Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008)

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Antonio Peña Memorial show (2008)
Estadio De Beisbol Beto Avila[1][2]
Attendance15,500[1]
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The 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial Show (Homenaje a Antonio Peña in

La Parka and Super Fly). As a result of the win Konnan became the storyline owner of AAA. In the third main event of the evening Cibernético successfully defended the AAA Mega Championship against Chessman and El Zorro. The event has since been retrospectively renamed Héroes Inmortales II ("Immortal Heroes II").[3]

Production

Background

On October 5, 2006 founder of the Mexican

Copa Antonio Peña ("Antonio Peña Cup") tournament with various wrestlers from AAA or other promotions competing for the trophy. The tournament is normally either a gauntlet match or a multi-man torneo cibernetico elimination match. Outside of the actual Copa Antonio Peña trophy the winner is not guaranteed any other "prizes" as a result of winning, although several Copa Antonio Peña winners did go on to challenge for the AAA Mega Championship
. The 2008 show was the second show in what would become known as the Héroes Inmortales shows.

Storylines

The Antonio Peña Memorial Show featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (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.

Undercard matches

The first match of the Antonio Peña Memorial Show was a six-man

Cinthia Moreno (Female), Mini Abismo Negro (Mini-Estrella) and Polvo de Estrellas (Exotico).[8]

The third match on the card was a three way

The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Jack Evans and Teddy Hart).[8]

Main event matches

The first of the three scheduled main events was the second annual Copa Antonio Peña

Silver King, Crazy Boy and Dark Cuervo to win the Copa.[1][8] After the match Cibernético
saved El Mesías from a La Legión attack, enforcing El Mesias status as a tecnico.

In the fifth match of the night Cibernético defended the AAA Mega Championship against former teammate Chessman and La Legión deputy leader El Zorro in a Three way Street Fight, a match with no rules. The match saw all three wrestlers use various objects such as chairs and tables and also saw interference from La Legión, drawing blood from all participants. In the end Cibernético retained the title by pinning El Zorro while Chessman was incapacitated from missing a move off the top rope.[8]

The last match of the evening was the continuation of the long running "AAA vs. La Legión storyline that had been the main focus of AAA for over two years. The match was a six man

Rellik as La Legión's surprise wrestler, who joined AAA shortly after being fired from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and announced that if La Legión won Rellik would be the "Keeper of the urn". The first to escape was Octagón, quickly followed by Kenzo Suzuki, next La Parka and Electroshock escaped, keeping the two sides even in the cage. Super Fly and Rellik were the next two to leave the cage leaving only Latin Lover and Konnan in the match. La Legión won the match when Konnan was able to escape due to interference from Solo Para Mujeres TV host Sergio Mayer, who threw what was supposed to be urine at Latin Lover’s face when he tried to escape the cage. Following the victory Konnan gained possession of the urn to siginify his storyline power over the promotion.[8]

Aftermath

Following the Memorial show where Konnan took the storyline control of the promotion Cibernético announced that he would not work for Konnan and vacated the AAA Mega Championship.[9] Initially believed to be an elaborate storyline Cibernético then quit AAA and began working on the Mexican independent circuit.[10] Blurring the lines of storyline and real life animosity Cibernético did not work for AAA for 10 months, returning only after Konnan lost the storyline control of AAA at Triplemanía XVII and disbanded La Legión Extranjera.

El Mesías won the vacant AAA Mega Championship at the 2008 Guerra de Titanes and further cemented his status as the top tecnico of the promotion following Cibernético's departure.

Results

No.Results
La Parka and Super Fly)
Order of escape: Octagón, Kenzo Suzuki, Latin Lover, Electroshock, Super Fly, Rellik, La Parka, Konnan.
Steel cage elimination match.
Copa Antonio Peña Gauntlet match order of elimination[1][8]
  1. Gato Eveready
  2. Extreme Tiger pinned Histeria
  3. Pirata Morgan pinned Extreme Tiger
  4. Pirata Morgan pinned Aero Star
  5. Pirata Morgan pinned
    El Alebrije
  6. El Elegido pinned Pirata Morgan
  7. El Mesias pinned El Elegido
  8. El Mesías pinned Psicosis II
  9. El Mesias pinned
    Dark Escoria
  10. El Mesías pinned
    Silver King
  11. El Mesías pinned Crazy Boy
  12. El Mesías pinned Dark Cuervo

References

General references match results
  • Ocampo, Jorge (November 3, 2007). "Homenaje a Antonio Peña". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). pp. 14–16. issue 288.
Specific references
  1. ^ a b c d e f g "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2008". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
  2. ^
    Super Luchas
    Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  3. Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). June 13, 2011. Archived from the original
    on 18 July 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  4. ^ Brady, Hicks. "2006: The year in wrestling". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 26. 2007 Edition.
  5. Super Luchas
    Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  6. ^ "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  7. Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). June 12, 2011. Archived from the original
    on 18 July 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  8. ^
    Super Luchas
    Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  9. Super Luchas
    Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  10. Super Luchas
    Magazine. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  11. ^ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2009. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
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