The Copa Antonio Peña (Spanish for "The Antonio Peña Cup") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA that died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held annually around the anniversary of Peña's death. The tournament is a Gauntlet match featuring eight to thirteen AAA wrestlers ranging from mid-card to main eventers. The events are televised as a special feature on Televisa. The Cup is not defended like a championship and does not automatically give the winner a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. As is tradition with AAA major events the wrestlers compete inside a hexagonal wrestling ring and not the four sided ring the promotion uses for television events and house shows.
Copa Antonio Peña winners
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Charly Manson |
1 |
02007-10-07October 7, 2007 |
Naucalpan, Mexico |
Defeated Konnan in the final match to become the first Copa Antonio Peña winner.[1] |
El Mesías |
1 |
02008-10-24October 24, 2008 |
Veracruz, Mexico |
Defeated Dark Cuervo in the final match[2] |
Cibernético |
1 |
02009-09-26September 26, 2009 |
Monterrey, Mexico |
Won a twelve-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Konan Big[3] |
Aero Star |
1 |
02010-10-01October 1, 2010 |
Tamaulipas, Mexico |
Won an eight-man torneo cibernetico, lastly eliminating Chris Stone[4] |
Electroshock |
1 |
02011-10-09October 9, 2011 |
Monterrey, Mexico |
Won a nine-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating L.A. Park[5] |
El Texano, Jr. |
1 |
02012-10-07October 7, 2012 |
San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
Won a thirteen-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating El Mesías. The win was later nullified.[6] |
La Parka |
1 |
02013-10-18October 18, 2013 |
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
Won a four-way elimination match, lastly eliminating El Hijo del Fantasma.[7] |
Antonio Peña Memorial Shows
The Copa Antonio Peña is one of the featured events on the annual Antonio Peña Memorial Show (Homenaje a Antonio Peña in Spanish), which has been held since 2007 around the anniversary of Peña's death. In 2011, the first two Memorial Shows were retrospectively renamed Héroes Inmortales I and Héroes Inmortales II.[8]
Event: |
Date: |
Location: |
Main Event: |
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2007) |
02007-10-07October 7, 2007 |
Naucalpan, Mexico |
Domo de la Muerte match between Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro against Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable |
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008) |
02008-10-24October 24, 2008 |
Naucalpan, Mexico |
Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Legión Extranjera |
Héroes Inmortales III |
02009-09-26September 26, 2009 |
Naucalpan, Mexico |
Dr. Wagner, Jr. defending the AAA World Heavyweight Championship against El Mesías.[3] |
Héroes Inmortales IV |
02010-10-01October 1, 2010 |
Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Sociedad.[4] |
Héroes Inmortales (2011)[9] |
02011-10-09October 9, 2011[10] |
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Steel cage elimination Masks vs. Hairs match between Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario) and Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown).[5] |
Héroes Inmortales (2012) |
02012-10-08October 8, 2012 |
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
Domo de la Muerte Hairs vs. Hairs match between Jack Evans, La Secta Bizarra Cibernetica (Cibernético, Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz) and Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Psicosis and Teddy Hart). |
Héroes Inmortales VII |
02013-10-18October 18, 2013 |
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
Chessman vs. Fénix vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. La Parka for the Copa Antonio Peña. |
References
- ↑ Yoav (October 8, 2007). "AAA: Homenaje a Antonio Peña (7-OCT-07)" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ↑ "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2008". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marquina, Alva (September 26, 2009). "AAA- Héroes Inmortales III- (Resultados en vivo 26 septiembre 2009) – Cibernético gana el Trofeo Antonio Peña – Electroshock sustituye a Charly Manson contra Chessman – El luchador sorpresa fue Konan Big" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carrillo, Omar (October 2, 2010). "Resultados 1ro. de octubre – AAA "Héroes Inmortales IV" – Legado AAA, Mesías, Wagner, Aerostar y 187 ganan sus respectivos encuentros" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cano Vela, Eduardo (October 9, 2011). "AAA Héroes Inmortales (Cobertura y resultados 9 de Octubre de 2011) – Mesias y Sting empatan y unen sus fuerzas contra Konnan, Jarrett y sus aliados, Wagner gana pero Octagón y La Parka lo traicionan, los perros pierden las cabelleras" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ↑ Mexicool, Rey (October 7, 2012). "Héroes Inmortales (VI): ¡Texano Jr. gana la Copa Antonio Peña, pero queda vacante!" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Mexicool, Rey (October 18, 2013). "La Parka... ¡ganador de la Copa Antonio Peña 2013! – @Parka_AAA @hijodelfantasma #HéroesInmortales". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Héroes Inmortales Archive". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Héroes Inmortales ya tiene logo". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). August 18, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Héroes Inmortales V en Monterrey". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.