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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookie | Veteran | |||
| 2010 | El Hijo del Signo | Dr. Cerebro | January 1, 2010 | |
| 2011 | Comando Negro | Scorpio, Jr. | January 13, 2011 | |
| 2012 | Imposible | X-Fly | January 12, 2012 | |
| 2013 | Carta Brava, Jr. | X-Fly (2) | January 17, 2013 | |
| 2014 | Electro Boy | Super Nova | February 2, 2014 | |
| 2015 | Metaleon | Negro Navarro | February 15, 2015 | |
| 2016 | Atomic Star | Herodes Jr. | January 31, 2016 | |
| 2017 | Diablo Jr. | Negro Navarro | February 19, 2017 | |
| 2018 | Villano V Jr. | Rokambole Jr. | February 25, 2018 | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2012 | January 12, 2012 | Arena Naucalpan | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Imposible and X-Fly vs. Centvrión and Negro Navarro – 2012 El Protector tournament final | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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.) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "IWRG (Resultados 12 de enero): "El Protector" fue para X-Fly e Imposible". Súper Luchas Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ "Carta Brava júnior y X-Fly, ganadores del Protector 2013". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Lázaro Rodríguez, José (February 3, 2014). "Súper Nova y Electro Boy, ganadores del Protector 2014". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 16, 2015). "Chicano y Dany Casas, firmes en el trono de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (February 1, 2016). "Atomic Star y Herodes Jr. se llevaron el Protector". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Lazaro Rodriguez, Jose (February 20, 2017). "Diablo Jr. I y Black Terry ganan El Protector 2017". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ 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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