Promo Azteca

Promo Azteca was a short lived promotion based in Mexico that was started by Konnan in 1996 after having a falling out with AAA. The promotion was intended to be a place for all the wrestlers who had left AAA to join WCW with Konnan, like Super Calo, La Parka, Psicosis, and Rey Misterio Jr., to wrestle in Mexico while under contract with WCW. Those going to WCW were assured they'd still be able to wrestle in Mexico when WCW didn't need them, and those wrestlers were intended to be the stars of Promo Azteca.

Promo Azteca got it's name from it's television partner, TV Azteca. CMLL were AAA allied with Televisa, so it was a chance for their main television rival to get into lucha libre.

WCW, fearing injuries to these wrestlers while working elsewhere, later rescinded their promise and banned it's wrestlers from working in this promotion. With those stars gone, Promo Azteca struggled and fell apart by the end of 90s.

Promo Azteca's legacy includes matches with the soon-to-be WCW stars and others like Super Crazy and Venum Black, as post-script to AAA's Golden Age. The promotion also featured the debuts of wrestlers who'd later go into greatest success elsewhere, like Pantera Del Ring, Último Rebelde and Último Guerrero.

Promo Azteca also changed Mexican wrestling by using one-fall matches, which AAA later adopted.