2022 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide show
Noche de Campeones Spanish for "Night of Champions") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion on December 28, 2022, in Acapulco , Guerrero , Mexico at Arena GNP Seguros .
The event was themed around championship matches, with all but one of the matches being contested for a championship. In the main event match, Hijo del Vikingo defeated Bandido to retain the AAA Mega Championship . In other prominent matches, Arez defeated Taurus and Villano III Jr. in a three-way match to win the inaugural La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship, Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer defeated Komander and Sexy Star II and Octagón Jr. and Lady Shani in a three-way mixed tag team match to win the vacant AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship , and Los Hermanos Lee Dragon Lee and Dralístico ) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler ) to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship , immediately after the match Los Hermanos Lee vacated the championship and Dragon Lee announced he had signed with WWE .
Production
Background
Noche de Campeones is themed around championship matches, with all but one of the announced matches on the card being contested for a championship.[ 1]
The event aired on pay-per-view via the FITE TV service .[ 1]
Storylines
Noche de Campeones featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from 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.[ 2] [ 3]
Matches
No. Results Stipulations Times[ 8] 1D Aracno defeated Engañoso, Gran Mazo, El Leyenda Americana, Picadura Letal, and Terror Púrpura Tournament final for the inaugural Marvel Lucha Libre Championship[ 1] — 2 Nueva Generación Dinamita El Cuatrero , Sansón , and Forastero ) (c) defeated Willie Mack and Jinetes del Aire (Aramís and Myzteziz Jr. )Trios matchAAA World Trios Championship [ 4] 11:27 3 Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer defeated Komander and Sexy Star II and Octagón Jr. and Lady Shani Three-way mixed tag team match for the vacant AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship [ 5] 13:40 4 Pagano defeated Vampiro , Aero Star , Blue Demon Jr. , Niño Hamburguesa , Mr. Iguana, La Diva Salvaje, Jessy, Murder Clown , Dave The Clown, Panic Clown, and La Parka Negra 12-man Copa Mundo Imperial match[ 5] 17:29 5 Arez defeated Taurus and Villano III Jr. Three-way match for the inaugural La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Championship[ 6] 11:09 6 Los Hermanos Lee Dragon Lee and Dralístico ) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler ) (c)Tag team match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship [ 7] 15:56 7 Hijo del Vikingo (c) defeated Bandido Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship [ 4] 23:45 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match D – this was a dark match
See also
References
^ a b c "AAA Lucha Libre Noche de Campeones" . FITE TV . Retrieved December 4, 2022 .^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El nacimient de un sueño (the birth of a dream)". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 41– 50. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3 ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012 . ^ a b Pulido, Luis (November 13, 2022). "AAA Announce Sammy Guevara, Tay Melo, Blue Demon Jr & More In Action for "Noche De Campeones" . Fightful . Retrieved November 13, 2022 . ^ a b Carey, Ian (November 13, 2022). "Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo title defense announced for AAA Noche De Campeones" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved November 13, 2022 . ^ "¡Una batalla especial en #NocheDeCampeonesAAA! En honor al centenario de Blue Demon Lucha por el Campeonato La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon. @ArezStrange vs @Taurusoriginal vs @Villano3Jr" . Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on Twitter . November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022 .^ Pulido, Luis (December 28, 2022). "Hermanos Lee defeat FTR, Become New AAA Tag Team Champions on AAA Noche de Campeones" . Frightful . Retrieved December 29, 2022 . ^ "AAA Gira Aniversario XXX Noche De Campeones" . Cagematch . Retrieved December 30, 2022 .
