IWRG El Protector

El Protector is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in January of each year. The El Protector tournament started in 2012 but was preceded in 2010 and 2011 by the Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre ("Projecting a new promise lightning tournament"), a tournament with the same format and concept. The concept of the tournament is to team a young up-and-comer with a veteran and use the tournament to help showcase the younger talent, the young winner is often someone IWRG has plans for, although at times it has not always had the desired result. The tournament has always been held in Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, the main arena of IWRG. A total of 66 different wrestlers have competed in the seven tournaments held so far with Veneno being the only wrestler to compete in all seven. Alan Extreme, Eterno and Trauma I are the only three wrestlers to compete both as a rookie and as a veteran in the tournament. X-Fly is the only wrestler to win the tournament twice, winning the 2012 tournament and the 2013 tournament as a veteran.

List of El Protector winners

Year	Winners		Date	Note
Year	Rookie	Veteran	Date	Note
2010	El Hijo del Signo	Dr. Cerebro	January 1, 2010	^[1]
2011	Comando Negro	Scorpio, Jr.	January 13, 2011	^[2]
2012	Imposible	X-Fly	January 12, 2012	^[3]
2013	Carta Brava, Jr.	X-Fly (2)	January 17, 2013	^[4]
2014	Electro Boy	Super Nova	February 2, 2014	^[5]
2015	Metaleon	Negro Navarro	February 15, 2015	^[6]
2016	Atomic Star	Herodes Jr.	January 31, 2016	^[7]
2017	Diablo Jr.	Negro Navarro	February 19, 2017	^[8]
2018	Villano V Jr.	Rokambole Jr.	February 25, 2018	^[9]

Dates, venues and main events

Event	Date	Venue	City	Main event
2010	January 1, 2010	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	El Hijo del Signo and Dr. Cerebro vs. Comando Negro and Oficial 911 – 2010 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final	^[1]
2011	January 13, 2011	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Comando Negro and Scorpio, Jr. vs. Multifacetico IV and Trauma I – 2011 Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas tournament final	^[2]
2012	January 12, 2012	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Imposible and X-Fly vs. Centvrión and Negro Navarro – 2012 El Protector tournament final	^[3]
2013	January 17, 2013	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Carta Brava, Jr. and X-Fly vs. Eita and Negro Navarro – 2013 El Protector tournament final	^[4]
2014	February 2, 2014	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Electro Boy and Súper Nova vs. Atomic Star and Eterno – 2014 El Protector tournament final	^[5]
2015	February 15, 2015	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Chicano and Danny Casas defended the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship against Los Primos Dinamita (Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 Jr.)	^[6]
2016	January 31, 2016	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Atomic Star and Herodes Jr. vs. Dragón Fly and El Hijo de Dos Caras - 2016 El Protector tournament final	^[7]
2017	February 19, 2017	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Imposible and Black Terry vs. Demonio Infernal and Negro Navarro - 2017 El Protector tournament final	^[8]
2018	February 25, 2018	Arena Naucalpan	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	Villano V Jr. and Rokambole Jr. vs. Ram El Carnero and Trauma I - 2018 El Protector tournament final	^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 1, 2010). "IWRG (1 de enero 2010): Torneo relámpago "Proyección a nuevas promesas de la lucha libre"". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (January 13, 2011). "Scorpio Jr y Comando Negro se llevan el Torneo de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible". Súper Luchas Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Lázaro Rodríguez, José (February 3, 2014). "Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 16, 2015). "Chicano y Dany Casas, firmes en el trono de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 1, 2016). "Atomic Star y Herodes Jr. se llevaron el Protector". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 1, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Lazaro Rodriguez, Jose (February 20, 2017). "Diablo Jr. I y Black Terry ganan El Protector 2017". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Lizarraga, Alfonso (February 26, 2018). "Los Warrior tienen retadores al campeonato intercontinental de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2018.

External links

IWRG official website

[Promesas2010-1] Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 1, 2010). "IWRG (1 de enero 2010): Torneo relámpago "Proyección a nuevas promesas de la lucha libre"". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

[Promesas2011-2] Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (January 13, 2011). "Scorpio Jr y Comando Negro se llevan el Torneo de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2013.

[Protector2012-3] "IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible". Súper Luchas Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2012.

[GladProtector13-4] "Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

[protector14-5] Lázaro Rodríguez, José (February 3, 2014). "Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2014.

[Protector2015-6] Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 16, 2015). "Chicano y Dany Casas, firmes en el trono de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 3, 2015.

[GladiatoresProtector2016-7] Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 1, 2016). "Atomic Star y Herodes Jr. se llevaron el Protector". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 1, 2016.

[Protector2017-8] Lazaro Rodriguez, Jose (February 20, 2017). "Diablo Jr. I y Black Terry ganan El Protector 2017". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2018.

[Protector2018-9] Lizarraga, Alfonso (February 26, 2018). "Los Warrior tienen retadores al campeonato intercontinental de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2018.

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Recurring events	IWRG Anniversary Shows Arena Naucalpan Anniversary Show El Castillo del Terror El Protector Festival de las Máscaras Guerra de Empresas Guerra de Familias Guerra de Sexos Guerra del Golfo Guerra Revolucionaria La Gran Cruzada Legado Final Lucha de Apuestas Prisión Fatal Máscara vs. Máscara Rey del Ring Rebelión de los Juniors Caravana de Campeones Ruleta de la Muerte El Gran Desafío Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México
Individual events	Junior de Juniors La Jaula del Honor La Jaula de la Muerte Dr. Wagner 50th Anniversary Show Copa Revolucionaria Guerra de Campeones Sin Escape Con Correas La Isla La Fortaleza La Jaula de Las Locas Guerra de Escuelas Ejecucion Total Relevos Increibles de Máscaras y Cabelleras Triangular en Jaula PALL 1st Anniversary Show

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