El Castillo del Terror (2005) was the first annual El Castillo del Terror

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event produced by the

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. It took place on November 3, 2005, at Arena Naucalpan in

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. The show featured the

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ous main event match; a 10-man

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where the last two men in the cage were forced to wrestle each other and the loser would be forced to unmask or have his hair shaved off under ''

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'', or "Bet rules". For the 2005 event

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, El Fantasma, Jr. and

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risked their mask while

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and Veneno risked their hair on the outcome of the match. Cerebro Negro and Masada were the final two competitors in the cage and had to face off, with Masada pinning Cerebro Negro to force him to unmask.

Production

Background

Starting as far back as at least 2000, 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

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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 ''

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'', or "bet match", rules. From 2005 IWRG has promoted a fall show, around the Mexican

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, under the name ''El Castillo del Terror'' ("The Tower of Terror") to distinguish it from other Steel cage matches held throughout the year such as the ''

IWRG Guerra del Golfo Tetsuya Bushi, risked his mask twice in ''La Guerra del Golfo'' tournaments. Guerra del Golfo (Spanish for "Gulf War") is both the name of a major show series promoted by the Mexican ''Lucha Libre'', or professional wrestling promotion Internatio ...

'' ("Gulf War"), ''

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'' ("War of the Sexes") or ''

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'' ("Deadly Prison") shows. The ''Castillo del Terror'' 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 2006 ''Castillo del Terror'' show was the first that IWRG promoted a show under that name.

Storylines

The event featured five

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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing

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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

External links

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