TripleManía XIX
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TripleManía XIX was a professional wrestling
pay-per-view
(PPV) event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
(AAA) promotion
, which took place on June 18, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes
("Sports Palace") in Mexico City, Mexico
. The event was the nineteenth annual Triplemanía
, which is AAA's biggest show of the year. The event featured performers from American
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA) for the second year in a row. The event featured eight matches and was headlined by the culmination of the seven–month storyline rivalry
between L.A. Park
and El Mesías
in a máscara contra cabellera match, where Park put his mask and El Mesías his hair on the line. It also featured the crownings of the first ever AAA Latin American
and AAA World Trios Champions
. At the event, Octagón
, who has been a part of AAA since the promotion was founded in 1992, became the sixth inductee into the AAA Hall of Fame.
, plots and storylines
. Wrestlers portray either villains
(referred to as "rudos" in Mexico) or fan favorites
("technicos" in Mexico) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The year between TripleManía XVIII
and TripleManía XIX consisted of the ongoing storyline war between the technicos representing the promotion itself and the rudos of the stable La Sociedad
("The Society"), which was formed in the summer of 2010, when La Legión Extranjera
("The Foreign Legion") formed an alliance with Los Perros del Mal
("The Evil Dogs"), Los Maniacos ("The Maniacs") and La Milicia ("The Militia"). The AAA side, often called Legado AAA ("The AAA Legacy") or Ejército AAA ("The AAA Army"), was led by the promotion's president Joaquín Roldán, while his son Dorian Roldán was in charge of La Sociedad along with Konnan
, the leader of La Legión Extranjera. In October 2010, Cibernético
left Legado AAA, after feeling betrayed by his friends and re–formed his old group Los Bizarros as a third outside group, which was neither part of AAA nor La Sociedad.
On November 22, 2010, La Sociedad member L.A. Park
returned to AAA, after spending several weeks wrestling in the United States
, to find out that the group's leader Konnan had chosen his longtime La Legión Extranjera stablemate El Zorro
as the next challenger for Dr. Wagner, Jr.
's AAA World Heavyweight Championship
. Trying to appease Park, Konnan promised him the next shot at the title, provided that he took out one of AAA's top technicos, El Mesías
. Later that night Park first bloodied El Mesías with a steel chair and then pinned him with a low blow in a six man tag team match. On December 5 at Guerra de Titanes
, L.A. Park and El Mesías faced each other in a match, which turned into a brawl, during which both were covered in blood and Park's trademark mask was torn apart, completely revealing his blood covered face. In the end, Park managed to pick up the win after another low blow, multiple shots with a steel chair and an illegal Martinete. However, Park's hopes of receiving a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship were delayed, when at the same event El Zorro defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr. to become the new champion. Konnan's decision to hand the next title shot to El Zorro's blood rival Charly Manson
instead of Park, caused dissension within La Sociedad, just what Konnan wanted to avoid by not having the stablemates wrestle each other. Park then stated that after he won the Rey de Reyes
tournament, Konnan would be forced to give him a title shot or face the consequences. On February 19, 2011, Park reiterated his point by assaulting and bloodying El Mesías backstage, after he had qualified for the finals of Rey de Reyes. On February 28, Park himself entered the tournament and defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr., Halloween and Nicho el Millonario in his semifinal match. The finals of the tournament, a four–way match between Park, El Mesías, Carlito Caribbean Cool
and Extreme Tiger
took place on March 18 at the Rey de Reyes
pay-per-view
. Park and El Mesías were both eliminated from the match after brawling with each other to a double countout, leading to a win for AAA representative Extreme Tiger. After weeks of more hostilities between the two, including Park performing a Martinete on Mesías on the entrance stage, Mesías powerbomb
ing Park through a table for a win in a six man tag team match and the two brawling to a no contest due to neither being able to continue the match, on May 18, El Mesías made a challenge, which Park accepted, for a Mask vs. Hair match at TripleManía XIX, where the loser would either lose his mask or have his hair shaved off. Park later added to the stakes of the match by announcing that he would retire, should he lose his mask.
After working for AAA for over a decade, El Zorro finally managed to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time on December 5, 2010, at Guerra de Titanes by defeating Dr. Wagner, Jr. with help from his La Sociedad stablemates. Meanwhile, El Zorro's La Sociedad stablemate L.A. Park had earned himself a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship, but Konnan, wanting to avoid dissension within his group, denied him his shot and instead named El Zorro's longtime rival Charly Manson the number one contender at Rey de Reyes. After successfully defending the title against Manson, El Zorro, having caught wind of Park's intention of going for his title, seemingly started interfering in Park's matches under his old mask, costing him back–to–back multi–man tag team matches at the April 27 and 30 TV tapings. It would later be revealed that the attacker had actually been Charly Manson, who had been sent by Cibernético
to cause dissension within the ranks of La Sociedad. El Zorro, who is known as "El Profeta de la Lucha Libre" ("The Prophet of Wrestling") and as part of his character has made many accurate prophecies throughout the years, caused even more headache for Konnan by beginning to prophesize of the fall of a dictator, which he interpreted as meaning himself.
Meanwhile, La Sociedad co–leader Dorian Roldán struck deal with the founder of American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA), Jeff Jarrett
, to bring wrestlers from his promotion to AAA to help him take over the promotion from his father Joaquín Roldán and mother Marisela Peña Roldan. Konnan, however, was against the idea of his former employer coming to AAA and believed that Roldán had made a mistake. Jarrett and fellow TNA worker Abyss arrived to AAA on May 18 for a confrontation with Konnan and La Sociedad. In the end, Konnan and Jarrett revealed that they were in fact on the same page with each other and turned on El Zorro, along with L.A. Park, with Konnan announcing that Jarrett would be challenging for his AAA World Heavyweight Championship at TripleManía XIX. After witnessing this turn of events, Marisela Peña Roldan finally decided that his son had gone too far and fired him from AAA, which led to Dorian proclaiming that with TNA he would revolutionize lucha libre
and eventually the letters AAA would be replaced by TNA. As part of the TNA invasion, it was announced that at TripleManía XIX TNA Knockout
s Angelina Love, Mickie James
and Velvet Sky
would team with La Sociedads Sexy Star
in an eight woman tag team match against Cynthia Moreno
, Faby Apache
, AAA Reina de Reinas Champion
Mari Apache
and Lolita, Rob Van Dam
would face Dr. Wagner, Jr. for the newly created AAA Latin American Championship
and Abyss and Mr. Anderson would challenge Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans
for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
in a steel cage match.
Since their formation in December 2007, Los Psycho Circus
(Monster Clown
, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown
) had not lost a single match, with AAA claiming that their win streak had reached over 600 victories. During the fall of 2010, Los Psycho Circus were engulfed in a war with the many variations of Los Perros del Mal, with Damián 666, Halloween and the group's leader El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
being the most prominent Perros during the feud. After several matches between the two groups went to either a no contest or a countout, they were booked to face each other on December 5 at Guerra de Titanes in a steel cage weapons match, where Los Perros del Mal was represented by Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly
. In the end of the match, Halloween and Murder Clown were left in the cage, when someone wearing a Monster Clown mask ran out, climbed up the cage and prevented Murder Clown from escaping the cage, dropping him down to the mat and allowing Halloween to escape the cage, handing Los Psycho Circus their first ever loss. After the match, the man unmasked himself to reveal El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, who had been sidelined in October with a knee injury with reports stating that he would have to stay out of the ring for the rest of the year. The feud between the two groups continued at March's Rey de Reyes, where Los Perros del Mal, represented by Aguayo, Damián 666, Halloween and Super Crazy
, was once again victorious in a match against Los Psycho Circus and Dr. Wagner, Jr., the alliance known as Potencia Mundial ("World Power"). The feud also spread out to independent
promotions International Wrestling Revolution Group
(IWRG) and Perros del Mal Producciones
(PdM); in IWRG, the groups feuded over the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
, which Los Psycho Circus successfully defended against Los Perros, while in PdM, the two groups faced each other in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match, which ended with Super Crazy having his hair head shaved off. In May 2011, AAA announced that the promotion was going to crown their first ever World Trios Champions
and started a tournament with the finals being held at TripleManía XIX. Los Psycho Circus advanced to the finals by defeating La Maniarquía (Chessman
, Silver King and Último Gladiador
) and The Black Family
(Dark Cuervo
, Dark Espíritu and Dark Ozz
), while Los Perros del Mal advanced by defeating Real Fuerza Aérea
(Aero Star
, Argenis
and Laredo Kid
) and Los Bizarros (Charly Manson, Cibernético and Escoria
) to set up a grudge match for the AAA World Trios Championship at TripleManía XIX.
During the early stages of the war between AAA and La Sociedad, Cibernético was one of the top technicos fighting for AAA. On October 1, 2010, at Héroes Inmortales IV
, he was scheduled to team up Heavy Metal, La Parka and Octagón
against a team of La Sociedad representatives, but prior to the match Konnan announced that Cibernético had decided to turn his back on AAA and join his team instead. AAA bought Konnan's claim and replaced Cibernético and Octagón, who was injured in a backstage assault by someone resembling Cibernético, in the match with Dark Ozz and Dark Cuervo. However, in the end Cibernético interfered in the match and helped AAA pick up the win. Afterwards, Cibernético, upset with AAA and in particular his friend La Parka for believing he had turned on the company, decided to re–form his old group Los Bizarros with Amadeus, Escoria, Nygma
and Taboo. Cibernético made clear that even though Los Bizarros were no longer with AAA, they were not part of La Sociedad either, solidifying the group's status as tweeners. He also tried to recruit his friend El Mesías to join the group, but he decided to stay out of the war of words between his two friends. On November 22, the feud between Cibernético and La Parka turned physical, when Los Bizarros ran out to save El Mesías from a beatdown at the hands of La Sociedad, without making the save for La Parka and Jack Evans. When Parka confronted Cibernético, he was laid out with a stunner
, after which Los Bizarros beat him down and Cibernético ripped his mask off his face. The first major battle between Cibernético and La Parka took place on December 5, 2010, at Guerra de Titanes, where Parka teamed up with Dark Espíritu, Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans to defeat Cibernético, Escoria, Nygma and Taboo. After the match, Los Bizarros once again beat down La Parka, after which Cibernético admitted that while Super Fly
had been outed as the man who had attacked Octagón prior to Héroes Inmortales IV, he was in fact the one who had orchestrated the attack, meaning that Parka had been right about him all along. He then introduced the returning Charly Manson, who had most recently worked for rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL), as the newest member of Los Bizarros. The group's lineup would be finalized a couple of months later with the addition of Billy el Malo
, who jumped to Los Bizarros from La Sociedad. Cibernético and La Parka continued their heated rivalry the following months during which it was implied that Cibernético had assaulted and hospitalized Parka's three year old son, his own godson, with a broken leg and even provided X-rays, which he used to taunt Parka with. At March's Rey de Reyes, Los Bizarros, represented by Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Escoria and Nygma defeated La Parka, Jack Evans, Joe Líder
and Nicho el Millonario, after which Cibernético threatened to light Parka on fire, before being driven out of the ring by Nicho. In May, La Parka formed his own group El Inframundo ("The Underworld") with Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo, Dark Espíritu and the recently debuted Drago
to counteract Los Bizarros. On May 13, La Parka challenged Cibernético to a battle of the groups at TripleManía XIX, which he accepted. It was later revealed that for the event Parka's team would be joined by Octagón, looking for revenge for what happened to him nine months earlier. During the event, Octagón would also become the sixth inductee into the AAA Hall of Fame, following in the footsteps of Antonio Peña
, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Eddie Guerrero
, Pepe Casas and Abismo Negro
.
In September 2010, Silver King and Último Gladiador, two thirds of the stable Los Maniacos, announced they were joining La Sociedad, and although their stablemate Electroshock
made no official announcement on whether or not he would be following them, he agreed to represent the group at Héroes Inmortales IV in order to get his hands on longtime rival Heavy Metal, who would represent AAA in the steel cage match between the two groups. After the event, during which Heavy Metal suffered an injury, which would sideline him for four months, Electroshock officially announced that he was not part of La Sociedad and urged Silver King and Último Gladiador to leave the group. At the November 18 event in Naucalpan
he once again turned down an offer to join La Sociedad and was as a result beaten down by Silver King, Último Gladiador and La Milicia, turning him technico in the process. When Heavy Metal returned from his injury on February 4, 2011, he and Electroshock entered a Best of Five series, with the loser having his hair shaved off. During the series, King and Gladiador tried to recruit Heavy Metal as the newest member of Los Maniacos and even interfered in several of the matches, but Heavy Metal made clear that he did not want to join them. The fifth match, a Two Out of Three Falls Bull Terrier match, took place on March 18 at Rey de Reyes, where Heavy Metal was victorious after a guitar shot, forcing Electroshock to have his hair shaved off. After the match both Electroshock and Heavy Metal were attacked by members of La Sociedad, bringing the former rivals together to fight a common enemy. Just two days later, Los Maniacos surprisingly lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans, after which Silver King and Último Gladiador were seemingly about to break up, but were brought back together by La Legión Extranjera member Chessman, with whom they would re–form Los Maniacos under the new name La Maniarquía. La Maniaquía was booked to settle their grudge with Electroshock and Heavy Metal at TripleManía XIX in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
, for which the technicos recruited a veteran of hardcore wrestling
, Joe Líder, whose partner, Nicho el Millonario, La Maniarquía had injured, as the third member of their team.
opened with an eight man tag team dark match, where La Milicia Extrema (Dark Dragon, Decnnis, Tigre Cota and Tito Santana) faced Fénix, Sugi San
and Real Fuerza Aeréa members Aero Star and Argos. In the end, Argos managed to pick up the win for his team by pinning Dark Dragon following a double knee backbreaker.
as a result of a lung infection, and then proclaimed that the night would prove the superiority of American wrestling to Mexican lucha libre, before he was interrupted by Joaquin Roldán. At the conclusion of the segment, the two agreed that anyone who interfered in the evening's matches would be immediately suspended from AAA.
The opening match of TripleManía XIX saw Sexy Star teaming with Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and TNA Women's Knockout Champion
Mickie James against Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Lolita and AAA Reina de Reinas Champion, Mari Apache. The match started with the rudos attacking the technicos, isolating Moreno from her partners and quickly taking advantage in the match. Eventually Moreno, Mari Apache and Lolita all dove out of the ring onto Love, Sexy and Sky, leaving James and Faby Apache in the ring. In the end, James pinned Apache for the win with the Mickie–DT, after startling her with a kiss. After the match, the two teams brawled backstage.
After the opening match, Joaquin Roldán inducted Octagón into the AAA Hall of Fame.
In the second match of the pay-per-view
, Electroshock, Heavy Metal and Joe Líder faced La Maniarquía, consisting of Chessman, Último Gladiador and Silver King, who in Mexico City
is forced to wrestle under the ring name Silver Cain as a way of being able to wear his mask, in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. La Maniarquía was accompanied to the ring by their mascot Maniaquito and their La Sociedad stablemate, AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion
Jennifer Blake
, while Heavy Metal was accompanied by his valet Nanyzh Rock, midget companion
Lokillo and musician Charly Montana. While every one of them followed the earlier agreement between Joaquin Roldán and Konnan and did not interfere in the match, Joe Líder's partner Nicho el Millonario, seeking revenge on La Maniarquía, ran in and tried to replace Heavy Metal, who had been taken out of the match by Chessman, which led to Roldán coming out with security and having them remove Nicho from the arena. Soon afterwards, Heavy Metal returned to the match and threw Último Gladiador from the top rope through a cello
, given to him by Montana, while Electroshock superbombed Chessman through a table. Heavy Metal followed up by performing a diving elbow drop on Gladiador, after which the technico duo scored a double pin on their opponents to win the match.
In the third match, Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Charly Manson and Escoria of Los Bizarros faced La Parka, Dark Ozz and Drago of El Inframundo, who teamed with newly inducted Hall of Famer Octagón. At the end of the brawl, masked Los Bizarros member Taboo appeared at the top of the entrance ramp holding La Parka's ten year old son, who revealed on the microphone that Taboo was his uncle and thus La Parka's brother, the luchador formerly known as Lasser Boy. Meanwhile, in the ring, Cibernético took advantage of the distraction, hit Parka with a Garra Cibernetica
and pinned him for the win. After the match, Cibernético revealed that Taboo had been the one who had helped him invade Parka's home and provided him with the X-rays of his godson's broken leg back in January. Taboo ended the segment by declaring Los Bizarros his new family.
The fourth match of TripleManía XIX saw Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans defending the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match against TNA X Division Champion
Abyss and TNA World Heavyweight Champion
Mr. Anderson. The team whose both members managed to escape the cage would be declared the winner. Abyss and Anderson dominated the match early, but eventually Extreme Tiger was able to get away from Abyss and escape the cage. In a two–on–one advantage the TNA team was even more dominant and after more double–teaming, Mr. Anderson eventually climbed out of the cage. Left in the cage with Abyss, Evans managed to dodge his attack, use his speed to take him down and hit him with a 450° splash. Evans attempted to escape the cage, but Abyss stopped him, opened the bag he had entered the cage with and emptied its contents, thumbtacks, on the mat. Abyss attempted to chokeslam
Evans off the ropes, but Evans escaped the hold by biting his fingers and then powerbomb
ed him onto the tacks. Evans climbed to the top of the cage, but, instead of escaping, dove back into the ring onto Abyss with a crossbody. Immediately afterwards, Evans climbed back up and escaped the cage to successfully defend the AAA World Tag Team Championship.
In the fifth match Los Psycho Circus faced Los Perros del Mal in a tournament final to determine the first ever AAA World Trios Champions. In the match Los Perros del Mal was represented by Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly, the same team that wrestled in the tournament's first round. In the semifinals of the tournament, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo had replaced X-Fly and he was supposed to do the same at TripleManía XIX, but was forced to pull out of the event as a result of his body's adverse reaction to the medication given to him as part of his recent tumor treatment. Los Psycho Circus was accompanied to the match by their debuting mascot, Mini Clown. Just prior to the start of the match, the two teams agreed to make it an "Extreme match", which meant that much like their many previous matches against each other, this also featured various weapons used by both Los Psycho Circus and Los Perros del Mal. Eventually, Halloween stopped Psycho Clown's top rope hurricanrana attempt with a low blow and dropped him with a top rope Death Valley driver through a table for the win. With their win, Los Perros del Mal were crowned the first ever AAA World Trios Champions.
, but when he realized he was not going to succeed in his attempt, he took advantage of a distraction from his wife Karen and smashed El Zorro with his signature guitar, but to his surprise, only managed to get a two count out of the following pinfall. Jarrett then took a hold of El Zorro's kendo stick
, hit him with it and then put it across his throat and performed his finishing maneuver The Stroke to become the new AAA World Heavyweight Champion and the first ever American to hold the title. Jarrett left the ring as fans in attendance started to fill it with bottles.
The Mask vs. Hair match between L.A. Park and El Mesías, which had been billed as the top match of the event, took place next, with L.A. Park being accompanied to the ring by his son El Hijo de L.A. Park
and the wheelchair-bound Pierroth
, neither of whom were working for AAA. Just like in their previous bout at December's Guerra de Titanes, both wrestlers were bloodied and L.A. Park's mask was torn to pieces during the brawl around the arena. With the match in his control following a Skull Bomb and a topé suicida, Park pulled out a table from under the ring, set it up inside the ring and climbed on top of it for his signature dance, but was then surprised by a diving spear through the table from El Mesías, which was however only good for a two count. El Mesías followed up with a double knee backbreaker and a Mesías Splash for another two count, before locking Park in a sharpshooter
. Eventually, Park managed to reach the ropes, but El Mesías pulled him back to the center of the ring and re-applied the hold. Park feigned submission by lightly tapping El Mesías on the back, which led to him releasing the hold as he believed he had won the match. El Mesías climbed to the top rope to celebrate his "win" and when referee Piero tried to explain that Park had not in fact submitted, El Mesías swung his leg back and accidentally kicked him in the head. Park took advantage of the distraction, hit El Mesías with brass knuckles
, made the pin and scored a three count to win the match. After the match, El Mesías had his hair shaved off with L.A. Park mocking Marisela Peña Roldan, who was seated in the front row. At this point the event had lasted over three and a half hours, which led to many in attendance leaving the arena after the match, not sticking around for the main event of the evening.
In the main event of the show, Dr. Wagner, Jr. faced TNA worker Rob Van Dam to determine the first ever AAA Latin American Champion. Wagner, like L.A. Park, was accompanied to the ring by his son, independent worker
Dr. Wagner III, with both him and Van Dam carrying the flags of their native countries. Van Dam used a steel chair on several occasions in the match, including kicking it in Wagner's face from the top rope. Eventually Wagner started a comeback with a top rope head-and-arm suplex suplex, before signaling for his finishing maneuver, the Wagner Driver. Wagner managed to hit the move, but Van Dam kicked out of the following pinfall. Wagner followed up with a rope hung DDT onto a steel chair, which was good enough for a three count. With the win Dr. Wagner, Jr. became the first ever AAA Latin American Champion. The show ended with AAA's technicos entering the ring to celebrate Wagner's and AAA's win over TNA and La Sociedad.
In the days following the event, Joaquin Roldán reaffirmed that Nicho el Millonario had been suspended indefinitely for interfering in the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. Konnan, meanwhile, gloated that, despite Abyss' and Anderson's failure to capture the AAA World Tag Team Championship, the TNA wrestlers as a whole had proven their superiority, just like he had promised. Konnan explained Van Dam's defeat in the main event by claiming that he had gotten injured during the match, but promised him a rematch with Wagner, Jr. as soon as he had recovered. He also challenged Mari Apache to put her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship on the line against Mickie James.
Mickie James returned to AAA on July 9, this time defeating Mari Apache with a kiss and a Mickie–DT, before challenging her to a match for the Reina de Reinas Championship at Verano de Escándalo
. After Wagner, Jr. continued making challenges towards Jarrett, he was given a match for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship at Verano de Escándalo, but Konnan included L.A. Park in the match to make sure that the title stayed in La Sociedad. In late June and early July, Jack Evans became the first AAA contracted worker to work for TNA, when he made appearances on both their primary television show, Impact Wrestling, and at the Destination X
pay-per-view, but once again AAA was never mentioned by name and it was simply announced that he had been working in Mexico the past years. Meanwhile, TNA workers Abyss, Samoa Joe
and Scott Steiner
made appearances in AAA, representing TNA and La Sociedad. Jarrett returned to Impact Wrestling on July 14, carrying the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" belt, the AAA World Heavyweight Championship belt with the main plate, including the AAA letters, covered completely by a new white plate with a Mexican flag on it. After threatening to quit the promotion over his suspension, Nicho el Millonario returned to AAA on July 16, turning rudo and attacking Joe Líder, after he tried to calm him down as he was berating Joaquín Roldán.
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(PPV) event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
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(AAA) promotion
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, which took place on June 18, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes
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("Sports Palace") in Mexico City, Mexico
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. The event was the nineteenth annual Triplemanía
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promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(TNA) for the second year in a row. The event featured eight matches and was headlined by the culmination of the seven–month storyline rivalry
Feud (professional wrestling)
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between L.A. Park
Adolfo Tapia
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and El Mesías
Ricky Banderas
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in a máscara contra cabellera match, where Park put his mask and El Mesías his hair on the line. It also featured the crownings of the first ever AAA Latin American
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and AAA World Trios Champions
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. At the event, Octagón
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, who has been a part of AAA since the promotion was founded in 1992, became the sixth inductee into the AAA Hall of Fame.
Background
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, plots and storylines
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. Wrestlers portray either villains
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(referred to as "rudos" in Mexico) or fan favorites
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("technicos" in Mexico) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The year between TripleManía XVIII
TripleMania XVIII
TripleManía XVIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion that took place on June 6, 2010 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured eight with the main events being a "dream match" between L.A...
and TripleManía XIX consisted of the ongoing storyline war between the technicos representing the promotion itself and the rudos of the stable 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...
("The Society"), which was formed in the summer of 2010, when La Legión Extranjera
Foreign Legion (wrestling)
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's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós...
("The Foreign Legion") formed an alliance with 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,...
("The Evil Dogs"), Los Maniacos ("The Maniacs") and La Milicia ("The Militia"). The AAA side, often called Legado AAA ("The AAA Legacy") or Ejército AAA ("The AAA Army"), was led by the promotion's president Joaquín Roldán, while his son Dorian Roldán was in charge of La Sociedad along with 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...
, the leader of La Legión Extranjera. In October 2010, 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...
left Legado AAA, after feeling betrayed by his friends and re–formed his old group Los Bizarros as a third outside group, which was neither part of AAA nor La Sociedad.
On November 22, 2010, La Sociedad member L.A. Park
Adolfo Tapia
Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. For years he has worked under the ring name L.A. Park, but is best known throughout the world as La Parka, especially from his many years in World Championship Wrestling . He was forced to change his...
returned to AAA, after spending several weeks wrestling in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, to find out that the group's leader Konnan had chosen his longtime La Legión Extranjera stablemate 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...
as the next challenger for 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...
's 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:*...
. Trying to appease Park, Konnan promised him the next shot at the title, provided that he took out one of AAA's top technicos, El Mesías
Ricky Banderas
Gilbert Cosme better known by his ring names El Mesías and Ricky Banderas, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his career in the International Wrestling Association based on Puerto Rico...
. Later that night Park first bloodied El Mesías with a steel chair and then pinned him with a low blow in a six man tag team match. On December 5 at Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2010)
Guerra de Titanes was professional wrestling major show event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , which took place on December 5, 2010, in the Auditorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico...
, L.A. Park and El Mesías faced each other in a match, which turned into a brawl, during which both were covered in blood and Park's trademark mask was torn apart, completely revealing his blood covered face. In the end, Park managed to pick up the win after another low blow, multiple shots with a steel chair and an illegal Martinete. However, Park's hopes of receiving a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship were delayed, when at the same event El Zorro defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr. to become the new champion. Konnan's decision to hand the next title shot to El Zorro's blood rival Charly Manson
Charly Manson
Not to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body...
instead of Park, caused dissension within La Sociedad, just what Konnan wanted to avoid by not having the stablemates wrestle each other. Park then stated that after he won the 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...
tournament, Konnan would be forced to give him a title shot or face the consequences. On February 19, 2011, Park reiterated his point by assaulting and bloodying El Mesías backstage, after he had qualified for the finals of Rey de Reyes. On February 28, Park himself entered the tournament and defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr., Halloween and Nicho el Millonario in his semifinal match. The finals of the tournament, a four–way match between Park, El Mesías, Carlito Caribbean Cool
Carly Colon
Carlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Entertainment , but was released from his contract on May 21, 2010. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both...
and Extreme Tiger
Extreme Tiger
Extreme Tiger is a Mexican professional wrestler currently competing in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , where he is currently the 2011 Rey de Reyes.-Professional wrestling career:...
took place on March 18 at the Rey de Reyes
Rey de Reyes (2011)
Rey de Reyes 2011 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración that took place on March 18, 2011, at Plaza de Toros Monumental in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
. Park and El Mesías were both eliminated from the match after brawling with each other to a double countout, leading to a win for AAA representative Extreme Tiger. After weeks of more hostilities between the two, including Park performing a Martinete on Mesías on the entrance stage, Mesías powerbomb
Powerbomb
A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
ing Park through a table for a win in a six man tag team match and the two brawling to a no contest due to neither being able to continue the match, on May 18, El Mesías made a challenge, which Park accepted, for a Mask vs. Hair match at TripleManía XIX, where the loser would either lose his mask or have his hair shaved off. Park later added to the stakes of the match by announcing that he would retire, should he lose his mask.
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...
to cause dissension within the ranks of La Sociedad. El Zorro, who is known as "El Profeta de la Lucha Libre" ("The Prophet of Wrestling") and as part of his character has made many accurate prophecies throughout the years, caused even more headache for Konnan by beginning to prophesize of the fall of a dictator, which he interpreted as meaning himself.
Meanwhile, La Sociedad co–leader Dorian Roldán struck deal with the founder of American promotion 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...
(TNA), Jeff Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett is an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , an organization he co-founded along with his father and in which he holds some stock but not total control...
, to bring wrestlers from his promotion to AAA to help him take over the promotion from his father Joaquín Roldán and mother Marisela Peña Roldan. Konnan, however, was against the idea of his former employer coming to AAA and believed that Roldán had made a mistake. Jarrett and fellow TNA worker Abyss arrived to AAA on May 18 for a confrontation with Konnan and La Sociedad. In the end, Konnan and Jarrett revealed that they were in fact on the same page with each other and turned on El Zorro, along with L.A. Park, with Konnan announcing that Jarrett would be challenging for his AAA World Heavyweight Championship at TripleManía XIX. After witnessing this turn of events, Marisela Peña Roldan finally decided that his son had gone too far and fired him from AAA, which led to Dorian proclaiming that with TNA he would revolutionize lucha libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
and eventually the letters AAA would be replaced by TNA. As part of the TNA invasion, it was announced that at TripleManía XIX TNA Knockout
TNA Knockout
Knockout is a term used by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to refer to its female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets. They are analogous to the Divas of rival WWE.-History:...
s Angelina Love, 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...
and 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...
would team with La Sociedads 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...
in an eight woman tag team match against Cynthia Moreno
Cynthia Moreno
Flavia Antonia Moreno León is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Cynthia Moreno She is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
, Faby Apache
Faby Apache
Fabiola Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Faby Apache...
, AAA Reina de Reinas Champion
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
The AAA Queen of Queens Championship is a singles professional wrestling females championship promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The Championship has been in existence since 1999 and is the only females only championship currently in AAA, though it is currently held by a man...
Mari Apache
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 Lolita, 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 ....
would face Dr. Wagner, Jr. for the newly created AAA Latin American Championship
AAA Latin American Championship
The AAA Latin American Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...
and Abyss and Mr. Anderson would challenge Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans
Jack Evans
Jack Edward Miller is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jack Evans. He currently performs for the Mexican-based promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he is the current World Cruiserweight Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion. He is the cousin...
for the 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...
in a steel cage match.
Since their formation in December 2007, Los Psycho Circus
Los Psycho Circus
Los Psycho Circus is a Lucha libre, or professional wrestling, trio who works for the Mexico City based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a Technico team. The trio consists of three enmascarado, or masked, wrestlers known under the ring names Psycho Clown, Monster Clown and Murder Clown...
(Monster Clown
Monster Clown
Monster Clown is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is best known as part of Los Psycho Circus in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración along with Psycho Clown and Murder Clown where they portray a trio of "evil clowns"...
, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown
Psycho Clown
Psycho Clown is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Psycho Clown's ring character is that of a nightmareish clown and he is part of Los Psycho Circus along with Monster Clown and Murder Clown...
) had not lost a single match, with AAA claiming that their win streak had reached over 600 victories. During the fall of 2010, Los Psycho Circus were engulfed in a war with the many variations of Los Perros del Mal, with Damián 666, Halloween and the group's leader El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
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"...
being the most prominent Perros during the feud. After several matches between the two groups went to either a no contest or a countout, they were booked to face each other on December 5 at Guerra de Titanes in a steel cage weapons match, where Los Perros del Mal was represented by Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly
X-Fly
Juan Francisco Domínguez is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced , a name which has since been given another luchador...
. In the end of the match, Halloween and Murder Clown were left in the cage, when someone wearing a Monster Clown mask ran out, climbed up the cage and prevented Murder Clown from escaping the cage, dropping him down to the mat and allowing Halloween to escape the cage, handing Los Psycho Circus their first ever loss. After the match, the man unmasked himself to reveal El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, who had been sidelined in October with a knee injury with reports stating that he would have to stay out of the ring for the rest of the year. The feud between the two groups continued at March's Rey de Reyes, where Los Perros del Mal, represented by Aguayo, Damián 666, Halloween and Super Crazy
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
, was once again victorious in a match against Los Psycho Circus and Dr. Wagner, Jr., the alliance known as Potencia Mundial ("World Power"). The feud also spread out to independent
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
promotions International Wrestling Revolution Group
International Wrestling Revolution Group
International Wrestling Revolution Group is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. Founded in 1996 by Adolfo Moreno and since Moreno's death in late 2007 has been controlled by his sons Alfredo and Marco Moreno...
(IWRG) and Perros del Mal Producciones
Perros del Mal (promotion)
Perros del Mal Producciones , often referred to as just Perros del Mal, is a Mexican professional wrestling promotion founded in October, 2007 by Perro Aguayo, Jr. when he left Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre to form his own group...
(PdM); in IWRG, the groups feuded over the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship
The IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship is a Trios tag team Championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group and was introduced in 2000...
, which Los Psycho Circus successfully defended against Los Perros, while in PdM, the two groups faced each other in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match, which ended with Super Crazy having his hair head shaved off. In May 2011, AAA announced that the promotion was going to crown their first ever World Trios Champions
AAA World Trios Championship
The AAA World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico. It is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
and started a tournament with the finals being held at TripleManía XIX. Los Psycho Circus advanced to the finals by defeating La Maniarquía (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...
, Silver King and Último Gladiador
Último Gladiador
Gerardo Campos Poza , better known under his ring name Último Gladiador is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Poza currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a part of the group La Maniarquía alongside...
) and The Black Family
The Black Family
The Black Family is a professional wrestling face / tecnico stable that has been working in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 2000. Originally a heel / rudo stable, The Black Family currently consists of original member Dark Cuervo as well as the later additions of Dark Ozz, and Dark...
(Dark 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...
, Dark Espíritu and Dark Ozz
Dark Ozz
Marcos Tinajero is a Mexican Luchador who is most well known under the name Ozz / Dark Ozz, a Face character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . He has been part of The Black Family since it was formed...
), while Los Perros del Mal advanced by defeating Real Fuerza Aérea
Real Fuerza Aerea
Real Fuerza Aérea is a Mexican professional wrestling group, or Stable, active in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración and consists of young tecnicos who all use a high flying, high risk wrestling style...
(Aero Star
Aero Star
Aero Star is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work in the professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a tecnico . He is a part of the group Real Fuerza Aérea along with Laredo Kid and Argenis...
, Argenis
Argenis (wrestler)
Argenis is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Argenis is a part of the stable Real Fuerza Aérea, having officially joined the group in the summer of 2009. Argenis...
and Laredo Kid
Laredo Kid
Laredo Kid is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Laredo Kid is part of a técnico group known as Real Fuerza Aérea and has worked for AAA since 2005...
) and Los Bizarros (Charly Manson, Cibernético and Escoria
Escoria
Jose Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as Escoria / Dark Escoria , a face character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Ibarra has been part of The Black Family since it was formed, but left the stable in October 2010...
) to set up a grudge match for the AAA World Trios Championship at TripleManía XIX.
Héroes Inmortales IV
Héroes Inmortales IV was a major professional wrestling show event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , which took place on October 1, 2010 at the Centro de Convenciones in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, commemorating the fourth anniversary of the death of AAA founder Antonio...
, he was scheduled to team up Heavy Metal, La Parka and 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...
against a team of La Sociedad representatives, but prior to the match Konnan announced that Cibernético had decided to turn his back on AAA and join his team instead. AAA bought Konnan's claim and replaced Cibernético and Octagón, who was injured in a backstage assault by someone resembling Cibernético, in the match with Dark Ozz and Dark Cuervo. However, in the end Cibernético interfered in the match and helped AAA pick up the win. Afterwards, Cibernético, upset with AAA and in particular his friend La Parka for believing he had turned on the company, decided to re–form his old group Los Bizarros with Amadeus, Escoria, Nygma
Nygma (wrestler)
Nygma is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known from his appearances in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración which he has worked for with only short breaks since 1995/1996...
and Taboo. Cibernético made clear that even though Los Bizarros were no longer with AAA, they were not part of La Sociedad either, solidifying the group's status as tweeners. He also tried to recruit his friend El Mesías to join the group, but he decided to stay out of the war of words between his two friends. On November 22, the feud between Cibernético and La Parka turned physical, when Los Bizarros ran out to save El Mesías from a beatdown at the hands of La Sociedad, without making the save for La Parka and Jack Evans. When Parka confronted Cibernético, he was laid out with a stunner
Stunner (professional wrestling)
A stunner is a common term in professional wrestling referring to the seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker maneuver, predominantly used by Stone Cold Steve Austin and named for his Stone Cold Stunner finisher...
, after which Los Bizarros beat him down and Cibernético ripped his mask off his face. The first major battle between Cibernético and La Parka took place on December 5, 2010, at Guerra de Titanes, where Parka teamed up with Dark Espíritu, Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans to defeat Cibernético, Escoria, Nygma and Taboo. After the match, Los Bizarros once again beat down La Parka, after which Cibernético admitted that while Super Fly
Super Fly (wrestler)
Super Fly is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado . Super Fly's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans...
had been outed as the man who had attacked Octagón prior to Héroes Inmortales IV, he was in fact the one who had orchestrated the attack, meaning that Parka had been right about him all along. He then introduced the returning Charly Manson, who had most recently worked for rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
(CMLL), as the newest member of Los Bizarros. The group's lineup would be finalized a couple of months later with the addition of Billy el Malo
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...
, who jumped to Los Bizarros from La Sociedad. Cibernético and La Parka continued their heated rivalry the following months during which it was implied that Cibernético had assaulted and hospitalized Parka's three year old son, his own godson, with a broken leg and even provided X-rays, which he used to taunt Parka with. At March's Rey de Reyes, Los Bizarros, represented by Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Escoria and Nygma defeated La Parka, Jack Evans, Joe Líder
Joe Lider
José de Jesús Álvarez is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
and Nicho el Millonario, after which Cibernético threatened to light Parka on fire, before being driven out of the ring by Nicho. In May, La Parka formed his own group El Inframundo ("The Underworld") with Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo, Dark Espíritu and the recently debuted Drago
Gato Eveready
Víctor Manuel Soto Flores is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Alan and also under a mask as the enmascarado Drago. Soto is best known by his previous ring name Gato Eveready or simply El Gato, under which he was an unofficial member of the wrestling...
to counteract Los Bizarros. On May 13, La Parka challenged Cibernético to a battle of the groups at TripleManía XIX, which he accepted. It was later revealed that for the event Parka's team would be joined by Octagón, looking for revenge for what happened to him nine months earlier. During the event, Octagón would also become the sixth inductee into the AAA Hall of Fame, following in the footsteps of Antonio Peña
Antonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 1992, which today is the largest wrestling promotion in Mexico. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the...
, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero
Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
, Pepe Casas 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...
.
In September 2010, Silver King and Último Gladiador, two thirds of the stable Los Maniacos, announced they were joining La Sociedad, and although their stablemate Electroshock
Electroshock (wrestler)
Edgar Luna Pozos is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. Pozos is married to Luchadora Lady Apache and is the...
made no official announcement on whether or not he would be following them, he agreed to represent the group at Héroes Inmortales IV in order to get his hands on longtime rival Heavy Metal, who would represent AAA in the steel cage match between the two groups. After the event, during which Heavy Metal suffered an injury, which would sideline him for four months, Electroshock officially announced that he was not part of La Sociedad and urged Silver King and Último Gladiador to leave the group. At the November 18 event in Naucalpan
Naucalpan
Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining Mexico State. The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means “place of the four neighborhoods or four houses. “de Juárez was added to the official name in 1874 in honor of...
he once again turned down an offer to join La Sociedad and was as a result beaten down by Silver King, Último Gladiador and La Milicia, turning him technico in the process. When Heavy Metal returned from his injury on February 4, 2011, he and Electroshock entered a Best of Five series, with the loser having his hair shaved off. During the series, King and Gladiador tried to recruit Heavy Metal as the newest member of Los Maniacos and even interfered in several of the matches, but Heavy Metal made clear that he did not want to join them. The fifth match, a Two Out of Three Falls Bull Terrier match, took place on March 18 at Rey de Reyes, where Heavy Metal was victorious after a guitar shot, forcing Electroshock to have his hair shaved off. After the match both Electroshock and Heavy Metal were attacked by members of La Sociedad, bringing the former rivals together to fight a common enemy. Just two days later, Los Maniacos surprisingly lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans, after which Silver King and Último Gladiador were seemingly about to break up, but were brought back together by La Legión Extranjera member Chessman, with whom they would re–form Los Maniacos under the new name La Maniarquía. La Maniaquía was booked to settle their grudge with Electroshock and Heavy Metal at TripleManía XIX in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
A Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match originated within WWE, but can be seen under different variations in other wrestling promotions....
, for which the technicos recruited a veteran of hardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...
, Joe Líder, whose partner, Nicho el Millonario, La Maniarquía had injured, as the third member of their team.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Andres Maroñas |
| Jesús Zúñiga | |
| Leo Riaño | |
| Arturo Rivera | |
| Referees | Pepe Casas |
| Piero | |
| Copetes Salazar | |
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Pre–show
The event at Palacio de los DeportesPalacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes is an indoor arena, located in Mexico City, Mexico, within the sports complex Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, near the Mexico City International Airport and the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE...
opened with an eight man tag team dark match, where La Milicia Extrema (Dark Dragon, Decnnis, Tigre Cota and Tito Santana) faced Fénix, Sugi San
Takuya Sugi
Takuya Sugi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit; he uses many aliases, most commonly Yoshitsune and El Blazer...
and Real Fuerza Aeréa members Aero Star and Argos. In the end, Argos managed to pick up the win for his team by pinning Dark Dragon following a double knee backbreaker.
Preliminary matches
TripleManía XIX opened with an in-ring segment, where Konnan first introduced announcer Arturo "Rudo" Rivera, who made his return after recently spending 20 days in comaComa
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
as a result of a lung infection, and then proclaimed that the night would prove the superiority of American wrestling to Mexican lucha libre, before he was interrupted by Joaquin Roldán. At the conclusion of the segment, the two agreed that anyone who interfered in the evening's matches would be immediately suspended from AAA.
The opening match of TripleManía XIX saw Sexy Star teaming with Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and TNA Women's Knockout Champion
TNA Women's Knockout Championship
The TNA Women's Knockout Championship, often referred to simply as the Knockouts Championship, is a professional wrestling women's world championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily contested for in TNA's women's division...
Mickie James against Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Lolita and AAA Reina de Reinas Champion, Mari Apache. The match started with the rudos attacking the technicos, isolating Moreno from her partners and quickly taking advantage in the match. Eventually Moreno, Mari Apache and Lolita all dove out of the ring onto Love, Sexy and Sky, leaving James and Faby Apache in the ring. In the end, James pinned Apache for the win with the Mickie–DT, after startling her with a kiss. After the match, the two teams brawled backstage.
After the opening match, Joaquin Roldán inducted Octagón into the AAA Hall of Fame.
In the second match of the pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
, Electroshock, Heavy Metal and Joe Líder faced La Maniarquía, consisting of Chessman, Último Gladiador and Silver King, who in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
is forced to wrestle under the ring name Silver Cain as a way of being able to wear his mask, in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. La Maniarquía was accompanied to the ring by their mascot Maniaquito and their La Sociedad stablemate, AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion
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...
Jennifer Blake
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...
, while Heavy Metal was accompanied by his valet Nanyzh Rock, midget companion
Mini-Estrella
The term Mini-Estrella is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestlers or luchadors, some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican Mini-Estrellas is comparable to Midget professional wrestling practiced around the world, but with the notable exception that some of the...
Lokillo and musician Charly Montana. While every one of them followed the earlier agreement between Joaquin Roldán and Konnan and did not interfere in the match, Joe Líder's partner Nicho el Millonario, seeking revenge on La Maniarquía, ran in and tried to replace Heavy Metal, who had been taken out of the match by Chessman, which led to Roldán coming out with security and having them remove Nicho from the arena. Soon afterwards, Heavy Metal returned to the match and threw Último Gladiador from the top rope through a cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, given to him by Montana, while Electroshock superbombed Chessman through a table. Heavy Metal followed up by performing a diving elbow drop on Gladiador, after which the technico duo scored a double pin on their opponents to win the match.
In the third match, Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Charly Manson and Escoria of Los Bizarros faced La Parka, Dark Ozz and Drago of El Inframundo, who teamed with newly inducted Hall of Famer Octagón. At the end of the brawl, masked Los Bizarros member Taboo appeared at the top of the entrance ramp holding La Parka's ten year old son, who revealed on the microphone that Taboo was his uncle and thus La Parka's brother, the luchador formerly known as Lasser Boy. Meanwhile, in the ring, Cibernético took advantage of the distraction, hit Parka with a Garra Cibernetica
Chokeslam
A chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
and pinned him for the win. After the match, Cibernético revealed that Taboo had been the one who had helped him invade Parka's home and provided him with the X-rays of his godson's broken leg back in January. Taboo ended the segment by declaring Los Bizarros his new family.
The fourth match of TripleManía XIX saw Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans defending the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match against TNA X Division Champion
TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily defended in TNA's X Division—a style based on a fast-paced, daredevil type of wrestling...
Abyss and TNA World Heavyweight Champion
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
The TNA World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is currently the highest ranked championship in TNA and is primarily defended in TNA's heavyweight division...
Mr. Anderson. The team whose both members managed to escape the cage would be declared the winner. Abyss and Anderson dominated the match early, but eventually Extreme Tiger was able to get away from Abyss and escape the cage. In a two–on–one advantage the TNA team was even more dominant and after more double–teaming, Mr. Anderson eventually climbed out of the cage. Left in the cage with Abyss, Evans managed to dodge his attack, use his speed to take him down and hit him with a 450° splash. Evans attempted to escape the cage, but Abyss stopped him, opened the bag he had entered the cage with and emptied its contents, thumbtacks, on the mat. Abyss attempted to chokeslam
Chokeslam
A chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
Evans off the ropes, but Evans escaped the hold by biting his fingers and then powerbomb
Powerbomb
A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
ed him onto the tacks. Evans climbed to the top of the cage, but, instead of escaping, dove back into the ring onto Abyss with a crossbody. Immediately afterwards, Evans climbed back up and escaped the cage to successfully defend the AAA World Tag Team Championship.
In the fifth match Los Psycho Circus faced Los Perros del Mal in a tournament final to determine the first ever AAA World Trios Champions. In the match Los Perros del Mal was represented by Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly, the same team that wrestled in the tournament's first round. In the semifinals of the tournament, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo had replaced X-Fly and he was supposed to do the same at TripleManía XIX, but was forced to pull out of the event as a result of his body's adverse reaction to the medication given to him as part of his recent tumor treatment. Los Psycho Circus was accompanied to the match by their debuting mascot, Mini Clown. Just prior to the start of the match, the two teams agreed to make it an "Extreme match", which meant that much like their many previous matches against each other, this also featured various weapons used by both Los Psycho Circus and Los Perros del Mal. Eventually, Halloween stopped Psycho Clown's top rope hurricanrana attempt with a low blow and dropped him with a top rope Death Valley driver through a table for the win. With their win, Los Perros del Mal were crowned the first ever AAA World Trios Champions.
Main event matches
In the first semi–main event of the evening, La Sociedad member Jeff Jarrett challenged El Zorro for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. Like the other matches involving TNA workers, the match was refereed by La Sociedads own referee, Hijo del Tirantes, who showed bias towards Jarrett throughout the match. On several occasions Jarrett attempted to get El Zorro to submit with an ankle lock, the signature hold of his TNA rival Kurt AngleKurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
, but when he realized he was not going to succeed in his attempt, he took advantage of a distraction from his wife Karen and smashed El Zorro with his signature guitar, but to his surprise, only managed to get a two count out of the following pinfall. Jarrett then took a hold of El Zorro's kendo stick
Shinai
is a weapon used for practice and competition in kendo representing a Japanese sword. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from kendo shinai, and represented with different characters....
, hit him with it and then put it across his throat and performed his finishing maneuver The Stroke to become the new AAA World Heavyweight Champion and the first ever American to hold the title. Jarrett left the ring as fans in attendance started to fill it with bottles.
The Mask vs. Hair match between L.A. Park and El Mesías, which had been billed as the top match of the event, took place next, with L.A. Park being accompanied to the ring by his son El Hijo de L.A. Park
El Hijo de L.A. Park
El Hijo de L.A. Park is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. As his name indicates he is the son of Adolfo Tapia, the original "La Parka", who currently wrestles as "L.A. Park". Originally he wrestled under the name "Black Spirit", keeping the family relation to L.A....
and the wheelchair-bound Pierroth
Pierroth, Jr.
Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...
, neither of whom were working for AAA. Just like in their previous bout at December's Guerra de Titanes, both wrestlers were bloodied and L.A. Park's mask was torn to pieces during the brawl around the arena. With the match in his control following a Skull Bomb and a topé suicida, Park pulled out a table from under the ring, set it up inside the ring and climbed on top of it for his signature dance, but was then surprised by a diving spear through the table from El Mesías, which was however only good for a two count. El Mesías followed up with a double knee backbreaker and a Mesías Splash for another two count, before locking Park in a sharpshooter
Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)
The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by several other names: cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, the most commonly known alternative, Scorpion Deathlock...
. Eventually, Park managed to reach the ropes, but El Mesías pulled him back to the center of the ring and re-applied the hold. Park feigned submission by lightly tapping El Mesías on the back, which led to him releasing the hold as he believed he had won the match. El Mesías climbed to the top rope to celebrate his "win" and when referee Piero tried to explain that Park had not in fact submitted, El Mesías swung his leg back and accidentally kicked him in the head. Park took advantage of the distraction, hit El Mesías with brass knuckles
Brass knuckles
Brass knuckles, also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, or knuckledusters, are weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckles are pieces of metal, usually steel despite their name, shaped to fit around the knuckles...
, made the pin and scored a three count to win the match. After the match, El Mesías had his hair shaved off with L.A. Park mocking Marisela Peña Roldan, who was seated in the front row. At this point the event had lasted over three and a half hours, which led to many in attendance leaving the arena after the match, not sticking around for the main event of the evening.
In the main event of the show, Dr. Wagner, Jr. faced TNA worker Rob Van Dam to determine the first ever AAA Latin American Champion. Wagner, like L.A. Park, was accompanied to the ring by his son, independent worker
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
Dr. Wagner III, with both him and Van Dam carrying the flags of their native countries. Van Dam used a steel chair on several occasions in the match, including kicking it in Wagner's face from the top rope. Eventually Wagner started a comeback with a top rope head-and-arm suplex suplex, before signaling for his finishing maneuver, the Wagner Driver. Wagner managed to hit the move, but Van Dam kicked out of the following pinfall. Wagner followed up with a rope hung DDT onto a steel chair, which was good enough for a three count. With the win Dr. Wagner, Jr. became the first ever AAA Latin American Champion. The show ended with AAA's technicos entering the ring to celebrate Wagner's and AAA's win over TNA and La Sociedad.
Aftermath
At the press conference following the event, new AAA Latin American Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr. put over his opponent for the night, Rob Van Dam, as a tough and unique opponent and stated that he was grateful for the opportunity to wrestle him. He also teased a possible match with Jeff Jarrett for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship and a Mask vs. Mask match against L.A. Park at TripleManía XX, while also suggesting that now was the time for AAA to invade TNA. Meanwhile, Jarrett stated that TripleManía XIX was only the beginning of TNA's invasion of AAA. TNA acknowledged Jarrett's win on the front page of their official website, calling him the "Heavyweight Champion of Mexico", not mentioning any of the other matches or even the name of the promotion.In the days following the event, Joaquin Roldán reaffirmed that Nicho el Millonario had been suspended indefinitely for interfering in the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. Konnan, meanwhile, gloated that, despite Abyss' and Anderson's failure to capture the AAA World Tag Team Championship, the TNA wrestlers as a whole had proven their superiority, just like he had promised. Konnan explained Van Dam's defeat in the main event by claiming that he had gotten injured during the match, but promised him a rematch with Wagner, Jr. as soon as he had recovered. He also challenged Mari Apache to put her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship on the line against Mickie James.
Mickie James returned to AAA on July 9, this time defeating Mari Apache with a kiss and a Mickie–DT, before challenging her to a match for the Reina de Reinas Championship at Verano de Escándalo
Verano de Escándalo (2011)
Verano de Escándalo was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on July 31, 2011, at the Plaza Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The title of the event, which has been AAA's annual summer show since 1997,...
. After Wagner, Jr. continued making challenges towards Jarrett, he was given a match for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship at Verano de Escándalo, but Konnan included L.A. Park in the match to make sure that the title stayed in La Sociedad. In late June and early July, Jack Evans became the first AAA contracted worker to work for TNA, when he made appearances on both their primary television show, Impact Wrestling, and at the Destination X
Destination X (2011)
Destination X was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion, which took place on July 10, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida...
pay-per-view, but once again AAA was never mentioned by name and it was simply announced that he had been working in Mexico the past years. Meanwhile, TNA workers Abyss, Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Samoa Joe. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
and 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...
made appearances in AAA, representing TNA and La Sociedad. Jarrett returned to Impact Wrestling on July 14, carrying the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" belt, the AAA World Heavyweight Championship belt with the main plate, including the AAA letters, covered completely by a new white plate with a Mexican flag on it. After threatening to quit the promotion over his suspension, Nicho el Millonario returned to AAA on July 16, turning rudo and attacking Joe Líder, after he tried to calm him down as he was berating Joaquín Roldán.
Reception
Grita Radio analyst Jonathan Sánchez was highly critical of the performances of the TNA wrestlers, outside of Rob Van Dam, claiming that they did not show any quality and once again proved that American wrestling lacks the spark of Mexican lucha libre and Japanese puroresu, going as far as calling the match between El Zorro and Jeff Jarrett "terrible", claiming it was uncreative and bore the audience. He named the match between L.A. Park and El Mesías "by far the best so far this year", but claimed that the event as a whole fell short of expectations due to the lack of domestic competition in Mexico. SuperLuchas Magazine's Eduardo Cano Vela was more positive in his review, taking his hat off for TripleManía XIX, claiming that AAA had showed how to put together a major event.Results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Aero Star Aero Star Aero Star is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work in the professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a tecnico . He is a part of the group Real Fuerza Aérea along with Laredo Kid and Argenis... , Argos, Fénix and Sugi San Takuya Sugi Takuya Sugi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit; he uses many aliases, most commonly Yoshitsune and El Blazer... defeated La Milicia Extrema (Dark Dragon, Decnnis, Tigre Cota and Tito Santana) |
Eight man tag team match | N/A |
| 1 | La Legión Extranjera Foreign Legion (wrestling) 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's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós... (Angelina Love, 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... , 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... and 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... ) defeated Cynthia Moreno Cynthia Moreno Flavia Antonia Moreno León is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Cynthia Moreno She is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración... , Faby Apache Faby Apache Fabiola Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Faby Apache... , Mari Apache 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 Lolita |
Eight woman tag team match | 11:04 |
| 2 | Electroshock Electroshock (wrestler) Edgar Luna Pozos is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. Pozos is married to Luchadora Lady Apache and is the... , Heavy Metal (with Charly Montana, Lokillo and Nanyzh Rock) and Joe Líder Joe Lider José de Jesús Álvarez is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración... defeated La Maniarquía (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... , Silver Cain and Último Gladiador Último Gladiador Gerardo Campos Poza , better known under his ring name Último Gladiador is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Poza currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a part of the group La Maniarquía alongside... ) (with Jennifer Blake 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... and Maniaquito) |
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match A Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match originated within WWE, but can be seen under different variations in other wrestling promotions.... |
15:42 |
| 3 | Los Bizarros (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... , Billy el Malo 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... , Charly Manson Charly Manson Not to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body... and Escoria Escoria Jose Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as Escoria / Dark Escoria , a face character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Ibarra has been part of The Black Family since it was formed, but left the stable in October 2010... ) defeated El Inframundo (La Parka, Dark Ozz Dark Ozz Marcos Tinajero is a Mexican Luchador who is most well known under the name Ozz / Dark Ozz, a Face character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . He has been part of The Black Family since it was formed... and Drago Gato Eveready Víctor Manuel Soto Flores is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Alan and also under a mask as the enmascarado Drago. Soto is best known by his previous ring name Gato Eveready or simply El Gato, under which he was an unofficial member of the wrestling... ) and 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... |
Eight man tag team match | 15:30 |
| 4 | Extreme Tiger Extreme Tiger Extreme Tiger is a Mexican professional wrestler currently competing in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , where he is currently the 2011 Rey de Reyes.-Professional wrestling career:... and Jack Evans Jack Evans Jack Edward Miller is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jack Evans. He currently performs for the Mexican-based promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he is the current World Cruiserweight Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion. He is the cousin... (c) defeated Abyss and Mr. Anderson |
Tag team Professional wrestling tag team match types Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace... steel cage match for the 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... |
12:05 |
| 5 | 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,... (Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly X-Fly Juan Francisco Domínguez is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced , a name which has since been given another luchador... ) defeated Los Psycho Circus Los Psycho Circus Los Psycho Circus is a Lucha libre, or professional wrestling, trio who works for the Mexico City based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as a Technico team. The trio consists of three enmascarado, or masked, wrestlers known under the ring names Psycho Clown, Monster Clown and Murder Clown... (Monster Clown Monster Clown Monster Clown is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is best known as part of Los Psycho Circus in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración along with Psycho Clown and Murder Clown where they portray a trio of "evil clowns"... , Murder Clown and Psycho Clown Psycho Clown Psycho Clown is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Psycho Clown's ring character is that of a nightmareish clown and he is part of Los Psycho Circus along with Monster Clown and Murder Clown... ) (with Mini Clown) |
Six man tag team tournament final Extreme match for the AAA World Trios Championship AAA World Trios Championship The AAA World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico. It is contested for by teams of three wrestlers... |
11:32 |
| 6 | Jeff Jarrett Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett is an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , an organization he co-founded along with his father and in which he holds some stock but not total control... (with Karen Jarrett) defeated 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... (c) |
Singles match for the 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:*... |
15:30 |
| 7 | L.A. Park Adolfo Tapia Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. For years he has worked under the ring name L.A. Park, but is best known throughout the world as La Parka, especially from his many years in World Championship Wrestling . He was forced to change his... (with El Hijo de L.A. Park El Hijo de L.A. Park El Hijo de L.A. Park is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. As his name indicates he is the son of Adolfo Tapia, the original "La Parka", who currently wrestles as "L.A. Park". Originally he wrestled under the name "Black Spirit", keeping the family relation to L.A.... and Pierroth Pierroth, Jr. Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr... ) defeated El Mesías Ricky Banderas Gilbert Cosme better known by his ring names El Mesías and Ricky Banderas, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his career in the International Wrestling Association based on Puerto Rico... |
Mask vs. Hair match | 30:57 |
| 8 | 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... (with Dr. Wagner III) defeated 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 .... |
Singles match for the AAA Latin American Championship AAA Latin American Championship The AAA Latin American Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico... |
16:44 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
See also
- TriplemaníaTriplemaniaTripleManía, is the biggest annual professional show professional wrestling event promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion and is traditionally held in May or June each year, commemorating the anniversary of the foundation of AAA...
- Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...