Guerra Revolucionaria (2009)

The Guerra Revolucionaria (2009) (Spanish for "Revolutionary War") show was the first of a series of major professional wrestling events produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) under the name Guerra Revolucionaria. The event took place on March 29, 2009 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event of the show was a 20-man Battle Royal where the eliminated wrestlers would all remain at ringside, act as "Lumberjacks" to ensure none of the participants left the ring. Each lumberjack would be given a leather straps they were allowed to use on the still-active competitors. There was no official prize for winning the match other than the increased public profile of the winning wrestler.

The main event Guerra Revolucionaria was won by Trauma I as he eliminated Oficial 911 as the last man in the match. The show included three additional matches, a Best two-out-of-three falls six-person tag team match, a tag team match and a singles match

Production

Background

Beginning in 2009 the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) held an annual show called Guerra Revolucionaria ("The Revolutionary War"), a reference to the Mexican revolutionary war (1810–1821). The main event match, the eponymous Guerra Revolucionaria, a 20-man "over the top" Battle Royal where all 20 wrestlers start out in the ring. Once a wrestler is thrown over the top rope to the floor that wrestler is eliminated from the actual match, from that point on they will act as a "Lumberjack" outside the ring, ensuring that none of remaining competitors try to escape the ring. Each "lumberjack" is given a leather strap that they are allowed to use on anyone that leaves the ring.