Triplemanía Regia II[1] was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event that was promoted and produced by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The event was originally scheduled to take place on October 10, 2020 but was postponed and later cancelled on November 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on October 18, 2021, AAA announced that the event would be occurring on December 4 at the Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.[2] It marked the 29th year in a row that AAA has held a Triplemanía show, and the 36th overall show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest event of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. The event aired on PPV via FITE TV in the U.S. and in Mexico on Space and TV Azteca.
| Triplemanía Regia II | |||
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| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Date | December 4, 2021 | ||
| City | Monterrey, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey | ||
| Tagline(s) | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Gira Aniversario XXX (Spanish for: Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide 30th Anniversary Tour) Colisión Épica (Spanish for: Epic Collision) | ||
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In the main event, Hijo del Vikingo defeated Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido in a five-way match to win the vacant AAA Mega Championship. In other prominent matches, Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Sansón, and Forastero) defeated Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr., Arez, and Psicosis) and El Poder del Norte (Tito Santana, Carta Brava Jr., and Mocho Cota Jr.) in a three-way trios match to become the #1 contenders for the AAA World Trios Championship, FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) defeated Los Lucha Bros (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) in a Ladder match to retain the AAA World Tag Team Championship, and Cain Velasquez teamed with Psycho Clown and Pagano to defeat L.A. Park and Los Mercenarios (Rey Escorpión and Taurus).
The event also notably saw the returns of Taya, Cibernético, Willie Mack, and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. to AAA.
Production edit
Background edit
2021 marked the 29th year that the Mexican professional wrestling company Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (Triple A or AAA) has held their annual flagship Triplemanía show. Triplemanía Regia II was the 36th overall Triplemanía show promoted by AAA (AAA promoted multiple Triplemanía shows over the summers of 1994 to 1997). Since the 2012 event, Triplemanía has taken place at the Arena Ciudad de México (Mexico City Arena), an indoor arena in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators.[3][4][5][6] Triplemanía Regia II was the first Triplemanía event held outside of Arena Ciudad de México during the 2020s and the second outside Mexico City since 2007.
Triplemanía is the company's biggest show of the year, the AAA equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania or New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom event.
Storylines edit
Triplemanía Regia II featured eight 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 (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they engaged in a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match.[7][8]
On August 14, 2021, at Triplemanía XXIX, All Elite Wrestling's Kenny Omega successfully defended the AAA Mega Championship against Andrade "El Ídolo".[9] Following the match, Omega declared that he intended to next defend the Mega Championship against Hijo del Vikingo. On October 18, AAA announced that Omega would face Vikingo at Triplemanía Regia II.[10] On November 18, it was reported by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Omega would not participate in the event due to undergoing multiple surgeries.[11] The reports were confirmed by AAA on November 22, with the promotion canceling Omega's defense and vacating the Mega Championship.[12] Later that day, AAA posted a graphic on Instagram announcing that a new champion would be determined in a five-way match at the event. The participants in the match were later revealed to be Vikingo, Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido.
Cain Velasquez made his professional wrestling debut on August 3, 2019, at Triplemanía XXVII, in a trios match, teaming with Cody Rhodes and Psycho Clown to defeat Texano Jr, Taurus, and Killer Kross.[13] Velasquez competed in a second AAA match at Lucha Invades NY, where he teamed with Brian Cage and Psycho Clown to defeat Rey Escorpión, Texano Jr., and Taurus.[14] Following the match, Velasquez departed AAA and signed with WWE – Velasquez was released from his WWE contract in April 2020 due to budget cuts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] In October 2021, AAA began airing videos teasing Velasquez's return to the promotion. On October 18, AAA announced that Velasquez would team with Psycho Clown and Pagano to face Los Mercenarios (Rey Escorpión and Taurus) and a mystery partner at Triplemanía Regia.[10] The partner was later revealed to be L.A. Park.[16]
Results edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Rueter, Sean (October 18, 2021). "Omega title defense, Velasquez match announced for Triplemania Regia II". Cageside Seats. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ "Rueda de prensa de Triplemanía Regia". Sultanes de Monterrey. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Valdés, Apolo (March 6, 2018). "El Patrón Alberto estará en Triplemanía XXVI". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ Cano Vela, Eduardo (August 5, 2012). "Triplemania XX "El día ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) – Máscara vs máscara: Dr. Wagner vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. – ¡Kurt Angle en México!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ "¡AAA Triplemanía XXI!… este 16/Jun en la Arena Ciudad de México – Dorian Roldán lo confirma" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Agosto 17 – Triplemanía XXII – Arena Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ 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 (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Juan C Reneo (August 14, 2021). "AAA TripleMania XXIX Live Results: Kenny Omega Vs. Andrade El Idolo". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c Lambert, Jeremy (October 18, 2021). "Kenny Omega And Cain Velasquez Bouts Announced For AAA TripleMania Regia". Fightful. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Nason, Jordan (November 19, 2021). "AEW'S KENNY OMEGA TO GET MULTIPLE SURGERIES, OUT OF TRIPLEMANIA REGIA". wrestlingobserver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 22, 2021). "Kenny Omega Officially Vacates AAA Mega Championship, Omega Comments". Fightful. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Video: Former UFC champ Cain Velasquez impresses in pro wrestling debut at AAA Triplemania XXVll". BloodyElbow.com. November 11, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ "2019 AAA matches fought by Cain Velasquez". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ Rose, Bryan (November 11, 2021). "Cain Velasquez released by WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 12, 2021). "Tremenda lucha que viviremos en #TriplemaníaRegia @cainmma, @Pagano656 y @Psychooriginal vs @Rey_Escorpion_1, @Taurusoriginal y @laparktapia 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 11, 2021). "Una nueva batalla de #MarvelLuchaLibre Edition se acerca Fire Leyenda Americana 🛡 y Gran Mazo High voltage sign vs Venenoide 🕸 y Engañoso 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (November 11, 2021). "World Tag Team Title Match & More Set For AAA TripleMania Regia". 411 Mania. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 11, 2021). "¡Una lucha que sacará chispas en #TriplemaníaRegia! @FabyApacheAAA, @SexyStarAAA y @LadyShaniAAA vs @LaHiedraAAA, Flammer y @LadyMaravillAAA. 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 11, 2021). "¡Esta lucha te mantendrá al borde del sillón en #TriplemaníaRegia! #GuerraDeTercias entre #PoderDelNorte vs #Vipers vs Nueva Generación Dinamita 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 11, 2021). "¡Momento de ajustar cuentas en #TriplemaníaRegia! Los #PsychoCircus vs #LaEmpresa en lucha de honor. 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 12, 2021). "¡Las sorpresas no se detienen! Lucha especial en #TriplemaníaRegia : @Laredokidpro1 y luchador sorpresa vs Dragon Lee y Dralístico. 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @LuchaLibreAAA (November 12, 2021). "Los campeonatos de parejas AAA estarán en disputa en #TriplemaníaRegia @PENTAELZEROM y @ReyFenixMx (#LuchaBrothers) vs @CashWheelerFTR y @DaxFTR (#FTR) 4 de Diciembre @PalacioSultan" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "El primer retador por el MegaCampeonato de @luchalibreaaa es… Samuray del Sol @gloat Suerte y bienvenido a #TriplemaniaRegia; pronto más noticias". Dorian Joaquín Roldán Peña on Twitter. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
