Triplemanía XXV

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Triplemanía XXV
Promotion
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
DateAugust 26, 2017
CityMexico City[1]
VenueArena Ciudad de México[1]
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Triplemanía XXV was a

professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The event took place on August 26, 2017, and was held in the Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. This was the sixth consecutive Triplemanía to be held at the arena. Also, the event was the 25th year in a row that AAA had held a Triplemanía show, and the 31st show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is 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.

The main event match was the culmination of a year-long storyline that started at

Lucha de Apuestas
, or bet match.

Via AAA's partnership with the U.S.-based

DJZ, Jeff Jarrett, Lashley, Moose and Rosemary
.

Production

Background

Outdoor view of the Arena Ciudad de México building.

2017 marked the 25th year since 1993 where the Mexican

professional wrestling company Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) or Triple A held their annual Triplemanía show and the 31st Triplemanía show promoted by AAA, as they held multiple Triplemanía shows over the summers of 1994 to 1997. The 2017 event took place at the Arena Ciudad de México (Mexico City Arena), an indoor arena in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators.[1][2] This was the sixth consecutive Triplemanía (XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII and XXIV) held at the venue.[3][4][5] AAA's Triplemanía is their biggest show of the year, the highlight of their year, AAA's equivalent of the WWE's WrestleMania or New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom
event.

Storylines

The Triplemanía XXV show featured nine professional wrestling matches—two during the pre-show, and seven on the main card—with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed 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 feud heading into the event was between

Soul Rocker & Carta Brava Jr.

Johnny Mundo (pictured in 2011) defended his three championships, the AAA Mega Championship, AAA Latin American Championship and AAA World Cruiserweight Championship at Triplemanía XXV

At Rey de Reyes, AAA Latin American Champion

Texano Jr. in a three-way match to win all three titles following interference from Kevin Kross, also during the match Texano was taken out of action with an injured neck after Fantasma hit him with a Thrill of the Kill onto a steel chair. At Verano de Escándalo a three-way steel cage match between Texano, Fantasma, and Kross ended without a winner when Fantasma and Texano escaped and touched the floor at the same time. After the match, Vampiro declared that both Texano and Fantasma would receive a shot at the titles at Triplemanía XXV. It was announced at a press conference that the match would be a three-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs
match.

El Mesías started a feud with Pagano that lead them to a match in Triplemanía XXV

Another big feud heading into the event was between

La Parka when tensions began to boil between them after Pagano had accidentally hit Mesías several times throughout the match. Despite the tension, the two continued to team with one another and even won the AAA World Tag Team Championships from Dark Cuervo and Dark Scoria on the June 17th episode of AAA Worldwide. After losing the titles at Verano de Escándalo due to another accidental hit from Pagano, Mesías finally snapped and brutally attacked Pagano including multiple shots with a steel chair and a stretcher board. At a press conference for Triplemanía XXV it was announced that Pagano and Mesías would face each other in a Street Fight
. Shortly after the announcement, a heated argument at the press conference between the two led to Mesías pushing Pagano and caused staff members to separate them.

On July 1, AAA released a statement announcing that the

GFW wrestler Rosemary
.

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1PDragon Solar, Pardux, Solaris and Ashley defeated Bronco Gonzalez, Chicano, Fetiche and HashtaryLlave a la Gloria finals6:41
2P
Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match[7]
28:42
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Aftermath

After the event, it was reported that during the ending of the Reina de Reinas Championship match, Sexy Star had legitimately injured Rosemary with an armbar, popping Rosemary's arm out of its place. The incident gained some attention among other wrestlers, who voiced their opinions on social media including Road Dogg & Cody Rhodes on the apparent shoot.[8][9][10] AAA subsequently stripped Sexy Star of her championship.[11]

Jeff Jarrett's condition and behavior during the Torneo Triplemanía 25 match also raised many eyebrows. According to wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, "Jarrett was said to be not in shape for wrestling and stumbled down the ring steps (although, he wasn’t the only person on the show who had trouble with the steps), doing little wrestling in his match." On September 5, GFW announced that Jarrett was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the company; according to Meltzer, the decision to shelve Jarrett was made by a vice president of GFW owner Anthem Sports & Entertainment who was at the show. This took place against the backdrop of reports that Anthem was preparing to sell GFW.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sede, fecha y logo de Triplemanía XXIV". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Luis Miguel, en concierto inauguara la Arene Ciudad de Mexico 2012". Esto Enlina (in Spanish). OEM. December 10, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Cano Vela, Eduardo (August 5, 2012). "Triplemania XX "El día ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) – Máscara vs máscara: Dr. Wagner vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. – ¡Kurt Angle en México!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "¡AAA Triplemanía XXI!… este 16/Jun en la Arena Ciudad de México – Dorian Roldán lo confirma" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  5. Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
    (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "Dos máscaras cayeron en Verano de Escándalo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Triplemanía 25, protagonizada por Psycho Clown y Wagner Jr" [Triplemania 25, starring Psycho Clown and Wagner Jr.]. Record (in Spanish). January 24, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  8. ^ Meltzer, Dave (August 27, 2017). "Rosemary injured in apparent incident with Sexy Star at Triplemania". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  9. ^ Johnson, Mike (August 26, 2017). "Updated: GFW star injured at AAA Triplemania". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  10. ^ Currier, Joseph (August 28, 2017). "Rosemary releases statement on in-ring incident with Sexy Star". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "Sexy Star ya no es campeona de AAA, el Reina de Reinas quedó vacante". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  12. ^ Meltzer, Dave (September 6, 2017). "Inside the Jeff Jarrett-GFW-Anthem Sports Situation". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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