Rey de Reyes (2019)


The 2019 Rey de Reyes was a professional wrestling event produced by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, or simply AAA, promotion. The 2019 version was the 23rd year in a row that AAA held a Rey de Reyes show and tournament.
This event was attended by the American partner company All Elite Wrestling where they began their partnership between companies.

Production

Background

Starting in 1997 and every year since then the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling, company AAA has held a Rey de Reyes show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February, while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymious Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey. Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows. The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules. There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner. The winner of the'Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the AAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual Reina de Reinas tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept. The 2019 show was the 23nd Rey de Reyes show in the series.

Storylines

The 2019 Rey de Reyes featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels or faces as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results