| Rey de Reyes (2000) | |||
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 Official logo of the Rey de Reyes broadcast | |||
| Promotion | AAA | ||
| Date | March 5, 2000[1] | ||
| City | Naucalpan,Mexico State,Mexico[1] | ||
| Venue | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos | ||
| Attendance | 18,000[2] | ||
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TheRey de Reyes 2000 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the fourth annualRey de Reyesprofessional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexicanwrestling promotionAAA. The event took place on March 5, 2000, in the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos arena inNaucalpan,Mexico State,Mexico. The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 2000 Rey de Reyes tournament pittedAbismo Negro,El Alebrije,Charly Manson, andCibernético against each other. Besides the five tournament matches the show featured an additional four matches including twoLucha de Apuestas matches, one where the hair of the wrestler's seconds were on the line. The otherApuesta match, which was also the main event match saw bothLa Parka, Jr. and Gigante Drako put their masks on the line.
Starting in 1997 and every year since then the MexicanLucha Libre, orprofessional wrestling,companyAAA has held aRey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings') show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February,[3] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds theeponymious Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year'sRey.[4] Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows.[5] The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each aFour-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules.[3] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.[5] The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for theAAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annualReina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept.[6][7][8] The 2000 show was the fourth Rey de Reyes show in the series.
The Rey de Reyes show featured nineprofessional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as eitherheels (referred to asrudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") orfaces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
| No. | Results[10] | Stipulations |
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| 1 | La Parkita,Octagoncito andMascarita Sagrada defeatedMini Abismo Negro,Mini Psicosis andRocky Marvin | Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 2 | Abismo Negro defeatedDos Caras,Killer, andPsicosis | Rey de Reyes 2000 semi-final elimination match[1] |
| 3 | El Alebrije defeatedElectroshock,Maniaco, andOscar Sevilla | Rey de Reyes 2000 semi-final elimination match[1] |
| 4 | Charly Manson defeatedMascara Ságrada Jr.,Histeria, andPath Finder | Rey de Reyes 2000 semi-final elimination match[1] |
| 5 | Cibernético defeated Espectro, Jr.,Blue Demon Jr. and Mexicano | Rey de Reyes 2000 semi-final elimination match[1] |
| 6 | Heavy Metal,Héctor Garza,Octagón andPerro Aguayo Jr. defeatedLos Consagrados (El Cobarde II,El Texano,Pirata Morgan andSangre Chicana) | Eight-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match |
| 7 | Pentagón defeatedEl Oriental | Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair of their seconds[2] |
| 8 | Abismo Negro defeated El Alebrije, Charly Manson, and Cibernético | Rey de Reyes 2000 Final[1] |
| 9 | La Parka, Jr. defeated Gigante Drako | Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match[2][9] |