Verano de Escándalo (2008)

Verano de Escándalo (2008) (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the twelfth annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on September 14, 2008, in Zapopan, Mexico. The Main event featured a Steel Cage "Street Fight" Match between Vampiro and El Mesías.

Verano de Escándalo 2008
Extreme Tiger, who (along with Halloween) lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship at Verano de Escándalo
Promotion	AAA
Date	September 14, 2008
City	Zapopan, Mexico
Venue	Auditorio Benito Juarez
Attendance	11,500
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Triplemanía XVI Next → Antonio Peña Memorial Show
Verano de Escándalo chronology
← Previous 2007 Next → 2009

Production

Background

First held during the summer of 1997 the Mexican professional wrestling, company v began holding a major wrestling show during the summer, most often in September, called Verano de Escándalo ("Summer of Scandal").[1] The Verano de Escándalo show was an annual event from 1997 until 2011, then AAA did not hold a show in 2012 and 2013 before bringing the show back in 2014, but this time in June, putting it at the time AAA previously held their Triplemanía show.[2] In 2012 and 2013 Triplemanía XX and Triplemanía XXI was held in August instead of the early summer.[3] The show often features championship matches or Lucha de Apuestas or bet matches where the competitors risked their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match. In Lucha Libre the Lucha de Apuetas match is considered more prestigious than a championship match and a lot of the major shows feature one or more Apuesta matches. The 2008 Verano de Escándalo show was the 12th show in the series.

Storylines

The Verano de Escándalo show featured seven professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations
1	El Oriental and Cinthia Moreno defeated Gran Apache and Mari Apache (c)	Mixed tag team match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
2	El Alebrije, Brazo de Plata, El Elegido, and Pimpinela Escarlata defeated El Brazo, Decnis, Escorpión Negro, and Pirata Morgan.	Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match
3	Mini Charly Manson defeated Octagóncito and Mini Abismo Negro	Three-way elimination tournament final match for the inaugural AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
4	Gronda, La Parka, and Super Fly defeated La Legión Extranjera (Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki, and El Zorro)	Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
5	La Hermandad 187 (Joe Líder and Nicho el Millonario) defeated the Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy and Último Gladiador), La Familia de Tijuana (Extreme Tiger and Halloween) (c), and The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Jack Evans and Teddy Hart)	Four-way ladder match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
6	Cibernético (c) defeated Chessman.	Singles match for the AAA Mega Championship
7	Vampiro defeated El Mesías	Steel cage "street fight" match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

General references

• "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Verano de Escándalo". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
• Ocampo, Jorge (September 23, 2007). "Verano de Escándalo". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 277.

Specific references

1. "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Verano de Escándalo". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
2. "Junio 7 - Verano de Escándalo: Plaza de Toros La Concordia, Orizaba, Veracruz". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). Retrieved June 8, 2014.
3. Acosta, Carlos R. (May 31, 2012). "Triplemania XX: 5 de agosto en la Arena Ciudad de México". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 18, 2012.