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AAA RETURNING TO PPV, GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH WWE

When Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA debuts in Madison Square Garden on Sunday 9/15 and returns to Los Angeles at the Forum on Sunday 10/13, each of those events will be presented live on PPV via all major PPV providers, PWInsider.com has confirmed.  These would be the first official AAA PPV on PPV in years, although the company regularly streams big events on Twitch.TV.

We are told that the events will be presented on secondary PPV channels as they will run opposite the 9/15 WWE Clash of Champions PPV and a planned 10/13 WWE PPV event as well.  WWE has a date in Anaheim, CA on 10/13 currently.   AAA will now be in a position where the majority of promotion for those events will go to WWE, since they will be on a higher-tier PPV channel.

PWInsider.com has also confirmed that AAA has hired New York City-based Tupelo-Honey Productions to be their PPV production team for the PPV broadcasts.

Impact Wrestling is expected to provide some talent for the events.  Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie and Tessa Blanchard appeared at the MSG press conference this past April.

Talents currently advertised for the 9/15 Lucha Libre AAA Invading New York event are Aerostar, Averno, Blue Demon Jr., Daga, Dinastía, Drago, Fenix, Golden Magic, Hijo del Tirantes, Hijo del Vikingo, John Hennigan, Konnan, La Hiedra, La Parkita, Lady Maravilla, Lady Shani, Mamba, Máximo, Myzteziz Jr., Niño Hamburguesa, Pagano, Pentagon Jr., Piero, Pimpinela Escarlata, Puma King, Taya Valkyrie, Tessa Blanchard and Villano III Jr.  It will be the first time AAA runs New York City since a July 1994 event.

Talents currently advertised for the 10/13 Lucha Libre AAA Invading Los Angeles event are Aerostar, Averno, Blue Demon Jr., Daga, Dinastía, Drago, Dr. Wagner Jr., Fenix, Golden Magic, Hijo del Tirantes, Hijo del Vikingo, Konnan, La Hiedra, La Parkita, Lady Maravilla, Lady Shani, Mamba, Máximo, Myzteziz Jr., Niño Hamburguesa, Pagano, Pentagon Jr., Piero, Pimpinela Escarlata, Puma King, Taya Valkyrie, Tessa Blanchard, Texano Jr., and Villano III Jr.  It will be the first time AAA runs LA since April 2009.

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