Promo Azteca

Promo Azteca was a short-lived promotion based in Mexico. The promotion was originally known as PROMELL promoted by Fuerza Guerrera which cross-promoted with AAA but went their separate ways in 1995. But the promotion changed drastically when Azteca TV bought the promotion with help from Konnan & Jorge Rojas following their fallout with Antonio Pena. The promotion was intended to be a place for all the wrestlers who had left AAA after joining WCW with Konnan in 1996/97, like Super Calo, La Parka, Psicosis, and Rey Misterio Jr., to wrestle in Mexico while under contract with WCW. Those going to WCW were assured they'd still be able to wrestle in Mexico when WCW didn't need them, and those wrestlers were intended to be the stars of Promo Azteca.

Promo Azteca got it's name from it's television partner, TV Azteca. CMLL were AAA allied with Televisa, so it was a chance for their main television rival to get into lucha libre.

The success of Promo Azteca was short lived though. WCW, fearing injuries to these wrestlers while working elsewhere, later rescinded their promise and banned it's wrestlers from working in this promotion. With those stars gone, Promo Azteca struggled and fell apart by the end of 90s.

Promo Azteca's legacy includes matches with the soon-to-be WCW stars and others like Blue Panther, Super Crazy and Venum Black, as post-script to AAA's Golden Age. The promotion also featured the debuts of wrestlers who'd later go into greatest success elsewhere, like Pantera Del Ring, Mr. Aguila, Shiryu, Último Rebelde, Último Guerrero and Zorro. Promo Azteca also changed Mexican wrestling by using one-fall matches, which AAA later adopted.