Real Fuerza Aérea (
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for "Royal Air Force") was a Mexican
professional wrestling
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group, or stable, active in the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its o ...
(AAA) and consists of young ''tecnicos'' (
Face
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or "good guys") who all use a high flying, high risk wrestling style.
History
AAA created the ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' stable in early 2006 when it teamed up a group the young, high flying wrestlers
Laredo Kid
Laredo Kid (born December 30, 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to both Impact Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, but is currently inactive due to abdominal surgery.
Lar ...
,
Super Fly,
Rey Cometa
Mario Alberto González (born March 11, 1983), better known by his ring name Rey Cometa (Spanish for "King Comet"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mu ...
and
Nemesis
In ancient Greek religion, Nemesis, also called Rhamnousia or Rhamnusia ( grc, Ῥαμνουσία, Rhamnousía, the goddess of Rhamnous), was the goddess who personifies retribution, a central concept in the Greek world view.
Etymology
The n ...
, making Laredo Kid the leader of the group and pairing them with veteran
El Oriental
Noé Astro Moreno León (born December 6, 1972) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' known under the ring name El Oriental, currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but is mainly known for his almost 10-year-long stint in Asistencia Asesorí ...
as their ''Padrino'', or mentor. Their first significant appearance as a team was at Laredo Kid, Super Fly and Nemesis lost to ''Los Diabolicos'' (Ángel Mortal, Mr. Condor and Marabunta) at the 2006 ''
Rey de Reyes
The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with f ...
'' event.
''Real Fuerza Aérea'' soon expanded with several other young, high flying ''tecnico'' wrestlers such as
Aero Star
Aero Star (real name unrevealed; born October 22, 1984) is a Mexican luchador, which is a masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Aero Star won the 2008 ''Alas de Oro'' tournament and is known for his hig ...
,
Pegasso
Pegasso (born February 25, 1978) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Pegasso worked from Asistencia Asesoría y Ad ...
and
Rey Cometa
Mario Alberto González (born March 11, 1983), better known by his ring name Rey Cometa (Spanish for "King Comet"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mu ...
. With such a large group, six members at its height, not all wrestlers received the same focus from AAA and often ended up teaming with someone else in opening matches or not appearing on TV for long stretches of time. The main focus was Laredo Kid, Super Fly and Aero Star, who were promoted as the stars of the group especially from 2007 and forward. The team challenged
the Black Family
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(
Dark Ozz
Marcos Tinajero (born January 30, 1975) is a Mexican Luchador (wrestler) who is known under the names Ozz / Dark Ozz, a Face character (referred to as a "Tecnico" in Lucha Libre) that works for Lucha Libre Elite. Best known for his work in Lucha L ...
,
Dark Espiritu,
Dark Cuervo
Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa (born January 4, 1974) is a Mexican Luchador (wrestler) who is best known as Cuervo or Dark Cuervo. He works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed in 2001 by Charl ...
and
Dark Escoria for the
Mexican National Atómicos Championship
The Mexican National ''Atómicos'' Championship (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Campeonato Nacional Atómicos'') was a tag team championship (professional wrestling), championship for four-man teams, or ''Atómicos'' as they are referred to in Luch ...
at
Triplemanía XIV
Triplemanía XIV was the fourteenth Triplemanía professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on June 18, 2006 in Naucalpan, Mexico. The Main event featured a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' "Mask vs. Mask" match. The two men that put th ...
, but the match ended in a no-contest.
As a result of the match the Atómicos title was held up, but the Black Family won the rematch the following month. By 2007 Nemesis was all but gone from AAA and instead
El Ángel
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was brought into the group. Pegasso and Super Fly qualified for the finals of a tournament to crown the first
AAA World Tag Team Champions
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at the 2007 ''
Rey de Reyes
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'' show. The match was a four-corners elimination match that also included ''Guapos VIP'' (
Alan Stone and
Zumbido
José Angel García Paz (born November 4, 1974) is a Mexican ''Luchador'', or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Zumbido (Spanish for "Buzz"). He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA throughout his ...
), The Mexican Powers (
Crazy Boy
Crazy Boy (born March 30, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known in Lucha Libre. He works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in Mexico. Crazy Boy is the first cousin of Super Crazy. A masked wrestler, Crazy Boy's real name i ...
and
Joe Líder
José de Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez (born June 2, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is known for being a former member of the tag team ...
) and winners
The Black Family
The Black Family is a professional wrestling face / tecnico stable that has been working in AAA since 2000. Originally a heel / rudo stable, The Black Family currently consists of original member Dark Cuervo as well as the later additions of D ...
(
Dark Cuervo
Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa (born January 4, 1974) is a Mexican Luchador (wrestler) who is best known as Cuervo or Dark Cuervo. He works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed in 2001 by Charl ...
and
Dark Ozz
Marcos Tinajero (born January 30, 1975) is a Mexican Luchador (wrestler) who is known under the names Ozz / Dark Ozz, a Face character (referred to as a "Tecnico" in Lucha Libre) that works for Lucha Libre Elite. Best known for his work in Lucha L ...
).
''Real Fuerza Aérea's'' storyline feud with the Dark Family continued throughout 2007 and into 2008 with Aero Star, Rey Cometa and Super Fly defeating Dark Cuervo, Dark Ozz and Dark Escoria at the 2007 ''
Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (Spanish for "War of the Titans") is a major annual professional wrestling event in Mexico promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion. The show is the "End of year" show and is traditionally held in December with ...
'', while the Dark Family won against Aero Star, El Ángel and Super Fly at
Triplemanía XVI
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.
In mid-2008 Rey Cometa and Pegasso both left AAA due to lack of work. The duo worked as ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' in
International Wrestling Revolution Group
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(IWRG) without any complaints from AAA, but when the duo signed on with
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(CMLL), AAA's main rival AAA threatened to take legal action if they used the group name there as well. With Cometa and Pegasso gone from AAA and Laredo Kid being out with a long-term injury,
Argenis
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began working with the group, initially as an unofficial member of the group. Over the years both Super Fly and Laredo Kid were involved in story lines that took them away from the group for a while but both returned to teaming with other members of ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' after those storylines ended. When El Oriental turned ''Rudo'' his role as ''Padrino'' for the group was given to AAA veteran
Octagón
Juan Escalera (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) better known as Octagón. He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it ...
. In 2009 Aero Star began a storyline which saw him team with
Faby Apache
Fabiola Balbuena Torres (born 26 December 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchadora'', or female professional wrestler known for her time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where she performed as Faby Apache (sometimes written as "Fabi Apache").
Between 2 ...
to win the
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
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, working less with ''Real Fuerza Aérea''. In mid-2009 El Ángel left AAA, making room for Argenis to become an official member. The team were also joined by
Atomic Boy, first unofficially but by the end of 2009 he became an official member.
Gato Eveready/El Gato and
Dizzy have both been associated with the group, but never officially announced as members. After over a year of on and off teasing of a ''rudo'' turn, Super Fly finally turned on November 28, 2010, when he, along with members of ''La Milicia'', attacked Aero Star and Octagón, revealing himself as the man who had attacked and bloodied Octagón prior to ''
Héroes Inmortales IV
''Héroes Inmortales'' IV (Spanish for "Immortal Heroes IV") was a major professional wrestling show event produced by AAA, which took place on October 1, 2010 at the ''Centro de Convenciones'' in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, commemorating ...
''. With his turn, Super Fly left ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' and joined ''La Milicia'' and its umbrella group ''
La Sociedad
''La Sociedad'' (later reformed as ''La Nueva Sociedad'' in 2013; Spanish for "The (New) Society") was a Mexican ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, that worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wi ...
''. In June 2011, Argenis' brother Astro Boy II jumped from CMLL to AAA and joined ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' under the new ring name Argos. On February 10, 2012, Argos turned on Argenis and ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' to join ''rudo'' group ''El Consejo''. On March 11, Super Fly returned to ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' after being kicked out of ''La Sociedad'' the previous November. By 2013, ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' was disbanded with Aero Star talking about the possibility of forming a new group with up-and-coming high flyers.
La Nueva Real Fuerza Aérea
In 2017 ,
Venum
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formed "La Nueva Real Fuerza Aérea" along with
Máscara de Bronce
Multibronce (born September 21, 1998) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. He previously worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as Máscara de Bronce (Spanish for "Bronze Mask") ...
and
Lanceloth.
Championships and accomplishments
*
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its o ...
:*
Alas de Oro
The Alas de Oros (Spanish for "Wings of Gold") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The tournament features young high-fliers, hence the "Wings of G ...
(
2008
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) –
Aero Star
Aero Star (real name unrevealed; born October 22, 1984) is a Mexican luchador, which is a masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Aero Star won the 2008 ''Alas de Oro'' tournament and is known for his hig ...
:*
Copa Antonio Peña
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2010
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) – Aero Star
:*Luchando Por un Sueño (2006) –
Laredo Kid
Laredo Kid (born December 30, 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to both Impact Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, but is currently inactive due to abdominal surgery.
Lar ...
References
External links
Profile at Luchawiki.com
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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide teams and stables