Antonio Peña

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Antonio Peña
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Born	1948
Died	October 5, 2006^[1]

Antonio Peña (born 1948 - October 5, 2006) was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion AAA, which was revolutionary in the way matches in Mexico were presented and reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the Mexican economy.^[1] AAA is the promotion largely responsible for bringing the "Lucha" style to the United States, with such wrestlers as Rey Misterio Jr, Psicosis, La Parka, Konnan and others. Peña was the former head booker of EMLL before forming AAA.^[1]

1 Controversy with trademarks
2 Personal life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Controversy with trademarks

Peña has occasionally been criticized with trademarking gimmicks and not allowing the original performers of the gimmicks to use the name elsewhere. The two prime examples being in the case of Psicosis (the original Psicosis) and L.A. Park (the original La Parka), who were not allowed to use the names and gimmicks in Mexico.

[edit] Personal life

Pena died on October 5, 2006 due to a massive heart attack.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brady, Hicks. "2006: The year in wrestling", PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts, Kappa Publications, p. 26. 2007 Edition. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.