Many wrestlers, including Rey Misterio, Jr., Psicosis, La Parka, and Juventud Guerrera, would also depart to WCW in 1996, as well as Konnan's short-lived Promo Azteca promotion. El Hijo del Santo also departed as a result of creative problems, and stars such as Fuerza Guerrera and Blue Panther soon left too when the Mexican economy began to slow down (which resulted in the company's inability to offer as much work). As a result, AAA vacated the AAA Tag Team Championships, and this led to the departure of fellow stable-mates (in Los Gringos Locos) Eddie Guerrero and Madonna's Boyfriend. Weeks after the show, Art Barr (a key member of Los Gringos Locos) died while visiting his family. AAA is also partnered with the Japanese promotion, Pro Wrestling Noah.ĪAA's "golden years" (from 1993-1995) peaked with the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view, promoted in conjunction with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast in the United States in 1994. Over the years AAA has worked together with several American promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), while currently having working relationships with the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group and Lucha Libre Elite promotions and the American Impact Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotions. In addition to the conventional "squared circle", the promotion occasionally uses a hexagonal wrestling ring and has a reputation for its outlandish gimmicks and characters as well as having developed a more extreme match style in recent years. AAA has held a number of pay-per-views (PPV) over the years and has promoted shows not just in Mexico but in the United States and Japan as well. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A" an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Spanish for "Assistance, Assessment, and Administration"), the promotion was founded in 1992 when Antonio Peña broke away from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to set up a promotion, which allowed him more creative freedom. Natalya has also featured on all the series of Total Divas, a spin-off reality show about the superstars’ lives outside the wrestling ring.Mexican professional wrestling promotion Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A de CV Īsistencia Asesoría y Administración (1990s)Īntonio Peña Promotions, S.A de CV d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. She has been credited with training current and future women’s superstars, including former UFC champion Ronda Rousey. Natalya is a former Diva’s Champion, Smackdown Women’s Champion and Women’s Tag Team Champion.īefore his retirement in 2017, Natalya was also occasionally seen on-screen with real-life husband T.J. Like her fellow superstar Orton, she also made her wrestling debut in 2000 before she joined WWE in 2007. ![]() She is the daughter of Jim Neidhart and niece of iconic wrestling brothers Bret and Owen Hart. ![]() Her team of Smackdown superstars lost to RAW’s. Natalya (Canada) has set the record for the most WWE PPV appearances (female) with 68 following her traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match. His signature move is the RKO, which is actually his real-life initials, and was the subject of popular memes on the video app Vine in 2014. He has also been involved in several iconic wrestling groups including Evolution and The Authority and fought some of the biggest names in pro wrestling including John Cena, Edge, Cody Rhodes and Brock Lesnar. Two separate WrestleMania events have been headlined by the ‘Apex Predator’: WrestleMania 25 against Triple H and WrestleMania 30 against Daniel Bryan and Batista. He’s a Grand Slam champion (meaning he has won the WWE Championship, United States Championship, Intercontinental Championship and a WWE Tag Team Championship all at least once), has won the Royal Rumble twice and has won the Money in the Bank ladder match once. There’s not much Orton hasn’t done in WWE. Randy Orton (USA), one half of the current WWE RAW Tag Team Champions alongside Riddle, is a third-generation superstar who made his wrestling debut in 2000.įast forward 21 years and he has appeared on a record-breaking 177 pay-per-view (PPV) events, surpassing the previous record for most WWE PPV appearances (male) held by Kane (USA). Professional wrestling runs in the family for two of WWE’s longest serving wrestlers.
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