Background
AAA founder Antonio Peña had originally envisioned the Triplemanía series as three shows held over the summer, but for the first year AAA only held 1 show, Triplemanía I. In 1994 AAA announced that they would hold three Triplemanía shows, building the storylines into its climax at the third and final Triplemanía II show. The first show, Triplemanía II-A , took place in the outdoor baseball stadium in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes on April 26, the second show, Triplemanía II-B, was held at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco on May 15 and the third and final Triplemanía II show, Triplemanía II-C, would happen at the El Toro bullfighting arena in Tijuana, Baja California on May 27, 1994.[1][3][4][5]
Storylines
The Triplemanía show featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main event match would be the conclusion of the main storyline of AAA at the time as Peña and the AAA officials had spent over a year laying out the storyline between Konnan and Jake "the Snake" Roberts. The foundation of the story began a year prior to Triplemanía II-C, at the first ever Triplemanía I, held on April 30, 1993. To start the storyline Roberts was given a spot in the front row, presented as if he had bought a ticket on his own and was just there to watch the show.[4][6] The main event was a "Retirement match" between Konnan and Cien Caras where the loser would be forced to retire, which saw Jake Roberts become involved in the match, arguing with Konnan during the second fall and actually distracted him enough to get counted out.[7] With the loss Konnan was forced to retire and due to his actions Roberts became the top rudo of AAA as he was seen as directly responsible for the popular Konnan being forced to retire. For several months AAA booked Roberts in only special appearances, not actually wrestling but making appearances to remind people of what he did to Konnan. After about four months Konnan returned to AAA and together with Peña supposedly petitioned the Mexico City boxing and wrestling commission to get Konnan reinstated. The storyline explanation given was that he was allowed to return to wrestling due to Roberts' interference in the match. AAA built their August 28, 1993 La Revencha show in the Los Angeles Sports Arena around Konnan finally getting in the ring with Robets, in a three-way elimination match that also included Cien Caras. Konnan forced Cien Caras to submit, gaining a measure of revenge from their Triplemanía match. Later on Jake "the Snake" Roberts got himself disqualified when Los Gringos Locos (Eddy Guerrero and Love Machine) interfered in the match.[6][8] On November 12, 1993 Jake Roberts and Los Gringos Locos defeated Konnan, Blue Panther and Perro Aguayo in the main event of AAA"s La Lucha del Honor event at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. During the match Roberts pinned Konnan in both the second and the third fall.[6][9]
Part of Peña booking strategy was to not have the two rivals fight one-on-one right away, building the anticipation to when they finally get in the ring for their first singles match. Roberts kept the advantage, using his partnership with Los Gringos Locos to have the numbers advantage. AAA kept the two apart until March 12, 1994 where the two finally faced off. They met in a steel cage match to even the numbers in the main event of AAA's spring Los Angeles Sports Arena show. During the show Konnan finally gained a measure of revenge on Roberts, winning the match by climbing out of the cage, but still had not pinned Roberts.[10][11] The loss to Konnan was used as the impetus to Roberts finally agreeing to put his hair on the line in a Lucha de Apuesta, or "bet match", which was the ultimate end game for the storyline. The match was scheduled to be the main event of the third Triplemanía II show, with a preview of it taking place at Triplemanía II-B where Konnan, Perro Aguayo and Cien Caras defeated Jake Roberts, Love Machine and Miguel Pérez Jr. in the main event.[5]