The 1997 Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans") was the first ever Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

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

 (AAA). The show took place on December 13, 1997 in Ciudad Madero

Ciudad Madero

Madero, formally Ciudad Madero, is a city and its coextensive municipality in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is located at 22.27°N, 97.83°W in the extreme southeastern part of the state, on the Gulf of Mexico, just north and east of Tampico but still on the banks of the Río Pánuco, and...

, Mexico. The Main event featured a Luchas de Apuestas "hair vs. hair" match contested inside a Steel Cage between the teams of Heavy Metal

Erick Casas

Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

 and Perro Aguayo, Jr.

Perro Aguayo, Jr.

Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...

 and Picudo and Sangre Chicana

Sangre Chicana

Sangre Chicana is the ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Andrés Durán Reyes . Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1973, wearing a red mask with a gold stripe, under the name Lemus. A year later he changed his name to Sangre Chicana but kept the mask with the golden stripe...

.

Background

The event featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines

Narrative thread

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. Wrestlers portray either villains

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...

 (referred to as Rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites

Face (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...

 (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Results

#	Result	Stipulation	Time
1	Lady Discovery, Lady Luxor, Lady Venum Mari Apache Mariella Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mari Apache . She is the daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache...  and Xóchitl Hamada Xóchitl Hamada Xóchitl Guadalupe Hamada Villarreal is a semi-retired Mexican-Japanese, Luchadora, or professional wrestler. She is the daughter of professional wrestler Gran Hamada, the sister of wrestler Ayako Hamada and the sister-in-law of Tiger Mask IV. Hamada was once married to Mexican wrestler Silver...  defeated La Fugitiva, La Migala, La Practicante & Martha Villalobos	Eight-woman tag team match
2	Los Vipers Los Vipers Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético...  (Psicosis II Psicosis II Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II... , 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... , Mosco de la Merced Mosco de la Merced Mosco de la Merced is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, best known for his time in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración where he was a part of Los Vipers for many years. Before adopting the Mosco de la Merced ring name he worked for as Loco Valentino for over 10 years...  and Maniaco Maniaco Maniaco is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known for being a part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración group Los Vipers. He currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , although the storyline portrays him as an outsider, part of Los Independientes... ) defeated Máscara Sagráda Jr., La Parka La Parka (AAA) Jesus Escobedo is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka, who has worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since the mid-1990s.Escobedo is not the first wrestler to use the ring name "La Parka",... , Venum Venum Black Jullián Carrillo is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for Lucha Libre and in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . He has also wrestled in the WWF in 1997 because of the AAA and WWF partnership...  and Cuervo Dark Cuervo Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as Cuervo / Dark Cuervo, a heel character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed in 2001 when Charly Manson formed the stable...	Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match
3	Octagón Octagón Juan Escalera is a Mexican luchador enmascarado better known as Octagón. He is currently with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame... , Antonio and Jorge Brennan defeated Fuerza Guerrera Fuerza Guerrera Fuerza Guerrera is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who made his debut in 1978. In his career Guerrera has worked for ever major wrestling organization in Mexico including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , Universal Wrestling Association , World Wrestling... , Pentagón Pentagon In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagram is an example of a self-intersecting pentagon.- Regular pentagons :In a regular pentagon, all sides are equal in length and...  and Abismo Negro Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González was a Mexican Luchador . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" or "black hole", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion...	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
4	Latin Lover, Perro Aguayo Perro Aguayo Pedro Aguayo better known as "Perro Aguayo" and El Can de Nochistlan , was a famous Mexican wrestler through 1970s to 1990s. His son also wrestles as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is one of the biggest box office attractions in lucha libre history and was the last major rival...  and Máscara Sagráda Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre...  defeated 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... , El Cobarde and Killer.	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
5	Perro Aguayo, Jr. Perro Aguayo, Jr. Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...  defeated Picudo , match also included Heavy Metal Erick Casas Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...  and Sangre Chicana Sangre Chicana Sangre Chicana is the ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Andrés Durán Reyes . Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1973, wearing a red mask with a gold stripe, under the name Lemus. A year later he changed his name to Sangre Chicana but kept the mask with the golden stripe...	Steel Cage Match Luchas de Apuestas "hair vs. hair" match. As a result of losing the fall Picudo was shaved bald.

External links

• Cagematch.net: Guerre de Titanes 1997