Festival de las Máscaras (2019)
The Festival de las Máscaras was a major annual lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group professional wrestling promotion held on June 26, 2019. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. For the 2019 event Bombero Infernal, Cerebro Negro, Cocolores, Coco Verde, Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, and Oficial Fierro all wore their masks again after having lost Luchas de Apuestas, or "bet matches", in the past and thus lost the rights to wear their mask. The 2019 event also homage to Vampiro and his long career.
In the main event IWRG mainstays Dragon Bane and El Hijo de Canis Lupus teamed up with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre representative Negro Casas to defeat IWRG regulars Los Traumas and CMLL representative Hechicero. In the semi-main event CMLL visitors La Nueva Generación Dinamita defeated Capo del Norte, Capo del Sur, and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. by disqualification. The show included five additional matches.
Production
Background
The wrestling mask has always held a sacred place in lucha libre, carrying with it a mystique and anonymity beyond what it means to wrestlers elsewhere in the world. The ultimate humiliation a luchador can suffer is to lose a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match. Following a loss in a Lucha de Apuesta match the masked wrestler would be forced to unmask, state their real name and then would be unable to wear that mask while wrestling anywhere in Mexico. Since 2007 the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group has held a special annual show where they received a waiver to the rule from the State of Mexico Wrestling Commission and wrestlers would be allowed to wear the mask they previously lost in a Lucha de Apuestas.The annual IWRG Festival de las Máscaras event is also partly a celebration or homage of lucha libre history with IWRG honoring wrestlers of the past at the events similar to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas annual shows. The IWRG's Festival de las Máscaras shows, as well as the majority of their major IWRG shows in general, are held in Arena Naucalpan, owned by the promoters of IWRG and is their main venue. The 2019 Festival de las Máscaras show was the 12th year in a row IWRG held the show.
Storylines
The event featured sevenprofessional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels or faces as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.;Previously unmasked wrestlers
| Name | Lost mask to | Date | Ref |
| Bombero Infernal | El Pantera | ||
| Cerebro Negro | Masada | ||
| Cocolores and Coco Verde | Super Muñeco and Axel | ||
| Oficial 911 | Golden Magic and El Hijo de Pirata Morgan | ||
| Oficial AK-47 | Trauma I | ||
| Oficial Fierro | El Ángel |