IWRG Rey del Ring
The IWRG Rey del Ring (Spanish for "King of the Ring") refers both to an annual tournament and a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). From 2002 until 2011 the IWRG Rey del Ring only referred to an annual 30-man tournament, but as of the 2011 tournament there is also a physical championship belt that is and can be defended throughout the year.
| IWRG Rey del Ring Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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El Pantera, winner of the 2011 Rey del Ring tournament and first holder of the Rey del Ring Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 16, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Emperador Azteca | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | May 20, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.