Noche de Campeones (Spanish for "Night of Champions") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion on December 28, 2022, in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico at Arena GNP Seguros.
| Noche de Campeones | |||
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 Promotional poster for the Monterrey event featuring various AAA luchadores and luchadoras | |||
| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Date | December 28, 2022 | ||
| City | Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena GNP Seguros | ||
| Tagline(s) | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Gira Aniversario XXX Cierre de la Gira (Spanish for: Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide 30th Anniversary Tour Close) | ||
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The event was themed around championship matches, with all but one of the matches being contested for a championship. In the main event match, Hijo del Vikingo defeated Bandido to retain the AAA Mega Championship. In other prominent matches, Arez defeated Taurus and Villano III Jr. in a three-way match to win the inaugural La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship, Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer defeated Komander and Sexy Star II and Octagón Jr. and Lady Shani in a three-way mixed tag team match to win the vacant AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship, and Los Hermanos Lee (Dragon Lee and Dralístico) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship, immediately after the match Los Hermanos Lee vacated the championship and Dragon Lee announced he had signed with WWE.
Production edit
Background edit
Noche de Campeones is themed around championship matches, with all but one of the announced matches on the card being contested for a championship.[1]
The event aired on pay-per-view via the FITE TV service.[1]
Storylines edit
Noche de Campeones featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from 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 (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in wrestling matches.[2][3]
Matches edit
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | Aracno defeated Engañoso, Gran Mazo, El Leyenda Americana, Picadura Letal, and Terror Púrpura | Tournament final for the inaugural Marvel Lucha Libre Championship[1] | — | ||||
| 2 | Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Sansón, and Forastero) (c) defeated Willie Mack and Jinetes del Aire (Aramís and Myzteziz Jr.) | Trios match for the AAA World Trios Championship[4] | 11:27 | ||||
| 3 | Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer defeated Komander and Sexy Star II and Octagón Jr. and Lady Shani | Three-way mixed tag team match for the vacant AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship[5] | 13:40 | ||||
| 4 | Pagano defeated Vampiro, Aero Star, Blue Demon Jr., Niño Hamburguesa, Mr. Iguana, La Diva Salvaje, Jessy, Murder Clown, Dave The Clown, Panic Clown, and La Parka Negra | 12-man Copa Mundo Imperial match[5] | 17:29 | ||||
| 5 | Arez defeated Taurus and Villano III Jr. | Three-way match for the inaugural La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship[6] | 11:09 | ||||
| 6 | Los Hermanos Lee (Dragon Lee and Dralístico) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c) | Tag team match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship[7] | 15:56 | ||||
| 7 | Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Bandido | Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship[4] | 23:45 | ||||
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "AAA Lucha Libre Noche de Campeones". FITE TV. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 41–50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ a b Pulido, Luis (November 13, 2022). "AAA Announce Sammy Guevara, Tay Melo, Blue Demon Jr & More In Action for "Noche De Campeones"". Fightful. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Carey, Ian (November 13, 2022). "Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo title defense announced for AAA Noche De Campeones". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "¡Una batalla especial en #NocheDeCampeonesAAA! En honor al centenario de Blue Demon Lucha por el Campeonato La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon. @ArezStrange vs @Taurusoriginal vs @Villano3Jr". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on Twitter. November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ Pulido, Luis (December 28, 2022). "Hermanos Lee defeat FTR, Become New AAA Tag Team Champions on AAA Noche de Campeones". Frightful. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "AAA Gira Aniversario XXX Noche De Campeones". Cagematch. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
