The Mexican professional wrestling company International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; at times referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) started to hold their annual Rey del Ring ("King of the Ring") tournament on J 2002, creating an annual event around the eponymous Rey del Ring match, a 30-man elimination match similar in concept to the WWE's Royal Rumble match.

[6] The event featured at least two 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.

Black Terry, Capitan Muerte, Cerebro Negro, Chico Che, Ricky Cruz, Dr. Cerebro, Exodia, Fantasma de la Opera, Goleador, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Máscara Magnifica, Megatronik, Negro Navarro, Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, Olímpico, Pendulo, Rigo, Sauron, Tetsuya Bushi, Toxico, Trauma I, Trauma II, El Veneno, Xibalba and Yack.

[1][10] During the match Olímpico eliminated a total of three wrestlers, Arlequín Amarillo, Fantasma de la Opera and Rigo, the most of any of the competitors.

[9] Rigo was the thirtieth entrant in the match and ended up suffering three losses before he finally left the ring.

[13] He later returned to his native Puerto Rico with the Rey del Ring Championship and even defended it on a World Wrestling League (WWL) show in August, 2015.