Copa Antonio Peña

The Copa Antonio Peña (Spanish for "The Antonio Peña Cup") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA that died on October 5, 2006. The tournament is part of the annual Antonio Peña Memorial show held annually around the anniversary of Peña’s death. The tournament is a Gauntlet match featuring eight to thirteen AAA wrestlers ranging from mid-card to main eventers. The events are televised as a special feature on Televisa. The Cup is not defended like a championship and does not automatically give the winner a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. As is tradition with AAA major events the wrestlers compete inside a hexagonal wrestling ring and not the four sided ring the promotion uses for television events and house shows.

Copa Antonio Peña winners

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Charly Manson	1	02007-10-07 October 7, 2007	Naucalpan, Mexico	Defeated Konnan in the final match to become the first Copa Antonio Peña winner.[1]
El Mesías	1	02008-10-24 October 24, 2008	Veracruz, Mexico	Defeated Dark Cuervo in the final match[2]
Cibernético	1	02009-09-26 September 26, 2009	Monterrey, Mexico	Won a twelve-man battle royal, lastly eliminating Konan Big[3]
Aero Star	1	02010-10-01 October 1, 2010	Tamaulipas, Mexico	Won an eight-man torneo cibernetico, lastly eliminating Chris Stone[4]
Electroshock	1	02011-10-09 October 9, 2011	Monterrey, Mexico	Won a nine-man gauntlet match, lastly eliminating L.A. Park[5]

Antonio Peña Memorial Shows

The Copa Antonio Peña is one of the featured events on the annual Antonio Peña Memorial Show (Homenaje a Antonio Peña in Spanish), which has been held since 2007 around the anniversary of Peña's death. In 2011, the first two Memorial Shows were retrospectively renamed Héroes Inmortales I and Héroes Inmortales II.^[6]

Event:	Date:	Location:	Main Event:
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2007)	02007-10-07 October 7, 2007	Naucalpan, Mexico	Domo de la Muerte match between Abismo Negro, Electroshock and El Zorro against Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008)	02008-10-24 October 24, 2008	Naucalpan, Mexico	Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Legión Extranjera
Héroes Inmortales III	02009-09-26 September 26, 2009	Naucalpan, Mexico	Dr. Wagner, Jr. defending the AAA World Heavyweight Championship against El Mesías.[3]
Héroes Inmortales IV	02010-10-01 October 1, 2010	Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico	Steel cage elimination match between "Team AAA" and La Sociedad.[4]
Héroes Inmortales (2011)[7]	02011-10-09 October 9, 2011[8]	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	Steel cage elimination Masks vs. Hairs match between Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario) and Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown).[5]

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ Yoav (October 8, 2007). "AAA: Homenaje a Antonio Peña (7-OCT-07)" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2007/10/08/aaa-homenaje-a-antonio-pena-7-oct-07/. Retrieved August 31, 2009. 
2. ^ "AAA Misc. Cards – Pena Memorial show 2008". Pro Wrestling History. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/misccards.html#pena2008. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 
3. ^ ^{a b} 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). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/09/26/aaa-heroes-inmortales-homenaje-a-antonio-pena-resultados-en-vivo-26-septiembre-2009-%C2%BFque-pasara-con-la-lucha-entre-charly-manson-y-chessman-%C2%BFquien-sera-el-luchador-sorpresa/. Retrieved September 27, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Carrillo, Omar (October 2, 2010). "Resultados 1ro. de octubre – AAA “Héroes Inmortales IV” – Legado AAA, Mesías, Wagner, Aerostar y 187 ganan sus respectivos encuentros" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2010/10/02/resultados-1ro-de-octubre-%E2%80%93-aaa-%E2%80%9Cheroes-inmortales-iv%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-legado-aaa-mesias-wagner-aerostar-y-187-ganan-sus-respectivos-encuentros/. Retrieved October 3, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Cano Vela, Eduardo (October 9, 2011). "AAA Héroes Inmortales (Cobertura y resultados 9 de Octubre de 2011) – Mesias y Sting empatan y unen sus fuerzas contra Konnan, Jarrett y sus aliados, Wagner gana pero Octagón y La Parka lo traicionan, los perros pierden las cabelleras" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2011/10/09/aaa-heroes-inmortales-cobertura-y-resultados-9-de-octubre-de-2011-mesias-vs-sting/. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 
6. ^ "Héroes Inmortales Archive" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. http://luchalibreaaa.com/category/eventos-magnos/heroes-inmortales. Retrieved September 2, 2011. 
7. ^ "Héroes Inmortales ya tiene logo" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. August 18, 2011. http://luchalibreaaa.com/logotipo-de-heroes-inmortales.php. Retrieved August 19, 2011. 
8. ^ "Héroes Inmortales V en Monterrey" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. August 2, 2011. http://luchalibreaaa.com/heroes-inmortales-v-en-monterrey.php. Retrieved August 2, 2011.