Triplemanía is the biggest annual

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event promoted by the

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(AAA) promotion and is traditionally held in August each year. A majority of the shows have been presented as

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events, with some being shown as television specials on the

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channel or as streaming events on

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. The Triplemanía show features culminations of AAA's long building storylines. During the early years of Triplemanía, the event was not a presented as a single show, but a series of shows - either two or three per year. The show has been promoted for 30 years, with 39 shows in total promoted under the Triplemanía banner. The name is a combination of how "AAA" is pronounced in Spanish, ''"Triple A"'', and

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's biggest annual show. The latest event, Triplemanía XXX: Mexico City, took place on October 15, 2022 at

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Event history

The first Triplemanía event was held on April 30, 1993 at Plaza de Toros in

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. The event drew 48,000 spectators, the largest number for any Triplemanía, indeed the largest number of spectators for any wrestling event in Mexico ever. In 1994, 1995, and 1996 AAA held three Triplemanía events and in 1997 they held two, in subsequent years only one event has been held. Triplemanía has twice been held outside of Mexico,

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was held in

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and

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was held in

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. As is tradition with major AAA shows, the wrestlers compete inside a

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and not the usual four-sided ring the promotion uses for regular television events and

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Dates, venues, and main events

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Event history

Dates, venues, and main events

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