Triplemanía II-B was a major ''
lucha libre
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'', or
professional wrestling
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event
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
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) that took place at ''
Auditorio Benito Juárez
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'' in
Zapopan, Jalisco
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on May 15, 1994. The show was the second of three Triplemanía II shows held in 1994, preceded by
Triplemanía II-A
Triplemanía II-A was a major ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at the Aguascalientes baseball stadium on April 26, 1994. The show was the first of three Triplemanía II s ...
, with a subsequent show held in 12 days later. 1994 was the first year AAA held multiple Triplemanía shows in a year, a tradition they would continue through 1997, after which Triplemanía became a single annual event. The annual Triplemanía show(s) are 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
Super Bowl
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event.
The Main event featured a
Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match between the teams of
Konnan
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,
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 ...
, and
Cien Caras
J. Carmelo Reyes González (born May 11, 1949) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Personal life ...
and the ''
Los Gringos Locos
''Los Gringos Locos'' (intended to mean ''The Crazy Americans'' in English) were a lucha libre stable in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The stable was originally a tag team consisting of Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr.
Gimmick
''Lo ...
'' team of
Jake Roberts
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,
Love Machine, and
Miguel Pérez Jr. The semi-main event featured a best two-out-of-three falls ''
Lucha de Apuestas
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'', or bet match where both
Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is ...
and
Black Cat
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put their mask on the line in the match. The show featured Japanese wrestlers
Jushin Thunder Liger
, better known as and later , is a Japanese retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a trainer. He is the longest-tenured member of the NJPW roster, having work ...
and
Tiger Mask III
is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent. He has previously worked with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is currently a freelancer.
Professional wrestling career
Kanemoto practiced Judo during his hig ...
on loan from
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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(NJPW). The fifth match of the night featured wrestlers who had worked primarily for the
Universal Wrestling Association
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(UWA) until that point,
Shu el Guerrero
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* Sichuan, China, officially abbreviated as Shu (蜀)
* Shu (kingdom) (conquered by Qin in 316 BC), an ancient kingdom in modern Sichuan
* Shu Han (221–263) during the Three Kingdoms period
* Cheng-Han (成汉/成漢), ...
,
Scorpio, Jr., and
Gran Hamada
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, fighting AAA representatives ''
Los Payasos
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'' ("The Clowns"; Coco Rojo, Coco Verde and Coco Amarillo)
Production
Background
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 ...
had originally envisioned the
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 ...
series as three shows held over the summer, but for the first year AAA only held 1 show,
Triplemanía I
Triplemanía I (Referred to as just "Triplemanía" the first year) was the first ever Triplemanía ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on April 30, 1993 in M ...
. In 1994 AAA announced that they would hold three Triplemanía shows, building the storylines into its climax at the third and final Triplemanía II show. The first show,
Triplemanía II-A
Triplemanía II-A was a major ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at the Aguascalientes baseball stadium on April 26, 1994. The show was the first of three Triplemanía II s ...
, would take place in the outdoor baseball stadium in
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
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on April 26, the second show, Triplemanía II-B, would be at the
Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
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in
Zapopan, Jalisco
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on May 15 and the third and final Triplemanía II show,
Triplemanía II-C
Triplemanía II-C was a major ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at the '' El Toreo'' bullfighting arena in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on May 27, 1994. The show was t ...
, would happen at the
El Toro bullfighting
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There are several variations, including some forms wh ...
arena in
Tijuana
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,
Baja California
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on May 27, 1994.
Storylines

The Triplemanía show featured eight
professional wrestling matches
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
scripted
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Backgr ...
feuds,
plots and
storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either
heels
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(referred to as ''rudos'' in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or
faces
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(''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.
Aftermath
The show was a direct build to
Triplemanía II-C
Triplemanía II-C was a major ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at the '' El Toreo'' bullfighting arena in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on May 27, 1994. The show was t ...
held only 12 days later in
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
,
Baja California
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. Triplemanía II-C saw Konnan finally gain revenge on Jake Roberts as he defeated Roberts in two straight falls to force him to be shaved bald after the match. Most of AAA's roster, both ''tecnicos'' and ''rudos'', came to the ring after the match to show their unity and to ensure Roberts had his hair shaved off. Roberts would remain with AAA for several months after the show but was not involved in any major storylines after the loss to Konnan. The ''Los Gringos Locos'' storyline carried AAA into their subsequent major shows "Night of Champions" and later on their first ever
pay-per-view
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(PPV)
AAA When Worlds Collide
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that was driven by the feud between ''a Pareja del Terror'' (Eddy Guerrero and Love Machine) facing off against El Hijo del Santo and Octagón in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match where Guerrero and Love Machine ended up losing their hair.
19 days afterwards Love Machine, real name Art Barr, dies of unknown causes.
The popularity of Konnan in the wake of his victory over Jake Robers made his turn to the ''rudo'' side months later ever more shocking, with Konnan attacking his longtime friend Perro Aguayo during a match and joining ''Los Gringos Locos'' instead.
At "When Worlds Collide" Aguayo defeated Konnan in a
steel cage match
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.
A few days after the show the then-
Mexican National Middleweight Champion was involved in a car accident where he injured his hand. Due to the injury the local boxing and wrestling commission could not give him medical clearance to wrestle against
Blue Panther
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at Triplemanía II-C, causing him to forfeit the championship to Blue Panther.
Reception
John Molinario, who writes about wrestling for the
Canadian Online Explorer
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, described the show as "possibly the best TripleMania show ever." and stated that it was "from top to bottom a sensational show".
[ '']Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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'' founder and editor Dave Meltzer
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commented that the "show was awesome. It was among the greatest shows I probably ever saw" after witnessing the show live and in person.[ Meltzer rated the "Atómicos" tag team match at four-and-a-half star, the ''lucha de apuestas'' match at four-and-three-quarters stars, while giving the main event six-man tag team match four stars.]
Results
References
External links
Triplemanía II at LuchaLibreAAA.com
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