Rey de Reyes (1997)
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Octagón, Rey de Reyes tournament finalist | |||
| Promotion | AAA | ||
| Date | February 21, 1997 | ||
| City | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Convention Center | ||
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The Rey de Reyes 1997 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the first annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and major wrestling show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion AAA. The event took place on February 21, 1997 in the Convention Center in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The show also featured a Mini-Estrella Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match between the teams of Mini Goldust, Mini Mankind and Mini Vader going against La Parkita, Mini Nova and Super Muñequito. The final match of the tournament pitted Latin Lover, Heavy Metal, Héctor Garza and Octagón against each other.