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70-494: IWRG has its own championships but like many Mexican promotions recognizes champions from other promotions, occasionally allowing them to defend those titles on IWRG shows. In recent times the company has become a more direct competitor to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (AAA), acquiring a national television deal with TV Azteca and using a number of talent that have left CMLL or AAA to bolster their ranks and profile. IWRG's home base

140-507: A black leather mask , and Lutteroth dubbed him La Maravilla Enmascarada or "The Masked Marvel". In the United States the concept of the masked wrestler was more of a mid-level attraction, but the reaction to La Maravilla Enmascarada led to Lutteroth and EMLL officials to introduce more masks, starting with a wrestler known simply as El Enmascarado ("The Masked Wrestler"), and later El Murciélago Enmascarado ("The Masked Bat"). Through

210-469: A car . On September 24, AAA announced that it would return to its first performances in early October after the announced project. In December 2020, FactoryMade Ventures , one of the co-producers of Lucha Underground , filed a lawsuit with AAA; claiming to have exclusive rights to distribute AAA events and merchandise outside of Mexico. On February 2, 2021, the company signed an alliance with SECTUR to promote Mexico's tourist destinations. Bearing

280-460: A big push. Some tournaments have been left off the schedule some years for unexplained reasons, others have been held several times in a year These are tournaments that have been held in the past by IWRG but have not been promoted in the last two years. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. ( CMLL ; Spanish pronunciation: [konˈsexo munˈdjal de ˈlutʃa ˈliβɾe] , "World Wrestling Council")

350-586: A few scattered local promoters, especially along the U.S. border, who brought in American professional wrestlers as their main attractions. In 1929, Salvador Lutteroth González , who at the time was a property inspector for the Mexican tax department, moved to Ciudad Juárez , near the Mexico–United States border . During a trip to El Paso, Texas , Lutteroth witnessed a professional wrestling show and

420-547: A man who go on to become a cultural icon in Mexico and is often cited as the greatest Mexican wrestler of all time. With the popularity of El Santo as well as other Mexican stars such as Bobby Bonales , Tarzán López , Cavernario Galindo and Gory Guerrero Arena Modelo eventually became too small to accommodate the demand for tickets. To solve the problem Lutteroth financed the construction of Arena Coliseo in Mexico City,

490-590: A maximum capacity of 2,400 spectators for the shows. Arena Naucalpan became the permanent home for Promociones Moreno , with very few shows held elsewhere. In the 1990s the UWA folded and Promociones Moreno worked primarily with EMLL, now rebranded as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). From the mid-1990s Moreno would promote several Naucalpan championships, including the Naucalpan Tag Team Championship, Naucalpan Middleweight Championship and

560-551: A number of local wrestling promoters across Mexico, allowing them to use the EMLL name and some of their contracted wrestlers while also gaining access to local wrestlers in return. Each booking office was independent of each other, but the main office in Mexico City had the final say if there were disputes over who would be able to book certain wrestlers. In 1942, a masked wrestler clad in silver, simply known as El Santo ("the Saint"),

630-674: A number of luchadores for the Royal Rumble event and its namesake match. In April 2014, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett , who was credited for AAA & TNA relationship, had left the company. He announced that his new Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion would begin working with the AAA. TNA and AAA would continue to work with each other, including on such events as the Lucha Libre World Cup on May 24, 2015. When Jarrett returned to TNA (then known as Impact Wrestling) in 2017, it

700-534: A number of signature events and tournaments: some shown as pay-per-view events and others presented as TV Azteca television specials. The annual shows and tournaments, shown in order of occurrence during each year, include: AAA has few restrictions on the number of championships it promotes, often allowing wrestlers to defend titles from other promotions; such as the Universal Wrestling Association . Such titles are defended on AAA shows as

770-430: A number of wrestlers on a "per appearance" basis. IWRG does employ a core group of wrestlers on a regular basis but does not have an official "roster" as such. Each year IWRG promotes a number of signature events, some shown on television and others only for the people in attendance. The major shows, shown in order of when they happen during the year, include: IWRG conducts several annual tournaments which usually signify

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840-433: A regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of Arena Coliseo in 1943, making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Prior to 1933, lucha libre shows in Mexico were primarily promoted by foreign promoters doing the occasional match through Mexico or

910-422: A result of creative problems, and stars such as Fuerza Guerrera and Blue Panther soon left too when the Mexican economy began to slow down (which resulted in the company's inability to offer as much work). Talent such as Rey Misterio, Jr. , Psicosis , La Parka , and Juventud Guerrera , would also depart to WCW in 1996, as well as Konnan's short-lived Promo Azteca promotion. In early 1997, AAA established

980-556: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The following April, a tournament called Lucha Fighters was created consisting of 12 luchadores and 8 luchadoras . During the indefinite recess due to health contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico , on July 20, 2020, AAA announced its project called " AutoLuchas " which consists of a events in Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez where fans could see through from

1050-547: A rule illustrated in 2015 where L.A. Park was fired from the promotion only three weeks after returning due to a profanity-laden rant during a CMLL show. CMLL's main programming, hosted by Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Miguel Linares, is broadcast regularly on Televisa in Mexico, on LATV in the United States, and formerly on Telelatino in Canada and The Wrestling Channel in the United Kingdom. CMLL also had

1120-598: A show for the American El Rey Network in the second half of the year. The one-hour weekly program would be accompanied by monthly and quarterly specials as well as live pay-per-views. The show, titled Lucha Underground , premiered on October 29, 2014. The series ran for four seasons, and received generally positive reviews. Beginning in March 2015, the company announced that it would be known as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide from that point on, although it

1190-501: A show on April 29, 2010 Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestler Silver King showed up for the show, allegedly to promote a movie, to signal the beginning of IWRG and AAA working together for the first time. On December 5, 2019, it was announced that IWRG and Pro Wrestling Noah had entered into a talent-sharing partnership. Like many promotions on the Mexican independent circuit IWRG does not generally have wrestlers under exclusive full-time contracts and often works with

1260-639: A syndicated show called "Sin Limite de Tiempo" ("with no time limit") which shows matches from Arena Coliseo shows and matches they could not fit onto the regular broadcast. It aired in Los Angeles on KWHY and Also Air in San Francisco on KEMO-TV . This show was followed up by "Guerreros del Ring" on Canal 52MX. Also, Spanish-language American sports channel Fox Sports en Español recently started broadcasting CMLL programming. Recently CMLL also added

1330-633: A video was posted on YouTube featuring an interview David Marquez had with NWA Executive Director and Legal Counsel Robert Trobich . Trobich announced that CMLL did not have permission to use the NWA trademark. The rights to usage of the NWA trademark in Mexico is now held by NWA Mexico, represented by Blue Demon, Jr. CMLL replaced the three championships with the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship , NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship and

1400-748: A working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), with several luchadores appearing in the 1997 Royal Rumble . In the mid-1990s the name of the company was changed to simply be AAA (pronounced as Triple A ), as the company bought out Televisa and became independent. On October 6, 2006, founder Antonio Peña died of a heart attack. Following Peña's death, his sister Marisela Peña manages AAA financially; while Peña's brother-in-law Joaquín Roldán and his son, Dorian Roldán Peña serve as operational managers. In 2008, Lucha Libre USA presented AAA's second U.S. pay-per-view, Legendary Battles of Triplemania . In 2009, AAA announced

1470-696: A working relationship with CMLL. CMLL regularly runs six shows on five days in a week. The biggest weekly show is the Friday night Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show, held in the famous Arena Mexico in Mexico City. CMLL runs also shows on Saturdays in Arena Coliseo , on Sundays in Arena Mexico, on Mondays in Arena Puebla , and on Tuesdays in Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo Guadalajara. The Friday and Tuesday shows are also televised. Of all

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1540-733: A working relationship with New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of "G-1 World", several wrestlers have since toured between the two companies winning titles, including Místico winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and Jushin Thunder Liger winning the CMLL Universal Championship tournament. Since 2011, the two promotions have annually co-promoted events in Japan, under the name Fantastica Mania . In 2011, CMLL established

1610-403: A working relationship with American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The two promotions were linked through their separate relationships with NJPW. The alliance with ROH ended on April 27, 2021. On July 7, 2019, CMLL announced the death of the president of the company Paco Alonso (who died a day before, on July 6). On July 10, CMLL appointed Sofía Alonso , Paco's daughter, as the president of

1680-630: A working relationship with Japanese women's promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina and announced that the two promotions would create a new championship for women who have been in the professional wrestling industry for less than ten years, called the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship . This was followed by the establishment of the CMLL-Reina International Championship one year later. On March 16, 2010,

1750-430: Is Arena Naucalpan where the majority of their shows are held, though they have regularly promoted shows at other venues such as Arena Emiliano Zapata, Arena Xochimilco and Arena Neza. Wrestler-turned-promoter Adolfo "Pirata" Moreno began promoting wrestling shows in his native Naucalpan de Juárez , Mexico, bringing in wrestlers from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) to Naucalpan as well as featuring wrestlers from

1820-545: Is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City . The promotion was previously known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) ( Mexican Wrestling Enterprise ). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The CMLL Anniversary Show series

1890-421: Is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling ) promotion based in Mexico City , Mexico. It was founded in 1992, when Antonio Peña broke away from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to set up his own promotion to have more creative freedom . AAA has a developed a reputation for its outlandish gimmicks and characters, and more extreme match styles. In addition to the conventional "squared circle",

1960-503: Is still referred to mainly as AAA or "Triple A". On April 8, 2017, AAA General Manager Joaquín Roldán died. On 14 June, AAA began airing on FrontRunnerTV in the UK. In April and May 2018, some Liga Elite talent Teddy Hart, Juventud Guerrera and Taurus made their return to AAA wearing their Elite League jerseys. On June 4, at Verano de Escándalo , Jeff Jarrett returned after 3 years to defeat Rey Wagner and Rey Mysterio Jr. and win

2030-641: Is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 91st Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends"), Sin Piedad ("No Mercy"), Sin Salida ("No Escape"), Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly Super Viernes ("Super Friday") on

2100-465: The Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to Two Legends") annual show series. From 2007 to 2009, CMLL had a working relationship with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which saw CMLL's Averno , Rey Bucanero , Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. winning the 2008 TNA World X Cup and TNA worker Alex Shelley winning the 2008 CMLL International Grand Prix . In 2008, CMLL established

2170-751: The When Worlds Collide pay-per-view event with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event was critically-acclaimed and is credited for popularizing lucha libre in the United States. Weeks after the show, Art Barr (a key member of Los Gringos Locos ) died while visiting his family. AAA subsequentally vacated the AAA Tag Team Championships, which led to the departure of fellow stable-mates (in Los Gringos Locos) Eddie Guerrero and Madonna's Boyfriend . El Hijo del Santo also departed as

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2240-993: The America's X-Cup Tournament as a contingent known as Team Mexico . Team Mexico dominated the America's X-Cup Tournament, defeating Team USA in the first round before retaining the Cup against both Team Canada and Team Britain . They eventually lost at the World X-Cup , which saw Team USA defeat Team Canada and Team Mexico in the Ultimate X finals to win the Cup. TNA and AAA's working relationship would end in late 2004. TNA continued utilizing luchadores, but opted to contract them individually. In 2006, AAA and TNA would again team up for an event in Toreo de Cuatro Caminos , utilizing some of TNA's talent and stage (which includes

2310-545: The Distrito Federal Trios Championship , the only championship predating the foundation of the IWRG. In 2007 Adolfo Moreno died, leaving his sons César and Marco Moreno to take ownership of both International Wrestling Revolution Group as well as Arena Naucalpan. IWRG often works together with other wrestling promotions, booking their wrestlers on IWRG shows and sending IWRG wrestlers to work for

2380-788: The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship . On September 19, 2014, CMLL became only the second promotion in the Americas, after WWE , to draw a $ 1 million gate with their 81st Anniversary Show , headlined by a Mask vs. Mask match between Atlantis and Último Guerrero. On November 6, 2014, the promotion made an alliance with the Mexican independent group Lucha Libre Elite to help bring independent wrestlers into CMLL which ended in early 2018. On July 6, 2016, NJPW announced that they would broadcast CMLL Friday shows in their video-streaming service, NJPW World . On August 10, CMLL announced

2450-525: The NWA World Welterweight Championship . In the early 1950s television became as a viable entertainment medium in Mexico which was set to bolster the popularity of EMLL, but Arena Coliseo was not equipped properly for television transmissions. As it turns out luck was on Lutteroth and EMLL's side as Lutteroth and the personnel at Arena Coliseo bought a lottery ticket worth 5 million Pesos . Lutteroth used his portion of

2520-584: The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). With the creation of the UWA EMLL faced a rival national promotion for the first time. In the mid-1980s, Chavo Lutteroth II retired, allowing his nephew Paco Alonso , grandson of Chavo Lutteroth I , to take control of EMLL. In the late 1980s, EMLL decided to leave the NWA, seeking to distance themselves from the political wrestling in the National Wrestling Alliance. At that time, EMLL, with

2590-453: The ladder match , CMLL remains much more traditional. They also have strict rules for what they will allow to happen during their shows; on one occasion a match between Dr. Wagner Jr. and L. A. Park during the CMLL 75th Anniversary Show degenerated into a brawl on the floor that was so out of control that both wrestlers were fired by CMLL a short time later. CMLL also has strict rules on what wrestlers can and cannot say during their shows,

2660-598: The AAA Mega Championship. Jarrett was assisted by Konnan, who also returned to AAA after 2 years. On February 1, 2019, AAA announced the end of their relationship with Televisa after 27 years, with the promotion's programming moving to the Multimedios television station. On February 3, after Super Bowl LIII , AAA reached an agreement with TV Azteca to broadcast their show on Azteca 7 . On April 4, 2019, AAA announced its first event to be held in

2730-405: The Mexican independent circuit . Later on he would promote shows mainly in "Arena KO Al Gusto" and served as the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) partner, using the name Promociones Moreno as the business name for his promotional efforts. In 1977 Moreno bought the run down Arena KO Al Gusto and had Arena Naucalpan built in its place, an arena designed specifically for wrestling shows, with

2800-504: The Mexican network Cadena Tres to its list of networks airing CMLL Wrestling. Galavision began airing CMLL wrestling in the spring of 2011. Galavision shows only a one-hour version while LATV has shown a two-hour version. In 2015, several of CMLL's shows became available live on their YouTube channel and they have held a number of internet- Pay Per Views (PPVs). Each year CMLL promotes a number of signature events, some shown as pay-per-view events and others shown on regular television. Over

2870-630: The Mexican-based Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). On July 5, 2023, CMLL announced an alliance with the Arena Coliseo Tony Arellano de Torreón, who at a press conference announced this merger in which they will work on several very ambitious projects. Edgar "güero" Noriega, referee and promoter of this company, attended the press conference directly from the CMLL, for several good news, the first being

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2940-695: The Naucalpan Welterweight Championship, all sanctioned by the local boxing and wrestling commission. In late 1995 Adolfo Moreno decided to create his own promotion, creating a regular roster instead of relying totally on wrestlers from other promotions, creating the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) on January 1, 1996. From that point on Arena Naucalpan became

3010-659: The US based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming the official NWA territory for all of Mexico, known as "NWA-EMLL" outside Mexico. By joining the NWA, Lutteroth and EMLL gained control of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship . They were also able to re-brand their "World Middleweight Championship" to become the NWA World Middleweight Championship and their "World Welterweight Championship" became

3080-447: The United States and Japan. The promotion broadcasts shows regularly on Gala TV in Mexico, and Univision TDN in Mexico and parts of the United States. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Between April and May of 1992, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker Antonio Peña broke with the company in favor of establishing his own group, along with Konnan , and much of

3150-531: The United States, Invading NY , would take place at Madison Square Garden on September 15, 2019. The promotion also announced that would hold a second event in the US titled Invading Los Angeles , at The Forum in Inglewood, California on October 13, 2019. On August 16, 2019, it was reported by Pro Wrestling Insider that Invading NY was moved to Hulu Theater due to poor ticket sales. AAA would cancel and postpone its televised events in mid-March 2020 as

3220-411: The company. On August 26, it was revealed that Sofía had been relieved of her position, with Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth III becoming the chairman and CEO of PROMECOR-CMLL. In September 2021, president of Ice Ribbon Hajime Sato appeared alongside Kounosuke Izui, promoter of Lady's Ring, on an episode of CMLL Informa to announce the establishment of a working relationship between the two promotions and

3290-574: The consent of Paco Alonso , the booker Antonio Peña and the Monterrey promoter Carlos Humberto Elizondo, devised the creation of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to establish a new identity after the NWA split, in order to have their own titles and organize promoters who wanted to join, in addition to sounding more international. From 1991 through 1993 CMLL created eight "CMLL World" titles in addition to

3360-418: The day-to-day operations of EMLL leaving the company in the hands of his son Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth Jr. In 1975, local promoter Francisco Flores , along with EMLL trainer Ray Mendoza broke away from EMLL, citing their displeasure with EMLL's conservative, restrictive promotional style. The two took a number of EMLL's younger wrestlers with them to form Lucha Libre Internacional, S. C , later known as

3430-530: The end CMLL owner Paco Alonso decided to go with Juan Herrera's booking style. After Paco Alonso chose to ignore Peña's booking ideas, Peña began negotiations with Televisa television channel to fund a new wrestling promotion that would provide Televisa with weekly wrestling shows. In 1992 Peña started a booking agency, providing wrestlers and matches for the Televisa owned Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion. While Peña technically owned

3500-439: The first arena in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling and the first sports building in Mexico to have built in air conditioning. The arena, nicknamed the "Lagunilla Funnel" due to its interior shape would hold over 8,800 spectators when configured for Lucha libre or boxing. Arena Coliseo began hosting EMLL's annual Anniversary shows starting with the 10th Anniversary show . In 1953, Salvador Lutteroth joined

3570-507: The last couple of years CMLL have held three regular events each year and a number of one off, special events. The Major show, shown in order of when they happen during the year, include: CMLL conducts several annual tournaments which usually signify a big push. Tournaments have been left out of the schedule for unexplained reasons. Some tournaments are conducted as torneo ciberneticos , a large multi-man tag team elimination match, others are normal single elimination tournament. These are all

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3640-511: The main bookers for EMLL, helping determine who would win matches, what storylines to use and so on, he was also a driving force behind the name change to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Peña would often clash with Juan Herrera, the other main booker for CMLL at the time. Herrera wanted to maintain the old style of booking with heavyweights such as Atlantis , El Dandy and El Satánico , while Peña wanted to feature younger, faster moving wrestlers such as Konnan , Octagón or Máscara Sagrada . In

3710-775: The main venue for IWRG, hosting the majority of their weekly shows and all of their major shows as well. With the creation of the IWRG Moreno abandoned the Naucalpan championships, instead introducing a series of IWRG branded championships, starting with the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship created on July 27, 1997, followed by the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship two months later. IWRG also kept promoting

3780-492: The major professional wrestling promotions in the world, CMLL is one of the most conservative, having earned the nickname "The serious and the stable" ( La Seria y Estable ) over time. Matches with blood are not broadcast unless it accidentally happens during a live event. CMLL rarely uses specialty or "gimmick matches" outside a limited number of steel cage matches and the occasional Super Libre , no-disqualification matches. While other promotions have adopted matches such as

3850-499: The merger in which this Tony Arellano Arena will be part of the company's programming as it does with the Coliseo de Guadalajara, Puebla, Arena México and Arena Coliseo and now La Laguna is already the headquarters and has been certified. On August 3, 2023, the CMLL and Revolution Pro Wrestling announced their alliance beginning with their first joint event, Fantastica Mania UK. On October 13, 2023, All Elite Wrestling announced

3920-544: The name of the tour as " Lucha por la Identidad Nacional ", this included shows such as Rey de Reyes and Verano de Escándalo . On August 14, Triplemanía XXIX was held at the Arena Ciudad de México. It was the first event since the pandemic began to have a limited number of fans in attendance for biosecurity reasons. Héroes Inmortales XIV would also have a limited audience present. In 1997, AAA partnered with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to bring in

3990-428: The official release of a video game originally entitled AAA El Videojuego . The game was later retitled Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring , was released on October 12, 2010. AAA developed a working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2004. Through the relationship, AAA sent the luchadores Juventud Guerrera , Héctor Garza , Abismo Negro , Heavy Metal , and Mr. Águila to TNA to compete in

4060-514: The other promotions. They also co-promote events, recognize non-IWRG championships and at times allow them to be defended on IWRG shows. IWRG was affiliated with Último Dragón and Toryumon Mexico (Ultimo Dragon Gym) from the time of IWRG's creation until 2001. The early Toryumon Mexico shows were co-promoted by IWRG and Último Dragón in Naucalpan and students regularly worked on IWRG s shows. CIMA , SUWA , Yasushi Kanda , Susumu Mochizuki and Magnum Tokyo have all held IWRG championships through

4130-550: The premier boxing venue in Mexico City , but the promoters would not let him rent it, forcing Lutteroth and EMLL to take up residence in Arena Modelo , an abandoned and run-down facility that Lutteroth was able to use as his home base. The concept of Lucha Libre quickly became very popular, so much so that the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show drew a sold-out crowd of 5,000 paying fans. In 1934, an American wrestler debuted in Mexico under

4200-551: The promotion Televisa owns the rights to the AAA name. In a move that mirrored Flores' departure in the 1970s Peña left the promotion alongside a number of young wrestlers who were unhappy with their position in the promotion. With the creation of AAA the promotion replaced the UWA as Mexico's other main wrestling promotion, creating a long running rivalry between CMLL and AAA. Starting in 1996 CMLL began promoting an annual show in March, first paying homage to Salvador Lutteroth, then later Lutteroth and El Santo and then finally becoming

4270-400: The promotion occasionally uses a hexagonal wrestling ring . The promotion has had working relationships with other Mexican promotions, as well as several American promotions; such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Major League Wrestling (MLW), and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). AAA primarily hosts pay-per-views (PPV) events in Mexico, and has also promoted international events in

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4340-443: The three NWA branded titles they retained and a slew of other championships. At the start of the 1990s the company began appearing on the national Televisa network, which led to a second big boom in business due to the renewed national television exposure, in the mid-1970s through the 1980s, magazines and newspapers were the sole medium of Lucha Libre for most Mexicans. In the mid-1980s, retired wrestler Antonio Peña became one of

4410-592: The tournament that have been held in the past by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre but have not been promoted in the last two years. Domestic: International (current): Worldwide : International (former): Asistencia Asesor%C3%ADa y Administraci%C3%B3n Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos , lit.   ' Assistance, Advisory, and Administration of Spectacles ' )

4480-532: The tunnel and lasers). This partnership would end after Konnan left TNA in June 2007 and filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against TNA; The lawsuit was later dismissed. TNA would later start a relationship with CMLL from 2007 to 2009 , and would begin another working relationship with AAA in February 2010. On January 12, 2014, it was announced that, with the backing of Mark Burnett , AAA would co-produce

4550-462: The use of the masks and ring characters EMLL helped create the sacred position of the mask in Lucha libre , making it the ultimate status symbol for luchadors . In the early days of EMLL, most of the top names were Americans, but with time EMLL introduced several Mexican natives that became so popular that they began to main-event most of the EMLL shows. To expand their business, EMLL began working with

4620-553: The winnings to finance the construction of Arena México , on the location where Arena Modelo used to sit. Arena México enabled EMLL to broadcast their weekly wrestling shows across Mexico, yielding a popularity explosion for the sport. Starting in 1956, with the EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show all anniversary shows were held in Arena México, except the EMLL 46th Anniversary Show . Over time the arena became known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre". Over time, Lutteroth retired from

4690-492: The working relationship. IWRG developed a talent agreement with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in the early 2000s, which allowed them to use CMLL talent regularly, as well as being used by CMLL as a sort of developmental territory for young wrestlers. The two promotions had a falling out in late 2007, over IWRG booking El Hijo del Santo on their shows, in disregard of CMLL having stated that did not want any of their associates to use Hijo del Santo on their shows. During

4760-663: The young talent from CMLL. AAA would look for talent from other markets, as they found and signed Tijuana natives Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Psicosis . The promotion became known for signing top talent, such as El Hijo del Santo , Octagón , Blue Panther , the Casas brothers ( Negro Casas and Heavy Metal ), Los Gringos Locos , Cien Caras , Konnan , and Perro Aguayo . The rising popularity of AAA caused rival promotion Universal Wrestling Association to go out of business. Peña would quickly sign up top draws , including El Canek , Dos Caras and Los Villanos. In 1994, AAA co-promoted

4830-572: Was announced that both promotions would continue to be work together. In July 2015, Canadian-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS) announced a talent partnership with AAA. In June 2018, AAA partnered with Lucha Libre Elite . In August 2018, AAA started a working agreement with the American-based Major League Wrestling (MLW). In February 2019, it was announced that AAA would be partnering with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Each year AAA promotes

4900-519: Was intrigued by it, especially the main event, Greek wrestler Gus Pappas. Four years later, Lutteroth, along with his financial backer Francisco Ahumada, chartered Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; literally "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"), the first Mexican-owned wrestling promotion in the country. EMLL held their first show on September 21, 1933, considered the "birth of Lucha libre", and which led to Lutteroth being known as "the father of Lucha Libre". EMLL initially tried to book Arena Nacional,

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