Rey Del Ring (2019)
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The ''Rey del Ring'' (2019) show (
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for "King of the Ring") was an annual ''lucha libre'' supercard event produced and scripted by Mexican
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(IWRG), and took place on May 19, 2019 in
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located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event was the
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ous
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tournament, the sixteenth annual version of the tournament, The Rey del Ring tournament is IWRG's version of
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's
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, multi-man elimination event. The winner of the ''Rey del Ring'' tournament also won the
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, after the previous champion Emperador Azteca vacated the championship prior to the match. Demonio Infernal won the match and the championship by outlasting 30 other wrestlers. The show featured hree additional matches.


Production


Background

The Mexican professional wrestling company
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(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
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ous ''Rey del Ring'' match, a 30-man elimination match similar in concept to the
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's
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match although in IWRG pinfalls and submission could also lead to elimination unlike the Royal Rumble. 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
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, owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The 2019 ''Rey del Ring'' was the 17th over all ''Rey del Ring'' tournament held by IWRG. IWRG had originally announced that Silver King would be participating in the ''Rey del Ring'' match, but Silver King died from a
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on May 10, 2019 during a wrestling event. After Emperador Azteca had won the Rey del Ring Championship the previous year, he defended the championship only once in the interceding year, successfully defending it against Imposible on a FILLM show in September before being forced to vacated it for the 2019 tournament.


Storylines

The event featured four
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
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feuds, plot (narrative), plots and narrative thread, storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either Heel (professional wrestling), heels (referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or Face (professional wrestling), 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. IWRG promoted the show without announcing a single participant ahead of time.


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