IWRG Rey del Ring

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship
El Pantera, winner of the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament and first holder of the Rey del Ring Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)
Date establishedJune 16, 2011[1]
Current champion(s)Vangellys
Date wonMay 12, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)El Pantera[1]
Most reignsHijo de Máscara Año 2000, Oficial Factor and Hijo de Pirata Morgan (2 reigns)
Longest reignDemonio Infernal (672 days)
Shortest reignEterno (49 days)
Oldest championPantera (47 years)[2]
Youngest championHijo de Pirata Morgan (20 years)[3]
Heaviest championRicky Cruz (123 kg (271 lb))
Lightest championHijo de Pirata Morgan (80 kg (180 lb))[3]

The IWRG Rey del Ring (Spanish for "King of the Ring") refers both to an annual tournament and a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). From 2002 until 2011 the IWRG Rey del Ring only referred to an annual 30-man tournament, but as of the 2011 tournament there is also a physical championship belt that is and can be defended throughout the year.

As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RDR2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2008 :344 Pantera". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC. August 2008. October 2008.
  3. ^ a b "El tesoro del Hijo del Pirata". Mi Lucha Libre (in Spanish). May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  5. ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  6. ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  7. ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.


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