AAA
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (Assistance, Consulting and Administration) is a touring lucha libre promotion founded in 1992 by the late Antonio Pena. The promotion usually holds cards in suburban areas or places with regular promoters in Mexico, and is known for its outlandish gimmicks and characters. AAA is regularly broadcast on Televisa in Mexico and Galavisión in the United States.
AAA is also referred to as PAPSA (Promociones Antonio Pena S.A.). It's been a long held belief that Televisa (AAA's television partner) owns the AAA name and the promotion keeps the PAPSA name visible in case they ever left Televisa and had to change names. The names AAA and PAPSA are interchangeable.
History
AAA was established on 15 May 1992 when EMLL booker Antonio Peña left the company to establish his own. Along with Konnan, much of the young and exciting talent defected to AAA, which left CMLL with a middle-aged roster and a seemingly bleak future. AAA also looked for talent from other markets, as they found and signed Tijuana natives Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Psicosis. The promotion flourished with top talent (such as El Hijo del Santo, Octagón, Blue Panther and the Casas brothers) and top draws (Los Gringos Locos, Cien Caras, Konnan and Perro Aguayo). The rising popularity of AAA soon caused rival UWA (Universal Wrestling Association) to fold, and Peña was quick to sign Canek, Dos Caras and Los Villanos.
The current shows are
- Rey de Reyes - spring, featuring the tournament of the same name
- TripleMania - early summer, AAA's biggest show of the year and the first of these annual shows
- Verano de Escandalo - late summer, moved to mid-summer after the Pena Memorial show was added
- Antonio Pena Memorial Show - fall, started after the death of the company's founder
- Guerrera de Titanes - late fall, the last major show of the year
In past years, AAA has also run a show built around the Reina de Reinas tournament, but it's treated more like a special episode of their television show rather than a major event.
Current Champions
| V | AAA/PAP Championships | E |
|---|---|---|
| AAA: Cruiser (Matt Riddle) • Mega (El Patrón Alberto) • Latin American (Q.T. Marshall) Minis (Dinastia) • Mixed Tag (Abismo Negro Jr. & Flammer) • Reina de Reinas (Flammer) Tag (Arez) & (Komander) • Trios (Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr.,Psicosis & Toxin)) | ||
| Tournaments: Rey de Reyes (Sam Adonis) • Copa Antonio Peña (Pimpinela Escarlata) • Copa TripleManía (Laredo Kid) | ||
| Defunct: Americas Heavy • Americas Trios • Campeón de Campeones • IWC Heavy • IWC Middle • IWC Minis • IWC Tag • Second/Mascota • GPCW SUPER-X Monster • Lucha Libre Premier • Fusion • Lucha World Cup | ||
| Unofficial: AAA Northern Tag (Kuas Extrem & Snaiper) • AAA Northern Middle: (The Tiger) • AAA Northern Light Heavy (Lemus Jr.) | ||
| AAA Events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rey de Reyes | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| TripleMania | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | |||||||||
| XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII | XIX | XX | XXI | XXII | ||||||||||
| XXIII | XXIV | XXV | XXVI | XXVII | XXVIII | XXIX | ||||||||||||||
| Verano de Escandalo | 1994 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Heroes Inmortales | 2007 | 2008 | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||||||
| IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | |||||||||||||||
| Guerra de Titanes | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Others: AAA Debut Show, When Worlds Collide, Noche de los Campeones, Lucha World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Fame
AAA started their own Hall of Fame in 2007. New entrants are announced at Rey de Reyes each year, usually one per year.
- 2007: Antonio Pena, founder , and Rey Misterio Jr., star for AAA in the early-mid 90s
- 2008: Eddie Guerrero, star for AAA in the early-mid 90s
- 2009: Tropicasas, tecnico referee since the start of the company
- 2010: no inductee
Groups
| La Sociedad |
|---|
| Dorian Roldan |
| La Legión Extranjera: Konnan - Chessman - Sexi Star - Hijo del Tirantes |
| TNA: Jeff Jarrett |
| Perros del Mal: Perro Aguayo Jr. - Daga - Taya Valkyrie |
| The Black Family |
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| Ozz ● Cuervo ● Espiritu |
| Former: Chessman ● Charly Manson ● Escoria |
| Mini Vipers |
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| Mini Abismo Negro * Mini Psicosis * Mini Histeria |
