La Gran Cruzada (2012)

La Gran Cruzada (2012) (Spanish for "The Great Crusade") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on August 5, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event of the show was the eponymous Gran Cruzada tournament, a 30-man Battle Royal with the winner being named the number one contender for the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship and would receive a match against Rey del Ring Champion Oficial Factor at a later date. The Gran Cruzada was won by Hijo de Pirata Morgan, lastly eliminating El Hijo de L.A. Park to win it. The victory played off the fact that Hijo de Pirata Morgan was the last man eliminated in the 2012 Rey del Ring tournament by Oficial Factor and had been developing a slowly escalating storyline between the two.

La Gran Cruzada (2012)
Official poster of the show depicting those who are about to go on the "Great Crusade"
PromotionInternational Wrestling Revolution Group
DateAugust 5, 2012[1]
CityNaucalpan, State of Mexico[1]
VenueArena Naucalpan[1]
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Production

Background

In 2011 the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; Sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) started to award a championship belt to the winner of their annual Rey del Ring ("King of the Ring") tournament that could be defended between the annual tournaments. As a result, IWRG also added an annual La Gran Cruzada ("The Great Crusade") tournament about halfway between the Rey del Ring tournaments. Like the Rey del Ring the eponymous Gran Cruzada match is a 30-man elimination match similar in concept to the WWE's annual Royal Rumble match. The winner of the Gran Cruzada tournament would become the number one contender for the Rey del Ring Championship with a title match at a later date. The La Gran Cruzada shows, as well as the majority of the IWRG shows in general, are held in "Arena Naucalpan", owned by the promoters of IWRG and their main arena. The 2012 La Gran Cruzada show was the second time that IWRG promoted a show under that name.

Storylines

The event featured four 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.

Results
No. Results[1][2][3] Stipulations
1 Electro Boy and Matrix, Jr. defeated Dragon Celestial and Fly Star – two falls to one Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2 Infierno Kid and The Mummy defeated Galaxy and Serpiente de Oro – two falls to one Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3 Carta Brava, Jr. and Violencia, Jr. defeated Freelance and Golden Magic – two falls to one Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
4 Hijo de Pirata Morgan won the Gran Cruzada
Also in the match: 911, AK-47, Alan Extreme, Bestia 666, Black Terry, Bombero Infernal, Centvrión, Chicano, Damian 666, Danny Casas, Dinamic Black, Eita, El Aleman, El Hijo de L.A. Park, El Pantera, Eterno, Fierro, Fuerza Guerrera, Heddi Karaoui, La Cobra, Mike Segura, Multifacético, Niko, Rayan, Relampago, Spartan, Super Nova, Veneno and X-Fly		 La Gran Cruzada 2012, Rey del Ring #1 Contendership 30-Man Battle Royal

Battle Royal elimination order
Order Eliminated By Time
1Mike Segura  
2Multifacético  
3Black Terry  
4Alan Extreme  
5Bombero Infernal  
6Relampago  
7Centvrión  
8Danny Casas  
9Oficial Spartan  
10Oficial Rayan  
11Oficial 911  
12Oficial AK-47  
13Oficial Fierro  
14Eita  
15El Aleman  
16Eterno  
17ChicanoChicano (self-elimination) 
18Fuerza Guerrera  
19Dinamic Black  
20La Cobra  
21Veneno  
22El Pantera  
23Super Nova  
24Niko  
25Bestia 666  
26X-Fly  
27Damian 666  
28Heddi Karaoui  
29El Hijo de L.A. ParkHijo de Pirata Morgan 
30Hijo de Pirata MorganWinner 

Aftermath

Hijo de Pirata Morgan received his match for the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship on August 12, 2012 at IWRG's Caravan de Campeones event where he defeated Oficial Factor to become the new Rey del Ring Champion.[4] He would hold the championship for just over a month, until Oficial Factor regained the title, as well as won Hijo de Pirata Morgan's IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship on September 23, 2012.[5]

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gollark: Idea: make it execute *all* of them repeatedly until it stops changing?
gollark: Simply make the order right.
gollark: Idea: Dale#, following Dale and Dale++.
gollark: Oh, it will be.

References
  1. Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (August 16, 2012). "¡Hijo del Pirata Morgan se impone en la Gran Cruzada!". the Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. Redaccion (August 6, 2012). "Hijo del Pirata Morgan se llevó la Gran Cruzada". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  3. "IWRG (Resultados 05/Ago/12): Hijo del Pirata Morgan, victorioso en La Gran Cruzada" (in Spanish). Super Luchas Magazine. August 6, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  4. "Noche de Campeonato en IWRG". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). August 13, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  5. "¡Factor, nuevo bicampeón de IWRG!" (in Spanish). Super Luchas Magazine. September 23, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
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