Héroes Inmortales (2011)
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Héroes Inmortales was a professional wrestling
pay-per-view
(PPV) event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
(AAA) promotion
, which took place on October 9, 2011, at Arena Monterrey
in Monterrey
, Nuevo León
, Mexico
, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of AAA founder Antonio Peña
. While the two previous Peña memorial shows were labeled with the Roman numerals III and IV, the 2011 event was simply known as Héroes Inmortales. The main attraction of the event was the Mexican debut of Sting
, who took part in the ongoing storyline
invasion of wrestlers from American
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA). TNA performers Abyss, Jeff Jarrett
, Magnus
and Velvet Sky
also took part in the event. Other matches taking place at the event included the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña
, Dr. Wagner, Jr.
defending the AAA Latin American Championship
against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
and the culmination of the year long rivalry between Los Perros del Mal
and Los Psycho Circus
in a Lucha de Apuestas Masks vs. Hairs match, at the end of which one team would be either forced to unmask or have their heads shaved.
s, 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.
At AAA's previous major event, Verano de Escándalo
on July 31, Jeff Jarrett
, a member of AAA's top rudo alliance La Sociedad
and the founder of American
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA), successfully defended the AAA World Heavyweight Championship
against Dr. Wagner, Jr.
and fellow La Sociedad member L.A. Park
. On the September 10 edition of AAA's Sin Límite television program La Sociedad leader Konnan informed Jarrett that Wagner, Jr. and Park were no longer going to be a problem for him, but that El Mesías
, who had a history with TNA, having worked for the promotion from 2007 to 2008, was after his title. Konnan, remembering that El Mesías had already lost the AAA World Heavyweight Championship and his hair to members of La Sociedad, asked Jarrett for a big name to stop him, which led to Jarrett announcing that at Héroes Inmortales Sting
would be making his debut in Mexico and facing El Mesías in a singles match. In the buildup to the match, AAA noted Sting's and El Mesías' history against each other back from 2007, when the latter worked for TNA under the ring name Judas Mesias. The two engaged in two brawls with each other on the September 20 and 27, 2007, editions of TNA's primary television program, Impact!. The brawls were used to write the injured Mesias off television for the next three months and upon his return to TNA, his rivalry with Sting was not mentioned again. Sting appeared on the September 23 edition of Sin Límite, talking about his upcoming match and praising both his opponent and the country of Mexico, making a clear distinction between himself and La Sociedad.
In April 2011, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
, the leader of Los Perros del Mal
, one of the subgroups within La Sociedad, was sidelined from in-ring action as he was forced to undergo an emergency surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumor from his stomach. Aguayo made a quick recovery and returned to AAA on May 1 to continue Los Perros del Mals feud with Los Psycho Circus
(Monster Clown
, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown
) and Dr. Wagner, Jr., the quartet known collectively as Potencia Mundial. However, a month later, just days prior to TripleManía XIX
, Aguayo was forced to pull out of the event due to his body's adverse reaction to the medication given to him as part of his tumor treatment. Finally, two months later on August 19, Aguayo made his surprise return to AAA, replacing stablemate L.A. Park and teaming with Damián 666 and Halloween against El Mesías, Joe Líder
and El Zorro
in a six man tag team match, which they lost via disqualification, when Líder was attacked by his former tag team partner Nicho el Millonario, whom Aguayo then named the newest member of Los Perros del Mal. At the following taping on September 1, Aguayo faced AAA Latin American Champion
Dr. Wagner, Jr. in a non-title match, which ended in another disqualification, following interference from Nicho. Later in the taping, Wagner, Jr. saved Los Psycho Circus and Joe Líder from Los Perros del Mal and then proceeded to challenge the rudo group to a Masks vs. Hairs match. On September 11, Wagner, Jr., El Mesías and Extreme Tiger
defeated Aguayo, Damián 666 and Halloween in a six man tag team match. After the match, La Sociedad overpowered their opponents, giving Aguayo the opportunity to reveal that at Héroes Inmortales he would be challenging Wagner, Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship with Monterrey
-based independent professional wrestler, television host
and rapper
Konan Big in his corner. On September 16, Aguayo, Damián, Halloween and Nicho defeated Potencia Mundial in an eight man tag team match, when Damián pinned Psycho Clown. After the rudos were chased out of the ring by the steel chair-wielding Octagón
, Psycho challenged them to a Masks vs. Hairs match at Héroes Inmortales, which Damián accepted. Wagner, Jr. then accepted Octagón's offer to accompany both him and Los Psycho Circus to the ring at the event. This marked the fifth major AAA event in a row, where the two groups battle each other and continued the storyline from Verano de Escándalo, where Los Perros del Mal member X-Fly
lost his hair in a similar match contested inside a steel cage. However, unlike in the several previous Luchas de Apuestas between the two teams, this time the entire losing team would lose their masks or hairs in the match, which was to contested inside the Domo de la Muerte, a domed steel cage. At the final television tapings, taking place six days prior to the pay-per-view, Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly successfully defended the AAA World Trios Championship
against Los Psycho Circus, while Aguayo pinned Wagner, Jr. in a six man tag team match. Post-match, Damián promised a surprise at Héroes Inmortales, which would "revolutionize lucha libre".
TNA's storyline invasion of AAA, which started in May 2011, continued after Verano de Escándalo with appearances by Abyss, Magnus
and Rosita
on AAA's television programs. At the September 11 taping, Konnan announced that at Héroes Inmortales Abyss would team with Chessman
to challenge Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans
for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
, while TNA Knockout
Velvet Sky
would be making her first appearance for AAA since TripleManía XIX in a match, where she would face Lolita. However, Sky's match was later changed to a six woman tag team match, where she would team with La Sociedad and La Legión Extranjera members Jennifer Blake
and Sexy Star
against Cynthia Moreno
and Faby
and Mari Apache
. For the match, the competitors would be wearing fluorescent
clothes and wrestling under a black light
, making them glow in the dark. The match type, known in Spanish
as Lucha a Oscuras, is one of several match types created by Antonio Peña, and was previously used at Héroes Inmortales III
in 2009.
On September 25, AAA announced the ten participants in the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña
. The match was built around the storyline power struggle between AAA's chief executive officer
Joaquín Roldán and his son, AAA vice president
and La Sociedad leader Dorian Roldán, with both choosing their own sets of participants for the match. The match included the reigning AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and fellow TNA worker Magnus. Active rivalries within the match included the ones between Cibernético
, the leader of Los Bizarros, and La Parka, the leader of rival group El Inframundo, the team of Electroshock
and Heavy Metal and the leader of Los Maniacos, Silver King, and L.A. Park and El Zorro
. The feud between L.A. Park and El Zorro stems back to late 2010, when both were members of La Sociedad and Konnan, remaining loyal to his longest-standing partnership, chose El Zorro as the next challenger for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship, which he went on to win in December. The fact that the AAA World Heavyweight Championship was now in La Sociedad did not stop Park from announcing his desire to challenge for the title. In May 2011, Park and Konnan turned on El Zorro and kicked him out of La Sociedad, after being fooled by Los Bizarros into believing that he had attacked Park twice during the past month, when in fact the attacks had been perpetrated by Charly Manson
with the goal of causing dissension within the rudo group. Park finally received his long-awaited shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship at Verano de Escándalo, but was instructed to only make sure that the title stayed on his La Sociedad stablemate Jeff Jarrett in a three-way match with Dr. Wagner, Jr. After Wagner, Jr. was eliminated from the match, the alliance between Park and Jarrett broke down following interference from Jarrett's wife, Karen. In the end, when Park went to perform a powerbomb
on Karen, someone dressed as El Zorro ran to the ring and hit him with Jarrett's signature guitar, which led to Jarrett scoring the pinfall to retain his title. On the September 10 edition of Sin Límite, it was revealed in a secret conversation between Jarrett and Konnan, that the person who had interfered in the match was in fact La Sociedad member Chessman, not El Zorro. Konnan's plan was to send Park on a "wild-goose chase" after El Zorro instead of continuing to chase Jarrett's title. Chessman was rewarded for his deed on September 16, when Konnan named him La Legión Extranjeras new general, taking over the spot previously held by El Zorro.
The undercard of Héroes Inmortales included a lumberjack match, which incorporated three less featured rivalries into a single match. The rivalry between Alan Stone
and El Elegido stems back to August 6, 2010, when Alan followed the example of his brother, Chris, and turned on El Elegido, joining La Sociedads subgroup La Milicia. In 2011, the rivalry came to include battles for Stone's and Jennifer Blake's AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
. After becoming the first man to have won the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
at the previous Verano de Escándalo event, Pimpinela Escarlata
became the target of Nygma
, Pasión Cristal, Polvo de Estrellas and Yuriko, four other wrestlers with transvestite gimmicks, known in Mexico as exoticos, who bonded together through their jealousy of Escarlata's success. The four attacked Escarlata at the August 19 tapings, leading to the match at Héroes Inmortales, where the new group would be represented by Polvo de Estrellas. Midget wrestlers, known in Mexico as Mini-Estrellas, Mini Histeria
and Octagóncito
have been feuding on and off ever since Histeria joined AAA in 1998, originally working without a mask under the ring name Rocky Marvin, but the rivalry heated up again on April 27, 2011, when Mini Histeria helped his Los Mini Vipers stablemate Mini Psicosis
defeat Octagóncito for the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
.
Next up was a lumberjack match between the team of Alan Stone, Mini Histeria and Polvo Estrellas, and El Elegido, Octagóncito and Pimpinela Escarlata with El Apache, El Brazo
, Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Jennifer Blake, Mari Apache, Nygma, Pasión Cristal and Sexy Star serving as the lumberjacks. After Escarlata submitted Stone with a modified figure-four leglock for the win, he was once again attacked by Nygma, Pasión Cristal and Polvo de Estrellas. This led to exotico Cassandro
making a surprise return to AAA, after over a three year absence, to chase the rudos away and save his former partner.
In the third match, Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship against La Legión Extranjera' s and La Sociedad's Abyss and Chessman in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
, which could only be won by capturing the championship belts hung above the ring. After Tiger had jumped off a ladder with a diving guillotine leg drop onto Chessman who was lying on the guardrail, the Tag Team Champions set up two tables in the ring, only to be taken out by Abyss, before they could use them. Abyss then emptied a bag of thumbtacks onto one of the tables and powerbombed Tiger through it. Evans tried to climb the ladder to his and Tiger's belts, but was stopped by Chessman, who then chokeslam
med him off the ladder through the other table. Chessman then climbed up the ladder and retrieved the belts, making himself and Abyss the new AAA World Tag Team Champions.
After a performance by the dance troup Reinas del Ring, AAA presented a video clip, where its wrestlers remembered AAA founder Antonio Peña.
The fourth match was the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña gauntlet match. Out of the original ten entrants, Heavy Metal, did not take part in the match for an unspecified reason. The first two entrants into the match were La Parka and L.A. Park with a new wrestler entering the match every 60 seconds. The start of the match was dominated by La Parka, but this changed when the third entrant, Silver King, made his way to the ring to help his La Sociedad stablemate. Fourth entrant was Electroshock, who immediately went after his rival Silver King. Entrants five and six were Cibernético and El Zorro, which led to the first elimination of the match as Silver King and Park eliminated blood rivals Cibernético and La Parka as they were battling each other on the ropes. The two continued their brawl backstage. The seventh entrant was AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, who was accompanied by his wife Karen. As Jarrett and Park teamed up against El Zorro, Electroshock managed to toss Silver King out of the ring for the third elimination. Joe Líder entered the ring as number eight, attacking both Park and Jarrett. The final entrant in the match was TNA wrestler Magnus, who chose to go after Líder. Park made his second elimination of the match by dropkick
ing El Zorro out of the ring, after which he and Jarrett teamed up against Líder. Park also attacked Magnus, before being told not to by Jarrett. This led to Electroshock eliminating Magnus as Park used a monkey flip to eliminate Líder, who was then stretchered backstage, leaving Park, Electroshock and Jarrett in the ring. The two La Sociedad members dominated Electroshock, whose comeback attempt was stopped by Jarrett hitting a low blow, followed by Park hitting an assisted powerbomb. As the rudos celebrated, Park surprised Jarrett by throwing him out of the ring for the seventh elimination. As Park celebrated the elimination by dancing and making fun of the Jarretts, all the while dominating Electroshock, hitting him with a double knee backbreaker, Karen grabbed his leg from outside the ring. Park then lifted Karen by her hair onto the ring apron, but before he could do anything else to her, he was attacked by Electroshock. As referees Pepe Casas and Piero were distracted, trying to get Karen off the ring apron, someone dressed and masked as El Zorro entered the ring and hit Park twice with a kendo stick
. Electroshock used his opportunity to eliminate Park and win the Copa Antonio Peña. Afterwards, Joaquín Roldán entered the ring to present Electroshock with a trophy.
. El Mesías was, however, able to make it to the ropes to force a break, but took a punch to the face from Jarrett in the process. Magnus then entered the ring and gave Sting a steel chair, but instead of using it on El Mesías, he hit his fellow TNA worker with it instead. El Mesías used to distraction to hit a spear on Sting, but Abyss broke up the following pinfall by pulling the Puerto Rican out of the ring. As Jarrett entered the ring to confront Sting, referee Hijo del Tirantes called the match off. After a short argument, Sting attacked Jarrett, but was quickly overpowered by Konnan and Abyss. Sting managed to gain control of the brawl, after El Mesías handed him his signature baseball bat. El Mesías then entered the ring to clothesline Jarrett and Konnan, before coming together with Sting to double clothesline Abyss out of the ring. The segment with El Mesías and Sting sharing a handshake and a hug.
The following match saw Dr. Wagner, Jr. defending the AAA Latin American Championship against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in a Bullterrier match. For the match, the two competitors were tied to each other with a chain with the only way to win was to touch all six turnbuckles in succession. As previously announced, Wagner, Jr. was accompanied to the match by Octagón, while Aguayo was accompanied by not only local celebrity Konan Big, but also Silver King, Wagner, Jr.'s real life brother. The match started with a brawl in the crowd and while Konan Big and Silver King regularly interfered in the match, Octagón never laid his finger on any of the rudos. Eventually the competitors, both bleeding from their foreheads, entered the ring, where Wagner, Jr. took control of the match by beating Aguayo with a steel chair and hitting both Konan Big and Silver King with the chain. Wagner, Jr. then touched five of the six corners, hit an interfering Silver King once again with the chain and then touched the sixth corner to win the match and retain his title. As Wagner, Jr. celebrated his victory, Octagón entered the ring, hit him over the head with a steel chair and then started stomping him along with Aguayo, Konan Big and Silver King, turning rudo for the first time in his career. As Aguayo removed Wagner, Jr.'s mask, Octagón's longtime partner La Parka came running out to the ring and grabbed the steel chair, but instead of saving the Latin American Champion, he surprisingly also used the chair on him, joining the beatdown. Octagón and La Parka, arguably two of AAA's top technicos prior to the event, were met with a chorus of boos as Aguayo celebrated holding his rival's mask. The segment ended with Konnan coming to the ring to pose with the five rudos, before confirming to the announcers that Octagón and La Parka had joined La Sociedad.
The main event of the evening was the culmination of the year-long rivalry between Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus. While the match was advertised as taking place inside the Domo de la Muerte, it instead took place inside a regular steel cage, contested under escape rules. The match started with Los Psycho Circus midget companion, Mini Clown, entering the ring and taking a Martinete from Halloween. Los Perros del Mal dominated the early part of the match, ripping their opponents' masks open and bloodying them. After Mini Clown left the cage, Damián 666 climbed to the top of the cage teasing a dive, before deciding to escape instead, much to the disappointment of his partners. Murder Clown used the distraction to his advantage and climbed out of the cage and was followed by Halloween. Shortly afterwards, Monster Clown climbed up and dove outside onto Damián, Halloween and Murder Clown, leaving only Nicho el Millonario and Psycho Clown inside. As both men climbed up the cage to escape, Los Perros del Mal member Bestia 666
ran ringside, climbed up and dropped Psycho down to the mat; he, however, managed to pull Nicho down with him. Bestia then entered the cage and double-teamed Psycho Clown with Nicho, before he ordered him to get out of the cage. After Bestia had left, Nicho attacked Psycho with a steel chair, which led to his rival Joe Líder running out, entering the cage and attacking him. Bestia re-entered the cage, but was hit with Líder's finishing maneuver, the Líder Storm. Nicho hit Líder with a reverse STO and Psycho with a steel chair, before starting to follow Bestia out of the cage. Líder, however, stopped his climb by throwing a steel chair to his back, before laying him down onto a table. Psycho Clown climbed to the top of the cage and leapt off, putting Nicho through the table with a splash and then followed Líder out of the cage, winning the match for his team.
The pay-per-view concluded with Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario having their heads shaved as per stipulation, after which Nicho was stretchered backstage, while Halloween and Damián praised their opponents on the house microphone, admitting that they had proven their superiority.
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pay-per-view
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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 October 9, 2011, at Arena Monterrey
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in Monterrey
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, Nuevo León
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, Mexico
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, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of AAA founder Antonio Peña
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. While the two previous Peña memorial shows were labeled with the Roman numerals III and IV, the 2011 event was simply known as Héroes Inmortales. The main attraction of the event was the Mexican debut of Sting
Sting (wrestler)
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, who took part in the ongoing storyline
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invasion of wrestlers from American
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promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(TNA). TNA performers Abyss, Jeff Jarrett
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, Magnus
Nick Aldis
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and Velvet Sky
Velvet Sky
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also took part in the event. Other matches taking place at the event included the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña
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, Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
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defending the AAA Latin American Championship
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against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
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and the culmination of the year long rivalry between Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal
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and Los Psycho Circus
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in a Lucha de Apuestas Masks vs. Hairs match, at the end of which one team would be either forced to unmask or have their heads shaved.
Background
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s, 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.
At AAA's previous major event, Verano de Escándalo
Verano de Escándalo (2011)
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on July 31, Jeff Jarrett
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, a member of AAA's top rudo alliance La Sociedad
La Sociedad
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and the founder of American
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promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(TNA), successfully defended the AAA World Heavyweight Championship
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against Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
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and fellow La Sociedad member L.A. Park
Adolfo Tapia
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. On the September 10 edition of AAA's Sin Límite television program La Sociedad leader Konnan informed Jarrett that Wagner, Jr. and Park were no longer going to be a problem for him, but that El Mesías
Ricky Banderas
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, who had a history with TNA, having worked for the promotion from 2007 to 2008, was after his title. Konnan, remembering that El Mesías had already lost the AAA World Heavyweight Championship and his hair to members of La Sociedad, asked Jarrett for a big name to stop him, which led to Jarrett announcing that at Héroes Inmortales Sting
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would be making his debut in Mexico and facing El Mesías in a singles match. In the buildup to the match, AAA noted Sting's and El Mesías' history against each other back from 2007, when the latter worked for TNA under the ring name Judas Mesias. The two engaged in two brawls with each other on the September 20 and 27, 2007, editions of TNA's primary television program, Impact!. The brawls were used to write the injured Mesias off television for the next three months and upon his return to TNA, his rivalry with Sting was not mentioned again. Sting appeared on the September 23 edition of Sin Límite, talking about his upcoming match and praising both his opponent and the country of Mexico, making a clear distinction between himself and La Sociedad.
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"...
, the leader of 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,...
, one of the subgroups within La Sociedad, was sidelined from in-ring action as he was forced to undergo an emergency surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumor from his stomach. Aguayo made a quick recovery and returned to AAA on May 1 to continue Los Perros del Mals feud with 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...
) and Dr. Wagner, Jr., the quartet known collectively as Potencia Mundial. However, a month later, just days prior to TripleManía XIX
TripleManía XIX
TripleManía XIX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on June 18, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the nineteenth annual Triplemanía, which is AAA's biggest show of...
, Aguayo was forced to pull out of the event due to his body's adverse reaction to the medication given to him as part of his tumor treatment. Finally, two months later on August 19, Aguayo made his surprise return to AAA, replacing stablemate L.A. Park and teaming with Damián 666 and Halloween against El Mesías, 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 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...
in a six man tag team match, which they lost via disqualification, when Líder was attacked by his former tag team partner Nicho el Millonario, whom Aguayo then named the newest member of Los Perros del Mal. At the following taping on September 1, Aguayo faced AAA Latin American Champion
AAA Latin American Championship
The AAA Latin American Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...
Dr. Wagner, Jr. in a non-title match, which ended in another disqualification, following interference from Nicho. Later in the taping, Wagner, Jr. saved Los Psycho Circus and Joe Líder from Los Perros del Mal and then proceeded to challenge the rudo group to a Masks vs. Hairs match. On September 11, Wagner, Jr., El Mesías 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:...
defeated Aguayo, Damián 666 and Halloween in a six man tag team match. After the match, La Sociedad overpowered their opponents, giving Aguayo the opportunity to reveal that at Héroes Inmortales he would be challenging Wagner, Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship with Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
-based independent professional wrestler, television host
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
and rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Konan Big in his corner. On September 16, Aguayo, Damián, Halloween and Nicho defeated Potencia Mundial in an eight man tag team match, when Damián pinned Psycho Clown. After the rudos were chased out of the ring by the steel chair-wielding 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...
, Psycho challenged them to a Masks vs. Hairs match at Héroes Inmortales, which Damián accepted. Wagner, Jr. then accepted Octagón's offer to accompany both him and Los Psycho Circus to the ring at the event. This marked the fifth major AAA event in a row, where the two groups battle each other and continued the storyline from Verano de Escándalo, where Los Perros del Mal member 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...
lost his hair in a similar match contested inside a steel cage. However, unlike in the several previous Luchas de Apuestas between the two teams, this time the entire losing team would lose their masks or hairs in the match, which was to contested inside the Domo de la Muerte, a domed steel cage. At the final television tapings, taking place six days prior to the pay-per-view, Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly successfully defended 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...
against Los Psycho Circus, while Aguayo pinned Wagner, Jr. in a six man tag team match. Post-match, Damián promised a surprise at Héroes Inmortales, which would "revolutionize lucha libre".
TNA's storyline invasion of AAA, which started in May 2011, continued after Verano de Escándalo with appearances by Abyss, Magnus
Nick Aldis
Nicholas Harry "Nick" Aldis is an English professional wrestler and actor. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus, where he is a one time World Tag Team Champion with Doug Williams...
and Rosita
Thea Trinidad
Thea Trinidad is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent. She competes for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Rosa Mendez and for other promotions under the ring name Divina Fly...
on AAA's television programs. At the September 11 taping, Konnan announced that at Héroes Inmortales Abyss would team with 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...
to 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...
, while 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:...
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 be making her first appearance for AAA since TripleManía XIX in a match, where she would face Lolita. However, Sky's match was later changed to a six woman tag team match, where she would team with La Sociedad and La Legión Extranjera members 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 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...
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...
and Faby
Faby Apache
Fabiola Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Faby Apache...
and 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...
. For the match, the competitors would be wearing fluorescent
Fluorescence
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation...
clothes and wrestling under a black light
Black light
A black light, also referred to as a UV light, ultraviolet light, or Wood's lamp, is a lamp that emits ultraviolet radiation in the long-wave range, and little visible light...
, making them glow in the dark. The match type, known in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as Lucha a Oscuras, is one of several match types created by Antonio Peña, and was previously used at Héroes Inmortales III
Heroes Inmortales III
Héroes Inmortales III: Homenaje a Don Antonio Peña was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración that took place on September 26, 2009 in Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, commemorating the third anniversary of the death of AAA founder Antonio...
in 2009.
On September 25, AAA announced the ten participants in the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña
Copa Antonio Peña
The Copa Antonio Peña is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA that died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held...
. The match was built around the storyline power struggle between AAA's chief executive officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
Joaquín Roldán and his son, AAA vice president
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
and La Sociedad leader Dorian Roldán, with both choosing their own sets of participants for the match. The match included the reigning AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and fellow TNA worker Magnus. Active rivalries within the match included the ones between 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...
, the leader of Los Bizarros, and La Parka, the leader of rival group El Inframundo, the team of 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...
and Heavy Metal and the leader of Los Maniacos, Silver King, and L.A. Park and 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...
. The feud between L.A. Park and El Zorro stems back to late 2010, when both were members of La Sociedad and Konnan, remaining loyal to his longest-standing partnership, chose El Zorro as the next challenger for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship, which he went on to win in December. The fact that the AAA World Heavyweight Championship was now in La Sociedad did not stop Park from announcing his desire to challenge for the title. In May 2011, Park and Konnan turned on El Zorro and kicked him out of La Sociedad, after being fooled by Los Bizarros into believing that he had attacked Park twice during the past month, when in fact the attacks had been perpetrated by 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...
with the goal of causing dissension within the rudo group. Park finally received his long-awaited shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship at Verano de Escándalo, but was instructed to only make sure that the title stayed on his La Sociedad stablemate Jeff Jarrett in a three-way match with Dr. Wagner, Jr. After Wagner, Jr. was eliminated from the match, the alliance between Park and Jarrett broke down following interference from Jarrett's wife, Karen. In the end, when Park went to perform a 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...
on Karen, someone dressed as El Zorro ran to the ring and hit him with Jarrett's signature guitar, which led to Jarrett scoring the pinfall to retain his title. On the September 10 edition of Sin Límite, it was revealed in a secret conversation between Jarrett and Konnan, that the person who had interfered in the match was in fact La Sociedad member Chessman, not El Zorro. Konnan's plan was to send Park on a "wild-goose chase" after El Zorro instead of continuing to chase Jarrett's title. Chessman was rewarded for his deed on September 16, when Konnan named him La Legión Extranjeras new general, taking over the spot previously held by El Zorro.
The undercard of Héroes Inmortales included a lumberjack match, which incorporated three less featured rivalries into a single match. The rivalry between Alan Stone
Alan Stone (wrestler)
Alan Stone is a Mexican professional wrestler who has competed in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since the late 1990s...
and El Elegido stems back to August 6, 2010, when Alan followed the example of his brother, Chris, and turned on El Elegido, joining La Sociedads subgroup La Milicia. In 2011, the rivalry came to include battles for Stone's and Jennifer Blake's AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
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...
. After becoming the first man to have won the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
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...
at the previous Verano de Escándalo event, Pimpinela Escarlata
Pimpinela Escarlata
Mario González Lozano is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler who works as an Exotico for the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. As Escarlata he is the current AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and a former Mexican National...
became the target of 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...
, Pasión Cristal, Polvo de Estrellas and Yuriko, four other wrestlers with transvestite gimmicks, known in Mexico as exoticos, who bonded together through their jealousy of Escarlata's success. The four attacked Escarlata at the August 19 tapings, leading to the match at Héroes Inmortales, where the new group would be represented by Polvo de Estrellas. Midget wrestlers, known in Mexico as Mini-Estrellas, Mini Histeria
Mini Histeria
Rolando Fuentes Romero is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in their Mini-Estrellas division. Fuentes is the son of Luchador Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as...
and Octagóncito
Octagóncito (AAA)
Octagóncito is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division...
have been feuding on and off ever since Histeria joined AAA in 1998, originally working without a mask under the ring name Rocky Marvin, but the rivalry heated up again on April 27, 2011, when Mini Histeria helped his Los Mini Vipers stablemate Mini Psicosis
Mini Psicosis
Enrique Del Rio is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently works under the ring name Mini Psicosis, a smaller version of Psicosis II, and is...
defeat Octagóncito for the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...
.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Andres Maroñas |
| Jesús Zúñiga | |
| Arturo Rivera | |
| Referees | Pepe Casas |
| Piero | |
| Copetes Salazar | |
| Hijo del Tirantes | |
Preliminary matches
The opening match of Héroes Inmortales saw Jennifer Blake, Sexy Star and Velvet Sky of La Legión Extranera take on Cynthia Moreno and the Apache sisters, Faby and Mari, in a Glow in the Dark match. The match ended with Sexy pinning Mari for the win, after hitting her with a steel chair and La Sociedad referee Hijo del Tirantes performing a fast count. Afterwards, the rudas celebrated by dancing the in the ring.Next up was a lumberjack match between the team of Alan Stone, Mini Histeria and Polvo Estrellas, and El Elegido, Octagóncito and Pimpinela Escarlata with El Apache, El Brazo
El Brazo
Juan Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador currently working for the Mexican based Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion. He is best known under the ring name El Brazo that he has been using since his debut in 1980...
, Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Jennifer Blake, Mari Apache, Nygma, Pasión Cristal and Sexy Star serving as the lumberjacks. After Escarlata submitted Stone with a modified figure-four leglock for the win, he was once again attacked by Nygma, Pasión Cristal and Polvo de Estrellas. This led to exotico Cassandro
Cassandro
Saul Armendariz is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, who works as an exotico for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and several independent promotions all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. He is the current NWA World Welterweight Champion and a former UWA World...
making a surprise return to AAA, after over a three year absence, to chase the rudos away and save his former partner.
In the third match, Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship against La Legión Extranjera
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....
, which could only be won by capturing the championship belts hung above the ring. After Tiger had jumped off a ladder with a diving guillotine leg drop onto Chessman who was lying on the guardrail, the Tag Team Champions set up two tables in the ring, only to be taken out by Abyss, before they could use them. Abyss then emptied a bag of thumbtacks onto one of the tables and powerbombed Tiger through it. Evans tried to climb the ladder to his and Tiger's belts, but was stopped by Chessman, who then 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...
med him off the ladder through the other table. Chessman then climbed up the ladder and retrieved the belts, making himself and Abyss the new AAA World Tag Team Champions.
After a performance by the dance troup Reinas del Ring, AAA presented a video clip, where its wrestlers remembered AAA founder Antonio Peña.
The fourth match was the fifth annual Copa Antonio Peña gauntlet match. Out of the original ten entrants, Heavy Metal, did not take part in the match for an unspecified reason. The first two entrants into the match were La Parka and L.A. Park with a new wrestler entering the match every 60 seconds. The start of the match was dominated by La Parka, but this changed when the third entrant, Silver King, made his way to the ring to help his La Sociedad stablemate. Fourth entrant was Electroshock, who immediately went after his rival Silver King. Entrants five and six were Cibernético and El Zorro, which led to the first elimination of the match as Silver King and Park eliminated blood rivals Cibernético and La Parka as they were battling each other on the ropes. The two continued their brawl backstage. The seventh entrant was AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, who was accompanied by his wife Karen. As Jarrett and Park teamed up against El Zorro, Electroshock managed to toss Silver King out of the ring for the third elimination. Joe Líder entered the ring as number eight, attacking both Park and Jarrett. The final entrant in the match was TNA wrestler Magnus, who chose to go after Líder. Park made his second elimination of the match by dropkick
Dropkick
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
ing El Zorro out of the ring, after which he and Jarrett teamed up against Líder. Park also attacked Magnus, before being told not to by Jarrett. This led to Electroshock eliminating Magnus as Park used a monkey flip to eliminate Líder, who was then stretchered backstage, leaving Park, Electroshock and Jarrett in the ring. The two La Sociedad members dominated Electroshock, whose comeback attempt was stopped by Jarrett hitting a low blow, followed by Park hitting an assisted powerbomb. As the rudos celebrated, Park surprised Jarrett by throwing him out of the ring for the seventh elimination. As Park celebrated the elimination by dancing and making fun of the Jarretts, all the while dominating Electroshock, hitting him with a double knee backbreaker, Karen grabbed his leg from outside the ring. Park then lifted Karen by her hair onto the ring apron, but before he could do anything else to her, he was attacked by Electroshock. As referees Pepe Casas and Piero were distracted, trying to get Karen off the ring apron, someone dressed and masked as El Zorro entered the ring and hit Park twice with a 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....
. Electroshock used his opportunity to eliminate Park and win the Copa Antonio Peña. Afterwards, Joaquín Roldán entered the ring to present Electroshock with a trophy.
Main event matches
In the first semi-main event of the evening, AAA's El Mesías took on TNA's Sting in what AAA referred to as a "dream match". After a short back-and-forth match, El Mesías hit Sting with a double knee backbreaker, which, however, was only good for a near-fall. As El Mesías climbed the turnbuckles, looking for a Mesías Splash, he was distracted by Konnan, Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Abyss and Magnus coming to ringside. Sting used the distraction to superplex his opponent down to the mat, before locking him in his signature hold, the Scorpion DeathlockSharpshooter (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...
. El Mesías was, however, able to make it to the ropes to force a break, but took a punch to the face from Jarrett in the process. Magnus then entered the ring and gave Sting a steel chair, but instead of using it on El Mesías, he hit his fellow TNA worker with it instead. El Mesías used to distraction to hit a spear on Sting, but Abyss broke up the following pinfall by pulling the Puerto Rican out of the ring. As Jarrett entered the ring to confront Sting, referee Hijo del Tirantes called the match off. After a short argument, Sting attacked Jarrett, but was quickly overpowered by Konnan and Abyss. Sting managed to gain control of the brawl, after El Mesías handed him his signature baseball bat. El Mesías then entered the ring to clothesline Jarrett and Konnan, before coming together with Sting to double clothesline Abyss out of the ring. The segment with El Mesías and Sting sharing a handshake and a hug.
The following match saw Dr. Wagner, Jr. defending the AAA Latin American Championship against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in a Bullterrier match. For the match, the two competitors were tied to each other with a chain with the only way to win was to touch all six turnbuckles in succession. As previously announced, Wagner, Jr. was accompanied to the match by Octagón, while Aguayo was accompanied by not only local celebrity Konan Big, but also Silver King, Wagner, Jr.'s real life brother. The match started with a brawl in the crowd and while Konan Big and Silver King regularly interfered in the match, Octagón never laid his finger on any of the rudos. Eventually the competitors, both bleeding from their foreheads, entered the ring, where Wagner, Jr. took control of the match by beating Aguayo with a steel chair and hitting both Konan Big and Silver King with the chain. Wagner, Jr. then touched five of the six corners, hit an interfering Silver King once again with the chain and then touched the sixth corner to win the match and retain his title. As Wagner, Jr. celebrated his victory, Octagón entered the ring, hit him over the head with a steel chair and then started stomping him along with Aguayo, Konan Big and Silver King, turning rudo for the first time in his career. As Aguayo removed Wagner, Jr.'s mask, Octagón's longtime partner La Parka came running out to the ring and grabbed the steel chair, but instead of saving the Latin American Champion, he surprisingly also used the chair on him, joining the beatdown. Octagón and La Parka, arguably two of AAA's top technicos prior to the event, were met with a chorus of boos as Aguayo celebrated holding his rival's mask. The segment ended with Konnan coming to the ring to pose with the five rudos, before confirming to the announcers that Octagón and La Parka had joined La Sociedad.
The main event of the evening was the culmination of the year-long rivalry between Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus. While the match was advertised as taking place inside the Domo de la Muerte, it instead took place inside a regular steel cage, contested under escape rules. The match started with Los Psycho Circus midget companion, Mini Clown, entering the ring and taking a Martinete from Halloween. Los Perros del Mal dominated the early part of the match, ripping their opponents' masks open and bloodying them. After Mini Clown left the cage, Damián 666 climbed to the top of the cage teasing a dive, before deciding to escape instead, much to the disappointment of his partners. Murder Clown used the distraction to his advantage and climbed out of the cage and was followed by Halloween. Shortly afterwards, Monster Clown climbed up and dove outside onto Damián, Halloween and Murder Clown, leaving only Nicho el Millonario and Psycho Clown inside. As both men climbed up the cage to escape, Los Perros del Mal member Bestia 666
Bestia 666
Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666...
ran ringside, climbed up and dropped Psycho down to the mat; he, however, managed to pull Nicho down with him. Bestia then entered the cage and double-teamed Psycho Clown with Nicho, before he ordered him to get out of the cage. After Bestia had left, Nicho attacked Psycho with a steel chair, which led to his rival Joe Líder running out, entering the cage and attacking him. Bestia re-entered the cage, but was hit with Líder's finishing maneuver, the Líder Storm. Nicho hit Líder with a reverse STO and Psycho with a steel chair, before starting to follow Bestia out of the cage. Líder, however, stopped his climb by throwing a steel chair to his back, before laying him down onto a table. Psycho Clown climbed to the top of the cage and leapt off, putting Nicho through the table with a splash and then followed Líder out of the cage, winning the match for his team.
The pay-per-view concluded with Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario having their heads shaved as per stipulation, after which Nicho was stretchered backstage, while Halloween and Damián praised their opponents on the house microphone, admitting that they had proven their superiority.
Aftermath
On October 20, Octagón spoke about his turn in a video posted on AAA's official website, claiming that he was tired of Joaquín Roldán's mismanagement of AAA and that Dorian's vision of AAA was closer to Antonio Peña's original vision of the promotion. The following day at the first post-Héroes Inmortales television tapings, La Parka explained the reasons behind his turn, claiming that after 15 years of loyal service, AAA betrayed him by bringing back L.A. Park and then the fans turned on him by deciding to root for not only Park, but also Cibernético over him during his past two rivalries. On November 5, Octagón was named the new leader of La Milicia.Reception
Following the event, sports website Medio Tiempos number one story was the double turn of Octagón and La Parka, which the site referred to as one of the most shocking moments in the history of AAA. The site also called the match and the result between El Mesías and Sting "disappointing" and the main event "memorable". Mexico's number one professional wrestling publication, SuperLuchas, offered praise to the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, calling it "excellent".Results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Legión Extranjera (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... , 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... and 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... |
Six woman tag team Glow in the Dark match | 9:51 |
| 2 | El Elegido, Octagóncito Octagóncito (AAA) Octagóncito is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division... and Pimpinela Escarlata Pimpinela Escarlata Mario González Lozano is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler who works as an Exotico for the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. As Escarlata he is the current AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and a former Mexican National... defeated Alan Stone Alan Stone (wrestler) Alan Stone is a Mexican professional wrestler who has competed in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since the late 1990s... , Mini Histeria Mini Histeria Rolando Fuentes Romero is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in their Mini-Estrellas division. Fuentes is the son of Luchador Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as... and Polvo de Estrellas |
Six man tag team lumberjack match | 8:14 |
| 3 | La Legión Extranjera (Abyss and 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... ) defeated 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) |
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 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... |
13:16 |
| 4 | 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... defeated 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... , 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), 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... , 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... , La Parka, Magnus Nick Aldis Nicholas Harry "Nick" Aldis is an English professional wrestler and actor. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus, where he is a one time World Tag Team Champion with Doug Williams... , Silver King and 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... |
Copa Antonio Peña Copa Antonio Peña The Copa Antonio Peña is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA that died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held... gauntlet match |
20:53 |
| 5 | 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... vs. Sting Sting (wrestler) Steven James "Steve" Borden , better known by his ring name Sting, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling... ended in a no contest |
Singles match | 8:51 |
| 6 | 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... (c) (with 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... ) defeated 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"... (with Konan Big and Silver King) |
Bullterrier 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... |
13:40 |
| 7 | 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) defeated 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 Nicho el Millonario) |
Six man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match | 17:48 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
Copa Antonio Peña entrances and eliminations
Wrestlers entered the ring every 60 seconds.| Entry order | Entrant | Elimination order | Eliminated by | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.A. Park | ||||
| Electroshock | ||||
| Electroshock | ||||
| – | ||||
| Silver King | ||||
| L.A. Park | ||||
| L.A. Park | ||||
| L.A. Park | ||||
| Electroshock |
See also
- Copa Antonio PeñaCopa Antonio PeñaThe Copa Antonio Peña is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA that died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held...
- Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...