[3] Despite Lucha Invades NY initially being planned to be held in fall 2018, on June 22, 2018 Pro Wrestling Insider reported that AAA would push the show date back to September 2019.

[6] Later it was reported by Pro Wrestling Insider that AAA's decision of running Hulu Theater was made two weeks before the announcement after they met with MSG executives.

[7] The show featured eight professional wrestling matches, with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.

On February 27, AAA announced that Blue Demon Jr. and Wagner would face off in a Luchas de Apuestas as the main event of Triplemanía XXVII.

In February 2019, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez made statements branding Lucha Libre as "fake" and "a show without real blows.

Velasquez's second match, which will see him team with Psycho Clown and Brian Cage against Los Mercenarios (Texano Jr., Taurus, and Rey Escorpión), was later announced for Lucha Invades NY.