Triplemanía XXVI was a

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event produced by the Mexican

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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (commonly referred to as simply AAA, pronounced "Triple A" – an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos ...

(AAA). It took place on August 25, 2018, in the Arena Ciudad de México in

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, Mexico. This was the seventh consecutive Triplemanía to be held at the arena, and marks the 26th year in a row that AAA had held a

Triplemanía Triplemanía is an annual Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) event promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion that is traditionally held in August each year. The name is a combination of how "AAA" is pronounced in Spanish, ''"Tri ...

show, and the 32nd show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their

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event. The announced feature match of the show was billed as ''Póker de Ases'' or "Poker Aces", a four-way match held under ''

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'', or "bet match", rules where one of the competitors was forced to unmask as a result of the loss. Via AAA's partnership with the American

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and

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promotions, wrestlers from both companies appeared on the show, including

Andrew Everett Drew Everett Wenkel (born July 9, 1992), better known by the ring name Andrew Everett, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he was a former Impact World Tag Team ...

, DJZ,

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Joseph ButtonA. C. H.,

Shane Strickland Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland. He also appears on the independent circuit. Strickl ...

and

Rich Swann Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. he is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2020–2021), ...

Production

Background

2018 marked the 26th year since 1993 that the Mexican professional wrestling company

(AAA) or Triple A held their annual

show and the 31st Triplemanía show promoted by AAA, as they held multiple Triplemanía shows over the summers of 1994 to 1997. The 2018 event took place on August 25, 2018, at the Arena Ciudad de México (Mexico City Arena), an indoor

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that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators. This was the seventh consecutive Triplemanía ( XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV and XXV) held at the venue. AAA's Triplemanía is their biggest show of the year, AAA's equivalent of the

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's WrestleMania or

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's Wrestle Kingdom event.

Storylines

The Triplemanía XXVI show will feature an undetermined number of

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, 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

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(''técnicos'' in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in wrestling matches. On February 2, AAA director Dorian Roldan and AAA's talent director

Vampiro Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967), better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He currently works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He also worked for Lucha Underground ...

announced a meeting entitled Poker of Aces. This encounter will be one of Fatal 4-Way bets in a Steel Cage Match, where until now the only confirmed are

Psycho Clown Psycho Clown (born December 16, 1985) is the ring name of a Mexican '' luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Psycho Clown's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often ...

and the AAA Latin American Champion

El Hijo del Fantasma Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Santos Escobar and is the leader o ...

. On May 18, Fantasma and Clown won to

Kevin Kross Kevin Robert Kesar (born July 19, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Karrion Kross. Prior to his time at WWE, Kesar performed for Impact Wrestling, Lucha Libre ...

and Hernandez, after the fight,

Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974), better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, is a Mexican Professional wrestling, professional wrestler performing on the independent circuit. Guerrera is best known for ...

appeared of surprise and pushed Psycho, which collided with Ghost and led to both attacking each other. On June 5 at a press conference, he revealed two other fighters for Poker Aces and turned out to be L.A. Park and Pentagón Jr. who make their return to the AAA. On October 1,

Lady Shani Lady Shani (born March 2, 1993) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchadora wrestling mask, enmascarada'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler, under contract with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. She made her debut in 200 ...

won the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship against

Ayako Hamada is a Japanese Mexican professional wrestler. During her 20-year career, Hamada wrestled for various promotions, including All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Gaea Japan and Pro Wrestling Wave in Japan, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and L ...

in Héroes Inmortales XI (in which she vacated

Sexy Star Dulce Maria García Rivas (born September 20, 1982) is a Mexican '' luchadora'' '' enmascarada'', or masked female professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is better known by the ring name Sexy Star. She is best k ...

) a month ago. In November, Faby Apache became the challenger for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. On December 16, Apache and Shani fought for the title in which they ended up with no result, which retains Shani, after the fight, Apache attacks Shani mutually. On January 26 at Guerra de Titanes, Apache defeated Shani to win her third title, starting her fiefdom. On February 2 at the dam conference, a rematch between Apache and Shani was announced but it would be a mask fight against hair. On March 4 at

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 ...

, Apache defeats Shani in a non-title fight, with the help of Estrella Divina. On March 6 at a press conference, the fifth edition of the Copa Triplemanía was announced, but it was later canceled. It was also announced that Alberto el Patrón would have a match at the event against a mystery opponent. However, on August 21, 2018, it was announced Alberto will not appear at the event. El Patrón explained he wouldn't appear since he had a discussion with Dorian Roldán over the money and the terms of his contract. On June 3 at Verano de Escándalo,

Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...

made his return to the company joining as a member of MAD adding in the fight between

Rey Wagner Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera ...

and Rey Mysterio Jr. for the

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in which he emerged victorious winning the title for the second time and after the fight, Fenix saves the talent director of AAA Vampiro and the others and then face Konnan. On August 2, Fenix defeated

Flamita Flamita (born November 30, 1994) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler). In addition to working for promotions such as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) in his native country, ...

and Bandido to be the number one contender and face Jarrett for the title in Triplemanía XXVI.

AAA Hall of Fame

First established in 2007 the

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has inducted one or two ''lucha libre''-related people each year at Triplemanía. The initial class of the Hall of Fame included AAA founder

Antonio Peña Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter who founded the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularit ...

and Rey Misterio Jr. Later inductees have included

Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling ...

(2008), Pepe "Tropi" Casas (2009),

Octagón Octagón (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 ...

(2011),

Perro Aguayo Pedro Aguayo Damián (18 January 1946 — 3 July 2019) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Aguayo the dog) and El Can de Nochistlan (The Nochistlan Dog) was a Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s. Aguayo was the first person crown ...

(2012),

Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador ( Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" ...

(2013),

El Brazo Juan Alvarado Nieves (July 30, 1961 – October 15, 2013) was a Mexican '' luchador'' (professional wrestler). He was best known under the ring name El Brazo (Spanish for "the Arm"), which he used since his debut in 1980. Alvarado was part of th ...

(2014), Rayo de Jalisco Sr. (2014),

Héctor Garza Héctor Solano Segura (June 12, 1969 – May 26, 2013) was a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Héctor Garza. During his career he worked for various major Mexican professional wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mu ...

(2015), El Hijo del Perro Aguayo (2015),

Art Barr Arthur Leon Barr (October 8, 1966 – November 23, 1994) was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion ...

(2016), and Joaquin Roldan (2016).

Results

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