Rey de Reyes

Rey de Reyes
AAA Rey de Reyes logo introduced in 2026
PromotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide
First event1997
Event gimmickRey de Reyes tournament
Tournament information
Established1997 (1997)
Current winnerEl Grande Americano
Last completed2026
PrizeAAA Mega Championship match
Editions29
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Participants16
Statistics
First winnerLatin Lover
Most winsLa Parka Jr.
(5 wins)
Oldest winnerEl Canek
(49 years, 271 days)
Youngest winnerCibernético
(23 years, 329 days)
Heaviest winnerElectroshock
(119 kg (262 lb))
Lightest winnerXtreme Tiger
(67 kg (148 lb))

Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings") is a major annual professional wrestling event in Mexico produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, a subsidiary of WWE. The event was established in 1997 and centers around the Rey de Reyes tournament, which is comparable to WWE's King of the Ring tournament. It originally consisted of four-way elimination matches with four qualifiers and a final. The winner is presented with a sword, which some have carried with them for an entire year. In 2026, the Rey de Reyes tournament the winner also receives a future AAA Mega Championship match.

History

The first Rey de Reyes event was held on February 21, 1997 at the Convention Center in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[1] Since then all Rey de Reyes events have been held in March each year. The 13 events have hosted 13 finals, with only one wrestler, La Parka, winning the tournament more than once, in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas and Naucalpan, Mexico State are tied for most events hosted with five each. Beyond that, only Zapopan, Jalisco has repeated as host of the event. As is tradition with recent major AAA shows, the wrestlers compete inside a hexagonal wrestling ring and not the four sided ring the promotion uses for regular television events and House shows.

As of 2011 Rey de Reyes has seen six Luchas de Apuesta, or bet fights. A wrestler has been unmasked once, and five times a wrestler or wrestlers have had their hair shaved off as a result of losing the Apuesta match. The event has hosted eight championship matches, with four championships changing hands on the show, including the finals of the tournament to crown the first ever AAA World Tag Team Champions.

List of events

List of Rey de Reyes tournament winners

# YearWinnerTimes
won		 Tournament final Ref.
Opponent(s) Date
1 1997Latin Lover1 Heavy Metal, Héctor Garza, and Octagón February 21, 1997 [1]
2 1998 Octagón1 Cibernético, Latin Lover, and Perro Aguayo March 1, 1998 [2]
3 1999Cibernético1 Electroshock, Latin Lover, and Octagón March 7, 1999 [3]
4 2000Abismo Negro1 Charly Manson, Cibernético, and El Alebrije March 5, 2000 [4]
5 2001La Parka Jr.1 Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal, and Latin Lover March 30, 2001 [5]
6 2002El Canek1 Cibernético, Octagón, and Pirata Morgan March 17, 2002 [6]
7 2003La Parka Jr.2 Abismo NegroMarch 16, 2003 [7]
8 2004Jeff Jarrett[a]1 Latin Lover March 21, 2004 [8]
9 2005La Parka Jr.3 Abismo Negro, Chessman, Cibernético, Jeff Jarrett, Konnan, and Latin Lover March 11, 2005 [9]
10[b] 2006 Vampiro[c] 1 La Secta Cibernetica (Chessman, Cibernético, and Muerte Cibernetica), Team TNA (Konnan, Ron Killings, and Samoa Joe) and Los Guapos (Scorpio Jr., Shocker, and Zumbido) March 10, 2006 [10]
11 2007La Parka Jr.4 Abismo Negro, Fuerza Guerrera, Latin Lover, Octagón, and Rhino March 18, 2007 [11]
12 2008El Zorro1 Abismo Negro, Alan Stone, and Mr. Niebla March 16, 2008 [12]
13 2009 Electroshock1 La Parka, Latin Lover, and Silver King March 15, 2009 [13]
14 2010 Chessman1 Hernandez and Marco Corleone March 12, 2010 [14]
15 2011Xtreme Tiger1 Carlito Caribbean Cool, El Mesías, and L.A. Park March 18, 2011 [15]
16 2012El Hijo del Perro Aguayo1 Héctor Garza, Jack Evans, and L.A. Park March 18, 2012 [16]
17 2013El Mesías1 Canek and L.A. Park March 17, 2013 [17]
18 2014La Parka Jr.5 Black Warrior, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, and El Zorro March 16, 2014 [18]
19 2015El Texano Jr.1 Aero Star, El Mesías, and Psycho Clown March 18, 2015 [19]
20 2016 Pentagón Jr.1 La Parka and Villano IV March 23, 2016 [20]
21 2017 Argenis1 Averno, Bengala, Chessman, El Elegido, Joe Líder, Niño Hamburguesa, La Parka, and Pimpinela Escarlata March 19, 2017 [33]
22 2018Rey Escorpión1 Bengala, El Hijo del Vikingo, and La Parka March 4, 2018 [22]
23 2019Aero Star1 Australian Suicide, El Hijo del Vikingo, Golden Magic, Jack Evans, Laredo Kid, Myzteziz Jr., Sammy Guevara, and Taurus March 16, 2019 [23]
24 2021Laredo Kid1 Abismo Negro Jr., Aero Star, Drago, El Hijo del Vikingo, El Texano Jr., Murder Clown, and Myzteziz Jr. May 1, 2021 [24]
25 2022Psycho Clown1 Bandido, Cibernético, Heavy Metal, and Laredo Kid February 19, 2022 [25]
26 2023Sam Adonis1 Bandido, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Pagano February 5, 2023 [26]
27 2024El Hijo del Vikingo1 El Texano Jr. and Laredo Kid February 3, 2024 [27]
28 2025Niño Hamburguesa1 DMT Azul, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and El Mesías March 22, 2025 [28]
29 2026El Grande Americano1 La Parka, "The Original" El Grande Americano, and Santos Escobar March 14, 2026 [34]
  1. ↑ Jeff Jarrett's Rey de Reyes victory was initially stricken from AAA's records, after the prmotion ended their relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). His win was eventually recognized again when their relationship resumed in 2010.[32]
  2. ↑ This was the only edition to feature trios matches.
  3. ↑ Vampiro was a member of Team AAA with La Parka and Octagón. Vampiro got the pinfall victory for his team so he was recognized as the Rey de Reyes winner.

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