Héroes Inmortales

The Copa Antonio Peña (Spanish for "The Antonio Peña Cup") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA, who died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held annually around the anniversary of Peña's death. The tournament is a Gauntlet match featuring eight to thirteen AAA wrestlers ranging from mid-card to main eventers. The events are televised as a special feature on Televisa. The Cup is not defended like a championship and does not automatically give the winner a shot at the AAA Mega Championship. 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.

Copa Antonio Peña winners

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Charly Manson 1 October 7, 2007 Naucalpan, Mexico Defeated Konnan in the final match to become the first Copa Antonio Peña winner.[1]
El Mesías 1 October 24, 2008 Veracruz, Mexico Defeated Dark Cuervo in the final match[2]
Cibernético 1 September 26, 2009 Monterrey, Mexico Won a twelve-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Konan Big[3]
Aero Star 1 October 1, 2010 Tamaulipas, Mexico Won an eight-man torneo cibernetico, lastly eliminating Chris Stone[4]
Electroshock 1 October 9, 2011 Monterrey, Mexico Won a nine-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating L.A. Park[5]
El Texano Jr. 1 October 7, 2012 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Won a thirteen-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating El Mesías. The win was later nullified.[6]
La Parka 1 October 18, 2013 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Won a four-way elimination match, lastly eliminating El Hijo del Fantasma.[7]
Myzteziz 1 October 13, 2014 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Won a lumberjack match, lastly eliminating Pentagón Jr.
Taurus 1 October 4, 2015 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Won a ten-man battle royal, lastly eliminating La Parka.[8]
Pimpinela Escarlata 1 October 2, 2016 Monterrey, Mexico Won a 12-man battle royal[9]
El Hijo del Fantasma 1 October 1, 2017 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Won a 14-man battle royal to win the AAA Latin American Championship[10]
Pagano 1 October 28, 2018 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Won a ten-man battle royal, lastly eliminating El Hijo del Fantasma.
El Hijo del Vikingo 1 October 19, 2019 Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Won an eleven-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Taurus.
Pimpinela Escarlata 2 October 9, 2021 Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Won a nine-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Mamba.
Chik Tormenta 1 October 1, 2023 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Won by defeating Maravilla in the final match.

Antonio Peña Memorial Shows

The Copa Antonio Peña is one of the featured events on the annual Antonio Peña Memorial Show (Homenaje a Antonio Peña in Spanish), which has been held since 2007 around the anniversary of Peña's death. In 2011, the first two Memorial Shows were retrospectively renamed Héroes Inmortales I and Héroes Inmortales II.[11]

Event: Date: Location: Venue: Main event:
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2007) October 7, 2007 Naucalpan, Mexico Toreo de Cuatro Caminos Domo de la Muerte match between Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro against Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008) October 24, 2008 Naucalpan, Mexico Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Legión Extranjera
Héroes Inmortales III September 26, 2009 Naucalpan, Mexico Arena Monterrey Dr. Wagner Jr. defending the AAA Mega Championship against El Mesías.[3]
Héroes Inmortales IV October 1, 2010 Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico Centro de Convenciones Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Sociedad.[4]
Héroes Inmortales (2011)[12] October 9, 2011[13] Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Arena Monterrey Steel cage elimination Masks vs. Hairs match between Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario) and Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown).[5]
Héroes Inmortales (2012) October 8, 2012 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Centro de Espectáculos de San Luis Potosí Domo de la Muerte Hairs vs. Hairs match between Jack Evans, La Secta Bizarra Cibernetica (Cibernético, Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz) and Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Psicosis and Teddy Hart).
Héroes Inmortales VII October 18, 2013 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo Chessman vs. Fénix vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. La Parka for the Copa Antonio Peña.
Héroes Inmortales VIII October 12, 2014 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Domo San Luis El Mesías and El Patrón Alberto vs. El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and El Texano Jr.
Héroes Inmortales IX October 4, 2015 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Domo San Luis El Patrón Alberto vs. Johnny Mundo for the AAA Mega Championship[8]
Héroes Inmortales X October 2, 2016 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Arena Monterrey Johnny Mundo vs. Garza Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship[10]
Héroes Inmortales XI October 1, 2017 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Domo San Luis Joe Líder vs. El Mesías vs. Pagano in a Death match[10]
Héroes Inmortales XII October 28, 2018 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo Rey Wagner vs. Jeff Jarrett in a Hair vs. Hair Lucha de Apuestas
Héroes Inmortales XIII October 19, 2019 Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Coliseo "La Concordia" Averno and Rey Wagner vs. Pentagón Jr. and Texano Jr. vs. Chessman and Pagano vs. Psycho Clown and Rey Escorpión in a Steel Cage Match
Héroes Inmortales XIV October 9, 2021 Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Coliseo "La Concordia" Steel cage elimination match between Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Monster Clown, and Murder Clown) vs. La Empresa (Puma King, Sam Adonis, and DMT Azul)
Héroes Inmortales XV October 1, 2023 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Auditorio Benito Juárez Team USA (QT Marshall and Sam Adonis) vs. Team Mexico (Octagón and Alberto El Patrón)
Héroes Inmortales XVI October 6, 2024 Alberto El Patrón (c) vs. Laredo Kid for the AAA Mega Championship

2024

Héroes Inmortales XVI
PromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide
DateOctober 6, 2024
CityZapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
VenueAuditorio Benito Juárez
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Héroes Inmortales XVI (Spanish for "Immortal Heroes Sixteen) was a professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The event tookplace on October 5, 2024, at the Audtorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. It was the sixteenth Héroes Inmortales show, held annually in honor of the promotion's deceased founder Antonio Peña and it featured the Copa Antonio Peña tournament named in his honor.

Production

Background

In 1992 then-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker and match maker Antonio Peña left the company alongside a number of wrestlers to form the Mexican professional wrestling, company Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as "AAA".[14][15] Over the next decade-and-a-half Peña and the team behind AAA built the promotion into one of the biggest wrestling companies in the world.[15] On October 5, 2006, Peña died from a heart attack.[14][15] After Peña's death his brother-in-law Jorge Roldan took control of the company with both his wife Marisela Peña, Antonio's sister, and Dorian Roldan (their son) also taking an active part in AAA. On October 7, 2007, AAA held a show in honor of Peña's memory, the first ever "Antonio Peña Memorial Show" (Homenaje an Antonio Peña in Spanish).[16] The following year AAA held the second ever "Antonio Peña Memorial Show", making it an annual tradition for the company to commemorate the passing of their founder. In 2008 the show was rebranded as Héroes Inmortales (Spanish for "Immortal Heroes"), retroactively rebranding the 2007 and 2008 event as Héroes Inmortales I and Héroes Inmortales II.[17]

AAA has held a Héroes Inmortales every year since then, with the 2020 event not occurring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Héroes Inmortales hosts the Copa Antonio Peña ("Antonio Peña Cup") tournament each year, a multi-man tournament with various wrestlers from AAA or other promotions competing for a trophy. The tournament format has usually been either a gauntlet match or a multi-man torneo cibernetico elimination match.[18][19]

Storylines

The Héroes Inmortales XVI show featured professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portray 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 follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[20]

Results

No.Results[21]Stipulations
1Chik Tormenta won by last eliminating Mini Vikingo[a]Copa Antonio Peña match
2Decay (Crazzy Steve and Havok) defeated Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer (c) by pinfallMixed tag team match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
3Tokyo Bad Boys (Nobu San, SB Kento and Takuma) defeated Niño Hamburguesa, Epydemius Jr. and Dinámico by pinfallSix-man tag team match
4Matt Riddle (c) defeated El Fiscal by pinfallSingles match for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
5Vampiro, Mecha Wolf and Negro Casas defeated El Mesías and Nueva Generación Dinamita (Sansón and Forastero) by pinfallSix-man tag team match
6Alberto El Patrón (c) (with Konnan) defeated Laredo Kid (with Latin Lover) by pinfallSingles match for the AAA Mega Championship
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ^ Other participants were Belcegor, Brazo de Oro Jr., Dalys, Lady Maravilla, Mini Vikingo, Panic Clown, Pierroth Jr, and TBA

References

  1. ^ Yoav (October 8, 2007). "AAA: Homenaje a Antonio Peña (7-OCT-07)". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  2. ^ "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2008". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  3. ^ a b Marquina, Alva (September 26, 2009). "AAA- Héroes Inmortales III- (Resultados en vivo 26 septiembre 2009) – Cibernético gana el Trofeo Antonio Peña – Electroshock sustituye a Charly Manson contra Chessman – El luchador sorpresa fue Konan Big". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Carrillo, Omar (October 2, 2010). "Resultados 1ro. de octubre – AAA "Héroes Inmortales IV" – Legado AAA, Mesías, Wagner, Aerostar y 187 ganan sus respectivos encuentros". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Cano Vela, Eduardo (October 9, 2011). "AAA Héroes Inmortales (Cobertura y resultados 9 de Octubre de 2011) – Mesias y Sting empatan y unen sus fuerzas contra Konnan, Jarrett y sus aliados, Wagner gana pero Octagón y La Parka lo traicionan, los perros pierden las cabelleras". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  6. ^ Mexicool, Rey (October 7, 2012). "Héroes Inmortales (VI): ¡Texano Jr. gana la Copa Antonio Peña, pero queda vacante!". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Mexicool, Rey (October 18, 2013). "La Parka... ¡ganador de la Copa Antonio Peña 2013! – @Parka_AAA @hijodelfantasma #HéroesInmortales". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Bihari, Robert (October 5, 2015). "AAA Heroes Inmortales iPPV results (10/4): Alberto el Patron vs. Johnny Mundo, Rey Mysterio, Antonio Pena tribute match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  9. ^ "Australian Suicide sin máscara en Héroes Inmortales X" (in Spanish). AAA. October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "En Héroes Inmortales XI nacen nuevos campeones". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "Héroes Inmortales Archive". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  12. ^ "Héroes Inmortales ya tiene logo". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). August 18, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  13. ^ "Héroes Inmortales V en Monterrey". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  14. ^ a b Brady, Hicks. "2006: The year in wrestling". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 26. 2007 Edition.
  15. ^ a b c Ocampo, Ernesto (October 5, 2009). "Falleció Antonio Peña" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  16. ^ "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  17. ^ "Héroes Inmortales I (Homenaje al Lic. Antonio Peña)". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). June 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  18. ^ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2009". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 8, 2010. 348.
  19. ^ "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2010". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 12, 2011. 399.
  20. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  21. ^ Pulido, Luis (October 7, 2024). "AAA Héroes Inmortales (10/6/2024) Results: Three Title Matches, Vampiro, Chik Tormenta, More Set". Fightful. Retrieved October 7, 2024.