- Antonio Peña
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name = Antonio Peña
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birth_date = 1948
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death_date =October 5 2006 cite news|first=Hicks|last=Brady|title=2006: The year in wrestling|work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts|publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2007 Edition|page=26|accessdate=2007-07-11]
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website =Antonio Peña (born
1948 -October 5 2006 ) was the founder of the Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotion AAA, which was revolutionary in the way matches in Mexico were presented and reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the Mexican economy. AAA is the promotion largely responsible for bringing the "Lucha" style to the United States, with such wrestlers as Rey Misterio Jr,Psicosis ,La Parka ,Konnan and others. Peña was the former head booker of EMLL before forming AAA.Controversy with trademarks
Peña has occasionally been criticized with trademarking gimmicks and not allowing the original performers of the gimmicks to use the name elsewhere.Fact|date=June 2008 The two prime examples being in the case of Psicosis (the original Psicosis) and L.A. Park (the original La Parka), who were not allowed to use the names and gimmicks in Mexico.Fact|date=June 2008
Personal life
Pena died on
October 5 2006 due to a massive heart attack.References
External links
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/antonio-pena.html Profile] at Online World of Wrestling
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