the earliest recorded "rouleta de la muerte" was held on october 11, 1975 by at the "plaza de toros mexico" in mexico city. in the tournament as charro and gallo tapado defeated chicano power and sangre fria, forcing them to unmask, as well as winning 40.000 pesos. iwrg held their first "ruleta de la muerte" tournament in 1998 as well, part of their arena naucalpan 21st anniversary show show held on december 20, 1998 and saw the masked mega defeat judo suwa, forcing the japanese wrestler to be shaved bald as a result. in 2006 they held another "ruleta de la muerte" tournament, this time as part of their 2006. for this event the tournament format was slightly modified, using two first round matches where six wrestlers fought to stay out of the final "lucha de apuestas" match. in the end, the masked coco verde pinned dr. cerebro, forcing dr. cerebro to have all his hair shaved off. in 2009 iwrg held the 2009 "ruleta de la muerte" show, with the eponymous tournament as the focal point. in the finale, gringo loco defeated chico che after the team had lost two matches to get in the finals.