El Castillo del Terror is a professional wrestling event produced and scripted annually by the lucha Libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The event was established in 2000 and is held in November each year in Arena Naucalpan, IWRG's main arena in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The annual show features the eponymous main event match; a multi-man Steel Cage Match where the last man in the cage is forced to unmask under Luchas de Apuestas, or "Bet rules". In rival Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) the match is referred to as Infierno en el Ring, but is the same concept. The 2015 event marked the fifteenth time that IWRG has held a Castillo del Terror event and the fourth time that Golden Magic has won the mask of an opponent by being the last man to escape the cage; unmasking King Drako, Alan Extreme, Kenshin Kabuki and El Golpelador.
A total of 116 wrestlers have participated in one or more Castillo del Terror cage matches, with Oficial 911 holding a record of eight matches in total; Golden Magic is the only wrestler to have won multiple matches, four. Yack has participate under two different names, working as "Bakteria" in 2006 and Jack/Yack in November 2008 and 2009. |Oficial Factor previously wrestled and lost a Castillo del Terror match under the name "Mega", while Oficial 911 previous wrestled under the name "Comando Mega". Wrestlers from IWRG, CMLL, Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) and the Mexican Independent circuit have all participated in a Castillo del Terror match. IWRG holds several multi-man steel cage Luchas de Apuesta matches throughout the year, but only refer to the November show match as the Castillo del Terror. Events with a similar match in the main event includes Guerra de Sexos and Guerra del Golfo. Being professional wrestling events matches are not won legitimately; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public.
List of El Castillo del Terror winners YearWinnerLoserWager2000Último Vampiro IVSuper MegaMask2002MegaKarmaMask2003MegaComando AlfaMask2004Black DragonMegaMask2005MasadaCerebro NegroMask2006Ave FénixMacho IIMask2007Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.Enterrador 2000MaskNovember 2008Máscara Año 2000, Jr.Arlequín AmarilloMaskDecember 2008Oficial 911ArlequínHair2009Oficial 911YackMask2010Comando NegroArlequín NegroMask2011Golden MagicKing DrakoMask2012El ÁngelOficial FierroMask2013Golden MagicAlan ExtremeMask2014Golden MagicKenshin KabukiMask2015Golden MagicEl GolpeladorMask2016UncertainZaturaMask 2017Black DragónOficial SpartanMask
Dates, venues and main events EventDateVenueCityMain event2000Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexicomulti-Man steel cage match2002Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match2003Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoMulti-Man steel cage match2004Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoMulti-Man steel cage match2005Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match2006Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico9-Man steel cage match2007Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico9-man Steel cage matchNovember 2008Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man Steel cage matchDecember 2008Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match2009Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man Steel cage match2010Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico12-Man steel cage match2011Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match2012Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico12-Man steel cage match2013Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-Man steel cage match2014Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico11-Man steel cage match2015Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match2016Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match 2017Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of Mexico10-man steel cage match 2018Arena NaucalpanNaucalpan, State of MexicoTBA
References
External links