Héroes Inmortales (2023)
Héroes Inmortales (2023) (Spanish for "Immortal Heroes 2023") was a professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The event took place on October 1, 2023, at Benitez Juárez Auditorium in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. It was the fourteenth Héroes Inmortales show, held annually in honor of the promotion's deceased founder Antonio Peña and it featured the Copa Antonio Peña tournament named in his honor.
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| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Date | October 1, 2023 | ||
| City | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Benitez Juárez Auditorium | ||
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Production
Background
In 1992 then-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker and match maker Antonio Peña left the company alongside a number of wrestlers to form the Mexican professional wrestling, company Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as "AAA".[1][2] Over the next decade-and-a-half Peña and the team behind AAA built the promotion into one of the biggest wrestling companies in the world.[2] On October 5, 2006, Peña died from a heart attack.[1][2] After Peña's death his brother-in-law Jorge Roldan took control of the company with both his wife Marisela Peña, Antonio's sister, and Dorian Roldan (their son) also taking an active part in AAA. On October 7, 2007, AAA held a show in honor of Peña's memory, the first ever "Antonio Peña Memorial Show" (Homenaje an Antonio Peña in Spanish).[3] The following year AAA held the second ever "Antonio Peña Memorial Show", making it an annual tradition for the company to commemorate the passing of their founder. In 2008 the show was rebranded as Héroes Inmortales (Spanish for "Immortal Heroes"), retroactively rebranding the 2007 and 2008 event as Héroes Inmortales I and Héroes Inmortales II.[4]
AAA has held a Héroes Inmortales every year since then, with the 2020 event not occurring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Héroes Inmortales hosts the Copa Antonio Peña ("Antonio Peña Cup") tournament each year, a multi-man tournament with various wrestlers from AAA or other promotions competing for a trophy. The tournament format has usually been either a gauntlet match or a multi-man torneo cibernetico elimination match.[5][6]
Storylines
The Héroes Inmortales (2023) show will feature professional wrestling matches 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 faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[7]
Results
- Participants in order of elimination: Reina Dorada, Estrellita, Dulce Canela, Sexy Star II, Faby Apache, and Lady Shani.
Fatal four-way elimination match
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krista | Chik Tormenta | Pinfall |
| 2 | Lolita El Angel | Dalys | Pinfall |
| 3 | Dalys | N/A | Disqualification |
| Winner | Chik Tormenta | ||
Notes
- Pentagón Jr. was originally scheduled to team with Octagón Jr., but pulled out due to wrestling at AEW WrestleDream on the same night.
References
- Brady, Hicks. "2006: The year in wrestling". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 26. 2007 Edition.
- Ocampo, Ernesto (October 5, 2009). "Falleció Antonio Peña" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2007". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- "Héroes Inmortales I (Homenaje al Lic. Antonio Peña)". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). June 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2009". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 8, 2010. 348.
- "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2010". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 12, 2011. 399.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.