Verano de Escándalo (2015) (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was a professional wrestling

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event produced by the

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(AAA) promotion, which took place on June 14, 2015 in "Arena Monterrey" in

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, Mexico. The event has been a regular summer event for AAA since 1997, only skipping the event in 2012 and 2013, 2015 marked the 17th time AAA has held such an event.

Production

Background

First held during the summer of 1997 the Mexican professional wrestling,

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(AAA, or Triple A) began holding a major wrestling show during the summer, most often in September, called

Verano de Escándalo Verano de Escándalo (Spanish Language, Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") is a major annual professional wrestling event in Mexico promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion. The show is as the name indicates a summer show, traditi ...

("Summer of Scandal"). The Verano de Escándalo show was an annual event from 1997 until 2011, then AAA did not hold a show in 2012 and 2013 before bringing the show back in 2014, but this time in June, putting it at the time AAA previously held their

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show. In 2012 and 2013 Triplemanía XX and

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was held in August instead of the early summer. The show often features championship matches or '' Lucha de Apuestas'' or bet matches where the competitors risked their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match. In ''

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'' the ''Lucha de Apuetas'' match is considered more prestigious than a championship match and a lot of the major shows feature one or more ''Apuesta'' matches. The 2015 Verano de Escándalo show was the 17th show in the series.

Storylines

The Verano de Escándalo show featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either

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(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 a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results

References

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