falls to one	Tag team best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2^D	Centvrión, Chicano and Pantera defeated Avisman, Damian 666 and El Hijo del Diablo – two falls to one	Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3	Factor won the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament Also in the match: Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, Alan Extreme, Bestia 666, Carta Brava, Jr., CIMA, Dinamic Black, Douki, Dr. Cerebro, Eita, Eterno, Oficial Fierro, Freelance, Freeyser, Golden Magic, Headhunter I, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Imposible, Mike Segura, Multifacético, Pete Powers, Pirata Morgan, Rayan, Shadow Phoenix, Spartan, Tony Rivera, Trauma II, Veneno and X-Fly	2012 IWRG Rey del Ring, 30-man elimination match[4]
D – indicates the match was a dark match

2012 Rey del Ring entrants and eliminations

Key

Symbol	Meaning
$	Tournament wunner

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time	Eliminations
1	Spartan
2	Imposible
3	Dinamic Black
4	Carta Brava, Jr.
5	Douki
6	Freeyser
7	Alan Extreme
8	Oficial Fierro
9	Pete Powers
10	Mike Segura
11	Tony Rivera
12	Freelance
13	Shadow Phoenix
14	Multifacético
15	Dr. Cerebro
16	Rayan
17	Golden Magic
18	Veneno
19	Eterno
20	Trauma II
21	Eita
22	Pirata Morgan
23	Bestia 666
24	Headhunter A
25	Oficial AK-47
26	CIMA
27	Factor$	N/A	Winner		Hijo de Pirata Morgan,
28	Hijo de Pirata Morgan	29	Factor
29	X-Fly
30	Oficial 911

References

1. "Factor Campeón del Rey del Ring". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
2. Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (May 31, 2012). "Factor, nuevo Rey del Ring 2012". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
3. Mejia Eguiluz, Diego (May 31, 2012). "Factor, nuevo Rey del Ring". the Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2013.
4. "Rey del Ring". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
5. "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
6. Mexicool, Rey (June 17, 2011). "IWRG (Resultados 16 de junio): El nuevo Rey del Ring es El Pantera". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 29, 2013.

External links

• IWRG official website