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AAA Hall of Fame
Established2007
Founder Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Inductees21 total inductees

The AAA Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities, established and maintained by the Mexico based national wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).

Inductees

Individuals

Year Ring name
(Birth name)
AAA recognized accolades
2007 Antonio Peña Posthumous inductee: Founder of AAA [1]
2007 Rey Misterio Jr.
(Óscar Gutiérrez)
One-time Mexican National Welterweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Trios Champion [2]
2008 Eddie Guerrero
(Eduardo Guerrero)
Posthumous inductee: Member of the Guerrero wrestling family and one-time AAA/IWC World Tag Team Champion [3]
2009 Pepe "Tropi" Casas
(José Casas Granados)
Patriarch of the Casas wrestling family and a referee from 1987 to 2015 [4]
2011 Octagón
(Juan Escalera)
Four-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Tag Team Champion, one-time Mexican National Trios Champion [5]
2012 Perro Aguayo
(Pedro Aguayo Damián)
One-time AAA Campeón de Campeones Champion, one-time IWC World Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, two-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [6]
2013 Abismo Negro
(Andrés González)
Posthumous inductee: One-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion, one-time AAA Mascot Tag Team Champion, two-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [7]
2014 El Brazo
(Juan Alvarado Nieves)
Posthumous inductee: Member of the Alvarado wrestling family [8]
Known for being a member of the Los Brazos stable [8]
2014 Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
(Máximino Linares Moreno)
Long-time luchador who wrestled for various promotions from 1955 through 1989 [8]
2015 Héctor Garza
(Héctor Solano Segura)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time IWC World Heavyweight Champion, two-time Mexican National Heavyweight Champion (died while holding the title), one-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion [9]
2015 El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
(Pedro Aguayo Ramírez)
Posthumous inductee: One-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion, three-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, Copa Triplemanía XXII winner, one-time Rey de Reyes winner [9]
2016 Art Barr
(Arthur Leon Barr)
Posthumous Inductee: One-time AAA/IWC World Tag Team Champion [10]
2016 Joaquín Roldán AAA's Director General from 2007 to 2017 [11]
2018 Villano III
(Arturo Díaz Mendoza)
Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA Americas Trios Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion [12]
Known for being part of the Los Villanos stable [12]
2018 El Apache
(Mario Balbuena González)
Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Trios Champion [12]
2018 Dr. Alfonso Morales Announcer known for his work in AAA and CMLL [12]
2019 Silver King
(César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón)
Posthumous inductee: One-time AAA World Tag Team Champion
2020 La Parka
(Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time Mexican National Cruiserweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Atómicos Champion, five-time Rey de Reyes winner, Copa Triplemanía XXV winner [13]
2022 Arturo "El Rudo" Rivera
(José Arturo Rivera García)
Posthumous inductee: Long-time sports journalist and broadcaster for AAA and CMLL [14]
2022 Blue Demon
(Alejandro Muñoz Moreno)
Posthumous inductee: Two-time NWA World Welterweight Champion, three-time Mexican National Welterweight Champion, one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, star of over 20 lucha films [14]
2023 Cassandro
(Saúl Armendáriz)
One-time UWA World Lightweight Champion
First luchador exótico to have competed since 1989. [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lic. Antonio Peña H." Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  2. ^ "Rey Misterio Jr". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  3. ^ "Eddie Guerrero". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  4. ^ "Pepe Casas". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  5. ^ "Octagón". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  6. ^ Cano Vela, Eduardo (August 5, 2012). "Triplemania XX "El día ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) – Máscara vs máscara: Dr. Wagner vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. – ¡Kurt Angle en México!" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  7. ^ Cano Vela, Eduardo (June 11, 2013). "AAA #TripleManíaXXI (Cobertura y Resultados 16 de junio de 2013) – El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. Cibernético por las Cabelleras – Blue Demon, Jr. vs. El Mesías por el Campeonato Latinoamericano" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Noche de Leyenda en Triplemanía XXII". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Meltzer, Dave (August 9, 2015). "AAA TripleMania live coverage from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City – Mysterio vs. Myzteziz, Alberto vs. Cage hair match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  10. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN  0-9698161-5-4.
  11. ^ "Falleció Joaquín Roldán, Director General de AAA". April 8, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d Valdés, Apolo (August 26, 2018). "Villano III, El Apache y Dr. Alfonso Morales, exaltados al Salón de la Fama AAA". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  13. ^ Cano, Saúl (29 January 2020). "La Parka será parte del Salón de la Fama de Triple A" [La Parka was induced to the AAA Hall of Fame]. Record (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  14. ^ a b "AAA Triplemania XXX Chapter 3 live results: Pentagon Jr. in mask vs. mask, Fenix world title shot, more!". Cageside Seats. October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Legendary exotico Cassandro inducted into AAA Hall of Fame". Cageside Seats. August 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.