Rebelión de los Juniors (2013) (

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for "The Junior Rebellion") was an annual

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major event produced by Mexican

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(IWRG), that took place on May 9, 2013 in Arena Naucalpan,

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, Mexico. The main event of the show was a 10-man elimination match featuring 10 "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 promoted by the Mexican ''lucha libre'' (Professional wrestling) promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since February 2011. The championship is ...

held by

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at the time. The ten competitors were

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Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 (born 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy ...

Apolo Estrada, Jr. Apolo Estrada Jr. is the ring name of Roberto Guadalupe Estrada Zúñiga (born January 10, 1987), a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler. He is the son of professional wrestler Apolo Estrada and has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Li ...

, Freyser,

Cien Caras, Jr. Cien Caras Jr. (born October 18, 1976) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a ''rudo'' ...

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (born December 4, 1991) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working Major League Wrestling (MLW) in the United States, Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan, and also on the Mexican ...

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El Hijo del Pirata Morgan Antheus Ortiz Chávez, better known under the ring name Hijo de Pirata Morgan (born February 28, 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion ...

, and

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. The show featured four additional matches.

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 ''

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''. The

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based

(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

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, 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 2013 show was the third 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

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feuds,

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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.

Family relationship

Results

References

External links

IWRG official website
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