Festival de las Máscaras (2010)
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | |||
| Date | July 23, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Centro Banamex Convention center | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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The 2010 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 July 23, 2010. The show was held at the Centro Banamex Convention cente at the Hipódromo de las Américas race course, part of the 2010 Lucha Libre Expo
For one night Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, El Pantera, Villano III, El Veneno, Scorpio Jr., Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 all wore the mask they had lost in a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, in years prior. Also Mike Segura reprised the role of "Orito" ("Little Oro) for one night only and Freelance worked under a mask as Panterita years after having abandoned the character. In the main event El Canek, Scorpio Jr. and Tinieblas Jr. defeated El Hijo del Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and fmoUniverso 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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