Verano de Escándalo (2018)
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| Promotion | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||
| Date | June 3, 2018 | ||
| City | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Plaza de Toros La Monumental | ||
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Verano de Escándalo (2018) (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion, which took place on June 3, 2018, in Plaza de Toros La Monumental in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The Verano de Escándalo event has been a regular summer event for AAA since 1997, only skipping the event in 2012, 2013 and 2016. 2018 marked the 19th time AAA has used that name for an event.
In the main event, Jeff Jarrett who defeated Rey Wagner and Rey Mysterio Jr., becoming the AAA Mega Champion for the second time. In addition, Los OGTs (Averno, Chessman and Super Fly) defeated El Nuevo Poder del Norte (Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr. and Tito Santana) by winning their hair. The event was also notable for the surprise debuts of Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin were highlighted, the surprises of the evening was the returns of Lady Maravilla, Keira, Xtreme Tiger, Laredo Kid, Brian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, Konnan and Fénix in AAA.