Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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| Acronym | AAA |
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| Founded | 1992 |
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Professional wrestling Lucha libre Sports entertainment |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Founder(s) | Antonio Peña |
| Owner(s) | Dorian Roldán Marisela Peña Roldán |
| Formerly | Asistencia Asesoría y Administración |
| Website | LuchaLibreAAA.com |
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA for short), originally Asistencia Asesoría y Administración LLC (Spanish for "Assistance, Assessment, and Administration") is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. Founded in 1992 when Antonio Peña broke away from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to set up a promotion, which allowed him more creative freedom, AAA has held a number of pay-per-views (PPV) over the years and has promoted shows not just in Mexico but in the United States and Japan as well. The promotion utilizes both a hexagonal and the more conventional four-sided wrestling ring and has a reputation for its outlandish gimmicks and characters as well as having developed a more extreme match style over the last couple of years. Over the years AAA has worked together with several North American promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling; while currently having a working relationship with Japan-based Pro Wrestling Noah, US-based Impact Wrestling and the Canadian-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS).
AAA dates from May 15, 1992, when Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker Antonio Peña broke with the company in favor of establishing his own group along with Konnan and much of the young and exciting talent from CMLL. This left CMLL with a middle-aged roster and a seemingly bleak future. AAA also looked for talent from other markets, as they found and signed Tijuana natives Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Psicosis. The promotion flourished with top talent like El Hijo del Santo, Octagón, Blue Panther, the Casas brothers (Negro Casas and Heavy Metal) and possessed top draws in Los Gringos Locos, Cien Caras, Konnan, and Perro Aguayo. The rising popularity of AAA soon caused rival Universal Wrestling Association to go out of business, and Peña quickly signed up top draws including El Canek, Dos Caras and Los Villanos.
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