Results:
- Mixed Relevos Australianos: Adelicious, Mini Vikingo & Mascarita Sagrada over Jack Cartwheel, Mini Abismo Negro & Lady Shani in 9:16
- Fatal Four-Way Elimination Match: Los Americanos over Fraxiom, Tokyo Bad Boys & Joaquin Wilde & Cruz del Toro in 17:23 (Recommended)
- No. 1 Contender’s Match – Fatal Four-Way Match: Roxanne Perez over La Hiedra, Nattie & Faby Apache in 9:12
- Latin American Championship: La Parka (c) over Mr. Iguana and Laredo Kid in 13:00
- AAA World Trios Titles: Daga, Angel & Berto over Murder Clown, Dave the Clown & Psycho Clown (c) in 10:46
- Omos over Rey Mysterio in 12:39
Announcers: Corey Graves & JBL
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Tickets distributed: 6,433, per WrestleTix
The show began with a video including past TripleMania highlights mixed with the current stars and voiced in Spanish by Rey Mysterio, with subtitles stating AAA isn’t here to gamble on its future, “but raise the stakes.”
Lady Shani suffers potential injury in opener
The opening match was marred by some type of injury to Lady Shani, which removed her from the match immediately. It was not apparent what happened as she was exchanging covers with Adelicious, and then Adelicious did a cartwheel and grazed past Shani, who reached for her eye or face and just went down. It was hard to see if there was any contact, but it was not obvious what happened to her. Shani rolled out of the ring and never returned. Therefore, Adelicious could not tag in.
Mascarita Sagrada did his routine, working with Jack Cartwheel with the size discrepancy and then having Abismo Negro base for him flying head scissors and ‘ranas. Cartwheel went for a twisting press off the top, missed his target, and landed on his partner. Adelicious executed a high cross to the floor on Cartwheel and Abismo for her lone spot.
Mini Vikingo hit a tope con giro and then pinned Mini Abismo Negro Jr. with a shooting star press.
The match was thrown off due to the Lady Shani incident, and it seemed like the remaining members had to piece together a tag match.
Zuffa Boxing’s Cain Sandoval and comedian Gabriel Iglesias were shown in the crowd.
Los Americanos survive elimination match
This was an elimination match with three falls across the allotted time. It really picked up for the final fall involving Fraxiom and Los Americanos.
Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro were teasing a breakup as Wilde was distracted using his hairspray, and a miscommunication spot led to their removal from the match. Del Toro landed a coast-to-coast dropkick on Frazer, but Axiom saved. Wilde attempted to use the hairspray but sprayed into Del Toro’s eyes by mistake, which led to Axiom and Frazer hitting their finisher with Axiom off the top with a missile dropkick. Del Toro walked to the back with Wilde following an argument.
The Tokyo Bad Boys took over in the second fall and saw Takuma do a step-up to the top rope and a moonsault to the floor. Bravo lifted Takuma for an airplane spin and simultaneously delivered the Giant Swing to Kento, and that was super impressive from a strength and coordination perspective. Fraxiom hit the same missile dropkick into side Russian leg sweep combo, and Axiom pinned Takuma.
The last fall had about seven minutes and elevated this match to the next level. Los Americanos and Fraxiom are the most under-utilized teams in the world. Axiom hit a moonsault into a DDT, which Graves was quick to attach to Rey Mysterio and Eddy Guerrero’s famous match at Halloween Havoc in the same building twenty-nine years ago. Fraxiom went for their finisher again, but this time, Axiom missed and nailed Frazer, which was a great spot as you’d seen them eliminate the last two teams with it. Bravo & Rayo hit a top rope ‘rana and splash combo for a big near-fall. Los Americanos took control of Frazer with Rayo snapping his fingers and Bravo landing a diving headbutt into a side Russian leg sweep for the win.
The two teams shook hands after the match, and the last portion of this was excellent.
Corey Graves announced that Marisela Pena will be inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame on October 24 at Heroes Inmortales in Mexico City.
Roxanne Perez earns Reina de Reinas title shot at Worlds Collide
This was a fatal four-way with the first to score the fall winning the match. It really suffered from a lack of reaction until the finish. There are business reasons for doing this show in Las Vegas, and they did take precedence, but it sacrificed the great atmosphere these AAA shows have weekly.
Graves mentioned this was Faby Apache’s 21st appearance at TripleMania. Flammer came down to join the Spanish broadcast.
Nattie and Apache applied dual surfboards to Perez and La Hiedra before releasing them and going at it. The two applied an armbar and sharpshooter simultaneously on La Hiedra until Perez pulled at Nattie’s face to break the submission. Perez broke out of Apache’s inverted figure-four to apply a Crossface and transitioned to a European Clutch.
Apache broke up a sharpshooter applied by Nattie on Perez and sent Nattie out of the ring. Apache took Nattie out with a senton off the apron. La Hiedra sent Apache into the barricade, and it left her alone with Perez.
Flammer entered the ring and went to strike Perez with the Reina de Reinas title. Perez ducked, and it nearly struck La Hiedra. Perez shoved La Hiedra into Flammer and hit Pop Rox to earn the title shot at Worlds Collide on September 26.
Flammer was upset with La Hiedra for losing, and they argued after the match.
There were some hesitation spots, and the crowd took this one down. It is very clear Perez is going to be a big star when they are ready to pull the trigger with her on the main roster. She looked very good in this match and will face either Flammer or La Catalina in Chicago.
El Grande Americano met with Rey Mysterio backstage and said he wanted Omos out of AAA and to be the new Mega Champion after this weekend. Rey said he’s faced giants before and something Omos doesn’t have is heart. He also mentioned being at the first TripleMania in 1992 and now headlining this version thirty-four years later. El Grande promised to always be by his side.
La Parka retains Latin American Championship
This match received a better reaction due to the characters involved, mainly Mr. Iguana but also La Parka. The story is that Iguana was pressuring Rey Mysterio for a title match, and he added him to this match, but he has to face his best friend, La Parka.
La Parka nearly lost his best friend attempting a twisting arm drag off the apron to send Iguana onto Laredo Kid on the floor. Laredo Kid worked hard in this one and saw the performer hit a somersault dive off the post to both on the floor. La Parka barely got Laredo Kid over his head for a belly-to-belly into the corner, as the champion had some rough moments.
La Parka ascended to the top and sent both off the top with a Spanish Fly, and the crowd reacted well. La Parka and Laredo Kid exchanged a Poisonrana and Crucifix Driver. Mr. Iguana hit Get Green on Laredo Kid and had the match, but La Parka yanked him out of the ring as Mr. Iguana got upset and shoved his friend.
It was followed by a Doomsday Device delivered to Mr. Iguana, and La Parka hit the Bone Breaker on Laredo Kid to retain the title.
It didn’t have the smoothness of the four-way tag match, but they were able to lift this crowd and had some ambitious ideas to varying degrees of success.
New AAA Trios Champions, Panic Clown not cleared to compete
Panic Clown is not medically cleared to compete, and Psycho Clown is taking his spot.
Graves explained the history between these two groups over the different iterations and members since 2010.
Dave the Clown is attacked on the floor, and they got the heat on him in the beginning. Murder Clown received the tag and ran wild, prompting the crowd to get engaged. Murder Clown lifted Daga and Angel for a double Samona drop, and JBL compared him to Bill Kazmaier. Psycho Clown tore off his face (mask) for a big pop and dove through the turnbuckle, followed by Murder Clown hitting a crossbody off the top to the floor.
El Carnicero appeared from the crowd, attacking Dave the Clown, which led to Psycho brawling with his opponent for Sunday to the back and never returned.
Murder Clown powered up and hit a superplex to Daga and was saved by Berto. Karmen Petrovic got on the apron, distracted Dave, and Berto attacked from behind. Berto ran Dave over the barricade with a wild clothesline, and they were gone. Angel hit a sunset bomb to Murder, and Daga ended it with a double stomp as Los Perros del Mal claimed the Trios belts.
There was a lot of energy behind Murder Clown’s fire, and he stood out the most. The problem was Perros del Mal didn’t have the quality of an invading super group, and they were missing something. Of the three, Berto shone the most.
Omos destroys Rey Mysterio, reinstated into AAA
El Grande American was in Mysterio’s corner, who was wearing purple and black as an homage to Halloween Havoc 1997. El Oja’s Dorian Roldan and Dirty Dom were in Omos’ corner.
It was exceptionally slow, with Omos getting heat for the first portion. That said, the crowd reacted well to all the players involved, especially Rey and Dominik. Omos used a bear hug and was sucking the life out of this match.
Rey escaped by raking the eyes, and Omos got tied into the ropes like Andre the Giant. Dirty Dom yanked his father to the floor, prompting El Grande American to go after the Mega Champion. It was loud.
Rey used a chair, then systematically broke down Omos with 619s to the body, back, and knee, and used a chop block to set Omos up for a traditional 619 as he had the crowd in the palm of his hand. Rey used a seated senton and Frog Splash for a two-count.
Dom attacked El Grande with a chair on the floor, gave Omos time to recover, cut off Rey, hit a giant choke slam, and pinned Rey clean to be reinstated into AAA.
Mysterio was being strapped to a stretcher when Omos returned, and they teased the Big Show attack when he swung Rey into the post in 2003. Instead, Omos lifted the stretcher board and choke-slammed it through the desk with Rey strapped. The closing visual was Omos standing above a defeated Rey.
Final thoughts
I thought this was a weak show for the level of TripleMania felt they sacrificed a lot by going to Las Vegas. This was a show designed to promote AAA to television executives and important people in the area, and if that pans out, the criticisms are irrelevant.
Going beyond that, it wasn’t that strong of a show either, with the four-way elimination match stealing the show. Rey Mysterio did the absolute best job anyone could with Omos, but having a good match with Omos is just about impossible, and for Mysterio, it would be a disappointment as headliner on a major event.
I expect Sunday’s show to be a completely different experience in Mexico City, whereas this felt like a show heavy on heel victories and building heat for future payoffs.
I will be doing a review show on Saturday for POST Wrestling Café members.
