Rey de Reyes (2011)

Rey de Reyes 2011 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by AAA that took place on March 18, 2011, at Plaza de Toros Monumental in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.^[1][4][5] The event was the 15th event produced under the Rey de Reyes name and also the 15th time that the Rey de Reyes tournament was held.

Rey de Reyes 2011
Promotion	AAA
Date	March 18, 2011^[1]
City	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico^[1]
Venue	Plaza de Toros Monumental^[1]
Attendance	17,000^[2]
Tagline(s)	Sólo uno dominerá este kaoz^[3] (Only one can dominate this chaos)
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Production

Background

Starting in 1997 and every year since then the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling, company AAA has held a Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings') show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February,^[6] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymious Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey.^[7] Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows.^[8] The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules.^[6] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.^[8] The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the AAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual Reina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept.^[9][10][11] The 2011 show was the 15th Rey de Reyes show in the series.

Storylines

The Rey de Reyes 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.

Results

No.	Results^[2]^[12]^[13]^[14]	Stipulations	Times
1	Gran Apache, Mari Apache, Octagóncito and Pimpinela Escarlata defeated El Hijo del Tirantes, Mini Histeria, Sexy Star and Yuriko	Eight-person tag team match	10:01
2	Los Bizarros (Billy el Malo, Cibernético, Escoria, Nygma) (with Taboo) defeated Jack Evans, Joe Líder, La Parka and Nicho el Millonario	Eight-man tag team match	18:57
3	Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Super Crazy) defeated Potencia Mundial (Dr. Wagner Jr., Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown)	Eight-man tag team match	11:00
4	El Zorro (c) (with Jennifer Blake) defeated Charly Manson (with Billy el Malo)	Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship	13:39
5	Heavy Metal defeated Electroshock	Best two-out-of-three falls Bull Terrier match: Match #5 in the best-of-five Lucha de Apuesta, hair-vs-hair series	07:26
6	Extreme Tiger defeated El Mesías, L.A. Park and Carlito Caribbean Cool First and second elimination: El Mesías and L.A. Park were both counted out Third elimination: Extreme Tiger pinned Carlito Caribbean Cool	2011 Rey de Reyes final four-way elimination match	23:29
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. "Rey de Reyes 2011". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Retrieved January 26, 2011.
2. Meltzer, Dave (March 28, 2011). "March 28 Observer Newsletter: Rise of Jon Jones, Fall of Jeff Hardy, major TV changes coming, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, CA: 17–18. ISSN 1083-9593.
3. "El slogan de Rey de Reyes 2011". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
4. Captain Ironstorm (February 2, 2011). "Dorian Roldan confirma que Rey de Reyes 2011 será en PPV". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2011.
5. Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 11, 2011). "AAA Rey de Reyes 2011 estará disponible en PPV". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 11, 2011.
6. "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes". ProWrestlingHistory.com. February 21, 1997. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
7. "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. issue 2332.
8. "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. Issue 91.
9. Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: AAA Reina de Reinas". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
10. Súper Luchasstaff (January 6, 2008). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
11. 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". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 27, 2009.
12. "RDR: Ya está el cartel completo". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. March 14, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
13. Boutwell, Josh (March 11, 2011). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". Wrestleview. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
14. "Solo uno dominó el Kaoz: Xtreme Tiger". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. March 18, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.