The Rey del Ring (2015) show (
Spanish for "King of the Ring") was an annual
professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), and took place on April 5, 2015, in Arena Naucalpan,
Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event was the
Eponymous
IWRG Rey del Ring
The IWRG Rey del Ring ( Spanish for "King of the Ring") refers both to an annual tournament and a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group ( ...
tournament, the thirteenth annual version of the tournament, which is IWRG's version of
WWE's
Royal Rumble event.
Production
Background
The Mexican
professional wrestling company
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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.
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.
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.
All ''Rey del Ring'' shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general are held in
Arena Naucalpan
Arena Naucalpan is an indoor sports arena located in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico located on Calle Jardín 19, Naucalpan Centro. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or ''lucha libre'', mainly shows promoted by International Wre ...
, owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The 2015 ''Rey del Ring'' was the thirteenth 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
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Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exerte ...
(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
References
External links
IWRG official website
{{IWRGShows, Rey del Ring
2015 in professional wrestling
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IWRG Rey del Ring
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