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68-440: Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) has a long history of using clown based ring characters ever since the company was founded in 1992, most famously the group known as Los Payasos ( Spanish for "The Clowns") that existed until 1999. AAA later tried to promote other clown trios such as Payasos del Mal ("Evil Clowns") in 2007. It was not until AAA took the wrestler who had worked as Aliens , Kronus (son of Brazo de Plata ) and

136-504: A Relevos Atómicos de locura match (Spanish for "Eight-man madness match"), a match that featured two teams of four, each composed of a male wrestler, a female wrestler, an Exótico wrestler and a Mini-Estrella In the mid-2004 El Oriental's sister Cynthia started a storyline feud with the Apache family, primarily Faby Apache and Gran Apache that would last until 2009. On August 1, 2004, Cynthia and El Oriéntal unsuccessfully challenged for

204-1123: A 13-man battle royal . During his time with Osaka Pro, he won the Osaka Pro Middleweight Championship on one occasion and also brought the MWF World Welterweight Championship into the promotion, when he lost it to Osaka Pro regular Kabuto Beetle on his last appearance for the promotion. In 2005 El Oriental began working for Pro Wrestling NOAH as a result of a developing working relationship between NOAH and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración which resulted in several extended tours of Japan. In August 2008 El Oriental, along with Laredo Kid , Histeria and Antifaz travelled to Japan to compete on Pro Wrestling NOAH 's 2007 "Shiny Navigation" tour that ran over ten events from August 19, 2007, until September 2, 2009. On most nights El Oriental teamed with Laredo Kid against Histeria and Antifaz, sometimes in six man matches teaming with Ricky Marvin while Histeria and Antifaz teamed with Rocky Romero . On September 3, 2009, on

272-469: A car . On September 24, AAA announced that it would return to its first performances in early October after the announced project. In December 2020, FactoryMade Ventures , one of the co-producers of Lucha Underground , filed a lawsuit with AAA; claiming to have exclusive rights to distribute AAA events and merchandise outside of Mexico. On February 2, 2021, the company signed an alliance with SECTUR to promote Mexico's tourist destinations. Bearing

340-476: A steel cage weapons match , thanks to an interference from the leader of Los Perros , El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . On January 2, 2011, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown represented AAA in the Guerra de Empresas , a battle between different promotions, hosted by International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). After defeating Team Desastre Total Ultraviolento ( Crazy Boy and Joe Líder ), Los Psycho Circus advanced to

408-550: A fabricated profile to help enhance their "evil" characters. The team made their debut on December 14, 2007 during a show in Chilpancingo , Guerrero where they defeated Real Fuerza Aérea ( Aero Star , Super Fly and Pegasso ). Los Psycho Circus was physically larger than most of the AAA wrestlers and soon established themselves as a dominant force in the ring, booked to easily defeat a series of low card teams. While Los Psycho Circus

476-435: A foot high brightly colored Mohawk and a long plastic tongue, Zombie Clown's mask features rotting yellow teeth, skin blotches and a small blue tophat while Murder Clown's mask features vampire like fangs and a balding multicolored afro. Each of the wrestlers was given a backstory befitting their twisted and dark characters, complete with statements about the clowns "rejoicing in the pain of others" and "Violence without measure",

544-465: A match on January 17, 2010 La Legión fought Los Psycho Circus and Cibernético in a match that for the first time in their AAA career saw Los Psycho Circus' masks torn and two of them bleeding during the match. At the 2010 Rey de Reyes event Los Psycho Circus serve as Lumberjacks during a Lumberjack match where they kept La Legión from interfering in the match, allowing Cibernético to pin Konnan. During

612-994: A new partnership with his rival Pagano . All three members Los Psycho Circus are playable characters in the video game Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring , which was released at the end of 2010. Although the game does not feature tag team or trios matches and as such do not appear collectively as "Los Psycho Circus". although in both Tecnico and Rudo Story Mode, they appear in Handicap Matches with different members in each mode. In Tecnico mode, it's Psycho Clown and Killer Clown/Murder Clown and Rudo mode has Zombie Clown/Monster Clown and Psycho Clown. Lucha Libre AAA World Wide Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos , lit.   ' Assistance, Advisory, and Administration of Spectacles ' )

680-610: A number of luchadores for the Royal Rumble event and its namesake match. In April 2014, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett , who was credited for AAA & TNA relationship, had left the company. He announced that his new Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion would begin working with the AAA. TNA and AAA would continue to work with each other, including on such events as the Lucha Libre World Cup on May 24, 2015. When Jarrett returned to TNA (then known as Impact Wrestling) in 2017, it

748-521: A number of signature events and tournaments: some shown as pay-per-view events and others presented as TV Azteca television specials. The annual shows and tournaments, shown in order of occurrence during each year, include: AAA has few restrictions on the number of championships it promotes, often allowing wrestlers to defend titles from other promotions; such as the Universal Wrestling Association . Such titles are defended on AAA shows as

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816-597: A number of wrestlers at Arena Azteca Budokan. Some of the wrestlers El Oriental have trained include: Moreno is a member of an extended wrestling family founded by his father Alfonso Moreno, who was both a wrestler and a wrestling promoter, and his mother, who took over promoting wrestling in Arena Azteca Budokan in Nezahualcoyotl , Mexico State after Alfonso Moreno died. El Oriental's sisters Cinthia, Rossy, Alda and Esther are or have been professional wrestlers. He

884-513: A one night tournament at Verano de Escandalo to become the new AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions. Over the next 779 days Cynthia and El Oriéntal would repeatedly defend the Mixed tag team titles, including defending them on various independent shows. Their reign would come to an end in November, 2007 when they were forced to vacate the championship when Cynthia suffered an injury and was unable to defend

952-472: A result of creative problems, and stars such as Fuerza Guerrera and Blue Panther soon left too when the Mexican economy began to slow down (which resulted in the company's inability to offer as much work). Talent such as Rey Misterio, Jr. , Psicosis , La Parka , and Juventud Guerrera , would also depart to WCW in 1996, as well as Konnan's short-lived Promo Azteca promotion. In early 1997, AAA established

1020-588: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The following April, a tournament called Lucha Fighters was created consisting of 12 luchadores and 8 luchadoras . During the indefinite recess due to health contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico , on July 20, 2020, AAA announced its project called " AutoLuchas " which consists of a events in Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez where fans could see through from

1088-584: A show for the American El Rey Network in the second half of the year. The one-hour weekly program would be accompanied by monthly and quarterly specials as well as live pay-per-views. The show, titled Lucha Underground , premiered on October 29, 2014. The series ran for four seasons, and received generally positive reviews. Beginning in March 2015, the company announced that it would be known as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide from that point on, although it

1156-542: A storyline feud against Pentagón which saw El Oriental's sister Esther join him in the fight against Pentagón and his wife Xóchitl Hamada . The two met at the 2000 Rey de Reyes where Pentagón defeated El Oriental. In June 2000 Oriental teamed with his sister Esther for Triplemanía VIII , which took place in Tokyo, Japan. The team wrestled to a draw against Pentagón and Xóchitl Hamada as both teams were counted out. On October 13, 2000, El Oriental defeated Super Crazy to win

1224-436: A sub-three minute match. In August 2009 AAA announced that Zombie Clown had been renamed "Monster Clown" and Killer Clown had been renamed "Murder Clown" due to copyright issues over the original names. The newly renamed Psycho Circus kept their winning streak alive as they defeated La Yakuza ( El Oriental , Kenzo Suzuki and Sugi San ) in the opening match of the 2009 Verano de Escandalo . In September 2009 their win streak

1292-442: A third wrestler whose previous identity has not been revealed and turned them into Los Psycho Circus . Aliens became known as Zombie Clown, Kronus became Psycho Clown and the third man became known as Killer Clown. Unlike previous clown characters who wore fabric masks Los Psycho Circus wore rubber masks with more horrific, twisted facial expressions, inspired by the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space . Psycho Clown's mask features

1360-419: A tournament final to become the first ever AAA World Trios Champions . At the event, Los Psycho Circus also debuted their own mascot, Mini Clown . On July 16, AAA debuted the mini versions of Los Psycho Circus , Mini Monster Clown, Mini Murder Clown and Mini Psycho Clown. On July 31 at Verano de Escándalo , Los Psycho Circus faced Los Perros del Mal in a steel cage match, where the last person left in

1428-527: A trio called La Yakuza , after the Japanese Mafia . The team started out with a series of victories, but were defeated by Los Psycho Circus at the 2009 Verano de Escandalo . "AAA Verano de Escándalo 2009 (Resultados 21 agosto) – Dr. Wagner Jr. retiene el Megacampeonato – Aparece Gron XXX – Roxxi se presenta con AAA" . Súper Luchas (in Spanish). August 21, 2009 . Retrieved August 22, 2009 . Following

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1496-453: A way to promote their talents. This long-standing practice ended in December 2008, after the promotion announced it will no longer recognize or promote any non-AAA title. This list only includes AAA championships and does not include titles from other promotions. As of December 1, 2024. El Oriental Noé Astro Moreno León (born December 6, 1972) is a Mexican Luchador known under

1564-737: A working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), with several luchadores appearing in the 1997 Royal Rumble . In the mid-1990s the name of the company was changed to simply be AAA (pronounced as Triple A ), as the company bought out Televisa and became independent. On October 6, 2006, founder Antonio Peña died of a heart attack. Following Peña's death, his sister Marisela Peña manages AAA financially; while Peña's brother-in-law Joaquín Roldán and his son, Dorian Roldán Peña serve as operational managers. In 2008, Lucha Libre USA presented AAA's second U.S. pay-per-view, Legendary Battles of Triplemania . In 2009, AAA announced

1632-474: Is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling ) promotion based in Mexico City , Mexico. It was founded in 1992, when Antonio Peña broke away from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to set up his own promotion to have more creative freedom . AAA has a developed a reputation for its outlandish gimmicks and characters, and more extreme match styles. In addition to the conventional "squared circle",

1700-500: Is still referred to mainly as AAA or "Triple A". On April 8, 2017, AAA General Manager Joaquín Roldán died. On 14 June, AAA began airing on FrontRunnerTV in the UK. In April and May 2018, some Liga Elite talent Teddy Hart, Juventud Guerrera and Taurus made their return to AAA wearing their Elite League jerseys. On June 4, at Verano de Escándalo , Jeff Jarrett returned after 3 years to defeat Rey Wagner and Rey Mysterio Jr. and win

1768-711: The Los Invasores storyline that featured CMLL wrestlers fighting against a number of former AAA wrestlers, his main opponent in the storyline was Místico . El Oriental and Místico teamed up for a five team Parejas Incredibles match on July 12, 2010, at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show where the losing team was forced to wrestle each other under Luchas de Apuestas , mask vs. mask rules. The other teams were Último Guerrero and Averno , Atlantis and Olímpico , El Alebrije and La Sombra , Histeria and Volador Jr. Místico and El Oriental ended up being

1836-774: The When Worlds Collide pay-per-view event with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event was critically-acclaimed and is credited for popularizing lucha libre in the United States. Weeks after the show, Art Barr (a key member of Los Gringos Locos ) died while visiting his family. AAA subsequentally vacated the AAA Tag Team Championships, which led to the departure of fellow stable-mates (in Los Gringos Locos) Eddie Guerrero and Madonna's Boyfriend . El Hijo del Santo also departed as

1904-589: The AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship , losing to Gran Apache and Faby Apache. The teams would subsequently clash on several occasions, with the Apaches managing to retain the mixed titles each time. In 2005 the Apaches were forced to vacate the Mixed tag team titles, after which AAA held a tournament to crown new champions. Cynthia and El Oriéntal defeated Gran Apache and Tiffany in the semi-final and then defeated Chessman and La Diabólica in

1972-965: The America's X-Cup Tournament as a contingent known as Team Mexico . Team Mexico dominated the America's X-Cup Tournament, defeating Team USA in the first round before retaining the Cup against both Team Canada and Team Britain . They eventually lost at the World X-Cup , which saw Team USA defeat Team Canada and Team Mexico in the Ultimate X finals to win the Cup. TNA and AAA's working relationship would end in late 2004. TNA continued utilizing luchadores, but opted to contract them individually. In 2006, AAA and TNA would again team up for an event in Toreo de Cuatro Caminos , utilizing some of TNA's talent and stage (which includes

2040-617: The IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship at IWRG's Guerra de Empresas show. The feud between Los Psycho Circus and Los Perros del Mal continued on May 29 at Perros del Mal Producciones' third anniversary show, where Los Psycho Circus was victorious in a six-man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match and, as a result, Super Crazy, the last man left in the cage, was forced to have his head shaved bald. The feud continued at Triplemanía XIX , where Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly defeated Los Psycho Circus in

2108-557: The Ruleta de la Muerte show, seeking better opportunities elsewhere. After leaving CMLL El Oriental quickly ended up working for CMLL's biggest rival Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). He made his first appearance at a major AAA event when he teamed up with La Parka , Héctor Garza and Máscara Sagrada to defeat the team of El Hijo del Solitario , Abismo Negro, Electroshock , Blue Demon Jr. at AAA's 1999 Guerra de Titanes show. Following that event El Oriental became involved in

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2176-497: The UWA World Welterweight Championship , his first AAA promoted championship ever. He held the title until early 2001 when he was forced to vacate the title after being injured during a match. After recovering from his injury El Oriental participated in the 2002 Rey de Reyes tournament, but was eliminated by Cibernético in the opening round. At Triplemania X he was one of six wrestlers who participated in

2244-528: The rudo team La Legión Extranjera ( Kenzo Suzuki , Jack Evans and Teddy Hart ) while remaining undefeated. Los Psycho Circus developed a rivalry with The Dark Family, teaming with Chessman to even the sides between the two teams. On January 18, 2009 Los Psycho Circus and Chessman defeated The Dark Family (Dark Cuervo, Dark Escoria, Dark Espiritu and Dark Ozz) to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship . The team's run with

2312-583: The AAA Mega Championship. Jarrett was assisted by Konnan, who also returned to AAA after 2 years. On February 1, 2019, AAA announced the end of their relationship with Televisa after 27 years, with the promotion's programming moving to the Multimedios television station. On February 3, after Super Bowl LIII , AAA reached an agreement with TV Azteca to broadcast their show on Azteca 7 . On April 4, 2019, AAA announced its first event to be held in

2380-439: The Apaches, making them the only team to have held the title twice. The Dinastia Moreno's second reign with the tag team titles turned out to be as active as their first, in fact El Oriental once claimed they defended the titles around 150 times, although records do not support such a claim. In mid-2009 Cynthia began appearing less and less on AAA shows, leaving El Oriental free to team up with Kenzo Suzuki and Sugi San to form

2448-475: The Atómicos titles ended after just 8 days when AAA Commissioner Vampiro stripped Chessman and Los Psycho Circus of the titles because they had attacked him during a show the night before. Los Psycho Circus also wrestled at Triplemania XVII , although they appeared in the pre-show dark match and not during the actual Pay-Per-View event. They team defeated Real Fuerza Aérea ( Laredo Kid , Super Fly and Aero Star) in

2516-599: The CMLL Japan Tag Team Championship in 1999. The team lost the belts to Masato Yakushiji and Naohiro Hoshikawa on July 2, 1999, shortly before CMLL Japan folded. El Oriental continued to work tours for Osaka Pro even after his association with CMLL ended. On April 4, 2000, El Oriental wrestled and lost to Abismo Negro during the second day of the Michinoku Pro promoted Super J-Cup . On December 24, 2000, El Oriental won Osaka Pro's Hirapar Cup, when he won

2584-572: The Puerto Rican Power (PR Flyer and San Juan Kid) and Treachery ( Rellik and Sydistiko ) in a three-way tag team match . In the spring of 2010 El Oriental began working for Promociones Gutierez in Nuevo Laredo and through this association began working with various CMLL wrestlers who made regular appearances in Nuevo Laredo as well. Through this connection El Oriental became associated with

2652-447: The United States and Japan. The promotion broadcasts shows regularly on Gala TV in Mexico, and Univision TDN in Mexico and parts of the United States. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Between April and May of 1992, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker Antonio Peña broke with the company in favor of establishing his own group, along with Konnan , and much of

2720-571: The United States, Invading NY , would take place at Madison Square Garden on September 15, 2019. The promotion also announced that would hold a second event in the US titled Invading Los Angeles , at The Forum in Inglewood, California on October 13, 2019. On August 16, 2019, it was reported by Pro Wrestling Insider that Invading NY was moved to Hulu Theater due to poor ticket sales. AAA would cancel and postpone its televised events in mid-March 2020 as

2788-676: The cage would lose either his hair or mask. The match ended with Psycho Clown escaping the cage, leaving X-Fly inside and forcing him to have his hair shaved off. On August 28, Los Psycho Circus lost the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship to Bestia 666, Damián 666 and X-Fly of Los Perros del Mal in a four team steel cage match, which also included Los Temerarios (Black Terry, Durok and Machin) and Los Villanos (Kortiz, Ray Mendoza, Jr. and Villano IV ). On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales , Los Psycho Circus and Los Perros del Mal ended their year long rivalry, when

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2856-573: The championships. El Oriental had toured the United States on more than one occasion. His first tour of the US took place in 2004 where the Pennsylvania based Chikara booked him to work on four of their shows in November and December, 2004. During his first appearance he defeated Mike Quackenbush to win the IPW Mexican Lightweight Championship, a championship Chikara created for the occasion. He would later successfully defend

2924-525: The clowns defeated Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match to take their hairs. After a five-month break from the rivalry, Los Psycho Circus defeated Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly of Los Perros del Mal on March 11, 2012, to win the AAA World Trios Championship. They lost the title to El Consejo ( Máscara Año 2000, Jr. , El Texano, Jr. and Toscano ) on May 19, 2012. Los Psycho Circus regained

2992-777: The event Sugi San left AAA and La Yakuza disbanded. In the fall of 2009 both Cynthia and El Oriéntal left AAA, losing the Mixed Tag Team title to Faby Apache and Aero Star as their last match for AAA. After losing the Mixed Tag Team Championship El Oriental left AAA and began wrestling on the Mexican independent circuit , including making regular appearances for the Los Perros del Mal wrestling promotion . In Perros del Mal he often teamed with other wrestlers who had left AAA such as Charly Manson or Gran Alebrije . In

3060-586: The fall of 2009 Oriental and Rossy Moreno won the IVP Mixed Tag Team Championship, defeating longtime rivals Pentagón Black and Xochitl Hamada as well as La Diabólica and Zumbido to win the vacant championship. The brother / sister duo later won another Mixed Tag Team Championship called the VIP Mixed Tag Team Championship, again from Hamada and Pentagón Black, although it may have been the same physical belts used to represent

3128-605: The feud. On September 18, 1998, El Oriental wrestled on CMLL's biggest show of the year, the CMLL 65th Anniversary Show where he teamed up with Sendero only to lose to the team of Virus and Halcon Negro Jr. The following year he wrestled on CMLL's 1999 Ruleta de la Muerte show, where he and his teammates Starman, Astro Rey Jr. , Tigre Blanco and Mr. Águila lost to El Satánico , Zumbido , Valentin Mayo, Virus and Rencor Latino in an elimination match. El Oriental left CMLL not long after

3196-400: The finals, where they defeated Team Los Perros del Mal ( Super Crazy and X-Fly) to win the tournament. On April 24, Los Psycho Circus defeated Los Maniacos (Joe Líder, Silver King and Último Gladiador ), Los Oficiales ( Oficial 911 , Oficial AK-47 and Oficial Fierro ) and Los Perros del Mal ( Bestia 666 , Damián 666 and X-Fly) in a four–way elimination steel cage match to win

3264-526: The last night in Japan Laredo Kid teamed with Super Fly to defeat Atsushi Aoki and Ippei Ota on a joint AAA/NOAH show called TripleSEM . On September 3, 2007, he took part in the tour ending, joint AAA/NOAH event called TripleSEM . He teamed up with Pimpinela Escarlata and Chikayo Nagashima to defeat Cassandro , Takashi Sugiura and Faby Apache . He has not worked in Japan since September, 2007. In

3332-512: The last team and were forced to wrestle for their masks. After a long match Místico defeated El Oriental. After the match El Oriental was forced to remove his mask and show his face. He announced that his real name was Noé Astro Moreno Leon, that he was 37 years old and had been wrestling for 18 years at that point in time. Over the years El Oriental has trained or helped train a number of young wrestlers for their professional wrestling. While he does not run an official wrestling school he has trained

3400-602: The late 1990s El Oriental began working regularly for CMLL, the world's oldest wrestling promotion. During his time in CMLL El Oriental won the Distrito Federal Lightweight Championship and worked a storyline feud with Virus that started in a tournament to crown a new Mexican National Lightweight Champion . Damiancito defeated El Oriental in the finals and the two worked a rivalry centering about both guy's titles although neither changed hands during

3468-570: The main event. Each of the six wrestlers bet the hair of a referee on the outcome of the match. El Oriental represented referee Hijo del Tirantes in the match, but was not involved in the finish of the match as Heavy Metal pinned Sangre Chicana . Between late 2002 and mid-2003 El Oriental suffered various injuries that kept him out of the ring for long stretches of time. At the 2003 Guerra de Titanes Cynthia Moreno, El Oriental, Mascarita Sagrada and Pimpinela Escarlata defeated Faby Apache, Gran Apache , Mini Abismo Negro and Polvo de Estrellas in

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3536-456: The most well known winning streak in professional wrestling, Bill Goldberg 's 173 victories in a row. They made their first appearance at a major AAA show on March 16, 2008 when they defeated The Black Family ( Dark Cuervo , Dark Ozz and Dark Escoria ) on the 2008 Rey de Reyes event. Over the next year Los Psycho Circus defeated such teams as the tecnico team of El Ángel , Super Porky (Psycho Clown's father) and El Alebrije as well as

3604-538: The name of the tour as " Lucha por la Identidad Nacional ", this included shows such as Rey de Reyes and Verano de Escándalo . On August 14, Triplemanía XXIX was held at the Arena Ciudad de México. It was the first event since the pandemic began to have a limited number of fans in attendance for biosecurity reasons. Héroes Inmortales XIV would also have a limited audience present. In 1997, AAA partnered with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to bring in

3672-428: The official release of a video game originally entitled AAA El Videojuego . The game was later retitled Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring , was released on October 12, 2010. AAA developed a working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2004. Through the relationship, AAA sent the luchadores Juventud Guerrera , Héctor Garza , Abismo Negro , Heavy Metal , and Mr. Águila to TNA to compete in

3740-400: The promotion occasionally uses a hexagonal wrestling ring . The promotion has had working relationships with other Mexican promotions, as well as several American promotions; such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Major League Wrestling (MLW), and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). AAA primarily hosts pay-per-views (PPV) events in Mexico, and has also promoted international events in

3808-476: The ring name El Oriental , currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but is mainly known for his almost 10-year-long stint in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) along with his sisters Cynthia , Rossy and Esther Moreno . He is the son of wrestler and promoter Alfonso "Acorazado" Moreno and has worked over 70 tours of Japan. The person who would later become known as El Oriental

3876-450: The summer of 2010 it was announced that Los Psycho Circus ' win streak had reached 600 victories. On October 31, 2010, Los Psycho Circus formed a new alliance named Potencia Mundial (World Power) with AAA Mega Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr. On December 5, 2010, at Guerra de Titanes Los Psycho Circus' long undefeated streak came to an end, when Los Perros del Mal ( Damián 666 , Halloween and X-Fly ) handed them their first ever loss in

3944-402: The third day of the "King of Trios" event El Oriental lost to Chuck Taylor in a singles match. During mid-2010 El Oriental began working for a newly created wrestling promotion, backed by MTV2 called Lucha Libre USA , wrestling on their first television taping on June 19, 2010. On January 22, 2011, El Oriental and Tinieblas Jr. became the first ever LLUSA Tag Team Champions by defeating

4012-519: The title against Skayde before returning to Mexico, never mentioning the title again. In 2010 Chikara invited El Oriental back for another tour. This time he was booked as part of their 2010 King of Trios tournament, where he formed "Team Perros del Mal" along with El Alebrije and Cuije . The trio defeated Team Delicioso ( Curry Man , El Hijo del Ice Cream and Ice Cream Jr.) in the first round but were defeated by tournament winners Bruderschaft des Kreuzes ( Ares , Claudio Castagnoli and Tursas). During

4080-775: The title from El Consejo on February 18, 2013. At Triplemanía XXI Los Psycho Circus represented AAA against the World Wrestling League - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling team of José "Monster Pain" Torres , Matt Morgan and Jeff Jarrett . However, they lost the contest and received a beat down with the WWL World Heavyweight Championship belt afterwards. Los Psycho Circus lost the AAA World Trios Championship to Los Hell Brothers ( Averno , Chessman and Cibernético) on June 14, 2015, at Verano de Escándalo . On October 2, 2016, at Héroes Inmortales X , Monster and Murder Clown turned on Psycho Clown and formed

4148-519: The titles. While Cynthia was recuperating from an injury Gran Apache and Mari Apache won the vacant title as well as turning técnicos (good guys) in the process. When Cynthia returned to the ring she and her brother turned rudo (bad guy) when they attacked Gran and Mari Apache after a successful title defense. At the 2008 Verano de Escandalo Oriental and Cynthia Apache regained the AAA World Mix Tag Team Championship from

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4216-523: The tunnel and lasers). This partnership would end after Konnan left TNA in June 2007 and filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against TNA; The lawsuit was later dismissed. TNA would later start a relationship with CMLL from 2007 to 2009 , and would begin another working relationship with AAA in February 2010. On January 12, 2014, it was announced that, with the backing of Mark Burnett , AAA would co-produce

4284-407: The years El Oriental has learned to speak Japanese, which means that he was later used as a translator for other Mexican wrestlers touring Japan. In the late 1990s he began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 's (CMLL) Japanese affiliate CMLL Japan, which co-promoted shows with Japanese-based Osaka Pro Wrestling . In Japan he became the frequent tag team partner of Tsubasa, with the duo winning

4352-659: The young talent from CMLL. AAA would look for talent from other markets, as they found and signed Tijuana natives Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Psicosis . The promotion became known for signing top talent, such as El Hijo del Santo , Octagón , Blue Panther , the Casas brothers ( Negro Casas and Heavy Metal ), Los Gringos Locos , Cien Caras , Konnan , and Perro Aguayo . The rising popularity of AAA caused rival promotion Universal Wrestling Association to go out of business. Peña would quickly sign up top draws , including El Canek , Dos Caras and Los Villanos. In 1994, AAA co-promoted

4420-452: Was announced as having reached 461 victories, promoting Los Psycho Circus to demand to face the "top stars", stating that AAA promoter Joaquin Roldan needed to pay more attention to them. In the winter of 2009 Los Psycho Circus turned technico and began siding with Cibernético in his feud with Konnan and La Legión Extranjera teaming with him in eight-man matches against La Legión . During

4488-557: Was announced that both promotions would continue to be work together. In July 2015, Canadian-based International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS) announced a talent partnership with AAA. In June 2018, AAA partnered with Lucha Libre Elite . In August 2018, AAA started a working agreement with the American-based Major League Wrestling (MLW). In February 2019, it was announced that AAA would be partnering with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Each year AAA promotes

4556-482: Was booked as Rudos (bad guys) they faced both tecnico (good guy) and rudo teams, defeating all opponents. Months after their debut AAA began to "augment" their record, announcing them with 5 more victories after every television taping, despite AAA not even holding five shows, let alone five shows featuring Los Psycho Circus. The exaggerated win streak soon became an integral part of the gimmick when they achieved 132 "victories" in their first year aiming to eclipse

4624-840: Was born on December 6, 1972, son of Mexican luchador and wrestling promoter Alfonso Moreno. Later on Moreno along with Dr. Wagner and Blue Panther trained El Oriental for his professional wrestling career. He made his debut on October 23, 1992, in Arena Azteca Budokan , the arena his father operated at the time. El Oriental adopted the ring name upon making his debut and has competed exclusively under that name since then. Early in his career he worked mainly in or around his home state of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl , Mexico State , often working with his sisters Cynthia , Rossy and Esther Moreno . El Oriental has made frequent tours of Japan, over 70 tours so far. He made his first tour of Japan early in his career as he worked for W*ING in 1995. Over

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