Foreign Legion (wrestling)
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La Legión Extranjera is the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It's a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan
Konnan
Carlos Santiago Espada Moises , also known as Charles Ashenoff and better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a Cuban professional wrestler and rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...

 (bad guys). This allows AAA to advertise matches where La Legión Extranjera is scheduled, without announcing the specific participants before the show.

La Legión Extranjera's leader is Konnan. At the end of 2006, he was put out of action by Cibernético
Cibernético
Octavio López Arreola is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético, currently working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...

 (giving him time to take care of health issues.) Nicho el Millonario debuted in 2007 as the replacement leader, getting revenge for Konnan while he was recovering.

During the period Konnan worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...

, many TNA wrestlers appeared in AAA as both members of La Legión Extranjera and as representing their promotions. Since leaving TNA no contracted TNA wrestlers have worked for La Legión Extranjera. After being defeated in the main event of Triplemania XVII
Triplemania XVII
TripleManía XVII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on June 13, 2009 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the twenty-third event under the Triplemanía chronology...

 Legión Extrangera lost control of AAA and Konnan was suspended from Mexican wrestling for an indefinite time. At this time Legion Extrangera was dissolved leaving only Electroshock, Chessman
Chessman (wrestler)
Kevin Citlali Zamora is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Chessman. He currently performs for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , where he is one half of the current AAA World Tag Team Champions with partner Abyss...

 and Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro Wrestling and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment...

. Electroshock joined up with Silver King and Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...

 to form La Wagnermania while Kenzo Suzuki would form La Yakuza with El Orientál and Sugi San/Yoshitsune.

On August 21, 2009, Konnan returned with a new Legion, built around Teddy Hart
Teddy Hart
Teddy Annis , is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He is currently working on the American independent circuit for promotions such as Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA...

, Nicole, Roxxi
Nicole Raczynski
Nicole Raczynski is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Roxxi...

, Rain and Jennifer Blade
Jennifer Blake (wrestler)
Jennifer Ykema is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jennifer Blake. She is often referred to by her nickname Girl Dynamite...

. They were later joined by Alex Koslov
Alex Koslov
Alex Sherman is a Moldovan-born professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Koslov. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov...

 and El Zorro
El Zorro (wrestler)
Jesus Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as El Zorro. His gimmick started out very similar to the fictional character Zorro complete with mask, but in recent years it has evolved and the mask has been eliminated...

, who returned to the stable after turning on them in the main event of TripleMania XVII. In March 2010 Dorian Roldan turned on his father, AAA president Joaquin Roldan, and became the new co-leader of La Legión Extranjera. In July 2010 Decnnis started a new sub-group called La Milicia (the militia) within the Legion, consisting of himself, Alan Stone
Alan Stone (wrestler)
Alan Stone is a Mexican professional wrestler who has competed in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since the late 1990s...

, Chris Stone, Black Abyss
Black Abyss
Black Abyss is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for time as a rudo in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración .He is currently working as Black Abyss or sometimes known as Abismo Negro II....

, Psicosis III, Tigre Cota and Billy Boy
Billy Boy (wrestler)
Billy Boy is the ring name of Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler José Roberto Islas García . Billy Boy has worked for the majority of his career in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he most notably teamed with Alan and Decnnis to form...

. Both groups then became a part of Dorian Roldan's La Sociedad
La Sociedad
La Sociedad is a Mexican lucha libre, or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

, along with Los Maniacos and Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal is a Lucha libre stable originally formed in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and currently based in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. The name is play on the name of the founder of the group, Perro Aguayo, Jr.. It was one of the main rudo stables in CMLL until October, 2008,...

.

Guest members

Over the years La Legión has been used as the storyline reason for foreign wrestlers competing for AAA, even if just for one or two appearances. Besides Konnan and Nicho, only Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro Wrestling and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment...

 and Headhunter A
The Headhunters (professional wrestling)
The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago , better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B.-Career:The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987.In the early 1990s, The...

 were regulars early in 2007. Both X-Pac
Sean Waltman
Sean Michael Waltman is an American professional wrestler currently signed with WWE in their developmental program. He wrestled there under the ring names 1–2–3 Kid and X-Pac off and on from 1993–2002, World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Syxx, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ...

 and Ron Killings
Ron Killings
Ronald Aaron "Ron" Killings is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to WWE working on its Raw brand. Since working for the company, he has been a one time United States Champion under the ring name R-Truth and a two time Hardcore Champion under the ring name K-Kwik...

 became regulars with unit (and promotion) in mid 2007, and Sabu frequently appeared with them as well.

  • A.J. Styles
    A.J. Styles
    Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

  • Angel Williams/Angelina Love
  • Antifaz Del Norte
  • Black Buffalo
  • Black Magic
    Norman Smiley
    Norman Anthony Smiley is a British professional wrestler best known for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling...

  • Black Pearl
  • Bobby Lashley
  • Bryan Danielson
    Bryan Danielson
    Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...

  • Christy Hemme
    Christy Hemme
    Christina Lee "Christy" Hemme is an American actress, singer, model, professional wrestling valet and former professional wrestler. Hemme is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as a backstage interviewer and ring announcer.-Early life:Hemme was born in Poway, California, but she...

  • Elix Skipper
    Elix Skipper
    Elix Skipper is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a four-time NWA World Tag Team...

  • El Padrino
  • Frankie Kazarian
    Frankie Kazarian
    Frank B. Gerdelman is an Armenian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Frankie Kazarian or simply Kazarian. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

  • Gran Hamada
    Gran Hamada
    , better known by his ring name , is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and was the founder of Universal Lucha Libre...

  • Headhunter B
    The Headhunters (professional wrestling)
    The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago , better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B.-Career:The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987.In the early 1990s, The...

  • Histeria
    Histeria (wrestler)
    Histeria is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as part of the Los Invasores group. Histeria is best known for the 14 years he worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , until leaving in 2009...

  • Homicide
  • Jennifer Blake
  • Josh Raymond
    Josh Abercrombie
    Josh Raymond is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring name Josh Abercrombie. He is best known for his tenures in Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, Ring of Honor and the short-lived Wrestling Society X.-2003–2005:Raymond, under the ring...

  • Lance Hoyt
    Lance Hoyt
    Lance Hoyt is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling as Lance Archer. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Kid Kash while the title was under the TNA banner...

  • Lorelei Lee
    Lorelei Lee
    Amy Janas , better known by her ring name Lorelei Lee, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known by her appearances for SHIMMER Women Athletes.- Shimmer :...

  • Low Ki
  • Magnus
    Nick Aldis
    Nicholas Harry "Nick" Aldis is an English professional wrestler and actor. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus, where he is a one time World Tag Team Champion with Doug Williams...

  • Mike Modest
  • Mickie James
    Mickie James
    Mickie Laree James , better known simply as Mickie James, is an American professional wrestler and singer of mixed Native American-Caucasian descent, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is a former two-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion.James began her professional...

  • Mr. Anderson
  • Mr. Niebla
    Mr. Niebla
    Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...

  • Nate Webb
    Nate Webb
    Nathan "Nate" Webb is an American professional wrestler and semi-pro football player, best known for his appearances in Combat Zone Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Ring of Honor and MTV's Wrestling Society X. On April 22, 2008, Webb was notified that he had made the roster...

  • Rellik
    John Hugger
    John Hugger is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Johnny the Bull, World Wrestling Entertainment as Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli...

  • Rhino
    Terry Gerin
    Terrance "Terry" Gerin is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name Rhino . He is best known for his career in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

  • Rikishi
    Solofa Fatu
    Solofa F. Fatu, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi.-The Samoan Swat Team:...

  • Rob Van Dam
    Rob Van Dam
    Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....

  • Roxxi
    Nicole Raczynski
    Nicole Raczynski is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Roxxi...

  • Scott D'Amore
    Scott D'Amore
    Scott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He formerly managed Team Canada in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was also the former head of the creative team...

  • Scott Steiner
    Scott Steiner
    Scott Carl Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Scott Steiner. Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order...

  • Sexy Star
    Sexy Star
    Dulce Maria García Rivas is a Mexican Luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler. She currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where she performs under the ring name Sexy Star. She is the only female Mexican member of the group La Legión Extranjera at the moment...

  • Shawn Daivari
    Shawn Daivari
    Dara Daivari is an Iranian American professional wrestler, currently performing on the American independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir.-Career:Daivari...

  • Tiana Ringer
    Tiana Ringer
    Tiana Ringer is an inactive American professional wrestler who has competed in North American promotions in Ontario and the North Central United States and has appeared in Blood, Sweat & Ears and Shimmer Women Athletes during the early 2000s....

  • Traci Brooks
    Tracy Brookshaw
    Tracy Brookshaw is a Canadian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and professional wrestling referee, better known by her ring name Traci Brooks. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she has spent most of her career.-Early life:Brookshaw grew up on a...

  • Scott Hall
    Scott Hall
    Scott Hall is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation in the early and mid 1990s under the ring name Razor Ramon, as well as for his period in the mid 1990s and early 2000s with World Championship Wrestling under his real name...

  • Velvet Sky
    Velvet Sky
    Jamie Szantyr is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a former TNA Women's Knockout Champion and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion with her former Beautiful People partners Madison Rayne and Lacey Von Erich...



Championships and accomplishments

  • Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
    Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
    Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

  • AAA World Heavyweight Championship
    AAA World Heavyweight Championship
    IWC World Heavyweight Champion GPCW SUPER-X Monster Champion Mexican National Heavyweight Champion UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion-External links:*...

     (2 times, current) – El Zorro (1) and Jeff Jarrett (1, current)
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
    AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
    The AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship is a tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The Championship is exclusively for teams composed of one male wrestler and one female wrestler...

     (1 time) – Alex Koslov and Christina Von Eerie
  • AAA World Tag Team Championship
    AAA World Tag Team Championship
    The AAA World Tag Team Championship is the main tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

     (2 times, current) – Takeshi Morishima and Taiji Ishimori (1), and Abyss and Chessman (1, current)
  • Rey de Reyes
    Rey de Reyes
    The Rey de Reyes is an annual tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración comparable to World Wrestling Entertainment's King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with four qualifiers and a final, but in later...

     (3 times) – El Zorro (2008
    Rey de Reyes (2008)
    The 2008 Rey de Reyes was the twelfth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The event took place on March 18, 2007 in the Plaza de Toros Lorenzo Garza arena in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico...

    ), Electroshock (2009) and Chessman (2010
    Rey de Reyes (2010)
    Rey de Reyes 2010 was a major professional wrestling event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración that took place on March 12, 2010 in Querétaro, Mexico at Plaza de Toros Santa Maria in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. The event was the 14th event produced under the Rey de Reyes name and...

    )
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