AAA TripleMania recap/notes

TripleMania ran their third biggest show of the year, Guerra de Titanes, the year-ender, on December 11th in Cuidad Madero before 10,346. It wasn't a sellout and there were lots of empty seats in the upper deck.

1. Lumino & Impulso beat El Disturbio Ledesma & The Black Master in a battle of the locals.

2. Mini Abismo Negro won an elimination match to determine new World Minis Champion. Order of elimination was Mascarita Divina, Mini Chessman, Mini Charly Manson (champ going in) Mini Psicosis, Mini Histeria and Octagoncito.

3. Joe Lider & Nicho el Millonario beat Jack Evans & Marco Corleone to retain the AAA World Tag Titles. Marco hurt his leg before the match apparently and pretty much dragged his foot to the ring. Lider pinned Evans in the third with a blind foul.

4. Pimpinela Escarlata & El Elegido & Extreme Tiger beat Silver King & Electro Shock & Ultimo Gladiador in 14:56. Pimpi pinned King with a small package to get the win in what was actually a big upset.

5. In another elimination match, this time to determine who gets a AAA World Super Mega Heavyweight Title match at Rey de Reyes on March 14th in Monterrey, Latin Lover & La Parka & Octagon & Rocky Romero beat Chessman & Teddy Hart & Alex Koslov & Zorro in 18:08. Order of elimination was Romero, Koslov, Octagon, Hart and Parka, then Lover pinned Zorro to win the match and get the title shot.

6. In a mask vs. hair match, Sexy Star with Billy Boy beat Faby Apache with Aero Star. Hijo del Tirantes came out to ref but the people made such a racket that El Internacional Piero came down to replace him. But once he got there, Jennifer Blake and Rain ran down and beat him up, so Tirantes ended up reffing after all. Rain and Blake were also the distraction that led to the finish. It went 15:19, then Gran Apache 1 came out to clean house. He ended up cutting off his daughter's hair afterwards in a sad scene.

7. In a streetfight, Konnan beat Cibernetico. Konnan is coming off surgery to have a stent placed in his heart, so obviously there were a million run-ins here. He came out with Teddy Hart and was wearing one of his old masks. Konnan, Chessman, Zorro, Koslov and Hart all ganged up on Cibernetico. They had a fan, presumably a plant, hit the ring to try to save Cibernetico, but Konnan destroyed him. Konnan has been doing MMA and jiu jitsu training in Southern California for a while now and he's a big guy, so stent or no stent, if this was a real fan that was a stupid move. Lider and Nicho came out to try to even the odds, but they were still uneven. After a massive beating, Konnan put his foot on Cibernetico's chest and got the pin. Cibernetico was stretchered out afterwards. This was the first "match" between the two and it put heavy heat on the feud.

8. In the main event, Mesias, in his fourth straight shot at the title, finally beat Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the AAA World Super Mega Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which is a title so long it should require two belts. The match went 48:43, one of the longest matches in Mexico in a long, long time, and the finish saw Mesias hit him with a version of the martinete for the pin. The martinete, which is basically a piledriver that guys sell like death, is illegal, but Wagner had requested a no-rules match and so he paid the price for it in the end. They wrestled a clean, technical, world title-style match almost throughout. Wagnermania came out but Doc told them to go to the back because he wanted to handle this by himself. Finish apparently sets up Mesias, now a three-time champ, defending against Latin Lover in March. Finish was interesting in that Mesias is now heading to Puerto Rico for a tour, so they put the belt on a guy who is temporarily leaving the territory.

AAA news

X Pac dovrtebbe tornare nel giro di 3 settimane, probabilmente entrando nella Foreign Legion.

Teddy Hart è coinvolto nei problemi di sempre. Non presta attenzione ai consigli a lui rivolti e si ostina ad usare a suo piacimento il piledriver, mossa usata raramente e solo per i strechter job.

Particolare infortunio per Vampiro~!

Il 7 Luglio, Vampiro ha subito un infortunio alla schiena a dir poco bizzaro a casa sua. Il wrestler ha riferito che mentre stava dormendo, vari uomini sono penetrati nella sua casa in Guadalajara per rapirlo. Di lì una volante della polizia, nel giro d'ispezione, ha notato il portone del garage, la porta principale e le finestre rotte; dopo aver chiamato i rinforzi sono corsi in casa. Gli intrusi sono fuggiti saltando da una delle finestre infrante. Vampiro stava ancora dormendo quando la polizia ha fatto irruzione nella sua camera, svegliandolo. Vampiro ha detto che era ancora in dormiveglia e, non rendendosi conto che si trattasse di poliziotti e non di malviventi armati di pistola, si è gettato dalla finestra al secondo piano. Nel fare ciò si è rotto quattro vertebre nella zona media e bassa della schiena ed in più ha peggiorato la situazione già complicata al collo. Poco dopo, Vampiro è stato colpito col calcio di una pistola per poi essere ammanettato. Quando la polizia lo ha riconosciuto e accorgendosi del dolore intenso di cui stava soffrendo, gli hanno tolto le manette e lo hanno portato in ospedale. E' stato tenuto lì per diversi giorni, ma ha evitato un intervento chirurgico. Ora avrà bisogno di 8 settimane di riabilitazione per la schiena ed il collo.

Arrestati tre wrestlers della AAA

Mesias, Billy Boy ed il ref Hijo del Tirantes, sono stati arrestati due notti fa dopo lo show in Ciudad Juarez, per il pestaggio di un ragazzo, dopo che questi si è lamentato per l'assunzione di cocaina dei tre wrestlers citati nella sua macchina.
I tre wrestlers hanno incontrato il 31enne Fernando Cordova in un bar, quest'ultimo ha procurato loro della cocaina, ma si è arrabbiato quando Mesias, Billy Boy e Hijo del Tirantes hanno iniziato a sniffarla nella sua macchina. I tre sono stati arrestati e rilasciati poco dopo su cauzione.

AAA TripleMania report

First TripleMania report - Konnan vs. Roldan for control of AAA, in cage

By Cubs Fan


1) Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown b Aerostar, Laredo Kid, Super Fly
- Super Fly was strechered out

2) Billy Boy, Mini Abismo Negro, Polvo de Esterllas, Sexy Star b El Elegido, Fabi Apache, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata
- Sexy pulled Elegido's mask and Billy rolled him up. Rudos attacked after the match, and Mari Apache showed up to run them off

- AAA held a moment of applause for Abismo Negro, Antonio Pena, and Mitsuharu Misawa



3) Charly Manson, Rocky Romero, X-Pac b Scoria, Ozz, Zorro
- Per match stip, X-Pac (and Romero) got to cane Zorro ten times. Tecnicos were hitting him hard, so after four, Zorro stole the cane and laid out all the tecnicos (Charly got bumped into Marisela Pena outside, though that didn't seem to go anywhere). Cuervo came out to help the rudos, and Pimpi, Aerostar and Laredo were all laid out trying to make the save.

4) Extreme Tiger b Crazy Boy, Alan Stone, Alex Koslov for the AAA Cruiserweight Title in a hardcore match
- turned into an elimination match.
- Koslov, who just won the title in the tournament, was first out. Alan was next, and Tiger hit Crazy with a 450 splash on the outside and beat the 20 count back in for the win.



5) Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario b Latin Lover & Marco Corleone for the AAA Tag Title
- Latin was booed.
- Marco went to dive onto the rudos, but Tirantes tripped him up. Marco went after him, but Lider tripped him and Nicho pinned him for the win.

6) Dr. Wagner Jr. b Mesias for the AAA Heavyweight Title (Wagner's title NOT on the line)
- 35 minute match, with some chair spots but the ref counting them out occasionally (so not the usual crowd brawling)
- both men bled
- Mesias survived one Wagner Driver, but not a second. By all accounts, a clean win for Wagner.
7) El Hijo del Santo, Jack Evans, La Parka Jr., Octagon, Vampiro b Chessman, Electro Shock, Kenzo Suzuki, Silver King, Teddy Hart [cage, control of AAA]
- Konnan tried handicuffing Parka to the cage so he wouldn't be able to escape, but the other AAA tecnicos got the key back and unlocked him
- Konnan attacked Cien Caras and Joaquin Roldan and tried to attack Santo in the cage, but Zorro - or at least someone in Zorro's old mask that everyone assumes was Zorro - handed Roldan his cane, and Roldan knocked out Konnan
- match came down to Santo and Silver King (wearing face paint in his usual mask design), and Santo escaped.

Didn't see the Zorro, so don't know for sure what the deal is. Not definite it's a tecnico turn even if it is him, since they've been teasing Zorro running a coup on Konnan at some point. They tape two weeks of TV in the next few days (TripleMania won't be on TV, so they've got to have something else for next Sunday), so perhaps it'll be clear soon.

Show started at 830PM local, did not end until 1250AM. Defintiely not a sell out, early guesses were at 85% full.

AAA Rey de Reyes video links! Part I

Abismo Negro Vs. Black Abyss Vs. Latin Lover Vs. Dark Ozz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0SkeYNupiE&feature=channel_page
Silver King Vs. Joe Lider Vs. Alan Stone Vs. El Elegido
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e29yMXtasQ&feature=channel_page
Nicho El Millonario Vs. Super Fly Vs. Electro Shock Vs. Octogon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oscca6YNew&feature=channel_page
La Parka Vs. Kenzo Suzuki Vs. Super Porky Vs. Dark Scoria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n83qKUrK37E&feature=channel_page
Mesias vs Chessman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXUdGWkNUg&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0E1hy_AzXc&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNT6XIZSac&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dS5WRuStE0&feature=channel_page
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La seconda parte la prossima settimana.

Abismo Negro News

The Cancun Box y Lucha Libre Commission ha ultimato le sue investigazioni sull'accusa di frode nei confronti di Carlos Renan Martinez che ha promosso un evento AAA in Cancun il 21 Marzo, dopo che questi fece lottare un altro wrestler con la gimmick di Abismo Negro ore prima della sua morte.
CBLLC President Eliseo Gonzalez ha riferito che Martinez si è comportato in malafede nella citata occasione e che non potrà promuovere alcun evento in Cancun per due anni.
Gonzales ha aggiunto che la AAA ha 30 giorni di tempo per provare di essere estranea ai fatti, altrimenti anch'essa verrà bannata.
AAA Vice-President Dorian Roldan ha dichiarato che collaboreranno in ogni modo con la CBLLC per risolvere la situazione.

AAA house show report 3-28 Sacramento

AAA house show report 3-28 Sacramento
By Jason Thompson
Arturo Rivera, he was our ring announcer for the evening, came out. They played a video tribute for Abismo Nego.

Pimpinela Escarlata, who's now a blond, & Macarita Sagrada def Decnis & Mini Abisimo Negro
Mini Abismino didn't get much of a reaction. Comedy match but it was over huge with the crowd. Pimpinela rolled up Decnis with a small package.

Jack Evans & Joe Lider def. Superfly & Crazy Boy
Jack, with his feet on the ropes pinned Superfly after a 630.

Vampiro def. Silver King
Vamp celebrated with some Guardian Angles in the crowd before the match. Vampiro overcame interference from Konnan & Jack Evans. Vamp superkicked a chair into Silver King's face. He then slapped El Hijo del Tirantes' hand down for the 3 count. Vamp then chokeslammed El Hijo for not raising his hand.

Psycho Circus def. La Parka, Lardeo Kid & Rocky Romero
Psycho Clown fouled La Parka, then pinned him.

Cibernetico, El Mesias & Charly Manson def. Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo & Dark Escoria.
Mesias pinned Ozz with a downward spiral. Short match.

After the show La Parka, El Mesias & Mascarita Sagrada did poloroids. Parkas' line was Huge.
If only more wrestling could bottle Lucha crowds.

AAA house show report 3-27 Fresno

AAA house show report 3-27 Fresno

Just wanted to give an arena report from the AAA Lucha Libre show here in Fresno. The event took place Friday night (3/27) and was actually a pretty good show. It was my first time attendinng AAA, and I don't speak spanish, but I was still able to follow the show and the matches for the most part. The show was scheduled to start at 7:30pm, but did not start until 8:00pm, not sure what the delay was. The crowd was hot for most of the matches, and everyone was cheered, so I'm not sure who the faces and the heels were since it was difficult to judge on the crowd reaction, just some wrestlers were cheered more then the others. The show started with a video tribute to the late Abismo Negro and the crowd gave a standing ovation for the tribute. The show then started with a promo between Konnan and Crazy Boy, not sure what was said, but I think the storyline was that Konnan was kicked out of the building for the night. Konnan was in street clothes, walked with a limp, and looked really tired by the way. After the promo we then saw 5 matches, all matches were mostly 6 man tag matches, with 1 singles match. The match/ups were the following and in the following order:

Deccnis & Mini Abismo Negro

VS

Pimpinella & Mascarita Segrada

(Match was won by Deccnis & Mini Negro, my first time seeing a match that involved a tag team of a midget and transvestite)

Crazy Boy & SuperFly VS. Joe Lider & Jack Evans

(Match won by Crazy & Fly)

Silver King VS. Vampiro

(Match won by Vampiro)

Chessman, La Parka, Laredo Kidd
VS
Psycho, Zombie, & Killer Clown

(The match was won by the clowns)

Main Event was
Cibernetico, El Mesias, & Charly Manson
VS
Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo, & Dark Scorria

(Match won by Mesias, Manson, Cibernetico)


Other notes:
The crowd cheered for everyone but the biggest pop of the night went to El Mesias, who was really over and just a huge monster in person. I remember him from TNA as Judas, and he is bigger now then back then. I have to say Jack Evans did not get much of a crowd reaction, I think because he is not really a Lucha star but more of an american star since they did not really pop for him. But my god, his moves were just incredible, almost unbelievable moves he was doing out there, by far the most talented of the whole crew I thought, he was really working his ass off. I then had the pleasure of seeing Vampiro "The Snake" Roberts, uh, I mean Vampiro. I have not seen him since his WCW days, what a fall from grace. He did not have the face paint or long dreads anymore. He had a buzz cut, was heavy, moved really slow, and appeared to be really out of it. He got a good pop from the crowd, but he just really looked bad. All of the matches were good, the opening match with the transvestite (Pimpinella) was a comedy match, as was the clowns / La Parka match, but the other matches all had a serious tone. The crew and wrestlers all looked tired, maybe from the travel? The crowd was a ton of kids since kids that were 10 or younger were admitted free. The ring set up was good for a house show, but I just don't like the octogon ring for pro wrestling, it works for MMA but not for wrestling, I don't like the ring in TNA for that matter either. Anyway, It was a good show, lasted about 3 hrs. I thought some of the show would be in english since they are on an american tour, but everything was in spanish from the ring announcing to the video packages they presented. My first time with AAA, but I enjoyed the show. Jack Evans is a superstar in the making, and should be the TNA X division champion right now, he is that talented. Mesias is a monster and was the most over with the biggest pop.

Juventud Guerrera-AAA Update

A pochi giorni dal suo ritorno è già aperto un caso "Juvi" in AAA. Secondo il wrestler, quindi fonte non prioprio affidabilissima, dopo il suo match allo show AAA in Ciudad Madero, ha aperto la sua borsa di ginnastica e vi ha trovato dentro "un sacco di merda". Pensando subito che il colpevole fosse Konnan, si è diretto da lui ed ha cominciato ad urlargli in Inglese e Konnan ha risposto dicendo che non ne sapeva nulla. Juvi asserisce che poco dopo sia Jack Evans che Konnan lo hanno malmenato, ma vari testimoni dicono che il primo ad attaccare fisicamente sia stato Juvi, con Jack Evans che per tutta risposta ha sfoderato una presa Muay Thai, picchiandolo e rompendogli il naso.
Il futuro di Juvi come membro fisso del roster AAA pare molto in bilico.

Lucha Star trovata morta

Abismo Negro è stato trovato morto in un fiume di El Rosario, una città del Mexico; aveva 37 anni. Non è chiaro ancora come la tragedia sia avvenuta.
Abismo Negro faceva parte del roster della AAA.