TripleSEM was a

professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

major show event produced in cooperation between

Pro Wrestling Noah (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left th ...

and

AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Airports * Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA) Arts, entertainment, and ...

on September 3, 2007, held in

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, Japan and shown live on Gaora TV. The show is so far the only joint NOAH/AAA promoted show, but as the companies still work together there is potential for further joint shows in the future. The show was held under NOAH's "Pro Wrestling SEM" banner, a subdivision of NOAH dedicated to training younger wrestlers. The main event saw ''Los Hell Brothers'' (

Charly Manson Jesús Luna Pozos (born February 18, 1975) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) who primarily works on the Mexican independent circuit as Sharlie Rockstar, where he competes as a member of ''The Kl4n''. Pozos is best known under the ri ...

, Chessman and

Cibernético Octavio López Arreola (born April 12, 1975) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético and for working for the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion in Mexico. During AAA's short partnership with ...

) (representing AAA) wrestle to a no contest against Mushiking Terry,

Naomichi Marufuji (born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ...

and

Ricky Marvin Ricardo Fuentes Romero (born January 8, 1980) is a second-generation Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Ricky Marvin, and is most known for his work in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Between 2005 and 2007, he also ...

(representing SEM/NOAH).

Background

In the weeks leading up the event AAA had sent four wrestlers,

Laredo Kid Laredo Kid (born December 30, 1986) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to both Impact Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, but is currently inactive due to abdominal surgery. La ...

El Oriental Noé Astro Moreno León (born December 6, 1972) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' known under the ring name El Oriental, currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but is mainly known for his almost 10-year-long stint in Asistencia Asesor� ...

, Histeria and Antifaz to compete on NOAH's 2007 "Shiny Navigation" tour that ran over ten events from August 19, 2007, until September 2, 2007. The remaining AAA wrestlers travelled to Japan specifically for the TripleSEM event. The following are the results of the AAA wrestlers on the "Shiny Navigation" tour. ;August 19, 2007 *El Oriental and Laredo Kid defeated Antifaz and Histeria ;August 20, 2007 *El Oriental, Laredo Kid and

defeated Antifaz, Histeria and

Rocky Romero John R. Rivera (born October 28, 1982) is a Puerto Rican-American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed non-exclusively to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero (ロ� ...

;August 22, 2007 *Ricky Marvin defeated Laredo Kid *El Oriental, Kenta and

Taiji Ishimori is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he wrestles as part of the Bullet Club. He is the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion in his third reign, and is also a one-time NEVER Openweight ...

defeated Antifaz, Histeria and Rocky Romero ;August 23, 2007 *

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and Ricky Marvin defeated Antifaz and Histeria *Kenta, Rocky Romero and Taiji Ishimori defeated El Oriental, Laredo Kid and

;August 25, 2007 *El Oriental, Laredo Kid and Mushiking Terry defeated Antifaz, Histeria and Rocky Romero ;August 26, 2007 *Laredo Kid and Ricky Marvin defeated Antifaz and Histeria *Kenta and Taiji Ishimori defeated El Oriental and Naomichi Marufuji ;August 28, 2007 *El Oriental, Laredo Kid and Ricky Marvin defeated Akihiko Ito, Antifaz and Histeria ;August 29, 2007 *El Oriental, Laredo Kid and Ricky Marvin defeated Antifaz, Histeria and Rocky Romero ;August 31, 2007 *Antifaz, Histeria and Rocky Romero defeated Akihiko Ito, El Oriental and Laredo Kid ;September 2, 2007 *El Oriental, Laredo Kid and Taiji Ishimori defeated Antifaz, Histeria and Rocky Romero

Event

The first match of the show featured four wrestlers from AAA's ''

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'' division facing off in a

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match as Mascarita Divina and Octagóncito defeated

Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro (born November 21, 1978) is the ring name of a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'' who works in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican Nat ...

and

Mini Histeria Rolando Fuentes Romero (born May 5, 1982) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in their ''Mini-Estrellas'' division. Fuentes is the son of ''L ...

when Octagóncito pinned Mini Histeria. Mini Histeria is the real life brother of NOAH mainstay Ricky Marvin. In the second match El Oriental teamed with Japanese female wrestler

Chikayo Nagashima is a Japanese professional wrestler. She started her career in 1995, working for the Gaea Japan promotion, where she became a one-time AAAW Single Champion and a record five-time AAAW Tag Team Champion. She was also notably one of the four fou ...

and Mexican ''Exotico''

Pimpinela Escarlata Mario González Lozano (born April 18, 1969) is a Mexican '' luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an '' exótico'' for the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA World Wide promotion and Lucha Underground under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. A ...

to defeat

Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler ...

Cassandro Saúl Armendáriz (born May 20, 1970) is an American-born Mexican '' luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an '' exótico'' for several independent promotions all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. He is a former NWA World ...

and

Faby Apache Fabiola Balbuena Torres (born 26 December 1980) is a Mexican '' Luchadora'', or female professional wrestler known for her time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where she performed as Faby Apache (sometimes written as "Fabi Apache"). Betwee ...

in just over 13 minutes when Pimpinella Escarlanta forced Cassandro to submit. The third match of the night featured a wrestler who had worked the entire "Shiny Navigation" tour, Laredo Kid and his regular partner from AAA, Super Fly (collectively known as '' Real Fuerza Aérea'') take on and defeat the team of

Atsushi Aoki was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a wrestler, president of talent relations and head trainer at their dojo. Aoki began his career in Pro Wrestling Noah in 2005, where he went on to become a two ...

and Ippei Ota. ''Real Fuerza Aérea'' had a chance to show off their high flying skills in front of an appreciative crowd with Super Fly performing a "Flying Space Tiger Drop" (running

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back flip Over the top rope) and Laredo Kid winning the match after executing a 450° splash. In the penultimate match two AAA stables faced off with a team composed of AAA regular El Elegido teaming up with NOAH workers Kenta and

, in the only match where AAA and NOAH worked together as a team. the ''Mexican Powers'' (

Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera. Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promot ...

Joe Líder José de Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez (born June 2, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is known for being a former member of the tag team ...

and

Crazy Boy Crazy Boy (born March 30, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known in Lucha Libre. He works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in Mexico. Crazy Boy is the first cousin of Super Crazy. A masked wrestler, Crazy Boy's real name i ...

) defeated

Los Vipers Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a '' ...

( Antifaz, Histeria and

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) and the AAA/NOAH team in just over 13 minutes. The highlight of the match was Crazy Boy executing a

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off a platform at least 15 feet above the ring. The final match saw AAA's main ''tecnico'' (

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or good guy) group, ''Los Hell Brothers'' (

and Chessman) face off against Mushiking Terry,

and

. After approximately 16 minutes of wrestling Antifaz and Histeria interfered in the match, causing a "no contest". After the match both teams beat up Antifaz and Histeria and then celebrated together at close of the show.

Aftermath

While no further joint promotions between AAA and NOAH have happened since then AAA has sent wrestlers to work for NOAH in Japan and NOAH has sent wrestlers to work for AAA in Mexico, most notably

Takeshi Morishima (born October 15, 1978) is a Japanese former professional wrestler. Morishima is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the Un ...

, Naomichi Marufuji, Ricky Marvin and Kenta.

Results

References

;General show result sources * * * ;Specific sources

Background

Event

Aftermath

Results

References

Further reading