AAA Reina de Reinas
Current Champion
Taya Valkyrie is the current champion, in her fourth reign. She defeated Deonna Purrazzo on April 23, 2022 to win the championship.
Championship History
Reina de Reinas was an annual AAA tournament, similar to male counterpart Rey de Reyes. The championship was more a tournament winning award in belt form than a regular defended championship. It still was put on the line in between Reina de Reinas tournaments occasionally, with the Mexican National Women's Championship also used as a traditional women's championship.
Early Reinas de Reinas followed the same format as the male tournament - 16 person tournaments made up of 4 four-way semifinals and a final - but the format changed to a battle royal where the final four would advance in later years.
Lady Apache took the Mexican National Women's Championship to CMLL in 2006, leaving AAA without a regular women's title belt. Tiffany won the 2007 tournament but left AAA along with other AAA veterans that year. The tournament was held with 12 women in 2008. AAA began using it as a normal championship from that moment on, and has stopped running the tournament.
Keyra was the 26th champion. She defeated Lady Shani & Chik Tormenta on June 16, 2019 to win the championship.
Taya was the 28th champion. She defeated Lady Shani, Keyra, Ayako Hamada, and Faby Apache on December 1, 2019 to win the championship. Taya officially joined WWE on February 24, 2021, vacating this championship as a result. AAA has plans to fill this championship but has yet to say when or exactly how.
Champions Listing
Sources:
- ↑ draw; title for title for the Mexican National Women's Championship
- ↑ may have been a draw with a replayed finish
- ↑ title for title match with the Mexican National Women's Championship
- ↑ a bull terrier match
- ↑ a trios match - Mari, Fabi Apache, Aerostar vs Sexi Star, Christina Von Eerie, Alex Koslov - where Sexi's championship was on the line
- ↑ So Cal Uncensored
- ↑ No Prima Donna
notes
1999
The 1st Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Puebla on February 19th. It was a 16 women tournament with four way matches, and was won by Xochitl Hamada.
Title defenses this year:
- 1999.10.06: Esther Moreno defeated Xochitl Hamada to win the Reina de Reina championship.
- 1999.11.05: Esther Moreno defeated Xochitl Hamada to retain the Reina de Reina championship.
2000
The 2nd Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Morelia on February 20th. It was again a 16 women tournament with four way matches, and was won by Rossy Moreno.
Rossy Moreno------ | La Briosa---------| |Rossy Moreno------ La Chola----------| | | | Sahori------------ | | Xochitl Hamada---- | | | Cinthia Moreno----| | |Xochitl Hamada----| La Fugitiva-------| | | | Tiffany----------- | |Rossy Moreno Martha Villalobos- | | | Esther Moreno-----| | |Martha Villalobos-| Estrellita--------| | | | Metalica---------- | | Alda Moreno------- | | | Miss Janeth-------| | |Miss Janeth------- Demoledora--------| | Migala------------
Title defenses this year: 2000.06.16: Rossy Moreno won by DQ over Martha Villalobos to retain the Reina de Reina championship.
2001
The 3rd Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Veracruz on February 17th. This year, it was a 14 person cibernetico, with the final four advancing to their own four way elimination match. Participants in the cibernetico who did not make the final were
- Briosa
- La Chola
- Demoledora
- Estrellita
- La Fugitiva
- Lola González
- Lady Discovery
- Cynthia Moreno
- Sahori
- Martha Villalobos
In the four way final, Lady Apache defeated Miss Janeth, Tiffany, and Alda Moreno to take the crown.
Title defenses this year:
- 2001.05.09: Lady Apache defeated Miss Janeth to retain the Reina de Reina championship.
- 2001.07.15: Lady Apache defeated AKINO to retain the Reina de Reina championship.
- 2001.11.29: Lady Apache fought Tiffany to a double DQ to retain the Reina de Reina championship.
2002
The 4th Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Veracruz on February 23th. Like the previous year, there was a qualifying cibernetico with the last four moving onto a final match. This year, 12 women were involved in the tournament.
The eight who went were eliminated before the final
In the final, Miss Janeth and Martha Villalobos were eliminated, leaving Esther Moreno and Lady Apache. Some reports have the match ending as a draw, but Esther is recognized as a Reina de Reinas champion, so she must've ultimately won the crown this year.
Title defenses this year: 2002.05.04: Martha Villalobos defeated Esther Moreno to win the Reina de Reina championship.
2003
Details are scarce on the 5th Reina de Reinas; it's believed to have just involved three wrestlers for unknown reason. (It's also possible there's a missing first round.) The matches took place on February 23.
Fabi Apache------- |Lady Apache------- Lady Apache------- | |Martha Villalobos | Martha Villalobos-
2004
There was no Reina de Reinas tournament in 2004. Sometime between 2003 and 2004, Tiffany won the Reina de Reinas championship, and it was defended thru the year as normal.
Title defenses this year:
- 2004.05.09: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany to win the Reina de Reina championship and the Mexican National Women's Championship.
- 2004.05.01: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany to defend the Reina de Reina championship
- 2004.05.17: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany to defend the Reina de Reina championship
- 2004.07.18: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany to defend the Reina de Reina championship
- 2004.09.15: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany to defend the Reina de Reina championship
- 2004.10.22: Lady Apache defeated Tiffany by DQ to defend the Reina de Reina championship
2005
The 6th Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Mexico City on February 20th. Participants included wrestlers from the LLF female only promotion. This year, the tournament was a battle royal, with the final two wrestlers having a final decision match.
Particpants in the battle royal who did not make the final include
- Cinthia Moreno
- Dark Angel
- Estrellita
- Fabi Apache
- Golden Girl
- La Chola
- Martha Villalobos
- Nikki Roxx
- Poly Star
- Princesa Blanca
- Princesa Sujei
- Simply Luscious
- Veronica
In the final, Tiffany beat Lady Apache to win the crown on her birthday.
Title defenses this year:
- 2005.06.03: Tiffany defeated Lady Apache to defend the Reina de Reina championship.
- 2005.07.03: Tiffany defeated Lady Apache to defend the Reina de Reina championship.
2006
The 7th Reina de Reinas tournament was held on Feburary 18th, in Orizaba. This year, a battle royal (where particpants could be eliminated by pinfall or submission) was held, with the final four advancing to a final. Participants in the tournament who did not make the final include
- Hechicera (eliminated by Martha)
- Mujer Demente (by Josseln)
- Lady Rabbit (by Chola)
- Josselin (by Janeth)
- Lola González (by Tiffany, with some help)
- La Chola (by Cinthia)
- Tiffany (by Martha, with some help)
- Estrellita (by Martha)
The final four met later on the same show an elmination match
- La Diabolica pinned Martha Villalobos
- Miss Janeth beat Cinthia Moreno with a northern lights suplex
- and Miss Janeth defeated La Diabolica with a top rope spinning kick to win the tournament.
AAA also held a special Reina de Reinas Internacional match this year, on Feburary 25th. Cinthia Moreno won an elimination match, also including a La Diabolica, Martha Villalobos, Carlos Amano, Mayumi Ozaki, Chikayo Nagashima.
Source: prowrestlinghistory.com
2007
The 8th Reina de Reinas tournament was held in Tula, Hidalgo. A battle royale was held, with the final six meeting in a final later. Women eliminated in the battle royal: Mujer Demente, La Chola, La Hechicera, Lady Rabbit, Vicky Carranza, Josseline, Estrellita, Lola Gonzalez, La Diabolica, Martha Villalobos. Those remaining worked the final as if it was an elimination trios match:
Sexi Star, Fabi Apache, and Cinthia Moreno vs Rossy Moreno, Tiffany, and Miss Janeth
Eliminations:
- Sexi Star (eliminated by Fabi Apache, with help from Gran Apache)
- Rossy Moreno (eliminated by Cinthia Moreno)
- Cinthia Moreno (eliminated Miss Janeth)
- Miss Janeth (eliminated by Fabi Apache)
- Fabi Apache (eliminated by Tiffany and interference from Sexi Star)
At the end of this melee the new Reyna of Reynas was Tiffany.
2008
This year's tournament was a fifteen women tournament in Morelia, Michoacan on May 25. The format of the tournament was changed again, this time three first round matches with five women each. The three winners would advance to a final on the same day.
The tournament was made up of 9 Mexicans and 6 Japanese, most from the Oz Academy group. Previous champion Tiffany did not compete.
First Round Matches
- Ayako Hamada defeated Estrellita, Cinthia Moreno, La Diabólica and Carlos Amano
- Mari Apache defeated Chikayo Nagashima, Martha Villalobos, Sexy Star and Sonoko Kato
- Fabi Apache defeated Akino, Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki and Vicky Carranza
In the final, Fabi Apache defeated Mari Apache and Ayako Hamada to win the tournament.
Transition To Regular Championship
AAA ceased running annual Reina de Reinas tournaments after the 2008 tournament. The Reina de Reinas belt was defended like a standard women's championship from that point on. Defenses are listed in the title history.
On September 26, 2009, as part of the Heroes Inmortales III show, Sexi Star beat Fabi Apache in a bull terrier match to win the championship.
Mari Apache's championship win came in a trios match, where the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship were also on the line and whoever got the pin got the championship of whoever lost.
Mari lost the championship in a multi-woman match. She was beat before the finish by guest wrestler Mickie James, but James was kissed and defeated by Pimpinela Escarlata to win the match. Pimpinela, an exotico, became the first male to win the championship in 2011.
Sexi Star won the title a second time at Guerra de Titanes, 2011. The match versus Pimpinela Escarlata was a lumberjack strap match, with a distraction caused by the lumberjacks leading to the title switch.
Sexi Star held the championship for more than a year before vacating the championship on AAA TV in February 2013 for reasons not totally explained.
2012
AAA brought back the Reina de Reinas tournament format for a special co-promoted show with WAVE promotion from Japan on November 27, 2012 in Korakuen Hall. There was a four luchadora field for a one night tournament.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer Blake | |||||||||||||
| Sexi Star | W | ||||||||||||
| Sexi Star | W | ||||||||||||
| Kaguya | |||||||||||||
| Kaguya | W | ||||||||||||
| Fabi Apache | |||||||||||||
AAA recognizes this as a single title defense, not an additional reign.
Champions Gallery (Non-Tournaments)
 Sexi Star, 14th, 17th, & 22nd Champion |
 Mari Apache, 15th Champion |
| Faby Apache, 13th & 18th Champion |
 Ayako Hamada, 20th Champion |
 Taya Valkyrie, 19th, 21st, 28th & 31st Champion |
 Lady Shani, 23th & 25th Champion |
 Fabi Apache, 24th Champion |
 Keyra, 26th Champion |
 Tessa Blanchard, 27th Champion |
 Deonna Purrazzo, 30th Champion |
| V | AAA/PAP Championships | E |
|---|---|---|
| AAA: Cruiser (Matt Riddle) • Mega (El Patrón Alberto) • Latin American (Q.T. Marshall) Minis (Dinastia) • Mixed Tag (Abismo Negro Jr. & Flammer) • Reina de Reinas (Flammer) Tag (Arez) & (Komander) • Trios (Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr.,Psicosis & Toxin)) | ||
| Tournaments: Rey de Reyes (Sam Adonis) • Copa Antonio Peña (Pimpinela Escarlata) • Copa TripleManía (Laredo Kid) | ||
| Defunct: Americas Heavy • Americas Trios • Campeón de Campeones • IWC Heavy • IWC Middle • IWC Minis • IWC Tag • Second/Mascota • GPCW SUPER-X Monster • Lucha Libre Premier • Fusion • Lucha World Cup | ||
| Unofficial: AAA Northern Tag (Kuas Extrem & Snaiper) • AAA Northern Middle: (The Tiger) • AAA Northern Light Heavy (Lemus Jr.) | ||
