Rey de Reyes (2024)

Rey de Reyes (2024)
PromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide
DateFebruary 3, 2024
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueBase del Ejercito y Fuerza Aerea
Attendance8,400[1]
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The 2024 Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "2024 King of Kings") was a professional wrestling tournament and supercard event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion. The event took place on February 3, 2024, at the Base del Ejercito y Fuerza Aerea in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2024 event was the 27th Rey de Reyes show and tournament.

Production

Background

Since 1997 and every year except 2020, the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling, company AAA has held a Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings") show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February,[2] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymous Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey.[3] Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows.[4] The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules.[2] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.[4] The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the AAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual Reina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept.[5][6][7] On January 23, 2024, AAA announced that Rey de Reyes would take place on February 3, 2024. The 2024 show will be the 27th Rey de Reyes show in the series.[8]

Storylines

Rey de Reyes featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from scripted feuds. The wrestlers portrayed either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they performed.[9]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Faby Apache defeated Pimpinela Escarlata and La Hiedra by pinfallThree-way match
This was a Reina de Reinas qualifying match.		8:55
2Lady Shani defeated Flammer and Sexy Star II by submissionThree-way match
This was a Reina de Reinas qualifying match.		12:45
3Laredo Kid defeated Argenis and Aero Star by pinfallThree-way match
This was a Rey de Reyes qualifying match.		10:32
4El Texano Jr. defeated Cibernético and Electroshock by pinfallThree-way match
This was a Rey de Reyes qualifying match.		9:32
5El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Psycho Clown and Sam Adonis by pinfallThree-way match
This was a Rey de Reyes qualifying match.		12:10
6Lady Shani defeated Faby Apache by pinfallReina de Reinas final8:06
7Colmillo De Plata, Garra De Oro and Mr. Iguana defeated Bengala, SB Kento and Takuma by pinfallSix-man tag team match11:42
8El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Laredo Kid and El Texano Jr. by pinfallTriple threat Rey de Reyes final17:25

See also

References

  1. ^ "AAA Rey de Reyes 2024". Cagematch. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes". ProWrestlingHistory.com. February 21, 1997. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
  3. ^ "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. issue 2332.
  4. ^ a b "Número Especial – Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. Issue 91.
  5. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: AAA Reina de Reinas". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  7. ^ 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" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  8. ^ Pulido, Luis (January 23, 2024). "Laredo Kid, Hijo del Vikingo, Texano Jr, More Set for AAA Rey de Reyes 2024, Full Card Announced". Fightful.
  9. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos