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KENNY OMEGA RETURNING TO MEXICO FOR AAA'S TRIPLEMANIA, AAA TEAMING WITH MARVEL TO DEBUT NEW LUCHA WRESTLERS

Lucha Libre AAA World Wide held a virtual press conference today to announce Kenny Omega will defend the AAA Mega Championship against Laredo Kid at TripleMania 28.

The match was originally scheduled to take place at Rey de Reyes on March 21. However, the event was cancelled.

AAA hopes to hold TripleMania in December, pending the current COVID-19 health situation. No date was given during’s today’s press conference.

The event will still take place in Arena Ciudad de México as previously scheduled on August 22.

It will be Omega’s fourth defense of the championship. He has successfully defended it against Jack Evans on AEW Dark last November, Dragon Lee at Triplemanía Regia last December and Sammy Guevara on AEW Dynamite in March.

Two further matches have been announced for TripleMania 28. Chessman will face Pagano in a Hair vs. Hair match and there will be a tag team match debuting AAA’s new Marvel-themed wrestlers.

Aracno (Spider-Man) and Leyenda Americana (Captain America) will face Terror Púrpura (Thanos) and Venenoide (Venom).

 

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