The Rey de Reyes 2002 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the sixth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion AAA. The event took place on March 17, 2002, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 2002 tournament pitted Canek, Pirata Morgan, Cibernético and Octagón against each other. The show featured two additional matches beyond the five tournament matches.
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| Promotion | AAA | ||
| Date | March 17, 2002[1] | ||
| City | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | ||
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Production
editBackground
editStarting 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,[2] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymious 'ey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey.[3] 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.[4] 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.[2] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.[4] 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.[5][6][7] The 2002 show was the sixth Rey de Reyes show in the series.
Storylines
editThe Rey de Reyes show featured five 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
edit| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canek defeated El Picudo, Septiembre Negro and El Hijo del Solitario | Rey de Reyes 2002 Semi-final elimination match[1][8] |
| 2 | Pirata Morgan defeated Gronda, Zandokan and Pimpinela Escarlata | Rey de Reyes 2002 Semi-final elimination match[1][8] |
| 3 | Cibernético defeated Dos Caras, El Oriental and El Texano | Rey de Reyes 2002 Semi-final elimination match[1][8] |
| 4 | Octagón defeated Pentagón, Máscara Ságrada and Máscara Maligna | Rey de Reyes 2002 Semi-final elimination match[1][8] |
| 5 | Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito defeated Mascarita Maligna and Mini Abismo Negro | Tag team match[8] |
| 6 | Abismo Negro, Chessman, Electroshock and Monsther defeated El Alebrije, La Parka Jr., Mr. Águila and El Zorro | Eight-man tag team match[8] |
| 7 | Canek defeated Pirata Morgan, Cibernético and Octagón | Rey de Reyes 2002 Final elimination match[1][8] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. March 17, 2002. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes". ProWrestlingHistory.com. February 21, 1997. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ "1997 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1998. pp. 2–28. issue 2332.
- ^ a b "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. Issue 91.
- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: AAA Reina de Reinas". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 6, 2008). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ 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" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. Issue 2593.