The Alas de Oros (

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for "Wings of Gold") is an annual

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tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The tournament features young high-fliers, hence the "Wings of Gold" moniker, who are either low-card or mid-card workers at the time of the tournament. The "Alas de Oro" title is not defended outside the tournament like AAA's '' Reina de Reinas'' title is. The tournament was created in 2007 and saw

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win the first ''Alas de Oro'', in 2008

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won the tournament.

Alas de Oro 2007

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'' (

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and Super Fly), Hombre sin Miedo,

and

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. Escoria was the sole ''Rudo'' ( Heel or bad guy) in the match. Extreme Tiger won the match eliminating Super Fly as the last competitor. Extreme Tiger was the competitor with the most eliminations, three (Super Fly, Hombre Sin Miedo and Laredo Kid).

Alas de Oro 2008

The 2008 version of ''Alas de Oro'' was held on August 8, 2008 and this year included nine wrestlers in the same elimination match format that was used for the 2007 event. There were four wrestlers from the 2007 match that also participated in the 2008 version, including the previous winner

as well as

and Super Fly. In the 2008 event there was a more balanced ''Tecnico''/''Rudo'' mix than in 2007 as ''Rudos'' Jack Evans and

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competed alongside

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and

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. Extreme Tigre was eliminated second to last, just before Aero Star pinned Jack Evans to win the match. During the pinfall Jack Evans kicked out for a controversial finish. A rematch a few weeks later saw Aero Star get a clean, decisive victory over Evans to eliminate any doubt about who won the ''Alas de Oro''.

References

External links

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