Wrestler-turned-promoter Adolfo "Pirata" Moreno began promoting wrestling shows in his native Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico, bringing in wrestlers from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) to Naucalpan as well as featuring wrestlers from the Mexican independent circuit.[1] Later on he would promote shows mainly in "Arena KO Al Gusto" and served as the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) partner, using the name Promociones Moreno as the business name for his promotional efforts.[1] In 1977 Moreno bought the rundown Arena KO Al Gusto and had Arena Naucalpan built in its place, an arena designed specifically for wrestling shows, with a maximum capacity of 2,400 spectators for the shows. Arena Naucalpan became the permanent home for Promociones Moreno, with very few shows held elsewhere.[1]
In late 1995 Adolfo Moreno decided to create his own promotion, creating a regular roster instead of relying totally on wrestlers from other promotions, creating the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) on January 1, 1996.[2] From that point on Arena Naucalpan became the main venue for IWRG, hosting the majority of their weekly shows and all of their major shows as well.[3][4] The first IWRG Anniversary Show was held on January 1, 1997 with all subsequent shows being held on or right after January 1 each year, all at Arena Naucalpan.[3]
Storylines
The event featured five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
For this special event every single match too place inside a steel cage that was erected around the ring, a concept that IWRG also used for their 22nd Anniversary Show that also featured 5 steel cage matches combined with other stipulations.[6]
Atomic Star defeated Güero
The teams in the cage were: Team IWRG (Death Metal, Chicanito and Atomic Star), Lucha Libre Boom (Kid Jaguar, Divino and Juan Diego), Lucha Memes (Psique, Mamacitas and Puercules), Saetas del Aire (Flyman, Flyman II and Gallito Colorado), an. Gym Zeus (Cuero Palma, Taurino and Marduk)
↑ 1.01.11.2"Arena Naucalpan". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). June 11, 2012. p. 18. Issue 466.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑"1996 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 1997. pp. 2–28. issue 2280.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ 3.03.1"1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. issue 2332.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑"1998 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1999. pp. 2–28. issue 2348.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
