AAA Rey de Reyes 2019: 3 best matches from the PPV

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide held the twenty-third edition of Rey de Reyes on March 16, 2018 at the Acropolis Arena in Puebla, Mexico. This was the first major event of the year for AAA, which has as its most important event Triplemania, whose twenty-seventh edition will take place on August 3.

The show consisted of eight matches where three of the company's seven titles were in dispute. The biggest surprise of the night was the appearance of The Young Bucks, who became the new AAA World Tag Team Champions after defeating The Lucha Brothers in a completely unexpected main event. While the presence of AEW's Cody Rhodes had been announced at this event, the appearance of the Jackson brothers was an absolute surprise for the fans.

The Rey de Reyes 2019 match consisted of an elimination match with the participation of nine wrestlers. The winner was Aero Star, who reached the end of the match and eliminated Laredo Kid to be crowned champion and become a creditor of the traditional sword that is awarded to the winner of this match.

In a show of this magnitude, almost all the matches were up to the circumstances, but only a few will be remembered over the months. Here are the three best matches of AAA Rey de Reyes 2019.

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#3. La Mascara, Killer Kross & Jeff Jarrett vs. Psycho Clown, Maximo & Mamba

Psycho Clown.

The fifth match of the night consisted of a Six Man Tag Team Cage Match. Psycho Clown, Maximo & Mamba defeated La Mascara, Killer Kross & Jeff Jarrett. To win there were no pinfalls or submissions. To win they had to get the three members out of the cage before their rivals.

The story behind this match is certainly complex and has not come to an end. La Mascara rebelled before his own family and has decided to wage a war against his cousins (Psycho Clown and Maximo) and his uncle (Brazo de Plata), who was in ringside during the match. To carry out his purposes, La Mascara counted on the help of Killer Kross and Jeff Jarrett. Both Kross and Jarrett are two of the most hated American heels in Mexico

This Cage Match was a very violent duel that included the use of chairs, metal trays and tables. Jarrett also used a guitar to attack his rivals. One of these attacks caused Maximo to bleed. Precisely Jarrett was the first to leave the cage. He made fun of Marisela Peña (president of AAA) and Brazo de Plata, whom he tried to attack. Psycho Clown aided his father, chased Jarrett away and returned to the ring.

After the exit of Mamba, La Mascara and Kross regained control of the match. Kross executed several suplexes, while La Mascara punished his rivals using chairs. La Mascara tried to break the mask of Psycho Clown and made him bleed.

The next to leave the cage was Killer Kross, who left at the request of La Mascara, who preferred to finish his cousins by himself. La Mascara proceeded to throw Psycho Clown to a table using a catapult. Maximo recovered and escaped quickly from the cage. Finally, La Mascara and Psycho Clown were face-to-face in the ring.

Psycho Clown was exhausted and La Mascara took advantage of this to remove his mask. Psycho Clown couldn’t continue the match unmasked, but quickly Maximo gave him a new mask from outside the cage. Psycho Clown recovered and with a big ovation from the audienc,e he started the counterattack that culminated in a Powerbomb to La Mascara on a table.

Finally, Psycho Clown left the cage and gave the victory to his team. The celebration was gigantic not only for having defended the honor of his family, but also because he is the most popular wrestler of AAA.

#2. Rey de Reyes 2019 Match

Marisela Peña (

presidente

of AAA) and Aero Star as the Rey de Reyes 2019 Champion.

The Rey de Reyes 2019 match consisted of a match that started with two wrestlers. Every minute a new participant entered until the nine were completed. The only way for a wrestler to eliminate an opponent was by pinfall or submission. The participants of this match were El Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr., Eclipse Jr., Taurus, Laredo Kid, Sammy Guevara, Jack Evans, Golden Magic and Aero Star.

Taurus was one of the great protagonists of this match. After attacking Cody Rhodes in a previous segment, he entered the ring with great confidence and was responsible for the first three eliminations. His first victim was Eclipse Jr, eliminated after a brutal attack. The following were Myzteziz Jr. and Golden Magic, both were eliminated by Taurus after many Rodeo Drivers.

The fourth eliminated was Jack Evans, who received a 450° Splash from El Hijo del Vikingo, who was one of the favourites to win this match because he was the only wrestler of the nine who was a native of Puebla. Laredo Kid used the same manoeuvre to eliminate Sammy Guevara, who was the fifth eliminated from the match.

Aero Star, Laredo Kid and El Hijo del Vikingo executed several moves to eliminate Taurus. The final move was a Diving Splash by Aero Star, who executed the manoeuvre from the shoulders of Laredo Kid at the top of the corner.

Although he was the favourite to win this match, El Hijo del Vikingo was the seventh eliminated. The responsibility for his elimination was Aero Star, who eliminated him after a Springboard Codebreaker followed by a 450° Splash. Only Aero Star and Laredo Kid remained.

The final part of the match was very exciting and both wrestlers showed the best of their arsenals.

Finally, the victory went to Aero Star, who eliminated Laredo Kid after applying a Codebreaker from the Top followed by a Cutter. Aero Star was crowned champion Rey de Reyes 2019, became a creditor of a sword that crowns him as Rey de Reyes (King of Kings) and now is part of the champions of this prestigious tournament with legends such as Octagon, La Parka, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, among others.

#1. The Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks

The Young Bucks are the new AAA World Tag Team Champions.

Originally, the main event was a match between Los Mercenarios (El Texano Jr. & Rey Escorpion) versus The Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) for the AAA World Tag Team Championship. The victory was for The Lucha Brothers who got the pin fall after a Package Piledriver by Pentagon Jr. on El Texano Jr.

After this match, Konnan (who had already appeared before to send a warning to Cody Rhodes) reappeared and announced that The Lucha Brothers would have their first opponents as champions at that moment. There was a blackout and The Young Bucks appeared in the ring.

The Lucha Brothers attacked Konnan with a double Super Kick. The Young Bucks began to attack their rivals. The dominion was evidently of the newcomers since The Lucha Brothers had been very exhausted after the previous match. The match, although it didn’t last long, had great moments like the double Sharpshooter by The Young Bucks; the double Cutter by Fenix; the Tope Con Hilo by Fenix on Matt Jackson and the Package Piledriver by Pentagon Jr. on Nick Jackson.

The Young Bucks executed an incredible Meltzer Driver in ringside on Fenix, who couldn’t return to the ring. After a Super Kick by Matt Jackson on Pentagon Jr., Nick Jackson attacked him with a Springboard Dropkick and then performed a Tope Con Hilo on Fenix.

Finally, it was time for the final Meltzer Driver that was on Pentagon Jr. in the middle of the ring. Matt Jackson got the pinfall and gave the victory to him and his brother, who were crowned as new AAA World Tag Team Champions and ended the reign of The Lucha Brothers that didn’t last a single day.

It was a historic victory for The Young Bucks in Mexico, who have previously been Tag Team Champions in several American independent promotions as well as at ROH, NJPW and World Series of Wrestling (Australia).

As Cody Rhodes said during the show, the collaboration agreement between AEW and AAA won’t only be about seeing AAA superstars at AEW, but also about AEW superstars in Mexico at AAA.