Rey de Reyes (2020)


Rey de Reyes is an upcoming professional wrestling supercard event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide promotion. The event was originally scheduled to be held at the Poliforum Zamna in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico on March 21, 2020. On March 13, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide announced that they were cancelling the 2020 Rey de Reyes show due to precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic. They will announce a new date for the event in the future. The 2020 event will be the 24th year in a row that AAA has held a Rey de Reyes show and tournament. Wrestlers from the American promotions All Elite Wrestling and Impact Wrestling - with which AAA has partnerships - are scheduled to appear on the card.

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 2020 show will be the 24th Rey de Reyes show in the series.

Storylines

Rey de Reyes will feature an undetermined number of professional wrestling matches scripted by AAA featuring wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers will portray either heels or faces as they perform.

Matches