2016 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide event
Triplemania XXIV
was a
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event produced and scripted by the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
(AAA). The event took place on August 28, 2016, and was held in the
Arena Ciudad de Mexico
in
Mexico City
, Mexico. The event Was the 24th year in a row that AAA had held a
Triplemania
show, and was the 31st show held under the Triplemania banner since 1993. The annual Triplemania show is AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of
WrestleMania
or their
Super Bowl
event.
A total of seven matches took place, with the main event being a
Lucha de Apuestas
, or "bet match" where
Psycho Clown
put his
wrestling mask
on the line and
Pagano
put his hair on the line, "betting" it on the outcome of the match. The
AAA Latin American Championship
was also defended on the show along with the
AAA World Tag Team Championship
and
La Copa Triplemania
.
Production
[
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Background
[
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2016 marked the 24th year since 1993 where the Mexican
professional wrestling company
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
(AAA) or Triple A held their annual
Triplemania
show and the 31st Triplemania show promoted by AAA, as they held multiple Triplemania shows over the summers of 1994 to 1997. The 2016 event took place at the
Arena Ciudad de Mexico
(Mexico City Arena), an indoor
arena
in
Azcapotzalco
,
Mexico City
,
Mexico
that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators.
[1]
[2]
This was the fifth consecutive Triplemania (
XX
,
XXI
,
XXII
, and
XXIII
) held at the venue.
[3]
[4]
[5]
AAA's Triplemania is their biggest show of the year, the highlight of their year, AAA's equivalent of the
WWE
's
WrestleMania
or their
Super Bowl
event.
[6]
AAA later confirmed that the show would be available as an internet
pay-per-view
(iPPV) with both Spanish and English language commentary, but not available through traditional PPV channels.
[7]
The Triplemania was the first of three major shows held within a week of each other, produced by the three biggest
lucha libre
promotions in Mexico, AAA,
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL) and
International Wrestling Revolution Group
(IWRG). The second major
lucha libre
show, the
CMLL 83rd Anniversary Show
, will take place five days after Triplemania on September 2 at
Arena Mexico
where Psycho Clown's cousin
La Mascara
will risk his mask as well in a match against
Dragon Lee
.
[8]
Finally the third-largest Mexican
lucha libre
promotion, IWRG will hold
IWRG La Hora de la Verdad
in
Arena Naucalpan
two days later on September 4, headlined by a
Lucha de Apuestas
, mask vs. mask match, between
Trauma I
and
Canis Lupus
.
[9]
Storylines
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The Triplemania XXIV show featured seven
professional wrestling matches
with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
scripted
feuds,
plots
and
storylines
. Wrestlers portrayed either
heels
(referred to as
rudos
in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or
faces
(
tecnicos
in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
[6]
After
Pentagon Jr.
won the 2016
Rey de Reyes
tournament, he and the rest of
Los Perros del Mal
were attached by the team of
Nicho El Millonario
,
Damian 666
,
Halloween
and
Pagano
, claiming they were the "Real Perros del Mal", alluding to the fact that Nicho, Damian 666 and Halloween used to be part of the group.
[10]
After the show Pagano confirmed that he had indeed signed with AAA.
[11]
The group was initially known as
La Nueva Familia Fronteriza
, later shortened to simply
La Familia Fronteriza
("The
Border
Family").
Bestia 666
, son of Damian 666, was later added to the group. While the rest of
La Familiar Fonteriza
continued to work the storyline feud with
Los Perros del Mal
, Pagano moved off on a tangent, starting a storyline with
Psycho Clown
, an AAA wrestler who, like Pagano, used a clown ring character. Pagano made his official AAA in ring debut on April 18 as he, Pagano, Damian 666 and Nicho defeated
Los Psycho Circus
(Psycho Clown,
Murder Clown
and
Monster Clown
) by count-out.
[12]
[13]
Subsequently Pagano and Psycho Clown faced off in a
Hardcore wrestling
match. During the match Pagano lit a wooden table on fire and then threw Psycho Clown through it to win the match.
[14]
Two weeks later the two clashed again, this time in a match that also included Pentagon Jr., a match that was once again won by Pagano.
[15]
After defeating Psycho Clown once more on July 8 and stealing Psycho Clown's
wrestling mask
, Pagano challenged Psycho Clown to put his mask on the line while Pagano would put up his hair in a
Luchas de Apuestas
, or "bet match". At the time Psycho Clown did not respond to the challenge.
[16]
On July 16 AAA officially announced the match as the main event of Triplemania XXIV on August 28.
[17]
The team of
Averno
and
Chessman
, also known as
Los Hell Brothers
won the vacant
AAA World Tag Team Championship
by defeating the teams of
Aero Star
/
Fenix
and
Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.
/
Villano IV
at the Guerra de Titanes show.
[18]
Los Hell Brothers
subsequently made several successful title defenses and began bragging about how there were no challengers left for them to deal with, that "no man" could defeat them. In the spring of 2016 sisters-turned-rivals
Mari Apache
and
Faby Apache
reunited as Mari returned to the
tecnico
side and started to team up with her sister on a regular basis. The two teamed up with their former step-mother
Lady Apache
and won the women's version of the 2016
Lucha Libre
World Cup
.
[19]
Around the time of the World Cup Mari and Faby Apache challenged
Los Hell Brothers
, demanding that they put the tag team championship on the line, a challenge that Averno and Chessman turned down, acting very dismissing and sexist in the process. During the July 8 AAA Television taping Averno and Chessman dressed up as a pair of frumpy women as they mocked
Los Apaches
.
[20]
At the subsequent taping
Los Apaches
distracted Averno and Chessman during a title defense against
Jack Evans
and
Angelico
, which lead to Averno and Chessman losing the tag team titles. Afterwards it was announced that Averno and Chessman had finally agreed to face
Los Apaches
at Triplemania XXIV.
[21]
El Patron Alberto
defeated
El Texano Jr.
to win the
AAA Mega Championship
at the
2014 Guerra de Titanes
show.
[22]
Over the next year El Patron defended the championship on several occasions, until he signed a contract with WWE in late 2015, which led to AAA announcing that since the WWE would not allow El Patron to defend the championship it was vacated and they would hold a tournament to determine a new champion. At the 2016
Guerra de Titanes
show
El Mesias
and El Texano Jr. defeated
Dr. Wagner Jr.
and Psycho Clown, earning the right to wrestle for the vacant AAA Mega Championship at a later date.
[18]
At the subsequent Rey de Reyes show El Texano Jr. pinned El Mesias to become a two time AAA Mega Champion.
[23]
In the weeks following Rey de Reyes El Texano Jr. was repeatedly attacked by El Mesisas and later on
Brian Cage
as well, slowly turning El Texano Jr.
tecnicos
in the process. El Mesias, Brian Cage and
Johnny Mundo
all adopted an "Anti-Mexico" attitude, even naming themselves "Team
Trump
" after the US presidential candidate. On June 16, 2016 Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated El Mesias by disqualification to become the number one contender for the AAA Mega Championship, surprisingly inserting him into the championship feud.
[24]
During an AAA press conference on July 28 and confirmed that El Texano Jr. would defend the AAA Mega Championship against both Dr. Wagner Jr. and Brian Cage, but El Mesias was not included.
[25]
On July 3, 2016 Pentagon Jr. defeated Psycho Clown to win the
AAA Latin American Championship
.
[26]
The following week the team of Johnny Mundo, El Mesias and
Hernandez
defeated the trio of Pentagon Jr., El Texano Jr. and
El Hijo del Fantasma
when Mundo pinned Pentagon Jr. Following the match Mundo challenged Pentagon Jr. to defend the Latin American championship against Mundo since he just pinned the champion.
[20]
On July 23 AAA announced that Pentagon Jr. would defend the AAA Latin American Championship against Johnny Mundo, acknowledging that the two had faced off before as part of
Lucha Underground
.
[27]
The second match of the night was announced as the second ever Copa Triplemania with 12 wrestlers competing for the trophy. AAA confirmed 11 of the 12 names,
La Parka
,
El Elegido
,
El Zorro
,
Daga
,
Taurus
,
El Hijo del Pirata Morgan
,
Pimpinela Escarlata
,
Mamba
,
Super Fly
, Hernandez and
Australian Suicide
, but listed the 13th wrestler simply as a
Luchador Sorpresa
("Surprise Wrestler").
[25]
[28]
AAA Hall of Fame
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First established in 2007 the
AAA Hall of Fame
has inducted one or two
lucha libre
-related people each year at Triplemania. The initial class of the Hall of Fame included AAA founder
Antonio Pena
and
Rey Misterio Jr.
[29]
[30]
Later inductees have included
Eddie Guerrero
(2008),
[31]
Pepe "Tropi" Casas (2009),
[32]
Octagon
(2011),
[33]
Perro Aguayo
(2012),
[34]
Abismo Negro
(2013),
[35]
El Brazo
(2014),
[36]
Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
(2014),
[36]
Hector Garza
(2015),
[37]
and
El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
(2015).
[37]
On August 18 the
Record
sports newspaper revealed that "Love Machine"
Art Barr
was the first name confirmed for the 2016 AAA Hall of Fame, joining his former
Los Gringos Locos
partner Eddie Guerrero in the hall of fame.
[38]
Barr is the first inductee who is not of Mexican heritage, being born in
Portland, Oregon
to US parents. Barr, son of local promoter
Sandy Barr
, had a storied career before ending up working in Mexico. Initially he worked as a local face character called Beetlejuice and was even offered a contract with
World Championship Wrestling
, but due to a statutory rape conviction he later found himself unable to get full-time work in the US.
[39]
Moving to Mexico he first worked as the masked character "American Love Machine" for CMLL, but was unmasked by
Blue Panther
. He later jumped to AAA and formed a team with Eddie Guerrero known as "La Pareja del Terror" (The Pair of Terror) with Eddie Guerrero who won the AAA World Tag Team Championship. The duo, along with
Konnan
, would go on to form
Los Gringos Locos
, the most hated
rudo
team in Mexico at the time.
[39]
Barr and Guerrero main evented AAA's
AAA When Worlds Collide
, their first US broadcast PPV, losing an
Apuesta
match to
El Hijo del Santo
and Octagon.
[39]
Barr died only 17 days after When Worlds Collide, with the official cause never being clearly stated.
[39]
The
Record
article also confirmed that AAA was planning in inducing a second person in the hall of fame but did not name that person.
[38]
During the show AAA also inducted Joaquin Roldan, who took control of AAA after Antonio Pena's death, into the Hall of Fame.
[40]
Results
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No.
| Results
[40]
[41]
| Stipulations
|
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1
| Australian Suicide
defeated
Daga
by pinfall to win
Also in the match:
La Parka
,
El Elegido
,
El Zorro
,
Taurus
,
El Hijo del Pirata Morgan
,
Pimpinela Escarlata
,
Mamba
,
Super Fly
,
Hernandez
and
Argenis
| 2016
Copa Triplemania
, 12-man elimination match
|
---|
2
| Faby Apache
and
Mari Apache
vs.
Averno
and
Chessman
ended in a no contest
| Intergender tag team match
|
---|
3
| Drago
and
Aero Star
defeated
Los Gueros del Cielo
(
Angelico
and
Jack Evans
) (c),
Paul London
and
Matt Cross
,
Hijo del Fantasma
and
Garza Jr.
| Four-way match for the
AAA World Tag Team Championship
|
---|
4
| Johnny Mundo
defeated
Pentagon Jr.
(c)
| Singles match
for the
AAA Latin American Championship
|
---|
5
| Rey Mysterio Jr
,
Prince Puma
and
Aztec Dragon Jr
defeated
Marty Martinez
,
Matanza
and
Mil Muertes
| Lucha Underground
six-man tag team match
|
---|
6
| Texano Jr.
(c) defeated
Brian Cage
, and
Dr. Wagner Jr.
| Three-way match for the
AAA Mega Championship
|
---|
7
| Psycho Clown
defeated
Pagano
| Lucha de Apuestas
, mask vs. hair match
|
---|
(c)
| ? the champion(s) heading into the match
|
|
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