| Triplemanía XXXI | |||
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 Promotional poster for the Monterrey event featuring various AAAluchadores andluchadoras | |||
| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Date | April 16, July 15, and August 12, 2023 | ||
| City | Monterrey,Mexico (April 16) Tijuana, Mexico (July 15) Azcapotzalco,Mexico City, Mexico (August 12) | ||
| Venue | Mobil Super Stadium (April 16) Chevron Stadium (July 15) Mexico City Arena (August 12) | ||
| Attendance | Night 1: 14,000 Night 2: 15,386 Night 3: 15,853 Combined: 45,239 | ||
| Tagline(s) | Luchando Por México (Spanish for: Fighting for Mexico) Guerra de Rivalidades (Spanish for: War of Rivals) | ||
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Triplemanía XXXI was a three-dayprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event promoted and produced by the Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA or Triple A). The event was held on April 16, July 15, and August 12, 2023. The April 16 event took place atMobil Super Stadium inMonterrey, the July 15 event took place atChevron Stadium inTijuana, and the August 12 event took place atMexico City Arena inMexico City. It marked the 31st year in a row that AAA has held aTriplemanía show and comprises the 40th, 41st, and 42nd overall shows promoted under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest event of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines in what has been described as AAA's version ofWrestleMania or theirSuper Bowl event. The event aired on PPV via theFITEservice.[1]
The event was themed around theGuerra de Rivalidades tournament, in which fourpareja increíbletag teams competed in matches across the first two nights, with the team that lost in the finals initially being scheduled to face each other in aLucha de Apuestas match on the third night of the event. However, as the finals ended in adraw, theLucha de Apuestas match was turned into afour-way. In the four-way match,Psycho Clown defeatedSam Adonis to successfully defend his mask and win Adonis' hair; the match also includedL.A. Park andRush El Toro Blanco.
2023 marked the 31st year that the Mexicanprofessional wrestling companyLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (Triple A or AAA) has held their annual flagshipTriplemanía show. Triplemanía XXXI comprised three shows – the 40th, 41st, and 42nd overall Triplemanía shows promoted by AAA (AAA promoted more than one Triplemanía event from 1994 to 1997 and from 2019 onward). Since the2012 event, Triplemanía has taken place at theMexico City Arena, an indoorarena inAzcapotzalco,Mexico City,Mexico that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators.[2][3][4][5] On January 17, 2023, AAA announced that Triplemanía XXXI would be held across three days in three cities.[6] In addition to Arena Ciudad de México, Triplemanía XXXI was held inMobil Super Stadium in Monterrey andChevron Stadium in Tijuana.[6] Triplemanía XXXI was the third Triplemanía event held with events away from Mexico City Arena during the 2020s and the fourth outside Mexico City since 2007.
Triplemanía is the company's biggest show of the year, the AAA equivalent ofWWE'sWrestleMania orNew Japan Pro-Wrestling'sWrestle Kingdom event.
Triplemanía XXXI featured 22professional wrestling matches across the three nights, with different wrestlers involved in pre-existingscripted feuds,plots andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayed eitherheels (referred to asrudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") orfaces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they engaged in a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match.[7][8]
During a press conference on January 17, 2023, AAA announced that Triplemanía XXXI would be themed around theGuerra de Rivalidades tournament, in which fourpareja increíbletag teams will compete in matches across the first two nights, with the members of the team that loses in the finals facing each other in aLucha de Apuestas match on the third night.[6] The teams participating in the tournament arePsycho Clown andSam Adonis,Pagano andRush El Toro Blanco,Pentagón Jr. andAlberto El Patrón, andBlue Demon Jr. andDMT Azul.[9] On February 27, it was announced that Pagano was pulled from the tournament due to an injury and would be replaced by a mystery partner. During a press conference on March 28, Rush's new partner was revealed asL.A. Park.[10]
During a press conference on February 27, 2023, AAA announced that aSteel Cage match featuring 10luchadoresenmascarados would take place at the Triplemanía XXXI: Monterrey event.[11] The last two wrestlers who do not escape from the cage will compete in aLucha de Apuestas Mask vs. Mask match.[11] The participants in the match were revealed asLaredo Kid, Antifaz del Norte,Octagón Jr.,Villano III Jr.,Argenis,Myzteziz Jr.,Aero Star,La Parka Negra,Dralístico, andTaurus.[12] During a press conference on March 28, it was announced that Dralístico would be replaced in the match byAbismo Negro Jr.[10]
On October 18, 2021, AAA announced thatKenny Omega would defend hisAAA Mega Championship againstHijo del Vikingo atTriplemanía Regia II.[13]On November 18, it was reported by theWrestling Observer Newsletter that Omega would not participate in the event due to undergoing multiple surgeries.[14] The reports were confirmed by AAA on November 22, with the promotion canceling Omega's defense and vacating the Mega Championship.[15] The Triplemanía Regia match was changed to afive-way match, where Vikingo defeatedSamuray del Sol,Jay Lethal,Bobby Fish, andBandido to win the vacant championship. The match between Vikingo and Omega occurred two years later on the March 22, 2023 episode ofAEW Dynamite, where Omega defeated Vikingo in a non-title match.[16] During a AAA press conference on April 24, a rematch for the Mega Championship between Vikingo and Omega was announced for Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana.[17]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[22] | ||
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| 1 | La Hiedra won by last eliminatingFlammer[b] | Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana Cup match[22] | 26:55 | ||
| 2 | Team Mexico (Dalys,Sexy Star II andLady Shani) defeated Team Rest of The World (Viva Van,Kamille andNatalia Markova) bypinfall | Trios match[22] | 12:19 | ||
| 3 | Vampiro,Jack Evans, andAramís vs.Pagano andLa Rebelión (Bestia 666 andMecha Wolf) (withEstrellita) ended in ano contest | Trios match[22] | 14:02 | ||
| 4 | TeamBaja (Damian 666,Rey Horus,Xtreme Tiger andNicho el Millonario) (withBrandon Moreno) defeated TeamChilango (Negro Casas,Chessman,Argenis, andDaga) (with Aczino) bypinfall | Atómicos match[23] | 9:29 | ||
| 5 | QT Marshall (withAaron Solo) defeatedPentagón Jr. | Ambulance match[22] | 18:46 | ||
| 6 | Rush El Toro Blanco andL.A. Park vs.Sam Adonis andPsycho Clown ended in adraw[c] | Tag team match[24] Guerra de Rivalidades finals | 22:38 | ||
| 7 | Hijo del Vikingo (c) (withDon Callis) defeatedKenny Omega bypinfall | Singles match for theAAA Mega Championship[17] | 18:52 | ||
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| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[25] | ||||
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| 1D | Drago II andJack Evans defeatedAbismo Negro Jr. and Belcegor bypinfall | Tag team match[25] | — | ||||
| 2 | Las Toxicas (La Hiedra andMaravilla) andChik Tormenta defeatedLady Shani,Dalys andSexy Star II | Trios match[26] | 13:41 | ||||
| 3 | Laredo Kid won by last eliminatingKomander[d] | Bardahl Cup TripleManía XXXI match[26] | 29:59 | ||||
| 4 | Flammer (withLa Hiedra andMaravilla) defeatedTaya (c) (withLady Shani) bypinfall | Singles match for theAAA Reina de Reinas Championship[26] | 9:42 | ||||
| 5 | Negro Casas (with Aczino) defeatedNicho el Millonario (withArgenis) bypinfall | Legends match[27] | 13:12 | ||||
| 6 | Q.T. Marshall defeatedPentagón Jr.,Dralístico, andTexano Jr. bypinfall | Four-way match for the vacantAAA Latin American Championship[26] | 17:43 | ||||
| 7 | Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Jack Cartwheel,Mike Bailey andDaga bypinfall | Four-way match for theAAA Mega Championship[26] | 16:06 | ||||
| 8 | Psycho Clown (mask) defeatedSam Adonis (hair) bypinfall Match also included:L.A. Park (mask) andRush El Toro Blanco (hair) (withLa Bestia del Ring,Dralístico,Preston Vance, andJosé the Assistant) | Four-wayLucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Mask match[9] | 20:17 | ||||
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| First Round Triplemanía XXXI: Monterrey (April 16) | Finals Triplemanía XXXI: Tijuana (July 15) | Lucha de Apuestasmatch Triplemanía XXXI: Mexico City (August 12) | |||||||||||
| Pentagón Jr. andAlberto El Patrón | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Psycho Clown[e] | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Psycho Clown andSam Adonis | |||||||||||||
| Psycho Clown andSam Adonis | Sam Adonis[e] | ||||||||||||
| Rush El Toro Blanco andL.A. Park | Draw | ||||||||||||
| Rush El Toro Blanco andL.A. Park | |||||||||||||
| Blue Demon Jr. andDMT Azul | Pin | ||||||||||||
Unlike traditional wrestling tournaments, at each round of theGuerra de Rivalidades tournament, the losers, not the winners, are relegated to the next round. The team that lost in the tournament final was intended to compete in aLucha de Apuestas match at the final night of Triplemanía. Since the finals ended indraw, theLucha de Apuestas match was turned into afour-way. During the four-way match, Psycho Clown pinned Sam Adonis to successfully defend his mask and win Adonis' hair; the match also involved Rush El Toro Blanco (hair) and L.A. Park (mask).
