Triplemanía 34
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Promotional poster featuring various WWE and AAA wrestlers | |||
| Promotion(s) | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide WWE[a] | ||
| Date | Night 1: September 11, 2026 Night 2: September 13, 2026 | ||
| City | Night 1: Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Night 2: Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Night 1: MGM Grand Garden Arena Night 2: Arena CDMX | ||
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Triplemanía 34 is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), in partnership with its parent company WWE. The event will take place across two nights. Night 1 will take place on Friday, September 11, 2026, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States (southwest of adjacent Las Vegas), while Night 2 will take place on Sunday, September 13, at Arena CDMX in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. It will be the 34th mainline Triplemanía event, the first to take place across multiple nights since Triplemanía XXXII in 2024, and the 48th and 49th overall shows held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. It is also the first Triplemanía event in the United States since Triplemanía IV-A in 1996 and the first to be held outside Mexico since Triplemanía VIII took place in Tokyo, Japan in 2000.
Production
[edit]Background
[edit]2026 will mark the 34th year that the Mexican professional wrestling company Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (Triple A or AAA) will hold their annual flagship Triplemanía show. Triplemanía is the company's biggest show of the year, the AAA equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania or New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom event. As a two-night show, Triplemanía 34 will be the 48th and 49th overall Triplemanía shows promoted by AAA (AAA promoted multiple Triplemanía shows over the summers of 1994 to 1997). Since the 2012 event, Triplemanía has taken place at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX or Mexico City Arena), an indoor arena in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico that has a maximum capacity of 22,300 spectators.[1][2][3][4]
On May 9, 2026, at Backlash, AAA's parent company WWE announced that Triplemanía 34 would take place across two nights. Night 1 was announced as taking place on Friday, September 11, at an unannounced venue and location, while Night 2 was announced as taking place on Sunday, September 13, at Arena CDMX in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico.[5] On May 30 at Noche de Los Grandes, AAA initially announced Luxor Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States as the location for Night 1,[6] but on July 30, WWE announced that Night 1 was moved to the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena due to high demand for the previously sold-out event.[7] Triplemanía 34 will be held as part of a WWE live event tour in Mexico, which will see the first episodes of Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown air from Mexico since 2011.[8]
Storylines
[edit]Triplemanía 34 will feature professional wrestling matches, with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Results are predetermined by AAA's booking team and WWE's writers,[9][10] while storylines are produced on AAA and WWE events. The wrestlers will portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they perform.[11]
At Week 1 of Rey de Reyes on March 14, 2026, El Grande Americano defeated La Parka, Santos Escobar, and "The Original" El Grande Americano in a fatal four-way match to win the Rey de Reyes tournament and earn the right to challenge for the AAA Mega Championship.[12] On the June 6 episode of Lucha Libre AAA, AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio announced that the reigning AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio was set to defend the title on Night 2 of Triplemanía 34.[13]
On the July 11 episode of Lucha Libre AAA, AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio vacated the AAA Latin American Championship after previous champion El Hijo del Vikingo suffered a knee injury.[14] The following week, Mysterio announced a tournament, where the winners of the four triple threat qualifiers advance to a fatal four-way match for the title at Triplemanía 34. The first qualifying match took place after the announcement with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. advancing to the four-way final after defeating Abismo Negro Jr., and Texano Jr..[15][16] At Verano de Escándalo on July 25, AAA announced that Lince Dorado would replace Dragon Lee, who was unable to compete due to a ligament tear in his thumb.[17] The following week, La Parka defeated Dorado and Mecha Wolf to advance the tournament final.[18]
Matches
[edit]| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | All TBA | Copa Bardahl match[19] | ||
| 2 | El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. La Parka vs. Two TBA | Fatal four-way match for the vacant AAA Latin American Championship[16] | ||
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| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. El Grande Americano | Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship[13] | ||||
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AAA Latin American Championship Tournament
[edit]| First round Lucha Libre AAA July 11, 2026 (Aired: July 18) Verano de Escándalo July 25, 2026 (Airing: August 1–8) | Final Triplemanía 34 September 11, 2026 or September 13, 2026 | |||||||
| La Parka | ||||||||
| Mecha Wolf | 12:04[18] | |||||||
| Lince Dorado[b] | — | |||||||
| El Fiscal | ||||||||
| Cruz Del Toro | ||||||||
| La Parka | ||||||||
| Psycho Clown | ||||||||
| Omos | ||||||||
| El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | ||||||||
| Damian Priest | ||||||||
| Galeno | ||||||||
| El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | ||||||||
| Abismo Negro Jr. | 8:35[15] | |||||||
| Texano Jr. | — | |||||||
Notes
[edit]- ↑ WWE will handle the production for this event.
- ↑ Lince Dorado replaced Dragon Lee, who was unable to compete due to a ligament tear in his thumb.[17]
References
[edit]- ↑ Valdés, Apolo (March 6, 2018). "El Patrón Alberto estará en Triplemanía XXVI". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ↑ Cano Vela, Eduardo (August 5, 2012). "Triplemania XX "El día ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) – Máscara vs máscara: Dr. Wagner vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. – ¡Kurt Angle en México!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ↑ "¡AAA Triplemanía XXI!… este 16/Jun en la Arena Ciudad de México – Dorian Roldán lo confirma" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Agosto 17 – Triplemanía XXII – Arena Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 9, 2026). "Two-Night AAA Triplemania 34 Announced For September". Fightful. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (May 30, 2026). "Night One Of AAA Triplemanía 34 To Take Place In Las Vegas, Nevada". Fightful. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ WWE.com Staff (July 30, 2026). "First-ever Triplemanía event in Las Vegas moves to iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena". WWE. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (May 30, 2026). "WWE SmackDown & Raw To Emanate From Mexico City In September 2026". Fightful. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
- ↑ Vetter, Chris (March 15, 2026). "Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide "Rey de Reyes" results (3/14): Vetter's review of Dominik Mysterio vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for the AAA Mega Championship, Rey de Reyes final, WWE star accepts Flammer's open challenge". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
- 1 2 Moss, Jeff (June 6, 2026). "AAA Noche de Los Grandes week two live results: Rey Mysterio to address AAA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (July 11, 2026). "AAA Latin American Championship Vacated Following El Hijo del Vikingo's Knee Surgery". Fightful. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Vetter, Chris (July 18, 2026). "AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide results (7/18): Vetter's review of Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Abismo Negro Jr. vs. Texano Jr., Rey Mysterio's announcement". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
- 1 2 Thompson, Andrew (July 18, 2026). "El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Earns Spot In Four-Way Match For Vacant AAA Latin American Title At Triplemanía 34". Fightful. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- 1 2 Thompson, Andrew (July 25, 2026). "Lince Dorado Replacing Dragon Lee In Latin American Title Match Qualifier, More Set For AAA Verano de Escándalo Week Two". Fightful. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
- 1 2 Vetter, Chris (August 3, 2026). "AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide results (8/1): Vetter's review of Rey Fenix vs. Mini Vikingo for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship, Galeno and Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Drago and Dinámico". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (June 27, 2026). "Copa Bardahl Made Official For AAA Triplemanía 34". Fightful. Retrieved June 27, 2026.