Festival de las Máscaras (2008)
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | |||
| Date | August 21, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Arena Naucalpan | |||
| City | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | |||
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The 2008 Festival de las Máscaras (Spanish for "Festival of the Mask") was a major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion on August 21, 2008. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue.
For the first ever Festival de las Máscaras show Halcón Ortiz, Mano Negra, El Pantera, El Audaz, Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 were all allowed to wrestle wearing the mask they had previous lost in a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match". In the main event El Audaz, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000)
The wrestling mask has always held a sacred place in lucha libre, carrying with it a mystique and anonymity beyond what it means to wrestlers elsewhere in the world. The ultimate humiliation a luchador can suffer is to lose a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match. Following a loss in a Lucha de Apuesta match the masked wrestler would be forced to unmask, state their real name and then would be unable to wear that mask while wrestling anywhere in Mexico. Since 2007 the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) has held a special annual show where they received a waiver to the rule from the State of Mexico Wrestling Commission and wrestlers would be allowed to wear the mask they previously lost in a Lucha de Apuestas.
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