Verano de Escándalo (1999) explained

Verano de Escándalo 1999
Promotion:AAA
Date:September 17, 1999
Attendance:4,021
Venue:Juan de la Barrera Gym
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Lastevent:Triplemanía VII
Nextevent:Guerra de Titanes
Event:Verano de Escándalo
Lastevent2:1998
Nextevent2:2000

The 1999 Verano de Escándalo (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the third annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on September 17, 1999, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a Steel Cage Match Lucha de Apuestas where the loser would have to unmask or have his hair shaved off. The team of Heavy Metal and Octagón faced Jaque Mate and Kick Boxer.

Production

Background

First held during the summer of 1997 the Mexican professional wrestling, company AAA began holding a major wrestling show during the summer, most often in September, called Verano de Escándalo ("Summer of Scandal").[1] The Verano de Escándalo show was an annual event from 1997 until 2011, then AAA did not hold a show in 2012 and 2013 before bringing the show back in 2014, but this time in June, putting it at the time AAA previously held their Triplemanía show.[2] In 2012 and 2013 Triplemanía XX and Triplemanía XXI was held in August instead of the early summer.[3] The show often features championship matches or Lucha de Apuestas or bet matches where the competitors risked their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match. In Lucha Libre the Lucha de Apuetas match is considered more prestigious than a championship match and a lot of the major shows feature one or more Apuesta matches. The 1999 Verano de Escándalo show was the third show in the series.

Storylines

The Verano de Escándalo show featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as 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 followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Verano de Escándalo . February 19, 2009. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  2. Web site: Junio 7 - Verano de Escándalo: Plaza de Toros La Concordia, Orizaba, Veracruz . June 8, 2014 . . es.
  3. Web site: Triplemania XX: 5 de agosto en la Arena Ciudad de México. . Acosta . Carlos R. . May 31, 2012 . June 18, 2012 . SuperLuchas . es.