Originally he wanted to hold three shows of that caliber close together, which combined with the nickname for AAA, Triple A, led to him creating the Triplemanía concept.

[5][6][7] Peña and the AAA management staff booked the Plaza de Toros bullfighting arena for the first Triplemanía event, which was considered a huge financial gamble for a promotion that was not even one year old.

The Triplemanía I event featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.

To help make the show a success Peña relied greatly on the rivalry between Konnan and Cien Caras to sell tickets.

[11] The two had previously wrestled each other in the main event of the EMLL 58th Anniversary Show[Note 1] and the rivalry was a natural one between the charismatic tecnico Konnan and the cheating rudo Cien Caras, especially when he brought his brothers Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 to help him gain an unfair advantage during matches.

Both Lizmark and La Parka requested five more minutes, which was approved by a representative of the Mexico City boxing and wrestling Commission.

To underscore the "lethal" nature of the move Love Machine was checked on by ringside physicians and removed from the ring on a stretcher.

[13] During the main event cameras panned to the front row where former World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts was seated, with the storyline explanation being that he bought a ticket to the show and was supposedly just there as a fan.

Due to the count out Konnan was forced to retire and Jake Roberts immediately became one of the most hated rudo wrestlers in AAA by the end of the show.

In the end he intentionally and in full view of the referee Love Machine used the piledriver move on Blue Panther, drawing both the disqualification and disapproving boos from the crowd.

[8][17][18] John Molinario, who writes about wrestling for the Canadian Online Explorer, stated that the first Triplemanía show demonstrated that AAA "had arrived and they weren't going anywhere.

[8] Wrestling commentator and lucha libre expert Mike Tenay noted that "To be able to take the lion's share of the market like that so immediately sort of put AAA as a promotion on the map.