The 2004 Verano de Escándalo (Spanish

Spanish language

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 for "Summer of Scandal") was the eight annual Verano de Escándalo

Verano de Escandalo

Verano de Escándalo is a major annual professional wrestling event in Mexico promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion. The show is as the name indicates a summer show, traditionally held in September...

 professional wrestling

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 show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

 (AAA). The show took place on October 16, 2004 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. The Main event featured a Steel Cage Match Luchas de Apuestas where the last man in the cage would have to remove his mask or have his hair shaved off. The participants were Heavy Metal

Erick Casas

Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

, El Intocable

El Intocable

Rene "Ricky" Gomez , better known as El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model who is best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración from 1997 until his departure in 2008....

 and 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...

 facing off against Los Vipers

Los Vipers

Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético...

(Histeria

Histeria (wrestler)

Histeria is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as part of the Los Invasores group. Histeria is best known for the 14 years he worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , until leaving in 2009...

, Mosco de la Merced

Mosco de la Merced

Mosco de la Merced is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, best known for his time in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración where he was a part of Los Vipers for many years. Before adopting the Mosco de la Merced ring name he worked for as Loco Valentino for over 10 years...

 and Psicosis II

Psicosis II

Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...

).

Background

The event featured five professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines

Narrative thread

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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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 (Técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Results

#	Result	Stipulation	Time
1	El Orientál El Oriental Noé Astro Moreno Leon is a Mexican Luchador known under the ring name El Oriental, currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre but is mainly known for his almost 10 year long stint in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración along with his sisters Cynthia, Rossy and Esther Moreno... , Cinthia Moreno, 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...  and Mascarita Sagrada Mascarita Dorada Mascarita Dorada is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, who works in the Mini-Estrella division, comparable to the U.S. Midget professional wrestling division. From 2000 until 2007 he worked under the name Mascarita Sagrada in Asistencia Asesoría y...  defeated Gran Apache, Fabi Apache, Polvo de Estrellas and Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion and the current AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion, the only...	Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match
2	El Alebrije El Alebrije (wrestler) El Alebrije is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as part of the group called Los Invasores. He best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he worked for 12 years as El Alebrije, along with his... , Nautilius Black Abyss Black Abyss is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for time as a rudo in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración .He is currently working as Black Abyss or sometimes known as Abismo Negro II....  and 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 Abismo Negro Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González was a Mexican Luchador . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" or "black hole", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion... , Alien and Monsther	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
3	La Parka La Parka (AAA) Jesus Escobedo is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka, who has worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since the mid-1990s.Escobedo is not the first wrestler to use the ring name "La Parka",...  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...	"Lights Out" match
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...  and 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...  defeated Latin Lover 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...	Tag Team match Tag team Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
5	Heavy Metal Erick Casas Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Heavy Metal for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración... , El Intocable El Intocable Rene "Ricky" Gomez , better known as El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model who is best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración from 1997 until his departure in 2008....  and 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...  defeated Los Vipers Los Vipers Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético...  (Histeria, Mosco de la Merced Mosco de la Merced Mosco de la Merced is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, best known for his time in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración where he was a part of Los Vipers for many years. Before adopting the Mosco de la Merced ring name he worked for as Loco Valentino for over 10 years...  and Psicosis II Psicosis II Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II... )	Steel Cage Match where the last man in the cage would lose his hair or his mask. Mosco de la Merced was unmasked due to his loss.