{"id":24825,"date":"2018-08-26T18:46:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T22:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24825"},"modified":"2018-08-26T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T22:46:46","slug":"aaa-triplemania-xxvi-a-mask-has-fallen-rey-fenix-wins-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/26\/aaa-triplemania-xxvi-a-mask-has-fallen-rey-fenix-wins-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA TripleMania XXVI: A Mask Has Fallen, Rey Fenix Wins and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yPrlA02Dpxk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAA Worldwide had their biggest event of the year, AAA TripleMania XXVI.<\/a> The sold out show had the best wrestlers from <strong>AAA<\/strong>, <strong>IMPACT Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> competing in the same roof. Everybody was glued to their electronic devices to see which mask was going to fall between <strong>LA Park<\/strong>, <strong>Pentagon Jr<\/strong>., <strong>Psycho Clown<\/strong> and <strong>Hijo del Fantasma.<\/strong> Moreover, we also witnessed the hair vs. mask match between <strong>Lady Shani<\/strong> and <strong>Faby Apache<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hijo del Fantasma Loses His Mask<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24845\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24845\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlilIvmV4AEbigr-e1535323270932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All eyes were in the Poker de Ases main event of TripleMania XXVI. Entering the match, everybody in Mexico expected <strong>Hijo del Fantasma<\/strong> to lose his mask.\u00a0<strong>Pentagon Jr.<\/strong> is a freelancer who wasn&#8217;t going to lose his mask,\u00a0<strong>LA Park<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0mask is to valuable to lose it in this kind of match, and\u00a0<strong>Psycho Clown<\/strong> won last year&#8217;s TripleMania main event and is AAA&#8217;s <em>ace<\/em> (he wasn&#8217;t losing that easily). So it made sense to have Hijo del Fantasma, a former <strong>CMLL<\/strong> wrestler who really developed as one of AAA&#8217;s main guys, to lose the mask on the grandest stage of them all.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kmgo_37M9iI<\/p>\n<p>Fantasma was left with LA Park in the final sequence of the match. Park hit Fantasma with a spear and won the mask of the 18 year veteran. Fantasma&#8217;s real name is\u00a0<strong>Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly<\/strong>, 34 years old, and he has surpasses his father, <strong>El Fantasma<\/strong> in stardom. He wrestled in various indies before joining CMLL, were he won the CMLL Middleweight Championship and the Trios Championship. It was with AAA that Fantasma really showed his talent, winning the AAA Latin American, Fusion and Cruiserweight Championship (respectively).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nacionales?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Nacionales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrWagner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DrWagner<\/a> lanza reto a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaPark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LaPark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5mghHXt6yw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5mghHXt6yw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QotRnZrvIo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QotRnZrvIo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Plano Deportivo (@PlanoDeportivo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlanoDeportivo\/status\/1033786152702992384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the end of the Poker de Ases match, <strong>Rey Wagner<\/strong>, who early in the night helped Fenix win the AAA Mega title, appeared on stage to congratulate his best friend LA Park. Wagner proposed to Park to have\u00a0a Hair vs. Mask match at next year&#8217;s TripleMania. It remains to be seen if that&#8217;s AAA final plan coming next year on August 3.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rey Fenix Is The New AAA Mega Champion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24846\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24846\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlikZ0GW0AA1LDc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlikZ0GW0AA1LDc.jpg 506w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlikZ0GW0AA1LDc-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlikZ0GW0AA1LDc-495x420.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years ago, <strong>Rey Fenix<\/strong> departed from AAA Worldwide and became one of the best indie names in the wrestling world. Yesterday, Rey Fenix beat AAA Mega Champion <strong>Jeff Jarret<\/strong>, <strong>Rich Swann<\/strong> and <strong>Brian Cage<\/strong> to win AAA&#8217;s most important championship. The match will be infamous for the moment were AAA President Maricela Pe\u00f1a almost got killed by Jarret and company. <strong>Rey Wagner<\/strong> (Dr.Wagner Jr.) gave the favor back to Jarret when he got involved in the match in a LA Park suit and Fenix took advantage of the situation. This is Fenix biggest championship win in Mexico and probably in his young career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El \u00fanico mexicano en la lucha se lleva la victoria y es el nuevo Megacampe\u00f3n de la AAA con ayuda de Dr. Wagner Jr&#8230; Grande, F\u00e9nix! \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TriplemaniaXXVI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TriplemaniaXXVI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F8mTJ5sdFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/F8mTJ5sdFU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SoyReferee (@SoyReferee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoyReferee\/status\/1033581083718299648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lady Shani Wins Faby Apache&#8217;s Hair<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24844\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24844\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DlilFRLVsAAoh6m-e1535323196738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>25 year-old <strong>Lady Shani<\/strong> proved that this is her time and beat all obstacle to win AAA female veteran <strong>Faby Apache<\/strong>&#8216;s hair. <strong>La Parka<\/strong> step in to help the constant attacks of <strong>Taurus<\/strong> and help Shani beat her fierce enemy and AAA Reina de Reinas Champion. Apache, who previously had lost her hair against<strong> Sexy Star<\/strong>, passed the torch to Lady Shani.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady Shani: &quot;Ganar la cabellera de Faby Apache, fue la lucha m\u00e1s fuerte de toda mi carrera&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPrlA02Dpxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bandido &amp; Flamita steal the show<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s crazy to think how good <strong>Flamita<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Bandido <\/strong>as a tag team have become. In the best match of the night, the <strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong> tag team (and PROGRESS Tag Team Champions) won an opportunity for the AAA World Tag Team titles. The ladder match had\u00a0<strong>Aerostar<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Drago<\/strong> representing AAA, <strong>Golden Magic<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Laredo Kid<\/strong> representing ELITE, Bandido &amp; Flamita representing <strong>The Crash Lucha Libre<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Everett<\/strong> &amp; <strong>DJZ<\/strong> representing IMPACT Wrestling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Bandido y Flamita son los retadores oficiales al Campeonato de Parejas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchalibreaaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@luchalibreaaa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/record_mexico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@record_mexico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h6oiR5PRLS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/h6oiR5PRLS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carlos Zulbar\u00e1n (@carlos_zulbaran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlos_zulbaran\/status\/1033545446931628033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sammy Guevara Conquers AAA&#8217;s Cruiserweight Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24842\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24842\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-6.36.49-PM-e1535323147962.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The AAA TripleMania pre-show had a wild cruiserweight match. Australian Suicide was defending against mystery opponents which resulted to be <strong>ACH<\/strong>, <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong> Champion <strong>Shane Strickland<\/strong> and the eventual winner <strong>Sammy Guevara<\/strong>. The latter has been in Mexico in multiples occasion, showing off his insane athleticism in The Crash Lucha Libre. His tag team match with <strong>Mr.450<\/strong> against <strong>Flip Gordon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>NXT<\/strong> North American champion <strong>Ricochet<\/strong> remains one of The Crash&#8217;s favorite. His work ethic has gotten him very far in Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, AAA Worldwide had their biggest event of the year, AAA TripleMania XXVI. The sold out show had the best wrestlers from AAA, IMPACT Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW)\u00a0and Lucha Underground competing in the same roof. Everybody was glued to their electronic devices to see which mask was going to fall between LA Park, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2085,"featured_media":24843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2,6],"tags":[1262,2345,290,676,1843,1383,1006,1244,3283,3333,226,591,2472,2830,1361,1872,535,1347,859,3332,347,3280,770,3313],"class_list":["post-24825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aaa","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-andrew-everett","tag-bandido","tag-brian-cage","tag-cmll","tag-dj-z","tag-dr-wagner","tag-faby-apache","tag-flamita","tag-golden-magic","tag-hijo-del-fanstama","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-jeff-jarrett","tag-la-park","tag-la-parka","tag-lady-shani","tag-laredo-kid","tag-pentagon-jr","tag-psycho-clown","tag-rey-fenix","tag-rey-wagner","tag-rich-swann","tag-taurus","tag-the-crash","tag-triplemania-xxvi"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}