Guerra de Titanes (2019) | |||
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Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
Date | December 14, 2019 | ||
City | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | ||
Venue | Domo Madero | ||
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Guerra de Titanes (2019) (Spanish for "War of the Titans") was a professional wrestling event scripted and produced by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion. The show took take place on December 14, 2019, in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico at the Domo Madero building and was the twenty-third Guerra de Titanes show promoted by AAA since 1997. It was the last AAA PPV event held before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in mid-March 2020.
In the main event Blue Demon Jr., Rey Escorpión and Rush El Toro Blanco defeated Psycho Clown, Dr. Wagner Jr., and Drago, after which Rush, Konnan, L.A. Park, Killer Kross, and La Bestia del Ring announced that they were the newest version of La Facción Ingobernable . On the undercard, Big Mami defeated Lady Maravilla in a Lucha de Apuestas , Hair vs. Hair match, after which Lady Maravilla was forced to have her hair shaved off. Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) successfully defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship against Jinetes del Aire (El Hijo del Vikingo and Myzteziz Jr.) and Australian Suicide/Rey Horus.
Starting in 1997 the Mexican professional wrestling, company AAA has held a major wrestling show late in the year, either November or December, called Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans"). The show often features championship matches or Lucha de Apuestas or bet matches where the competitors risked their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match. In Lucha Libre , the Lucha de Apuetas match is considered more prestigious than a championship match and many major shows feature one or more Apuesta matches. The Guerra de Titanes show is hosted in a new location each year, emanating from cities such as Madero, Chihuahua City, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Jalisco and others. [1] In 2016, AAA moved the Guerra de Titanes show to January but in 2018 [2] the show was held in December which continued with the 2019 event.
Guerra de Titanes featured eight professional wrestling matches, 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 wrestling matches. [3] [4]
After the main event match, it was announced that Rush El Toro Blanco, La Bestia del Ring, Killer Kross, L.A. Park and Konnan were forming a new group called La Facción Ingobernable (based on Rush's Los Ingobernables group from CMLL). [5] [6]
Jesús Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez is a Mexican luchador who is best known as El Zorro. His gimmick started out very similar to the fictional character Zorro complete with mask, but in recent years it has evolved and the mask has been eliminated. He is best known for his work in the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion in Mexico, where he is a former AAA Mega Champion. He has in the past worked both in Europe, Japan and made a few brief appearances for the World Wrestling Federation show WWF Super Astros. He was the "Deputy leader" of the La Legión Extranjera faction headed by Konnan. In December 2012, Martínez was repackaged as La Parka Negra, the storyline nemesis of La Parka. He returned as El Zorro in October 2013, before departing the company in February 2017.
Guerra de Titanes (2009) was the thirteenth annual Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA since 1997. The show took place on December 11, 2009 in the Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Convention center, a site that AAA has used for many of their major shows. Guerra de Titanes is AAA's "End of year" show and the fifth of their "big shows" they hold every year. The Main Event saw Dr. Wagner Jr. defend the AAA Mega Championship against El Mesias in a Domo De La Muerte cage match. The show also featured two AAA championship matches as Nicho el Millonario and Joe Líder defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship and Mini Charly Manson defended the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. Furthermore a "Mask vs. Hair", Lucha de Apuesta match between Faby Apache and Sexy Star took place as well. Finally the show featured a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match and a four on four "AAA vs. La Legion Extranjera elimination match where the winner would receive a title match for the AAA Mega Championship as AAA's 2010 Rey de Reyes show.
Guerra de Titanes (1997) was the first ever Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on December 13, 1997 in Ciudad Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured a Lucha de Apuestas "hair vs. hair" match contested inside a Steel Cage between the teams of Heavy Metal and Perro Aguayo Jr. and Picudo and Sangre Chicana.
Guerra de Titanes (2002) was the sixth Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on November 15, 2002 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. The Main event featured an Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match between the face team of El Alebrije, Máscara Sagráda, La Parka and Octagón facing off against the team of Abismo Negro, Cibernético, Monsther and Leatherface, collectively known as "Lucha Libre Latina" (LLL).
Guerra de Titanes (2003) was the seventh Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on November 30, 2003 in Naucalpan, Mexico. The show featured the semi-finals and finals of the " Televisa Tag Team Tournament" which was the teams of David Young and Mr. Águila, Heavy Metal and El Zorro, Latin Lover and Michael Shane and Jason the Terrible and Ghefar.
Guerra de Titanes (2004) was the eight Guerra de Titanesprofessional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on December 5, 2004 in Naucalpan, Mexico like the previous year’s event. The main event featured a Tag Team match between AAA loyalists Cibernético and La Parka taking on the "Invading forces" of La Legión Extranjera.
Guerra de Titanes was the tenth Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on December 8, 2006 in Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured "extreme coffin" match between Cibernético and El Mesias, with Konnan serving as special referee in the match.
2007 Guerra de Titanes was the eleventh Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on November 20, 2007 in Madero, Mexico like the previous year’s event. The Main event featured a 3 way Elimination match where the AAA Mega Champion El Mesias defended against Cibernético and El Zorro.
Guerra de Titanes (2008) was the twelfth annual Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on December 6, 2008 in Orizaba, Mexico, the same venue used for the 2006 and 2007 events. The Main event featured a Ladder match for the vacant AAA Mega Championship between El Mesias and El Zorro and saw Mesias win the match to become a two time champion. In addition to the main event the show featured a Steel Cage Match Lucha de Apuestas where the last man left in the cage would have his hair shaved off. The participants in the cage match were brothers El Brazo and Brazo de Plata as well as Pirata Morgan, Electroshock, Super Fly and El Elegido and saw El Brazo shaved bald as a result of his loss. As is tradition with AAA major events the wrestlers compete inside a hexagonal wrestling ring and not the four sided ring the promotion uses for television events and House shows.
Guerra de Titanes (2010) was professional wrestling major show event produced by AAA, which took place on December 5, 2010, in the Auditorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The event was the fourteenth Guerra de Titanes show promoted by AAA since 1997 and was headlined by a match for the AAA Mega Championship between champion Dr. Wagner Jr. and challenger El Zorro. The main event of the evening saw Los Perros del Mal handing Los Psycho Circus their first ever loss, ending their three-year-long undefeated streak.
William Arturo Muñoz González is a Mexican luchador, known under the ring name Rush. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Don Callis Family. He is best known for his time performing for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as well as the U.S. based Ring of Honor (ROH). Muñoz's father, Arturo Muñoz, is also a professional wrestler, most recently known under the ring name La Bestia del Ring. William's younger brothers are also professional wrestlers, using the ring names Dralístico and Dragon Lee. While most luchadors portray clear heroes or villains in the ring, Rush portrays a character that straddles that divide; his in-ring actions are often chaotic or brawling, with tendencies to cheat, but he is still popular with fans.
Guerra de Titanes was a professional wrestling event produced by the AAA promotion, which took place on December 2, 2012, at Auditorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco. The event was the sixteenth Guerra de Titanes end of the year show promoted by AAA since 1997.
Guerra de Titanes was a professional wrestling event produced by the AAA promotion, which took place on December 8, 2013, at Auditorio de la Gente in Tepic, Nayarit. The event was the seventeenth Guerra de Titanes end of the year show promoted by AAA since 1997. The state government of Nayarit bought all tickets to the event and allowed people to attend it for free on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
Guerra de Titanes was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion, which took place on December 7, 2014, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The event was the eighteenth Guerra de Titanes end of the year show promoted by AAA since 1997. The announced main event was the AAA Mega Champion El Texano Jr. defending the championship against El Patrón Alberto.
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Arturo Muñoz Sánchez is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler who is best known for his time performing Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), portraying a rudo wrestling character La Bestia del Ring. He is the father of wrestlers William Arturo Muñoz González and masked wrestlers Dralístico and Dragon Lee, and often teams up with one or more of his sons.
Guerra de Titanes was a major professional wrestling event scripted and produced by Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), a Mexican promotion. The event was the twentieth annual Guerra de Titanes show which, until 2015, has traditionally been AAA's "end of the year" show. In 2016 the show was shifted from December to January instead. The show was held in Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City, Mexico which also hosted the 2016 Guerra de Titanes show.
Guerra de Titanes was a major professional wrestling event scripted and produced by Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), a Mexican promotion. The event was the twenty-first annual Guerra de Titanes show which, until 2015, has traditionally been AAA's "end of the year" show. In 2016 the show was shifted from December to January instead. The show was held in Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City, Mexico which also hosted the 2016 and 2017 Guerra de Titanes shows.
Guerra de Titanes was a professional wrestling event produced by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion, The event took place on December 2, 2018, in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. The event was the twenty-second Guerra de Titanes end of the year show promoted by AAA since 1997. This was the final event broadcast by Televisa because the company left on February 1, 2019, after 27 years.
Lady Shani is the ring name of a Mexican luchadora enmascarada, or masked professional wrestler, currently under contract with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. She made her debut in 2009 and until 2015 worked under the more generic name Sexy Lady before adopting her current name that same year. Initially she portrayed a ruda but in 2017 she changed sides and became a tecnica. She is the cousin of Ludark Shaitan, with whom she both teamed with and fought against early in her career. Lady Shani's real name is not a matter of public record, which is traditional for masked wrestlers in Mexico who have not been unmasked.