Triplemanía II-C

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Triplemanía II-C
El Toreo[1]
Attendance18,000[1]
Tagline(s)La Cuenta Final
("The Final Reckoning")
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Triplemanía II-C was a major

El Toreo bullfighting arena in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on May 27, 1994. The show was the final of three Triplemanía II shows held in 1994, preceded by Triplemanía II-A in April and Triplemanía II-B held 12 days prior. 1994 was the first year AAA held multiple Triplemanía shows in a year, a tradition they would continue through 1997, after which Triplemanía became a single annual event. The annual Triplemanía show(s) are AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event.[2]
The May 27th show was the fourth overall show produced under the Triplemanía banner.

The main event match was the culmination of a storyline that AAA had been building for a year, starting at the previous year's

Los Hermanos Dinamita (Spanish for "The Dynamite Brothers"; Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000) fighting Los Payasos ("The Clowns"; Coco Rojo, Coco Verde and Coco Amarillo) in a rematch from Triplemanía II-A where Los Payasos won the Mexican National Trios Championship from Los Hermanos Dinamita. The show was also supposed to feature a match for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship but the reigning champion Octagón
was not medically cleared to wrestle.

Production

Jake Roberts, risked his hair on the outcome of the main event match.

Background

AAA founder

El Toro bullfighting arena in Tijuana, Baja California on May 27, 1994.[1][3][4][5]

Storylines

The Triplemanía show featured eight 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.

The main event match would be the conclusion of the main storyline of AAA at the time as Peña and the AAA officials had spent over a year laying out the storyline between

Eddy Guerrero and Love Machine) interfered in the match.[6][8] On November 12, 1993 Jake Roberts and Los Gringos Locos defeated Konnan, Blue Panther and Perro Aguayo in the main event of AAA"s La Lucha del Honor event at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. During the match Roberts pinned Konnan in both the second and the third fall.[6][9]

Part of Peña booking strategy was to not have the two rivals fight one-on-one right away, building the anticipation to when they finally get in the ring for their first singles match. Roberts kept the advantage, using his partnership with Los Gringos Locos to have the numbers advantage. AAA kept the two apart until March 12, 1994 where the two finally faced off. They met in a

Lucha de Apuesta, or "bet match", which was the ultimate end game for the storyline. The match was scheduled to be the main event of the third Triplemanía II show, with a preview of it taking place at Triplemanía II-B where Konnan, Perro Aguayo and Cien Caras defeated Jake Roberts, Love Machine and Miguel Pérez Jr. in the main event.[5]

Event

The fifth match of the night, a match that was supposed to see Octagón defend his Mexican National Middleweight Championship against Blue Panther. A few days prior to the match Octagón was involved in a car accident, suffering a hand injury. The wrestling boxing commission could not medically clear Octagón to wrestle on the show. Instead he came to the ring with the championship and handed it over to Blue Panther via forfeit, only asking for a rematch once he had recovered from his injury.[1][4][10][12]

Aftermath

Roberts would remain with AAA for several months after losing all his hair, he ended up turning on Los Gringos Locos and actually teamed up with Konnan only a few months later. defeating the team of Perro Aguayo and

steel cage match.[14]

Once Octagón had recovered from his hand injury he received a rematch for the championship he never lost in the ring, but on August 4, 1994 Blue Panther successfully defended the title against Octagón.[12]

Reception

John Molinario, who writes about wrestling for the

Canadian Online Explorer, described the show as a "booking masterpiece by Pena" and that it established Antonio Peña as "the best booker in the business."[4] Wrestling commentator Mike Tenay, who was in attendance that night, recalled "the great heat for that main event match".[4]

Results

No.Results
Lucha de Apuesta
, "Hair vs. Hair" match. As a result, Jake Roberts had his head shaved.		—

References

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  2. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3
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  3. ^ "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración TripleManía". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Molinaro, John F. (2000). "TripleMania: Mexico's answer to WrestleMania". Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración TripleManía". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  6. ^ a b c "1993 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1994. pp. 2–28. issue 2214.
  7. ^ "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración TripleManía". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sports Arena August 1993". Pro Wrestling History. August 28, 1993. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  9. ^ "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sports Arena November 1993". Pro Wrestling History. November 12, 1993. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "1994 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 8, 1995. pp. 2–28. issue 2176.
  11. ^ "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sports Arena March 1994". Pro Wrestling History. March 12, 1994. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). 2004-12-20. Especial 21.
  13. ^ "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sports Arena August 1994". Pro Wrestling History. August 6, 1994. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Historical Cards". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 160. 2007 Edition.
  15. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original
    on June 24, 2015. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  16. Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
    . Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  17. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .

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