IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2009)
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | |||
| Date | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Arena Naucalpan | |||
| City | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | |||
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The Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) produced and scripted a Ruleta de la Muerte (Spanish for "Roulette of Death") tournament on November 5, 2009. The show took place in Arena Naucalpan, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico, IWRG's main venue and the site of the majority of all their major shows and tournaments.
The lucha libre concept of a Ruleta de la Muerte tournament sees tag teams battle it out, with the losing team in the match advancing in the tournament. The team to lose the last tag team match will then be forced to wrestle each other under Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" rules, in this case putting their hair on the line. The tournament started with eight team and then boiled down to Chico Che and Gringo Loco, with Gringo Loco winning the match, forcing Chico Che to be shaved bald as a result of his pinfall loss. The show featured two more matches outside of the eight Ruleta de la Muerte matches.
Mexican lucha libre, or professional wrestling, has a long-standing tradition around the wrestling mask and its role in both lucha libre and the culture of Mexico itself. In 1940 the Lucha de Apuestas, or "Bet match", was invented where a wrestler would either bet their mask or their hair (or on rare occasions their career) on the outcome of the match. If a masked wrestler lost the match he would be forced to remove his mask, state his given name and then never be allowed to wrestle with that mask on again. If an unmasked wrestler lost a Lucha de Apuestas he or she would be forced to have all his/her hair shaved off while standing in the middle of the ring, suffering the humiliation in front of everyone in attendance. Over time the Lucha de Apuestas matches became more prestigious than championship matches in Mexico and would often headline major shows. It is unclear exactly when the Rouleta de la Muerte (Spanish for "Roulete of Death"), some times also referred to as Ruleta Rusa (Russian Roulette), tournament concept was created. The concept of the tournament is similar to another lucha libre staple the Professional wrestling tag team match types#Parejas SuicidasParejas Suicidas ("Suicide Teams") or Relevos suicida ("Suicide Relays") match. in a Parejas Suicida teams of two, often composed of rivals, have to wrestle against each other, the losing team is then forced to fight each other as "punishment" for losing the match. In a Ruleta de la Muerte the number of teams is expanded, often to four or eight teams. these teams face off and the losing team in each match moves on to the next round, until the team that loses the finals of the tag team portion are forced to face off for either their mask or their hair.
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