 The 2016 "Guerra del Golfo" show was the tenth IWRG promoted a show under that name, and the ninth year in a row since becoming an annual event from 2008 forwardand the eleventh "Guerra del Golfo" show owing to IWRG holding two events in 2009.Prior to the 2016 event three wrestlers had lost their masks; Ultra Mega, Tortuguillo Ninja I, and Destroyer, while seven wrestlers were shaved bald; Cerebro Negro, Arlequín Rojo, Chico Che (twice), Oficial AK-47 (twice), and Danny Casas.The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.