Héroes Inmortales Explained
The Copa Antonio Peña (Spanish for "The Antonio Peña Cup") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA, who 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 Mega 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 | | Naucalpan, Mexico | Defeated Konnan in the final match to become the first Copa Antonio Peña winner.[1] |
El Mesías | 1 | | Veracruz, Mexico | Defeated Dark Cuervo in the final match[2] |
Cibernético | 1 | | Monterrey, Mexico | Won a twelve-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Konan Big[3] |
Aero Star | 1 | | Tamaulipas, Mexico | Won an eight-man torneo cibernetico, lastly eliminating Chris Stone[4] |
Electroshock | 1 | | Monterrey, Mexico | Won a nine-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating L.A. Park[5] |
El Texano Jr. | 1 | | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Won a thirteen-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating El Mesías. The win was later nullified.[6] |
La Parka | 1 | | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Won a four-way elimination match, lastly eliminating El Hijo del Fantasma.[7] |
Myzteziz | 1 | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Won a lumberjack match, lastly eliminating Pentagón Jr. |
Taurus | 1 | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Won a ten-man battle royal, lastly eliminating La Parka.[8] |
Pimpinela Escarlata | 1 | | Monterrey, Mexico | Won a 12-man battle royal[9] |
El Hijo del Fantasma | 1 | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Won a 14-man battle royal to win the AAA Latin American Championship[10] |
Pagano | 1 | | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Won a ten-man battle royal, lastly eliminating El Hijo del Fantasma. |
El Hijo del Vikingo | 1 | | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | Won an eleven-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Taurus. |
Pimpinela Escarlata | 2 | | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | Won a nine-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Mamba. |
Chik Tormenta | 1 | October 1, 2023 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | Won by defeating Maravilla in the final match. | |
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.[11]
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Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2007) | | Naucalpan, Mexico | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos | Domo de la Muerte match between Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro against Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable |
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008) | | Naucalpan, Mexico | Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila | Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Legión Extranjera |
Héroes Inmortales III | | Naucalpan, Mexico | Arena Monterrey | Dr. Wagner Jr. defending the AAA Mega Championship against El Mesías. |
Héroes Inmortales IV | | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Centro de Convenciones | Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Sociedad. |
Héroes Inmortales (2011)[12] | [13] | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | Arena Monterrey | 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). |
Héroes Inmortales (2012) | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Centro de Espectáculos de San Luis Potosí | 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 | | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo | Chessman vs. Fénix vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. La Parka for the Copa Antonio Peña. |
Héroes Inmortales VIII | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Domo San Luis | El Mesías and El Patrón Alberto vs. El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and El Texano Jr. |
Héroes Inmortales IX | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Domo San Luis | El Patrón Alberto vs. Johnny Mundo for the AAA Mega Championship |
Héroes Inmortales X | | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | Arena Monterrey | Johnny Mundo vs. Garza Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship |
Héroes Inmortales XI | | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Domo San Luis | Joe Líder vs. El Mesías vs. Pagano in a Death match |
Héroes Inmortales XII | | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo | Rey Wagner vs. Jeff Jarrett in a Hair vs. Hair Lucha de Apuestas |
Héroes Inmortales XIII | | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | Coliseo "La Concordia" | Averno and Rey Wagner vs. Pentagón Jr. and Texano Jr. vs. Chessman and Pagano vs. Psycho Clown and Rey Escorpión in a Steel Cage Match |
Héroes Inmortales XIV | | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | Coliseo "La Concordia" | Steel cage elimination match between Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Monster Clown, and Murder Clown) vs. La Empresa (Puma King, Sam Adonis, and DMT Azul) |
Héroes Inmortales (2023) | | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | Auditorio Benito Juárez | Team USA (QT Marshall and Sam Adonis) vs. Team Mexico (Octagón and Alberto El Patrón) |
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Notes and References
- Web site: AAA: Homenaje a Antonio Peña (7-OCT-07) . Yoav . October 8, 2007 . August 31, 2009 . Súper Luchas Magazine . es.
- Web site: AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2008. 2009-02-13. Pro Wrestling History.
- Web site: 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 . Marquina, Alva . September 26, 2009 . September 27, 2009 . Súper Luchas Magazine . es.
- Web site: Resultados 1ro. de octubre – AAA "Héroes Inmortales IV" – Legado AAA, Mesías, Wagner, Aerostar y 187 ganan sus respectivos encuentros . Carrillo, Omar . October 2, 2010 . October 3, 2010 . Súper Luchas Magazine . es.
- Web site: 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 . Cano Vela . Eduardo . October 9, 2011 . October 9, 2011 . Súper Luchas Magazine . es.
- Web site: Héroes Inmortales (VI): ¡Texano Jr. gana la Copa Antonio Peña, pero queda vacante! . Mexicool . Rey . October 7, 2012 . October 7, 2012 . Súper Luchas Magazine . es.
- Web site: La Parka... ¡ganador de la Copa Antonio Peña 2013! – @Parka_AAA @hijodelfantasma #HéroesInmortales . October 18, 2013 . October 19, 2013 . Mexicool . Rey . Súper Luchas. es.
- Web site: AAA Heroes Inmortales iPPV results (10/4): Alberto el Patron vs. Johnny Mundo, Rey Mysterio, Antonio Pena tribute match . Bihari . Robert . October 5, 2015 . October 5, 2015 . Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
- Web site: Australian Suicide sin máscara en Héroes Inmortales X . October 2, 2016 . October 3, 2016 . es . AAA.
- Web site: En Héroes Inmortales XI nacen nuevos campeones . October 2, 2017 . October 2, 2017 . . es.
- Web site: Héroes Inmortales Archive . September 2, 2011 . . es.
- Web site: Héroes Inmortales ya tiene logo . August 18, 2011 . August 19, 2011 . . es.
- Web site: Héroes Inmortales V en Monterrey . August 2, 2011 . August 2, 2011 . . es.