AAA Hall of Fame

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AAA Hall of Fame
Established2007
Founder Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Inductees21 total inductees

The AAA Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities, established and maintained by the Mexico based national wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).

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Inductees

Individuals

YearRing name
(Birth name)
AAA recognized accolades
2007 Antonio Peña Posthumous inductee: Founder of AAA [1]
2007 Rey Mysterio Tribute To The Troops.jpg Rey Misterio Jr.
(Óscar Gutiérrez)
One-time Mexican National Welterweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Trios Champion [2]
2008 Eddie Guerrero 2004.jpg Eddie Guerrero
(Eduardo Guerrero)
Posthumous inductee: Member of the Guerrero wrestling family and one-time AAA/IWC World Tag Team Champion [3]
2009Pepe "Tropi" Casas
(José Casas Granados)
Patriarch of the Casas wrestling family and a referee from 1987 to 2015 [4]
2011 Octagon.jpg Octagón
(Juan Escalera)
Four-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Tag Team Champion, one-time Mexican National Trios Champion [5]
2012 Perro Aguayo
(Pedro Aguayo Damián)
One-time AAA Campeón de Campeones Champion, one-time IWC World Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, two-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [6]
2013 Abismo Negro En Mexicali.JPG Abismo Negro
(Andrés González)
Posthumous inductee: One-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, one-time AAA Mascot Tag Team Champion, two-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [7]
2014 El Brazo
(Juan Alvarado Nieves)
Posthumous inductee: Member of the Alvarado wrestling family [8]
Known for being a member of the Los Brazos stable [8]
2014 Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
(Máximino Linares Moreno)
Long-time luchador who wrestled for various promotions from 1955 through 1989 [8]
2015 Hector-Garza-vs-Mistico.jpg Héctor Garza
(Héctor Solano Segura)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time IWC World Heavyweight Champion, two-time Mexican National Heavyweight Champion (died while holding the title), one-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion [9]
2015 El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
(Pedro Aguayo Ramírez)
Posthumous inductee: One-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion, three-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, Copa Triplemanía XXII winner, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [9]
2016 Art Barr
(Arthur Leon Barr)
Posthumous Inductee: One-time AAA/IWC World Tag Team Champion [10]
2016Joaquín RoldánAAA's Director General from 2007 to 2017 [11]
2018 Villano III.jpg Villano III
(Arturo Díaz Mendoza)
Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA Americas Trios Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion [12]
Known for being part of the Los Villanos stable [12]
2018 El Apache
(Mario Balbuena González)
Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Trios Champion [12]
2018Dr. Alfonso MoralesAnnouncer known for his work in AAA and CMLL [12]
2019 Silver King luchador en 2015.jpg Silver King
(César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón)
Posthumous inductee: One-time AAA World Tag Team Champion
2020 LaParkaE3.jpg La Parka
(Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time Mexican National Cruiserweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion, five-time Rey de Reyes winner, Copa Triplemanía XXV winner [13]
2022Arturo "El Rudo" Rivera
(José Arturo Rivera García)
Posthumous inductee: Long-time sports journalist and broadcaster for AAA and CMLL [14]
2022 Blue Demon
(Alejandro Muñoz Moreno)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time NWA World Welterweight Champion, three-time Mexican National Welterweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, star of over 20 lucha films [14]
2023 Cassandro el exotico, protagonista.jpg Cassandro
(Saúl Armendáriz)
One-time UWA World Lightweight Champion
First luchador exótico to have competed since 1989. [15]

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