AAA On FOX
Date: January 24, 2026
Location: Gimnasio Olimpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
Commentators: Corey Graves, John Bradshaw Layfield, Rey Mysterio

It’s the second week of the show after last week’s premiere. The big story coming out of last week was El Hijo del Vikingo becoming the new #1 contender to the Mega Title, at least partially due to an assist from Omos. There is a good chance that is going to lead to a major showdown in the near future so let’s get to it.

Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.

Opening recap.

Cruiserweight Title: Laredo Kid vs. Mini Vikingo vs. Octagon Jr.

Kid is defending and we get the handshakes to start. Vikingo flips around to start and an assisted dropkick puts Kid on the floor. That doesn’t last long as Vikingo winds up in an electric chair, with Kid hitting a big suicide dive to take Vikingo down in a crash. Back in and Kid strikes it out with Octagon until Octagon grabs a springboard anklescissors. Vikingo is back in and gets crucifix bombed for two more.

Kid takes Vikingo up top for a gorilla press…and just kind of drops him for a nasty crash (you can tell Mysterio didn’t like that) and a near fall. Back up and Vikingo dives onto Kid on the floor, only to get cuttered from the apron by Octagon. A super headscissors gives Octagon two on Vikingo, who grabs a poisonrana to Kid. The Meteora misses in the corner though and Kid’s super Spanish Fly pins Vikingo to retain at 6:54.

Rating: B-. This was a lot of high flying with everyone looking decent, but it felt more like the three of them just doing moves until someone won. That’s not the best way to put together a match but at least it was entertaining. Vikingo was being treated as some big newcomer and while he’s athletic, there wasn’t much to him to stand out. Good enough opener, but nothing you haven’t seen done far better elsewhere.

El Fantasma is here so we recap his son, Santos Escobar, returning last week to take out El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Latin American Title: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Mecha Wolf

Wolf is challenging. Wagner knocks him outside to start but misses a dive off the apron, allowing Wolf to hit a running dive. Back in and Wagner hits him in the back of the head to put Wolf back on the floor. The big running flip dive connects and a spinning sitout powerbomb gives Wagner two. Wolf is fine enough to hit a running knee for two but gets dropped with a discus lariat. The Wagner Driver retains the title at 4:44.

Rating: C+. I’m still not sure I get the appeal of Wagner. I know he’s part of a big wrestling family in Mexico, but that isn’t making me care about him very much thus far. At least he has someone coming after his title and he has a story going on, though hopefully he gets to stand out a bit more in the match with Escobar.

Post match Wagner calls out Santos Escobar, telling him to come get the title.

We get a sitdown interview with Penta. He was ready to reform the Lucha Bros here where they started but the injury stopped the plans. After a year on Raw, the best is yet to come. With that being said, he has an announcement about this year’s Rey de Reyes tournament: it’s taking place, and the winner gets a Mega Title shot. There will be four fatal four way matches, with the winners facing off in the finals. The first will be between Jack Cartwheel, Aerostar, Apollo Crews and La Parka and the big announcement is that Penta will present the winner with the sword (the regular prize for the winner). And yes that’s the big reveal.

La Hiedra comes up to Mr. Iguana and hits on him, but Lola Vice interrupts. Vice hits on him as well and the women don’t like each other. Pimpinela Escarlata comes in and is disappointed she doesn’t get a kiss, but does give Iguana a referee shirt. I’m thinking that’s a match for next week.

Tag Team Titles: Psycho Clown/Pagano vs. Tokyo Bad Boys vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Nueva Generacion Dinamita

Clown/Pagano are defending and this is one fall to a finish. Clown takes Kento (partner of Takuma in the Bad Boys) down with a headscissors to start but Shelley tags himself in to face Forastero (partner of Sanson in Dinamita). Shelley takes over and they trade chops, only for Pagano to tag himself in. Takuma knocks Pagano down but a running Blockbuster gives Pagano two.

A cutter connects as well but Sabin and Sanson tag themselves in. Sabin’s crucifix gets two and a dropkick sends Sanson into the corner for a tag back to Clown. The Guns and champions have a staredown but all four are pulled to the floor to start the brawling. We cut to the back where Panic Clown has been attacked and come back to Dinamita double kicking Kento down for two. Forastero’s top rope double stomp hits the arm but it’s quickly back to Takuma.

A shooting star press gives Takuma two and he knocks the Guns down as well. Shelley comes in and the Guns get to start the double teaming on Kento, which actually only works so well as Kento suplexes Sabin. Pagano is back in with a double Blockbuster to the Bad Boys but Shelley tags himself back in for the Dream Sequence to Kento. Sabin’s suicide dive hits a pile on the floor but the champs cut off the Bad Boys for stereo Psycho Drivers. Clown pins Kento to retain the titles at 12:40.

Rating: B-. As usual, there is only so much you can do with eight people in the match at once, including so many blind tags and people running all over the place. Pagano and Clown have been featured on a few AAA shows from WWE and it’s pretty obvious that they’re a big deal around here. It’s also nice to remember that the Guns exist, as they’ve been away from WWE TV for a good while now. Maybe try getting them back to television already.

Post match Pagano and Psycho see Panic Clown being taken away in an ambulance to end the show.

Overall Rating: B-. Last week’s show was more about the big debut for the show, while this week felt like it was more about getting fans used to the bigger names. This show featured three title matches and a big announcement for the Rey de Reyes tournament. I’m still not sure why having Penta presenting the sword is that big of a deal, but AAA seems to think it is. The good thing is that this show still came off as something important, even if it was just a bunch of successful title defenses. It was less than an hour and featured dome important stars, so nice job on a second week of the show.

Results
Laredo Kid b. Mini Vikingo and Octagon Jr. – Super Spanish Fly to Vikingo
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. b. Mecha Wolf – Wagner Driver
Psycho Clown/Pagano b. Tokyo Bad Boys, Motor City Machine Guns and Nueva Generacion Dinamita – Psycho Driver to Kento

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AAA On FOX
Date: January 17, 2026
Location: Gimnasio Olimpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
Commentators: Corey Graves, John Bradshaw Layfield, Rey Mysterio

No not that FOX. Well kind of, but the one for Latin America. This is a big deal for AAA, and WWE as a result, so the show is being streamed on WWE’s YouTube channel. The main event features El Grande Americano vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for a future Mega Title shot. I’m sure we’ll have some surprises as well so let’s get to it.

Please note that my Spanish is limited at best so I apologize in advance for not understanding some of the promos.

We start with some rather enthusiastic fans outside. Nothing wrong with that.

Here is Rey Mysterio to get things going, which is always going to work. Mysterio welcomes us to the show and talks about it being a new era on Fox. I believe he thanks the Pena family (former owners) for giving him his start here and this is his home. Now that AAA is on Fox, millions of people will get to see what lucha libre means to the wrestlers, as it is part of their culture.

He mentions that the main event is for the title shot against his son Dominik, and the fans are NOT pleased. Granted they’re even less pleased with El Hijo del Vikingo, but they do seem to like El Grande Americano. Mysterio heads outside and greets some fans before joining commentary.

La Parka/Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa vs. Los Vipers

Hamburguesa and Taurus slug it out to start with Hamburguesa dropping him with a clothesline. The running seated senton crushes Taurus but Hysteria trips Hamburguesa from the floor. Negro comes in with something like a dropkick version of What’s Up but the rather large Hamburguesa blocks the double superplex.

Instead it’s a double middle rope splash, allowing the tag off to Parka. House is cleaned and the Thriller connects, with Hysteria making the save. Iguana comes in for a very spinning headlock takeover to drop Negro as everything breaks down. Hamburguesa hits a big dive to the floor and a spinning faceplant gives Iguana the pin on Taurus at 4:35.

Rating: C+. This is a simple, easy to understand match as a trio of fun guys come together to beat three villains. It might not have been a great match or anything close to it, but they had fun and got the crowd going. That’s all this needed to be, as it’s basically a little taste of what you’ll get here to bring the new audience along.

Penta El Cero Miedo is in the back and talks about how he was here fifteen years ago and he was the Rey de Reyes. I believe he says he’ll be watching the main event.

Flammer vs. Lady Shani

Flammer’s Reina de Reinas title isn’t on the line and the rest of Las Toxicas are here with her. Shani rolls her up to start but Flammer is back with a double stomp to the ribs. Flammer hits a basement dropkick for two but Shani is back with a kick to the head. A tumbleweed (eventually) rolls Flammer around for two as Lola Vice comes out to brawl with La Hiedra, leaving Lady Maravilla to trip Shani. Flammer’s running dropkick in the corner is enough for the pin at 3:33.

Rating: C. This was another “here’s what you’ll get around here”, albeit with a bit more storyline involvement. They had some stuff here based on stories that had been going for awhile and that made it a bit more complicated. Featuring a long running champion makes sense, though why not make it a title match to add a bit of spice to the show?

El Hijo del Vikingo doesn’t seem to care about the fans and isn’t worried about the main event. He does however seem rather cocky.

Here is Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. for a chat. He talks about the importance of the Latin American Title and how much he wants to make lucha libre better. Apparently he’s throwing out a challenge and here is a man in a purple mask to drop Wagner and pick up the title. The purple mask comes off and it’s….Santos Escobar.

Dominik Mysterio says the celebrities aren’t the reason AAA is so hot right now, because it’s all about him. He beat John Cena, which his father never could do, and he’ll be the king of luchadors.

El Hijo del Vikingo vs. El Grande Americano

For a future Mega Title shot and Dorian Roldan is here with Vikingo. Rey is impressed by Americano, having “been a babyface all my life.” Americano works on the arm to start but Vikingo goes after the eye to get out. Some shots to the head keep Americano down until he slugs right back. Roldan offers a distraction though and Vikingo stomps away in the corner but American powers out with a suplex.

Another distraction lets Vikingo dropkick him out to the floor and Americano gets sent into the steps. Vikingo hits a 450 back inside, which seems to wake Americano up for some reason. Americano fights back and hits a middle rope clothesline, followed by a modified camel clutch. Roldan offers another distraction but this time Americano drops Vikingo.

Americano loads up the disc but throws it away, instead opting to throw on the camel clutch again. With that broken up, Americano puts him on top but Roldan grabs the leg to block a superplex. Roldan is ejected, leaving American to go after the disc on the floor. Cue Omos to cut him off though, allowing Vikingo to hit a dive. Back in and the 630 finishes Americano at 13:46.

Rating: B. This felt like a bigger match, with Omos making everything feel more important. The idea of having Vikingo as part of a big heel stable works well, as the fans absolutely cannot stand him. Just go with what is working and the rest should figure itself out, which might be where we’re going from here.

Post match Americano decks Vikingo but gets taken out by Omos. Rey Mysterio gets in with a kendo stick and the villains bail to end the show.

Overall Rating: B-. This show might not have been some instant classic, but it did a good job of giving the fans a taste of what you’ll get around here. You had a fun opener, a women’s match and a main event to set up a future title match. Throw in some WWE names for the star power and this was a good way to get the fans into things. It’s not a must see show, but it did what it needed to do and I’d call that a success.

Results
La Parka/Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa b. Los Vipers – Spinning faceplant to Taurus
Flammer b. Lady Shani – Running corner dropkick
El Hijo del Vikingo b. El Grande Americano – 630

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TripleMania XXI
Date: June 16, 2013
Location: Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

So this is the result of a deal I made twelve years ago to get a vote in a popularity contest on a wrestling forum. Yes I remembered the show this long and yes I’m just getting around to it. As usual I have no idea what to expect around here but that can make for some fun situations. Or a total disaster. Let’s get to it.

Note that I did not follow AAA at this point and my Spanish is bad at best so I apologize for not getting a lot of this stuff right.

Commentary, in Spanish, welcomes us to the show.

The opening video looks at TripleMania over the years, with various people offering thoughts.

We get the presentation of Antonio Pena’s urn, as always.

Dinastia/El Elegido/Faby Apache/Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Mamba/Mini Abismo Negro/Silver Kain/Taya

Escarlata tries to kiss the referee and we’re ready to go (with a whistle, as this company is a bit different). Mamba and Escarlata pull hair to start and have to be dragged away from each other. Kain drops Escarlata with a slap and gets kissed as a result, meaning it’s time to panic. Taya comes in and Negro hits her in the face by mistake, allowing Escarlata to clean house without much trouble.

Elegido (who seems to be a stripper) comes in, much to Mamba’s approval, and avoids a crossbody, allowing him to kick Mamba in the ribs. Kain accidentally dropkicks Taya and Elegido almost loses his trunks on a sunset flip from Mamba. After some hip swiveling, it’s off to Dinastia and Negro, with the former walking on his (own) hands and armdragging Negro to the floor.

The rest of Negro’s team gets headscissored as well but Kain is back up with a clothesline. Dinastia gets out of the Tree Of Woe and dropkicks Kain to the floor, setting up a suicide dive. That leaves Taya to come in and stun Apache (who finally does something), allowing for some triple stomping. Escarlata comes in and gets beaten down in Apache’s place, with Dinastia getting the same treatment.

Apache finally manages a pop up hurricanrana and Dinastia is back in with a kick to the back of Taya’s tights. Dinastia moonsaults onto Negro, setting off a train of dives. Even Taya moonsaults onto all of them before coming back in to powerbomb Apache. The moonsault hits raised knees though and Apache tiger suplexes her for the pin at 12:45.

Rating: C+. This is a case where I really don’t get the appeal, but the people in the audience certainly did. Escarlata has been doing this for a very long time and the fans seem to love the shtick so it’s hard to argue. Other than that, you got some nice flipping and it’s easy to see why Taya was a star for so long. She has that charisma to her and a great evil smile which worked very well.

Antonio Pena’s widow is presented to the crowd.

Heavy Metal vs. Chessman

For a Mega Title shot later tonight and Chessman jumps him before the whistle. Some chair shots have Metal in more trouble and a suplex gets two. Metal is back up with some clotheslines but Chessman heads outside and grabs a table. Another chair shot keeps Metal down and Chessman kicks at a cameraman as a bonus. Metal manages to knock him outside for a flip dive but Chessman hits a spear through the ropes to send Metal through the table.

Back in and a hanging swinging suplex gives Chessman two and it’s time for a ladder. A miniature wrestler is brought in and thrown at Metal, allowing Chessman to spear him through the ladder. The mini makes the save and gets a mini guitar smashed over his head, leaving Chessman to sitout powerbomb Metal for two. A backbreaker gets two but Chessman misses the corkscrew moonsault. Metal grabs la majistral (and not a great one) for the pin at 8:36.

Rating: D+. In theory this was a regular match but they had all kinds of weapons and some interference thrown in, which made it quite the mess. Metal barely had any offense until the end, when he won with a fluke rollup. Maybe the story plays out better if you know how we got here, but the match itself really didn’t work.

Tag Team Titles: Los Mexican Power vs. Angelico/Jack Evans vs. Drago/Fenix vs. Los Perros del Mal vs. Los Mamitos vs. Drago/Fenix

Elimination match for the vacant titles, Mexican Power is Crazy Boy/Joe Lider (escorted by a bunch of dancers), Los Perros are Daga/Psicosis and Los Mamitos are Mr. E (Eric Escobar) and Sexy Boy, who are escorted to the ring by some women. Angelico and Evans clean house to start but Power fights out of the corner with some cutters. The Mamitos comes back in to take over but the Perros cut them off.

Fenix and Drago get to take over, only for Angelico and Evans to kick them down as the circle of control continues. Angelico and Evans pile up five people so Angelico can hit a top rope splash. A big flip dive drops Fenix and Drago, but Los Mamitos catch Angelico with a powerbomb/neckbreaker combination for the elimination at 6:04.

Psicosis and Daga’s dives are cut off with chairs to the head but Power takes over on Los Mamitos back inside. Fenix and Drago get to clean house though and a double top rope double stomp pins Sexy Boy at 9:18 to get us down to three. Lider is back in with a running dropkick to Fenix and a bunch of chairs are brought in. Crazy Boy and Psicosis strike it out until Lider pulls Crazy outside. Crazy is draped over the barricade for a big dive from Psicosis, leaving everyone to get back inside to….well just beat on each other a lot.

A Spanish Fly takes Daga from the apron to the floor, leaving Crazy to reverse Death Valley Driver Psicosis for the pin at 14:08. So we’re down to Power vs. Fenix/Drago with Fenix hitting a big dive. Drago’s running Death Valley Driver into the corner gets two on Crazy and Lider’s neckbreaker gets the same on Fenix.

Back up and Fenix’s Canadian Destroyer gets two on Crazy, who sends Fenix outside. Power’s friend Nino Hamburguesa’s dive is cut off with a kick to the head, leaving Fenix’s springboard spinning dive to…well kind of connect. Hamburguesa dives onto Lider and Fenix and Drago runs Crazy over for two. Back up and Crazy grabs a full nelson and flips Drago forward into a rollup for the titles at 20:14.

Rating: C. It was long, there were a lot of people in it, and there was very little in the way of the match moving from one section to another. There is only so much you can do with so many moving parts and this wasn’t exactly worthwhile. As usual, there were some fun spots and the people are athletic, but I could have gone with a bit more structure.

Post match Vampiro comes out to present the new champions with their titles. Konnan comes out to address the fans and gets in Vampiro’s face but security separates them. Vampiro argues back and some shoving ensues until Konnan leaves.

Jeff Jarrett/Matt Morgan/Monster Pain vs. Los Psycho Circus

For the sake of simplicity, Monster Clown is “Monster” and Monster Pain is “Pain”. Monster Pain is led around by chains and looks a bit like Abyss. The Circus is Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown. Jeff (with Karen) seems to throw out tortillas to the fans and has to hold Karen back from arguing with someone. This seems to be about the USA vs. Mexico, because they’re psychotic clowns, but they’re PATRIOTIC psychotic clowns.

The Clowns start fast with stereo dives through the ropes, followed by a big dive off the top to the floor. We settle down to Murder and Morgan, with the former winning an exchange of shoulders. That’s enough to send Morgan outside so it’s off to Psycho vs. Jarrett. The Clowns take over on Jarrett and clothesline him to the floor so it’s Pain coming in to clear the ring with some big boots.

The villains take over on Monster and send him outside before ramming Psycho into the corner for two. Monster is sent outside, where he goes after another woman with Jarrett and company, earning a belt shot from a man whose name might be Richard Negrin. Back in and the Clowns give Morgan a triple low blow (that seems so excessive) before Murder jumps onto Pain’s elevated ribs.

Negrin comes in and gets beaten up as Karen goes after Antonio Pena’s widow. This goes as well as you would think, with Karen’s hair being messed up and a soda being poured onto her as a bonus. Karen gets brought inside where the Clowns put a witch’s hat on her and Psycho seems to give her a kiss. Another woman in the villains’ corner is brought in and given a three Clown What’s Up. Morgan and Pain come back in to wreck everything though, with a chokeslam finishing Murder at 11:46.

Rating: C+. This feels like a match where a backstory would have helped (granted, not the promotion’s fault as commentary was likely explaining it) as there were a lot of people running around doing all kinds of things here. The ending wasn’t exactly great though, as the Clowns were on a roll and then just lost out of nowhere. Jarrett was quite the heat magnet and it’s no shock he was such a big heel in Mexico.

Post match Psycho’s mask is ripped off for quite the heat.

Mega Title: Heavy Metal vs. El Texano Jr.

Texano is defending, with Pepe Casas and Silver Kain as the seconds. They go to the mat to start, with Texano grabbing an early leglock. The hold stays on as they roll outside, where Metal has to block a posting. Back in and Texano works on the leg, including wrapping it around the rope in the corner.

A bullrope shot to the leg sets up another leglock, with Metal going to the rope for the break. Metal gets kicked in the face but he comes back with a hurricanrana for two but Texano’s small package gets the same. Metal’s crossface (minus the crossface part, as he’s pulling the hair instead) sends Texano over to the rope so Metal drops a middle rope elbow for two instead.

A superplex gets the same but a top rope backsplash misses to give Texano an opening. Texano goes up this time, only to get dropkicked out to the floor. Metal is right there with a top rope flip dive, followed by a super hurricanrana back inside. A cross armbreaker doesn’t last long but another super hurricanrana is countered into a super Styles Clash to retain the title at 11:45.

Rating: C+. The ending was good and it makes sense that Texano would survive with the title as he was coming in with an advantage due to Metal wrestling twice. At the end of the day, it was a decent match, but it’s not like titles mean much around here. That’s just something that you have to get used to, as it’s such a different way to go from American wrestling.

Post match Texano goes to leave but gets cut off by Ray Mendoza Jr. (an unmasked Villano V). They get back in the ring and argue a lot, with Mendoza seemingly not thinking much of Texano. It seems we have a challenge and that’s that.

Abismo Negro is inducted into the Hall Of Fame, with his family accepting on his behalf.

Latin American Title: Blue Demon Jr. vs. El Mesias

For the vacant title. They go to the mat to start with Mesias working on the arm to little avail. Demon reverses into a leglock, which is quickly broken up and the grappling ensues again. Mesias grabs a headlock on the mat before sending him outside for the running flip dive. That means more stalling, as they aren’t exactly going at full speed thus far.

Back in and Mesias cuts him off again, followed by some slow chops in the corner. Demon comes back with a bulldog but takes too long going up, allowing Mesias to pull him back down. A running flip dive off the apron works a bit better for Demon and a suplex gets two back inside.

Mesias’ spear gets two, followed by a snap powerslam for the same. Demon DDTs him for two but Mesias catches him on top with a superplex for two more. Some raised boots cut off a diving Mesias and a lifting Pedigree gives Demon two. A super hurricanrana gives Demon another two and the weird non-turned over Sharpshooter makes Mesias give up at 18:55.

Rating: B-. This is the first match that felt like it mattered and came off like something big. It made for a good match as Demon can work well with anyone, as he certainly had the talent. Mesias was around for a long time in a variety of places, but he didn’t shine nearly as well as Demon did here.

Post match LA Park, the former champion, interrupts and…seems to acknowledge Demon as the champion. All three show respect.

Dr. Wagner Jr./Electroshock/La Parka/Octagon vs. Canek/Mascara Ano 2000/Universo 2000/Villano IV

Wagner and Canek start things off with Wagner’s headlock not getting him anywhere. Canek monkey flips him over so Electroshock starts in on the arm to no avail. Everything breaks down and it’s Wagner getting beaten down, followed by Electroshock taking a beating of his own. Parka gets double teamed as well as Dorian Roldan comes to ringside with a chair.

It’s back to Electroshock getting beaten up, with both his and Parka’s masks being untied. Octagon gets taken down and elbowed but manages to fight back, as does Electroshock. Canek and Wagner slug it out, with Wagner going for Canek’s mask. Parka gets the chair to fight back and we settle down to Ano missing a charge at Wagner. Ano gets low bridged to the floor and Wagner poses a lot, followed by a basement dropkick to Universo.

Villano comes in to knock Parka down but the 2000s comes in and chop Villano by mistake (Parks shakes their hands for the help). It’s off to Octagon vs. Ano, with Universo knocking Ano down in another error. Electroshock comes in to backsplash Canek for two, with the save allowing Canek to work on the arms.

Wagner hits a flip dive off the apron and Octagon dropkicks Ano as everything breaks down. That leaves Canek to tie up Octagon’s arms for two but Parka knocks Villano to the floor for a suicide dive. Canek’s Cactus Clothesline sends Electroshock to the floor and it’s off to Wagner vs. Universo. A chair is brought in but Universo doesn’t want it, which brings in Roldan to slap him in the face. Electroshock cutters Roldan and it’s a Wagner Driver to give Wagner the pin on Universo at 23:06.

Rating: C+. There wasn’t much in the way of tagging here, but it did tell a story with the villains dividing and conquering. The ending felt like a big deal with Roldan getting beaten up, as it came off like a turn for Universo. It certainly wasn’t boring and that’s more than you can ask for a lot of the matches on this show.

We get a special tribute to Hector Garza, who passed away less than a month before this show.

El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. Cibernetico

Hair vs. hair match with Daga/Psicosis and Dark Cuervo here as well. Aguayo jumps him on the floor to start fast before taking him inside for the corner choking. Cibernetico is already busted open and a ram into the post makes it worse. Some chairs are loaded up, with one of them smashing Cibernetico in the head. A bunch of tables are set up, with Aguayo being sent through one of them to start the comeback.

The seconds come in to help with the beating before Aguayo is sent over the barricade. Back in and Psicosis is piledriven onto a chair, with the medics getting beaten up as well. Thankfully some of the tables are thrown outside, with Daga being chokeslammed through one of them. Cibernetico’s spear gets two and he grabs a Stunner…but the referee gets bumped. Because THAT MATTERS IN A MATCH LIKE THIS.

A Boston crab makes Aguayo tap to no one, followed by…a Boston crab that makes him tap again. Cibernetico lets the hold go for no apparent reason and Aguyao kicks him low, as another referee (who saw the kick) counts two off a small package. Cibernetico’s low blow gets two more and a chokeslam through a table gets the same. A tombstone is loaded up but the referee yells at Cibernetico, earning a tombstone himself. Aguyao gets up and sends Cibernetico through another table and then double stomps the table onto him for the pin at 17:18.

Rating: D. Yeah this didn’t work, with the no selling and the violence and all that stuff just not clicking. It was one of those matches where they both got beaten up so much in the end that it was hard to accept one of them surviving. They were going with the insanity and it made for a rough match, especially with the match going so long. Not a good main event.

Post match Cibernetico gets his hair cut, even doing some of it himself. Aguyao celebrates and someone much younger gets their head shaved too.

Overall Rating: C. There is such a culture shock between what American fans tend to see and what they get here. While the main event dragged it down, the rest of the show was at least decent with the athleticism being rather good. I can also accept that I didn’t get a lot of the show due to the language barrier. The backstories here could have helped a good bit, though what we got was good enough. It felt like a big show and I did enjoy enough of it, so we’ll call it acceptable.

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Guerra De Titanes 2025
Date: December 20, 2025
Location: Arena Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Konnan, Corey Graves

It’s a AAA pay per view and there are quite a few WWE wrestlers to go around. That should make for a big time card, with Rey Mysterio filling in for the injured Penta in the likely main event. Two WWE stars are going to be getting title shots as well, along with what could be a wild eight man tag. Let’s get to it.

The opening video (with English captioning) talks about how WWE has purchased the promotion and now it is going worldwide. Tonight, they rewrite the rules to change lucha libre forever.

LWO vs. Los Americanos vs. Octagon Jr./La Parka vs. Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa

One fall to a finish. Parka gets sent into the corner by Rayo to start but jumps over him, meaning it’s time for some skeleton dancing. A dropkick staggers Rayo and it’s Bravo coming in for a double clothesline to Parka. That earns Bravo a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but del Toro tags himself in to take Bravo into the corner. The LWO neckbreakers Bravo out of the corner for two but Hamburguesa comes in to clean house.

Iguana adds an iguana to the head, followed by a rather spinning headscissors to drop Parka. Octagon is in with a top rope armdrag and it’s a four way dropkick for a standoff, followed by a quadruple dive from one member of each team. Los Americanos crotch Parka on the ropes and it’s a super hurricanrana to Octagon, setting up a frog splash for two.

Del Toro missile dropkicks the Americanos to the floor and the big flip dive drops them again. An iguana shot staggers del Toro though and Parka hits a huge springboard moonsault. Back in and del Toro rolls Octagon up for two. A poisonrana gives Octagon the same and Hamburguesa is back in, only to get jumped by Los Americanos.

Hamburguesa cannonballs the LWO but Bravo torture racks him into a reverse airplane spin (must be Bate). Instead of covering though, Bravo gets dropkicked by del Toro. Octagon hits a huge corkscrew dive to the floor onto the pile, leaving Parka to hit a spinning (and dancing) Tombstone (apparently The Thriller) for the pin on del Toro at 9:37.

Rating: B. This was all about going out there and having the people involve go nuts for about ten minutes. That would certainly be mission accomplished, as this was nonstop action with everyone flying all over the place. It’s nice to see some of the WWE guys who don’t have much going on getting in some reps, as they’re more than good enough to warrant a spot, especially when they showcase it like this.

Post match Parka celebrates with a man in a Parka mask….and it’s boxer Canelo Alvarez (that’s a big deal).

We look at Ethan Page attacking El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. last month as part of a pretty long running feud.

Latin American Title: Ethan Page vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.

Page is challenging/not defending his NXT North American Title. They immediately slug it out to start but Page can’t hit the Twisted Grin. Instead Wagner knocks him into the corner for a running shot to the back. Wagner’s rope walk is pulled out of the air with a powerslam though and it’s time to rip at the mask. Wagner isn’t having that and fights out as the fans certainly seem to approve.

They (the people in the ring, not the fans) slug it out until a spinning sitout powerbomb gets two on Page. A Best Moonsault Ever hits Page for two more but page is back with a powerbomb for two of his own. It’s time to grab a belt but the distraction lets Page get in a foreign object shot. That’s enough for the pin and title…and here is Mr. Iguana to say what happened. The referee finds the object and restarts the match, allowing Wagner to hit the Wagner Driver to retain at 6:39.

Rating: C+. They were smart to keep this fast and to the point here, as the ending coming so out of nowhere did a good job of selling the drama of a potential title change. I still don’t get much out of Wagner, but the fans are certainly into him and he’s part of a big wrestling family so it makes sense to have him in this spot. He’s certainly not bad, but this is about all he should be doing at the moment.

We recap the Psycho Circus vs. the Wyatt Sicks. They’re both creepy and they’ve fought a lot so let’s have a big weapony brawl.

Los Psycho Circus/Pagano vs. Wyatt Sicks

Carnival Of Carnage (anything goes) and the Fireflies are out for the entrance (that Wyatts song is creepy). The clowns pop up on the screen and want the Wyatts to start this in the back and of course they’ll do it. They head to the back and find a mini carnival waiting for them, with Psycho Clown in a bounce house.

Gacy dives right in to start the brawl and the other Clowns and Pagano show up, but so is Mascarita Sagrada to jump Lumis with a kendo stick. There are various people in some of the booths so the Wyatts beat them up before powerbombing Pagano through one of the booths for a heck of a crash. One more booth’s tent is pulled off and it’s Pimpinela Escarlata to kiss Gacy. The brawl comes into the arena for the first time and Psycho Clown gets quadruple teamed in the ring.

A table is put up in the corner but here is Murder Clown for the showdown with Rowan. Pagano is back with a kendo stick and the Clowns make the comeback. Howdy is right there to Sister Abigail Psycho Clown but Psycho is back up to beat on the Wyatts with…something. Psycho pulls off his face and reveals…a rather red face. Gacy gets knocked off the apron and it’s a Psycho Driver to send Lumis through a table for the pin at 10:28.

Rating: B. I had a good time with this as the carnival stuff was a lot of fun. I’ll take some kind of a theme like that over just doing the same weapons stuff over and over and the Circus/Pagano are an entertaining collective. They fit perfectly well with the Wyatts and this went rather well.

The Lucha Bros and Rey Mysterio are ready for the main event, with the injured Penta being here to show support.

We recap the Cruiserweight Title match. Laredo Kid has been champion for over a year (not even close to his longest title reign) and he wants the best competition, so he’s defending against two people tonight.

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Cruiserweight Title: Laredo Kid vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Jack Cartwheel

Kid is defending. They run the ropes to start and trade some rapid fire rollups, including a double crucifix. Back up and they try dropkicks at the same time (worked better earlier when it was four people at once) until Evans is sent outside. Cartwheel’s slingshot spinning splash gets two on Kid before Kid is back in for a springboard hurricanrana to Lee. Cartwheel cuts off the big dive though and hits a Space Flying Tiger Drop onto Kid on the floor.

A slingshot 450 gives Cartwheel two on Evans but Kid is back in with a running flipping DDT. Evans gives Kid a springboard cutter on the apron and then busts out the big no hands dive to the floor to drop Cartwheel. Back in and one heck of a frog splash gives Evans two Kid Lee is back in to clear the ring. A huge dive to the floor sets up a 450 to both Evans and Cartwheel at the same time to give Kid another near fall.

An exchange of kicks to the head leaves all three of them down though and we get a needed breather. Evans tells them both to bring it but gets caught with something like a reverse Sliced Bread. Cartwheel shooting stars into a cutter from Evans, followed by a springboard cutter to give Evans two on Kid. Cartwheel goes up but Kid cuts off Evans and hits a kind of reverse super Spanish Fly to retain at 12:33.

Rating: B+. Awesome stuff here and that shouldn’t be a surprise. This was the kind of match where you take talented wrestlers and let them go nuts for awhile. All three of them can do some incredibly athletic stuff and it was on display here, with some of those flips and dives being must see. It was exactly what I was expecting and that’s a great thing in this case.

Las Toxicas vs. Lola Vice/Faby Apache/Natalya

Natalya takes Hiedra down to start and brings her into the corner, where Apache can come in for a quick rollup. It’s off to Vice for the rapid fire kicks and some running hip attacks in the corner. Vice misses a charge on the floor though and Flammer hits a running hip attack against the steps. Maravilla comes in to work on the arm and it’s already back to Hiedra for a chinlock.

Vice gets crotched against the post for two but she manages to fight out of trouble without much trou…uh, difficulty. It’s off to Natalya to clean house, including something like a Hart Attack. Apache gets a boot up in the corner for two on Hiedra and everything breaks down. A series of strikes to the face leaves most of them staggered but Apache dragon suplexes Hiedra for the pin at 7:41.

Rating: C+. This was another fast paced match and it went well enough, though I’m still not entirely sure why I’m supposed to dislike Las Toxicas. I guess they’re the resident heel stable, but nothing about them really stands out. If nothing else, they feel like a way to get the other three on the show and that’s only so interesting. Not bad, but probably the weakest match thus far (which still isn’t that bad).

We recap El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Dragon Lee. The fans have turned hard on Vikingo and Lee brought it up, so Vikingo went full on evil and turned on Lee, kicking off a rather personal rivalry and setting up this match.

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El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Dragon Lee

Lee jumps him with a kick to the face at the bell but Vikingo is back with one heck of a clothesline that even has JBL impressed. A running dropkick sends Lee outside, where he sends a charging Vikingo into the steps. Back in and they knock each other down with Vikingo getting the better of things and tying Lee to the ropes. Lee runs the ropes and snaps off a running hurricanrana, only to get dropkicked out to the floor.

Vikingo’s Arabian press drops Lee again, setting up a running shooting star from the apron. A shooting star press gives Vikingo two back inside and a poisonrana drops Lee again. Lee is right back with a sitout powerbomb for two and they both need a breather. Vikingo gets caught in a half crab until a single finger on the rope gets him out. They both go up top and Lee hits the Tree Of Woe stomp, followed by one heck of a running flip dive onto the announcers’ table.

Back in and a running elbow drops Vikingo for two but he’s back with a kick to the face. A top rope crucifix driver sends Lee into the corner for the running knees. Lee is able to reverse an inverted top rope hurricanrana (geez) into the Styles Clash for two more. Lee’s running hurricanrana sends Vikingo to the floor but the running flip dive hits the referee by mistake.

That means it’s time for a chair, but Lee grabs Operation Dragon for no count. Vikingo goes even more evil with a low blow and here’s Omos to make things a lot worse. Lee goes after him (despite Omos not doing anything but getting on the apron) and is put down with a powerbomb for his rather dumb efforts. Vikingo’s 450 connects and Omos throws the referee back in to count the pin at 17:29.

Rating: B. This felt like a long running grudge match, though the ending wasn’t exactly the strongest. At the same time though, there is something to having Omos there as a heavy for the hot heel isn’t a bad idea. Lee certainly felt like a big deal too and I liked the action, even with the storyline heavy ending.

Post match here is Dorian Roldan, as Vikingo and Omos are apparently now part of El Ojo. Roldan puts over the team and welcomes us to the new version of the Eye, which sees everything.

El Grande Americano/Dominik Mysterio vs. Rey Mysterio/Rey Fenix

For the sake of simplicity: Rey Fenix is “Fenix”, Rey Mysterio is “Rey” and Dominik Mysterio is “Dominik”. Americano takes Fenix down into a chinlock to start but switches into a hammerlock. That includes the headstand to keep Fenix in trouble but he gets up and grabs the running hurricanrana. Dominik comes in to face Rey and the fans are rather into this. The pro-Rey chants are enough to send Dominik outside and he comes back in to hand it off to Americano.

Fenix comes back in to help Rey strike Americano down for two but Americano gets in a shot to the face. Now Dominik is willing to come in and hammer on a downed Fenix, followed by a shot to the back from Americano. Dominik’s slingshot hilo (ala Eddie Guerrero) gets two and a basement dropkick connects for the same. The fans seem to be chanting for UNCLE EDDIE as Fenix fights out of a double team.

Dominik is smart enough to run outside and pull Rey off the apron, leaving Americano to clothesline Fenix for two more. Fenix kicks his way out of trouble though and it’s Rey coming in to pick the pace way up. Dominik’s sunset flip doesn’t work as Rey kicks him in the head and a Lionsault gets two. Back up and Dominik gets Two Amigos, with the third being reversed into a DDT for two more.

The 619 is countered into a Michinoku Driver to give Dominik two so Rey is back with a sitout bulldog to Americano. Rey gets caught in the Tree Of Woe, which is enough of a distraction for Americano to load up the foreign object. Cue Penta to take it away and use it on Dominik though, meaning it’s 619 into the slingshot splash to give Rey the pin at 17:31.

Rating: B. Well nothing else was going to make sense in the main event spot and the match wound up being rather entertaining. Rey can still do just about anything you want from him in the ring and seeing him beat up Dominik is going to work every time. This was good stuff, with Fenix doing a lot of the work and Rey coming in for some well earned glory in the end. Throw in Penta being there for a nice reaction and it went well.

Post match Dominik (who seems to be favoring his arm) shoves Americano and leaves. Americano leaves without shaking hands so the good guys can pose and strut with some kids to end the show.

Overall Rating: B+. I’m still not entirely sure what is going on with some of these people, as the backstories don’t seem to be the most in-depth, but I get the stories they are trying to tell (English commentary helps so much) and the action is certainly entertaining. This was another fun show and it seems that they are getting the most out of having the WWE stars around. Rey Mysterio is often going to be the biggest name on a show no matter where he goes so putting him in the main event is a nice bonus. Rather fun show here and it felt like a big one, so well done.

Results
La Parka/Octagon Jr. b. LWO, Los Americanos and Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa – Thriller to del Toro
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. b. Ethan Page – Wagner Driver
Los Psycho Circus/Pagano b. Wyatt Sicks – Psycho Driver through a table to Lumis
Laredo Kid b. Je’Von Evans and Jack Cartwheel – Reverse susper Spanish Fly to Cartwheel
Faby Apache/Lola Vice/Natalya b. Las Toxicas – Dragon suplex to Hiedra
El Hijo del Vikingo b. Dragon Lee – 450

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AAA Alianzas
Date: November 28, 2025
Location: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico
Commentator: Jose Manuel Guillen

Well it worked last week so we might as well do it again. In this case, we have an appearance by Rey Mysterio, which should work well for a featured attraction. Other than that, we are on the way to Guerra de Titanes and it seems that the Lucha Bros are reuniting. Granted that might be a problem due to Penta’s injury, though I’m not sure when this was taped. Let’s get to it.

Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.

Please note that I don’t speak Spanish and don’t regularly follow the promotion, so I apologize in advance for any character or storyline details I miss.

We open with a recap of Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano defeating El Hijo del Vikingo and Dragon Lee when Vikingo turned on him. Then the Lucha Bros popped up to challenge Mysterio and Americano.

Jack Cartwheel vs. Chris Carter vs. Elio LeFleur

LeFleur is better known as Aigle Blanc and is a rather talented French wrestler. This seems to be another #1 contenders match for the Cruiserweight Title, with Laredo Kid on commentary. I thought Je’Von Evans won that shot last week but maybe it’s a multi-challenger thing. They go with a three way test of strength to start before trading rollups for two each. Back up and they flip into a three way staredown as the fans approve. Carter sends the other two outside for a big running flip dive and a shooting star press for two.

Back in and LeFleur spins Carter into a suplex before knocking Cartwheel outside. One heck of a flip dive connects for LeFleur, followed by a reverse headscissor driver for two. Cartwheel takes over on the other two back inside and of course hits the big dive out to the floor. A springboard flipping elbow gets two on Carter, who is back up to superkick LeFleur. Carter gets caught in a Doomsday Canadian Destroyer (ouch) and Cartwheel puts LeFleur down. A Red Arrow gives Cartwheel the pin on Carter at 9:10.

Rating: B. As usual, the idea of taking three talented high fliers and letting them go nuts for awhile works well to open the show. That’s what we had here, with Cartwheel seemingly being added to an upcoming title match. It was a bunch of flying around and it wound up working well, with Cartwheel getting to do his usual entertaining stuff. That works in Evolve and it works here too.

Post match Laredo Kid comes in for a staredown with Cartwheel as commentary suggests that it will be a multi-man match.

We look at Las Toxicas beating up Natalya and another woman.

Las Toxicas vs. Faby Apache/Lola Vice

Vice and Flamer trade knockdowns to start and Vice grabs a headscissors for the hips to the head spot. A basement dropkick gives Flamer two and it’s off to Hidera for a double wishbone. That doesn’t seem to do much as Vice pops up and brings in Apache to hurricanrana Hidera for two.

Vice is back with the bouncing kicks to both of them, followed by the running hip attacks in the corner. Vice’s running charge is sent into the post though and Hidera dances a bit, allowing Flamer to hit her own running hip attack. A double clothesline gets Vice out of trouble though and Apache comes in to clean house. Apache gets a cross armbreaker but cue the third Toxica to send Vice into the steps. The distraction lets Flammer roll Apache up with tights for the pin at 7:47.

Rating: C. Not much to see here other than the usual assortment of hips to the face. That’s a VERY popular thing these days and the novelty is rapidly wearing off. Las Toxicas seem to be a good edition of the evil group and they worked well here, especially with the basic numbers game.

Commentary talks about what we just saw and hypes up Rey Mysterio.

Mysterio is outside the venue and hypes up the promotion, as well as December 20th’s Guerra de Titanes.

Galeno del Mal/LWO vs. La Parka/Nino Hamburguesa/Mr. Iguana

Parka dances away from the much bigger Mal and gets powered into the corner for his efforts. A running shoulder drops Parka again and the LWO comes in for some assisted moonsaults. Wilde uses the other two as a launchpad for a heck of a flip dive to the pile on the floor, followed by a double arm crank back inside.

Parka’s spinning suplex gets him out of trouble and it’s Hamburguesa coming in to clean house, much to the fans’ delight. A triple cannonball in the corner allows Iguana to come in as everything breaks down. Parka low bridges Mal outside for a rope walk moonsault as Hamburguesa….has a hamburger. Makes sense. Back in and del Toro kicks Iguana in the head but Iguana gives him a spinning faceplant for the pin at 6:50.

Rating: B-. I don’t think I remember seeing Iguana actually winning a match before so it’s nice to have a bit of a change of pace. The fans were into the winning side here, which makes sense as the LWO are basically invaders/outsiders. Mal is a good monster giant and moved well, though this was more about Hamburguesa getting to show off.

Post match Mal goes after the LWO and all five knock him outside.

El Hijo del Vikingo seems to explain his actions and brags about his abilities, which the fans don’t like.

El Hijo del Vikingo vs. El Grande Americano

They circle each other for about a minute before locking up, with Vikingo working on the arm. Vikingo takes him down for some cranking, which is broken up rather quickly. They lock hands and fight over some flips until it’s another standoff. Americano grinds away on a headlock but gets reversed into a headscissors. They lock legs and slap it out before turning over for stereo leglocks.

Vikingo hits a basement dropkick as the fans are chanting…what I’m assuming is something pro Americano. Vikingo kicks him outside and teases a dive but flips back to pose instead. Americano takes it outside for a chop against the barricade, followed by a suplex for two back inside. Something close to a spinning Canadian Destroyer gives Americano two but Vikingo rolls over into a rollup for two of his own. Back up and Vikingo’s Canadian Destroyer gets two more, followed by a 450 for the same.

Vikingo sends him outside for a ram into the steps, setting up a double stomp off of said steps. The 630 gives Vikingo two and the fans are rather pleased with the kickout. A guillotine choke is broken up and Americano makes the fired up comeback, including rapid fire chops in the corner. Americano’s Samoan drop gets two and they’re both down for a bit.

They slap it out from their knees and Americano pulls him into a modified camel clutch. That’s broken up and the referee is bumped, leaving Americano to make Vikingo tap to the same hold but no one sees it. The hold is broken and Vikingo hits him with a horn for two. Vikingo goes for the mask (the fans lose it over this) so here are Raya and Bravo for a distraction. Americano gets to load up the mask and the running headbutt gives Americano the win at 23:21.

Rating: A-. This was a wild match and the fans carried up that much higher, turning it into one of the most entertaining things I’ve seen in a good while. It’s a great sign when I’m not even entirely sure what the story is but I was wanting to see what was going to happen. They made this work very well and I had a great time with it, as they tore the house down in the end.

Post match the Americanos leave and it’s Dragon Lee coming in for the big brawl. Security has to break it up and it’s Rey Mysterio coming out to interrupt. Mysterio says he respects both of them (one of these gets better reactions than the other) and seems to suggest a match at Guerra de Titanes. That seems to work, but Vikingo lays Lee out again. Lee gets back up to drop him and stand tall to end the show. Hot angle here, with Mysterio adding all of the gravitas to the situation.

Overall Rating: B+. This show started good and then slowed down a bit before finishing hot with the outstanding main event and Mysterio segment. For a promotion I don’t know very well, they’ve got me wanting to see where some of these stories go and that’s a great sign so far. I’ll keep checking these out if they’re going to be airing on WWE’s Youtube page, as they’ve been a lot of fun with some familiar names.

Results
Jack Cartwheel b. Chris Carter and Elio LeFleur – Red Arrow to Carter
Las Toxicas b. Lola Vice/Faby Apache – Rollup with tights to Apache
Mr. Iguana/La Parka/Nino Hamburguesa b. Galeno del Mal/LWO – Spinning faceplant to del Toro
El Grande Americano b. El Hijo del Vikingo – Loaded running headbutt

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AAA Alianzas
Date: November 22, 2025
Location: Gimnasio Olimpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
Commentator: Jose Manuel Guillen

This appears to be a show that airs about once a month or so and in this case, it was broadcast on the WWE YouTube channel. That’s enough to get me to watch the show, though apparently commentary is entirely in Spanish. I’m not sure what this is going to mean or how much I’ll understand but the name of the show means Alliances, so expect some kind of a team deal. Let’s get to it.

Note that I do not follow the regular AAA shows nor do I understand more than a tiny bit of Spanish so I apologize in advance for any storyline or character points that I miss.

We open with a recap of El Hijo del Vikingo saying he’s the best and being interrupted by El Grande Americano, leading to a brawl. We also see Dominik Mysterio beating Dragon Lee to retain the Mega Title at Heroes Inmortales. Later, the Wyatt Sicks attacked Pagano and Psycho Clown and Chelsea Green and Ethan Page became the Mixed Tag Team Champions.

Mysterio and Americano, partners later tonight, share a bag of popcorn.

A team called El Ojo (the Eye) gets what seems to be instructions from their manager (I believe it’s Dorian Roldan).

We get the traditional tribute to Antonio Pena.

Je’Von Evans vs. Axiom vs. Octagon Jr.

For a future Cruiserweight Title shot, with champion Laredo Kid on commentary. Octagon gets knocked down to start but gets back up for a rollup on Axiom. Commentary talks about John Cena and Smackdown as they trade missed dropkicks for a triple staredown. A dropkick and springboard armdrag send Evans outside and Axiom follows it up with a running hurricanrana to Octagon.

Evans is back in to send Axiom outside, only to get hurricanranaed by Octagon. Back up and Octagon hits a running corkscrew dive to take both of them out on the floor, followed by a slingshot corkscrew splash for two on Axiom. The corkscrewing continues with a high crossbody for two on Evans as Axiom makes the save. This time it’s Axiom hitting the big dive to the floor to take both of them out as the fans approve.

Back in and Evans is knocked down, followed by a Codebreaker to Axiom, leaving all of them needing a breather. Octagon’s 450 mostly misses Evans but gets two anyway, with Axiom breaking it up. Evans hits a heck of a no hands dive onto Octagon on the floor, followed by a great frog splash for two on Axiom.

Back in and Axiom kicks Octagon down and backslides Evans for two. A superkick gets two more on Octagon, who catches Axiom on top. The tabletop superplex drops Axiom for another two with Evans making the save this time. Axiom’s super Spanish Fly hits Octagon but Evans cuts off the Golden Ratio, using Octagon as a launchpad for a cutter. The top rope cutter gives Evans the pin on Axiom at 12:12.

Rating: B. This is straight out of a bunch of promotion’s playbooks, as you take athletic wrestlers and let them fly around the ring for a bit to start the show. It’s worked well for years and will continue to do so for a long time. Evans continues to rack up experience, which is only going to help him in the end. Axiom is already fairly seasoned and can hang in there with anyone, with Octagon being more than good in his own right. Rather fun opener here.

Post match Kid gets in the ring for a respectful handshake and staredown.

Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano are in the back, with Mysterio holding up some Gringos Locos masks.

El Ojo vs. Psycho Circus/Pagano

No DQ and Dorian Roldan is here with El Ojo (El Mesias, Mecha Wolf, Forastero, Sanson) and Psycho Circus is Psycho Clown/Murder Clown/Dave The Clown). The Clowns clear the ring to start and we settle down to Pagano striking away at (I believe) Wolf, including a springboard cutter. Pagano whips out the weapons but gets taken down by the quick dive, allowing everyone to grab weapons for the big brawl.

The Clowns get the better of things and Murder takes over with cookie sheet. That earns him a big group beatdown, including stomps and kendo stick shots. Murder is right back with a double Samoan drop and the crushes Mesias, allowing the needed tag off to Psycho. Everything breaks down again and we hit more dives, meaning it’s table time. Dave takes out Psycho by mistake and Mesias gives Dave a Backstabber.

Pagano’s middle rope Codebreaker takes Mesias down and Murder chokebombs Wolf. Sanson comes back in to clean house until Psycho sunset flips Forastero for two. Forastero and Sanson take Psycho up top for a double superplex, which naturally is turned into a Tower Of Doom. Some top rope splashes ensue and everyone is down for a needed breather. The clowns hit their dives (mostly) and it’s Psycho with a super Spanish Fly onto some chairs to pin Sanson at 12:08.

Rating: B-. Kind of like the opener, you knew what you were going to get with the people involved. They didn’t bother trying to do anything but have a violent fight here and from what I’ve seen, that tends to go with the Clowns’ strengths. The Clowns have felt like a big deal around here for a long time and having them face what seems to be a top heel stable is always going to work.

Post match the Clowns brag about their win but Bo Dallas pops up on screen and accepts a challenge for a match against the Wyatt Sicks at Guerrera de Titantes. It seems to be a Carnival Of Carnage, which doesn’t sound pleasant.

Dragon Lee talks to El Hijo del Vikingo about their tag match tonight but Vikingo doesn’t seem interested.

Mixed Tag Team Titles: Lola Vice/Mr. Iguana vs. Chelsea Green/Ethan Page

Green and Page are defending and the champs run them over to start fast. Some stereo hurricanranas take Green and Page down though and Vice rams her hips into Green’s head. Vice even blows a kiss to Iguana, who isn’t sure what to do. A snap suplex drops green and it’s off to the men, with Iguana pulling out his namesake. Page cuts that off with a powerslam out of the corner and kicks Iguana in the face for a bonus.

Another powerslam attempt is countered into a tornado DDT and the tag brings in Vice to kick away at Green. The running hip attack in the corner gets two, with Page making the save. Everything breaks down and Iguana hits a springboard hurricanrana to take out Page on the floor. The referee goes down and Green brings in a kendo stick. Vice takes it away but so does Page, and a hard shot knocks Iguana (who was protecting Vice) out for the pin at 7:02.

Rating: C+. Green and Page are some of the most entertaining people in wrestling today and they got to showcase some of that here. At the same time, Iguana and Vice were able to do their thing, with the fans approving. These titles are almost guaranteed to be a bit less than serious, so Green and Page annoying the fans until someone knocks them off is a good way to go.

Post match El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. runs in for the brawl with Page. Green gets in a cheap shot though and Page beats him down.

Dominik Mysterio/El Grande Americano vs. Dragon Lee/El Hijo del Vikingo

Mysterio and Americano are the clear crowd favorites here. Lee and Mysterio start things off with Lee snapping off a running hurricanrana. Vikingo comes in to cut off a charge into the corner so it’s off to Americano, who shoves Vikingo down. Americano’s armdrag into a hammerlock has the fans singing (again) and Americano does a handstand, complete with claps of his feet.

That’s broken up and Lee hits a running dropkick but Vikingo won’t let him use the big dive. Vikingo does his own dive and NOW Lee can bust out the flipping dive. Lee and Vikingo nearly get in a fight on the floor, allowing Mysterio and Americano to hit stereo baseball slides. Back in and Mysterio dropkicks Lee outside again and some rolling suplexes make it worse. Vikingo gets the tag to take over on Mysterio, but Lee tags himself in out of frustration.

Lee’s top rope double stomp in the Tree Of Woe gets two and it’s back to an annoyed Vikingo. A Michinoku Driver gets Mysterio out of trouble and Americano comes in for the comeback. Americano hits a springboard Blockbuster (nice) into something like White Noise for two on Lee.

Vikingo goes up but Lee is sent into him for a crotching so Americano covers Lee, with Vikingo firing off a 450 for the save. Unfortunately that hits Lee, who is right back with Operation Dragon for two on Mysterio. Lee dives over for the tag and of course Vikingo pulls his arm back and even knocks Lee out. The 619 sets up Americano’s running headbutt to finish Lee at 17:01.

Rating: B. The fact that I can’t understand the promos or the backstory but knew the story they were telling in the match means they were doing something right. The action was there as well, with everyone working hard and putting in a good match that the fans liked. I got into this and it felt like a big time main event, so well done all around.

Post match Mysterio brags about their win and says they’re the best in the world. Cue the reunited Lucha Bros, who seem to disagree, and say something about chicken nuggets. This seems to be a challenge for Guerra de Titantes on December 20 in Guadalajara. Mysterio and Americano seem to be in to end the show.

Overall Rating: B. I had a good time with this show, which certainly felt like a WWE formatted show at times. I could get a nice enough idea of what was going on here, which is quite the feat when the show is in an entirely different language. This was definitely a faster paced style, but the show was entertaining and kept my attention for almost two hours. Nice job, and something I could go for more of if WWE wants to do some more special broadcasts.

Results
Je’Von Evans b. Octagon and Axiom – Top rope cutter to Axiom
Psycho Circus/Pagano b. El Ojo – Super Spanish Fly onto chairs to Sanson
Ethan Page/Chelsea Green b. Mr. Iguana/Lola Vice – Kendo stick shot to Iguana
El Grande Americano/Dominik Mysterio b. Dragon Lee/El Hijo del Vikingo – Running headbutt to Lee

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Worlds Collide: Las Vegas
Date: September 12, 2025
Location: Cox Pavilion At The Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
Commentators: Corey Graves, Konnan, John Bradshaw Layfield

We’re doing another WWE/AAA crossover show and in this case, Dominik Mysterio is getting another World Title shot, this time on his own. That’s quite the drawing card, though the rest of the show looks good enough. The previous edition was a lot of fun in Mexico so now we get to see what happens in the United States. Let’s get to it.

The opening video looks at AAA’s success since being purchased by WWE, including TripleMania. Now they’re in Las Vegas so of course there’s a bit of a gambling theme.

HHH, Shawn Michaels and Undertaker are here.

Various wrestlers arrive. These clips were shown on Smackdown.

The dignitaries are in the ring for the Mexican national anthem. Lilian Garcia does the American version.

Here is Penta for a chat. Penta, in Spanish, seems to fire up the crowd and talk about the importance of Mexican wrestling in the United States. After more enthusiastic shouting, Penta hits his catchphrase and holds up a Mexican flag.

Laredo Kid/La Parka/Mascarita Sagrada/Octagon Jr. vs. LWO/Mini Abismo Negro/Lince Dorado

Dorado and Octagon start things off as they trade some missed kicks to start. An exchange of headscissors take both of them down and we get a standoff/handshake. Del Toro and Kid come in with Kid hitting him in the face, followed by a running clothesline in the corner. Del Toro is taken up top but sticks the landing on a super hurricanrana. A standing Spanish Fly gives del Toro and Wilde comes in for a standing moonsault and a near fall.

Kid gives him kind of a reverse sitout powerbomb to take over and it’s off to Parka for a dance off. Parka avoids a charge in the corner and dances some more, setting up something like a spinning AA. Sagrada and Negro come in, with Sagrada snapping off a springboard armdrag. Dorado comes back in and gets sent into the corner, allowing Octagon and Kid to hit back to back middle rope twisting moonsaults for two. A kick to the head puts Kid down though and del Toro is back in with a slingshot splash.

An electric chair splash to the back gets two on Kid as Konnan lists off Kid’s resume. Negro (barely taller than the top rope) comes in for a pop up powerslam and Kid can’t get a springboard hurricanrana, instead crashing down. Back up and a running hurricanrana works a bit better, as Kid is able to bring in Sagrada for a very spinning headscissors to the floor. Sagrada clears the ring and snaps off a top rope hurricanrana to put Negro down. Back in and Octagon comes in but del Toro comes in as well to strike it out.

Octagon gets caught in the Tree of Woe for a Coast To Coast from del Toro. Dorado’s shooting star press gets two and Sagrada grabs an octopus on Negro, with everyone else making a save. Everything breaks down and Dorada gives Parka the Golden Rewind, leaving Octagon to dive onto both of them. Del Toro dives on all of them and then Kid does the same thing. Wilde hits his huge slingshot dive, leaving Sagrada to grab a spinning rollup for the pin on Negro at 18:05.

Rating: B. Yeah this was a blast with everyone getting to go nuts and show off for a long time. They weren’t trying to do anything other than let the people go nuts and that worked well. It’s the kind of match that is always going to work as it was designed to be a sample platter of what AAA can do. Fun stuff here, as it should have been.

Rey Mysterio is interrupted by Dominik Mysterio, who says he’s going to become the Mega Champion. Rey even agrees to put the title around his waist if he wins, with a big emphasis on IF. Finn Balor comes in to say Dominik needs to prove himself tonight, alone. Balor even leaves with the interviewer (who happens to be his wife). This aired on Smackdown as well.

We recap Natalya vs. Faby Apache. They were in a triple threat match at TripleMania and didn’t get along so now it’s time to fight for a future title shot.

Natalya vs. Faby Apache

For a future Reina de Reinas title shot. They go to the grappling to start until Apache drops her with an elbow. Natalya’s discus lariat gets two and she fires off the shoulders in the corner. Natalya plants her down and starts in on the leg, including the surfboard. With that broken up, Apache shrugs off some clotheslines and hits a hurricanrana.

A high crossbody and knee to the face give Apache two and she tries a cross armbreaker. Apache’s bodyscissors turns into a slugout and she even adds a front facelock. With that not working, Apache switches to an ankle lock, followed by a hard forearm to the face for two. Apache teases a Sharpshooter but gets reversed into a rollup for the pin at 9:12.

Rating: B-. This was a bit different from Natalya and that is one of the best things that she can do. The biggest problem with Natalya is that she does a lot of the same stuff and that gets dull in a hurry. That wasn’t so much the case here and it made for a much more entertaining match. Apache did her part too as they were beating the heck out of each other here. Nice match and better than I was expecting.

We get the Saudi Arabia Wrestlemania announcement and the booing is audible.

New Day was ready to win the Tag Team Titles but Woods was injured by Penta. He had to have surgery on his head but risked DEATH by being here anyway, where Grayson Waller will be taking his place. Waller insists that interviewer Chuey Martinez sign the petition to ban the Canadian Destroyer.

AAA Tag Team Titles: Kofi Kingston/Grayson Waller vs. Pagano/Psycho Clown

Pagano/Clown are defending and Clown chases Waller to the floor to start. Back in and Waller tries to pick up the pace, which is fine with Clown, who actually gets pulled into a forearm. Kingston and Pagano come in with Pagano snapping off a belly to belly. Clown comes in to help with the stomping but gets sent into the corner. Waller forearms away on Clown in the corner and we get something like the old Unicorn Stampede.

Pagano gets knocked off the apron so Clown has no one to tag when he fights out (as tends to be the case). A jumping knee to the face gets two on Clown before Kingston and Waller go up…and then hop down to pummel away. Kingston grabs a choke and Clown taps, but it doesn’t seem to have been intentional so Kingston sends him into the corner instead.

Clown fights out of the corner and hits a crossbody, followed by an enziguri to bring in Pagano. Everything breaks down and the champs hit some running dives before Clown….rips part of his own mask off, which freaks Woods out and sends him running. Stereo Canadian Destroyers drop Waller and Kingston, followed by la majistral to give Clown the pin to retain at 16:53.

Rating: B-. This was a good enough match, but the problem boils down to it’s only so good when you have Kingston and a filler partner rather than his usual partner. New Day challenging for the titles would have been a much bigger deal, but as it was, there wasn’t exactly much doubt about the winners. What we got was good, but Woods being in there would have been a lot better.

Post match Pagano and Clown are interviewed by the Wyatt Sicks interfere and lay them out. The huge beatdown ensues, with Pagano and Clown being put through tables. The Wyatts hold up the AAA titles and the fans seem to like it.

We recap Lola Vice/Mr. Iguana vs. Judgment Day. They were in a six person tag at TripleMania (with a slightly adjusted lineup) and got into a brawl so now it’s time to do it with one less person each.

Lola Vice/Mr. Iguana vs. Judgment Day

Raquel Rodriguez is here with Judgment Day. Balor takes Iguana down by the arm to start but Iguana flips around and sits down, which has the fans approving. Balor goes to grab a bag but Iguana takes it away and throws it underneath the ring. Back in and a hurricanrana drops Balor so it’s off to Vice, who scares Balor into the corner. Perez comes in and gets chased outside, allowing Vice to run her over back inside.

The cross armbreaker is blocked so Vice switches to the strikes into the corner. Vice’s running hip attack is broken up by Balor so Vice hits a dive onto both of them. Back in and Iguana’s high crossbody gets two on Balor, only for Rodriguez to drop Iguana onto the apron to cut him off. Balor slows the pace down and chokes on the ropes….but the Balor puppet pops out from underneath the ring. Even Balor freaks out and Iguana gets in a shot, allowing the tag back to Vice to pick up the pace.

Now the hip attack can hit Perez, followed by a Saito suplex for two. Perez is right back up and hits a Lionsault for two before taking Vice up. Iguana throws Yesca at Perez though and Balor brings in his own bag. Balor gets up with his own puppet and it’s time for…well actually a Sling Blade to Iguana. Balor ties his puppet around his neck and teases the Coup de Grace but Vice breaks it up. Yesca is thrown at the puppet, leaving Iguana to hit a dive. Vice spinning backfists Perez for the pin at 12:00.

Rating: C+. The point here was to showcase Vice and Iguana and that worked rather well. Vice is quite possibly on her way to being the NXT Women’s Champion and Iguana is going to sell a ton of merchandise. Balor played right into the whole thing with the puppet deal and it was a fun match with everything going about as it should have.

We recap the Latin American Title four way. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. won the title at TripleMania and now a bunch of people are coming for the title. That’s about it.

Latin American Title: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Ethan Page vs. JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee

Wagner is defending (Page’s NXT North American Title isn’t on the line). Lee and McDonagh fight to the floor to start, leaving Wagner to hammer on Page in the corner. Back in and Lee sends Page into the corner and drop toeholds McDonagh into page. A running dropkick hits both villains and Wagner is back in, only to get taken down by McDonagh. The big Asai moonsault drops Page and Lee on the floor before McDonagh kicks away at Wagner.

Page is back in to throw McDonagh at Wagner (that worked) before hitting a running Codebreaker for two on Lee. The chinlock doesn’t last long as the other two come back in, with a series of strikes to the face knocking everyone silly. McDonagh headbutts Page…who falls onto McDonagh for two.

Lee is back up with a running hurricanrana to Wagner and a big sitout powerbomb for two on McDonagh. Wagner pulls Page to the floor so Lee flip dives onto both of them. Back in and a super Spanish Fly gives McDonagh two but Page is back with the Twisted Grin. Wagner cuts that off wit h a Swanton and Wagner Drivers McDonagh to retain at 9:56.

Rating: B. This was a sprint match as you had all four of them going nuts and throwing out everything they could in the time they had. That made for quite the entertaining spectacle and I had a good time with everything they were doing. This felt like a match where anyone could have picked up the title and the drama made things a lot more entertaining.

We recap the main event. Dominik Mysterio came close to winning the title in a four way at TripleMania and now it’s time for him to get a one on one shot as he wants to prove he’s the best Mysterio ever.

AAA Mega Title: Dominik Mysterio vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Vikingo is defending (Mysterio’s Intercontinental Title isn’t on the line) and the fans really do not like him despite him being the good guy coming in. After the Big Match Intros, the trade some kicks to start before Vikingo takes him down and ties up an arm and a leg. Vikingo stands up while still holding on, only for Mysterio to reverse into a rollup for two. Mysterio is sent outside and taken down with a dive but he cuts Vikingo off with a hot shot back inside.

Vikingo gets whipped into the steps and we settle down a bit back inside. Mysterio stomps away and hits the slingshot hilo for two. Back up and the champion hits a basement superkick but gets crotched on top. Hold on though as Mysterio needs to go and pose with the belt before grabbing the chinlock. Vikingo fights up and hits a missile dropkick, followed by the running knees in the corner.

Another missile dropkick is powerbombed out of the air for a big crash but the 619 is blocked. Vikingo’s spinning faceplant sets up a 450 for two so here is the Judgment Day to uneven things a bit. Mysterio puts on the mask and Balor offers him the foreign object, but here is Dragon Lee to help things out a bit.

Rey Mysterio comes out with a chair to help chase Judgment Day off, leaving Vikingo to hit the 630. Cue El Grande Americano to break up the cover and now the 619 connects. Dominik hits the frog splash but another referee runs in to count two. Vikingo goes for Americano’s mask, allowing Americano to slip Dominik the foreign object. The mask is loaded up for the running headbutt, followed by a frog splash to make Dominik champion at 18:23.

Rating: B. I had fun with this and the result is the right choice. The fans have pretty obviously rejected Vikingo so go with someone who can get some heat as champion without having the fans turn on him. Yeah it’s more of the WWE takeover, but it’s hard to argue with someone getting the kind of reception Vikingo has been receiving. Just go with what needs to be done, as Dominik is more than capable of hanging at this level.

Post match Rey comes back out and hands Dominik the title but Dominik insists that Rey put it around his waist. Rey begrudgingly does it and Dominik kicks him out as the Judgment Day comes in to celebrate. El Grand Americano gets in for a hug as well and Judgment Day doesn’t seem overly pleased to end the show.

Overall Rating: B+. This was another good time, with the action working, nothing being bad, a hot crowd and just about everything working. Dominik Mysterio is going to get all kinds of mileage out of winning the title and there were enough things set up to have another show like this down the line. WWE has figured out the formula for these shows and this was another very fun offering.

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TripleMania XXXIII
Date: August 16, 2025
Location: Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Commentators: Corey Graves, John Bradshaw Layfield, Konnan

So the big deal this time is that WWE is involved, which makes sense as they have since announced their purchase of AAA. That is going to make things all the more interesting and there are several WWE stars on the card. This includes the main event, as Dominik Mysterio, Dragon Lee and El Grande Americano are challenging for the AAA World Title. Let’s get to it.

Note that I do not follow AAA so I apologize in advance for any storyline or character details that I miss. I’m pretty much going just off any recaps presented (my Spanish is weak at best) and commentary.

Rey Mysterio and various other wrestlers talk about the importance of the show and how big it is to be on TripleMania.

As is customary in AAA, we get (I’m assuming) the Mexican national anthem, with various WWE/AAA dignitaries present, including HHH, Shawn Michaels and Nick Khan.

Commentary welcomes us to the show.

Copa Bardahl

This is similar to the Royal Rumble (with pinfall, submission or over the top for eliminations) with ninety second intervals (commentary says ninety seconds, though that is later described as “different intervals”) for a cup. We get a nice graphic of the rules in English and Spanish so at least they’re taking care of the fans. La Parka (with his awesome dancing skeletons) is in at #1 (of fourteen) and Laredo Kid is in at #2.

Parka dances around to start as Konnan talks about various top stars who have wrestled on this event over the years. Kid plants him with a quick Michinoku Driver and hits a 450 for two as Joaquin Wilde is in at #3. Wilde rolls both of them up at the same time for two and it’s Abismo Negro Jr. in at #4. Negro, a powerhouse, gives Kid a gorilla press gutbuster for two as Konnan describes him as “one of the most popular heels in our company”. I try to figure out the logic of that statement as Negro gets some near falls.

Taurus (Negro’s stablemate) is in at #5 and starts wrecking people, though he hits Negro by mistake. Wilde starts snapping off some headscissors but gets dropkicked in the head for his efforts. Aerostar is in at #6 and knocks Negro outside (not an elimination) and hits a dive (also not an elimination) but Kid plants him down. Kid misses a dive of his own though and gets tossed for the first elimination.

Mecha Wolf is in at #7 and gets to clean house for a bit until Cruz del Toro is in at #8. A nice top rope hurricanrana takes Negro down and del Toro and Wilde team up to clean some house. Wolf blows some mist at Wilde and tosses him though as Otis (with the SHOOSH entrance for some reason) is in at #9 for a surprise. Konnan is VERY pleased and Otis faceplants a bunch of people before tossing Aerostar.

The Caterpillar hits Negro and Pimpinela (an exotico, which means a rather feminine wrestler) is in at #10 to quite the reaction. Pimpinela gets to clean some house to start and teases kissing Otis before helping him clothesline Taurus out instead. The kiss is teased again but Wolf dropkicks Otis, knocking Pimpinela out in the process. Cibernetico is in at #11 and runs some people over, including a spear to Otis.

Microman (stands 3’3) is in at #12 and actually beats some people up until Cibernetico glares at him. Cibernetico is knocked to the apron though, with Otis picking up Microman and ramming him into Cibernetico for the elimination. Omos is in at #13 and this won’t end well. Everyone stops to go after Omos, with Konnan wondering why they’re attacking one by one (a question as old as time in wrestling).

Microman is the only one left standing and goes after Omos (barely clearing his knees), who looks around and finally looks down in a funny bit. Omos puts Microman on the top (JBL: “THIS HAS TO BE AGAINST THE GENEVA CONVENTION!”) before everyone else goes after Omos to no avail. Del Toro and Negro are both out and Octagon Jr. is in at #14 to complete the field. That gives us a final grouping of Parka, Wolf, Otis, Microman, Otis and Octagon.

Otis goes after Omos and is knocked down just as fast, leaving Microman to splash him for the elimination. As commentary tries to figure out why you would do that to the one man who was trying to protect you, Omos picks Microman up and tosses him out (in an awesome visual). Everyone else goes after Omos but stop to fight each other (Konnan doesn’t get this either, as he continues to be the voice of reason and logic in this match).

Parka gives Wolf a weird spinning cutter and tosses him to get us down to three. Omos kicks Octagon out and we’re down to two, with the fans getting behind Parka. Graves: “Do you think he can do it Konnan???” Konnan: “No.” And then Omos tosses Parka to win at 26:34.

Rating: B-. This is the kind of thing that will always work on a big show as it’s about getting people in the ring and letting the fans have some fun. Omos is one of those spectacle people where you have to see him to get what he’s like, which made the Microman spot that much better. He might not be someone you want to have around full time, but he’s a great choice for a special appearance like this. Rather fun opener here and a good way to have Omos in there as a surprise.

Dragon Lee is ready for the main event of the biggest TripleMania of all time and wants the Mega Title.

We recap El Mesias defending the Latin American Title against El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. Their families have history, with Mesias having a big rivalry with Wagner’s father so now Wagner wants to win the title.

Latin American Title: El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. El Mesias

Mesias, with Dorian Roldan, is defending. Konnan (apparently part of Roldan and Mesias’ team, along with JBL) argues with Wagner’s father as Wagner kicks Mesias outside for a running flip dive. Roldan grabs the foot though and Mesias’ DDT gets two. A DDT onto the apron plants Wagner on the apron and a belly to back suplex connects for two more. The chinlock goes on before Mesias hits a clothesline for another near fall.

Mesias sends him outside and takes him in front of Wagner’s father for the emotional beating. Back in and Mesias starts tearing at the mask, which brings Wagner up for a clothesline. JBL and Konnan get on Graves, with JBL saying “And I thought Michael Cole was bad!”. Graves: “Oh come on that’s below the belt.” JBL: “Fair, fair.” Wagner’s top rope splash gets two, followed by a quick powerbomb for the same. Wagner’s father and Roldan get in a fight on the floor, with Wagner’s father dropping him with one shot. Back in and Mesias hits a spear for two but Wagner Jr. hits a Wagner Driver for the pin at 10:21.

Rating: C+. This was the storyline match of the show as Konnan was playing the big heel on commentary but the Wagners got some revenge and the gold. It made for a good enough match, though I’m not sure I see the big star power in the younger Wagner. Mesias is a name I’m familiar with and he was still good in the ring, but this was the right way for the fans.

Judgment Day is ready to make this the biggest TripleMania of all time. Rey Mysterio comes in, with Dominik Mysterio saying he wants his dad to see his big win.

Judgment Day vs. Lola Vice/Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa

Mixed six person tag and Roxanne Perez is here with Judgment Day. Rodriguez throws Vice into the corner to start but a spinning slam is countered into an armbreaker. Balor and Iguana come in for all of a few seconds before Nino (Hamburger Boy) comes in to face McDonagh. After McDonagh takes a shot of…something, Nino crushes him in the corner, only to miss a middle rope legdrop.

That’s enough for Judgment Day to get Nino into the corner for the alternating beatdown. Nino fights out of trouble though and brings Iguana in to clean house. Iguana pulls out his puppet….but BALOR HAS HIS OWN PUPPET! That leaves Iguana very confused so Nino comes in with two burgers, with Balor taking one away for a bite. That leaves Nino to hit a dive and Vice to go up, only for Perez to interfere. Cue La Hiedra to go after Perez but hit Vice by mistake. Hiedra chases Perez off, leaving Rodriguez to Tejana Bomb Vice for the pin at 11:51.

Rating: B-. I could have stopped at “BALOR HAS HIS OWN PUPPET” and the rest of the match would have just been details. That spot was funny enough, though they managed to make Balor eat a burger for a bonus. This was a goofy WWE vs. AAA match and it entertained me rather well, which is about all you can ask for out of something like this one.

Pagano and Psycho Clown are ready to bring the violence to win the Tag Team Titles. Los Garza aren’t scared because they’re from finer metals.

Tag Team Titles: Psycho Clown/Pagano vs. Los Garza

Garza are defending. It’s a brawl to start and the champions throw in weapons so I guess it’s this kind of a match. Los Garza grab kendo sticks….so Pagano and Clown pull out BARBED WIRE kendo sticks. Since those would, you know, nearly kill the champs, Los Garza get the better of things and unload with their sticks in the corner.

Tables are sat up at ringside but that takes too long, allowing Pagano and Clown to come back with chairs and trashcans to take over. Garza gets beaten down but Pagano misses a moonsault with a chair, meaning Pagano can get double super gorilla pressed through a table. Another table is thrown in, with Pagano spearing the champs through a table in the corner at the same time.

Back up and Garza catches Pagano, setting up a powerbomb/World’s Strongest Slam to send both Pagano and Clown through tables at ringside. Berto gets two on Clown and can’t believe the kickout. Clown is back up and pulls out some barbed wire, which is wrapped around Berto’s head. A super Spanish Fly gives us new champions at 12:55.

Rating: C. Some of the spots were ok here, but this felt like a way for the hardcore team to come together and stand up for AAA. I get that Clown is one of the bigger stars in AAA, but this never really clicked and outside of that big spot from Garza, there was nothing on here that stood out. I wouldn’t call it a bad match, though it definitely wasn’t my style.

El Hijo del Vikingo talks about the main event and seems ready.

Here is Rey Mysterio to induct Konnan into the AAA Hall Of Fame. Mysterio gives a speech in Spanish (with translation from commentary), talking about what a revolutionary and visionary Konnan has been. We see a video on Konnan’s career, including a lot of WCW footage. Konnan comes into the ring to talk about the importance of his career and how much AAA has meant to him.

He is the son of great legends and we hear some of those names, with a big hug to Mysterio (whose uncle apparently trained him). More thank you’s wrap it up (there was a translation, but it was hard to keep track as the translations were often coming during Konnan’s speech in Spanish.

El Grande Americano is ready to win the title.

Video on the Women’s Title match, with Faby Apache and Natalya both coming after Flammer’s title.

Reina de Reinas Title: Natalya vs. Faby Apache vs. Flammer

Flammer is defending. Natalya is sent outside to start and Apache clotheslines Flammer down. The dive is broken up though and Natalya unloads in the corner, only to get crucifixed for some near falls. Natalya reverses another rollup into the Sharpshooter, which is quickly broken up. Flammer comes back in and gets her arm barred by Apache, with Natalya adding an ankle lock at the same time.

Natalya breaks that up and stomps on Apache, followed by a surfboard. That’s broken up and Natalya clothesline Flammer, followed by the double Sharpshooter (it’s a cool idea, but like so much Natalya can do, it’s been done to death). With that broken up, Apache and Flammer hit stereo clotheslines to put each other down but Natalya is back in with an ankle lock to Apache. That’s reversed into a Michinoku Driver but Flammer is back in to steal the pin on Apache and retain at 10:45.

Rating: C. I’ve seen a decent amount of the AAA women’s division over the years and the results have been mixed at best. That was the case again here, with Natalya trying to do her thing but only being able to get so far. Natalya being added in there made the match feel a bit more important, though neither Flammer nor Apache really stood out.

Worlds Collide is back on September 12.

We recap the World Title match, which is Hijo del Vikingo facing three challengers from WWE.

Mega Title: El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. El Grade Americano vs. Dragon Lee

Vikingo is defending. They stare at each other to start before pairing off, with Americano clearing the ring. Back in and Vikingo takes Americano out before trading rollups with Lee. American gets back in and helps Mysterio double team Vikingo but Lee is in to break it up. Lee’s top rope double stomp gets two on Americano, who ties Lee’s mask to the rope. Mysterio and Americano get in an argument over who gets to stomp and it’s Lee sending Americano into the post.

Vikingo rolls Lee up for two and the fans aren’t sure what to think about that. Mysterio is back with a Canadian Destroyer to Lee but Vikingo knocks him down. Vikingo’s top rope Codebreaker to Americano leaves everyone down for a needed breather. Vikingo sends Lee into the corner and hits a shooting star press but American breaks up the cover. The villains put Vikingo through the announcers’ table in quite the spot and cue Judgment Day to go after Lee.

Mysterio hits the 619 with Americano making the save. Cue the LWO to brawl with Judgment Day but here are the other El Grande Americanos to go after Lee. A step up Blockbuster gives the original Americano two and it’s time to load up the mask. Lee cuts that off and dives onto a bunch of people at ringside.

Operation Dragon gets two with Vikingo making the save. The 630 gives Vikingo two on Lee and Mysterio steals the metal for his own mask. Americano and Lee get headbutted down and Mysterio hits the frog splash…but a masked man pulls the referee out. It’s AJ Styles, who hits the Styles Clash on Mysterio, leaving Vikingo to hit the 630 to retain at 15:04.

Rating: B. The fans didn’t seem to be thrilled with Vikingo, but it would not surprise me a bit to see either Americano or Mysterio getting the title sooner than later. The massive interference felt a bit tacked on, but the action that we got was good enough. If nothing else, Styles vs. Mysterio continuing has some possibilities, as Mysterio getting flustered is entertaining.

Vikingo celebrates to end the show, though the fans don’t seem overly pleased with him.

Overall Rating: B-. It’s not nearly as good of a show as Worlds Collide, but this felt much more like AAA by way of WWE. I do like the idea of WWE promoting the company more, though I would certainly hope that it doesn’t come at the expense of what makes AAA feel unique. The show was good enough to feel special though, and the WWE names made it bigger, though I’m hoping this is more a rare treat than the new norm for AAA.

Results
Omos won the Copa Bardahl last eliminating La Parka
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. b. El Mesias – Wagner Driver
Judgment Day b. Lola Vice/Mr. Iguana/Nino Hamburguesa – Tejana Bomb to Vice
Psycho Clown/Pagano b. Los Garza – Super Spanish Fly with barbed wire to Berto
Flammer b. Faby Apache and Natalya – Rollup to Apache
El Hijo del Vikingo b. Dragon Lee, El Grande Americano and Dominik Mysterio – 630 to Mysterio

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Worlds Collide
Date: June 7, 2025
Location: Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California
Commentators: Corey Graves, Konnan

It’s a special show as we have AAA vs. NXT. This would be a bizarre way to go for years now but things have changed a lot as WWE has bought (or is apparently in the process of buying) AAA, meaning things like this could happen more often. There is a nice mixture of stuff going on here so let’s get to it.

The opening video, as narrated in Spanish by Rey Mysterio (makes sense) talks about how there are moments that change everything. We see clips of an imminent collision, mixed in with various clips of famous Latino wrestlers in WWE, as well as AAA stars. I’m not sure how big this really is, but they’re making it feel epic so well done.

Corey Graves and Konnan talk about how big the show is and how much lucha libre has meant to American wrestling. That is one of the most bizarre commentary teams you’ll ever see.

We open with various AAA officials and wrestlers in the ring, along with Shawn Michaels and HHH, for the Mexican national anthem. There are also banners to I believe AAA’s founders, which is a tradition for AAA.

Lilian Garcia sings the Star Spangled Banner.

Here is Rey Mysterio (clearly still not at 100%) to get things going. After taking a long look at the AAA logo on the mat (you can tell that means a lot to him), Mysterio speaks in English and Spanish about how great it is to see lucha libre spreading like this. He seems to talk about the roster and how proud he is of lucha libre (though my Spanish is limited at best).

Mr. Iguana/Aerostar/Octagon Jr. vs. Lince Dorado/LWO

Octagon and del Toro start things off with Octagon taking him down by the arm. Back up and they lock hands with del Toro flipping him over. A legdrop misses though and Octagon’s rollup gets two. They trade armdrags until a legsweep misses, giving us a standoff. Iguana (he seems rather popular) comes in to face Dorado with Iguana crawling around like a…well you get the idea.

Dorado chops him down and Iguana stays on the mat with all four limbs up. An armdrag takes Dorado down and Iguana gets his iguana puppet, who blocks Dorado’s right hand. The puppet goes into Iguana’s mouth as he spins around and is then put onto Dorado for an Iguana counted two. The fans chant for Iguana and yeah that’s not a surprise as he’ll likely get over like crazy in a hurry.

Aerostar comes in for a running hurricanrana to Lee but gets flipped out to the apron. A corkscrew high crossbody hits Lee and the AAA guys send them outside. Iguana hits a running flip dive but there is no one to catch Dorado Octagon, who just crashes to the floor. Aerostar hits a suicide dive onto Lee as the fans are rather approving. Back in and Aerostar’s top rope splash hits raised knees and some splashes connect for two.

That’s broken up and it’s back to Iguana, who misses a charge at del Toro in the corner. A dropkick takes out Iguana’s leg though as Konnan talks about how del Toro hasn’t wrestled like this in a long time. Iguana winds up in an electric chair but he spins around into a faceplant. It’s time for the puppet (who has a name that I can’t make out), who is handed to Dorado, allowing Iguana to dive onto Lee.

Dorado snaps and beats up the puppet, even giving it a standing Spanish Fly. Iguana is TICKED (as he should be) and spins around into an anklescissors to send Dorado flying. The puppet is used to whip all three opponents and then we play pass the puppet. A triple superkick drops Iguana and everything breaks down, with Dorado hitting a double Golden Rewind (handspring Stunner).

Dorado’s shooting star press gets two and he grabs a super hurricanrana to send Octagon flying (that looked good). We get a series of knockdowns, including del Toro’s rope walk dropkick to Iguana. Aerostar is back up with a heck of a step up dive to the floor and del Toro adds a big corkscrew dive of his own. Back in and Octagon chops it out with Dorado until Octagon takes him up top for a super flipping World’s Strongest Slam and the pin at 14:04.

Rating: B+. This was a blast and all kinds of fun with everyone getting to stand out. Iguana is the kind of unique star with a fun gimmick that will get him over for a long time to come. They were trying to have a traditional lucha libre six man tag here and since everyone involved knows exactly how to do that style, it worked well. Awesome stuff here and incredibly entertaining.

Post match Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan are in the crowd, with Dominik saying it’s sad that Octagon is such a big Rey Mysterio fan because Rey is a DEADBEAT FATHER! Octagon comes over and the Spanish insults fly from Dominik so the fight is on. They get in the ring and slug it out, with the two of them eventually being separated. Dominik eventually says he’ll see Octagon at Money In The Bank (later tonight) and he’ll even put the Intercontinental Title up. Well that escalated quickly.

We get a video on the history of AAA, which was started in Mexico in the 90s by Antonio Pena. He founded the promotion and changed everything about wrestling in Mexico as an alternative to tradition. Then thirty five years passed and here we are!

AAA legends Mascarita Sagrada and Latin Lover are here.

Legado del Fantasma is ready to show that they are the real representatives of lucha libre.

We recap the women’s tag match. Stephanie Vaquer has hit the ground running in NXT/WWE and Chik Tormenta/Dalys don’t like her due to some past issues. A tag match was set up, with Lola Vice agreeing to team with Vaquer, and here we are.

Dalys/Chik Tormenta vs. Stephanie Vaquer/Lola Vice

Vaquer starts with Dalys, who gets taken down but powers out of the Devi’s Kiss attempt. Tormenta comes in for a clothesline to put Vaquer down but it’s quickly off to Vice. Vaquer adds a 619 so Vice can get two, only to be pulled into a quick half crab. Back up and Vice fires off the kicks, including the bouncing versions to send Dalys into the wrong corner. The string of hip attacks connect for Vice and she grabs a cross armbreaker on Dalys (ignore her tapping).

That’s broken up in a hurry and Vice is sent outside where the beating continues. Back in and we hit the chinlock/double arm crank on Vice as lucha legend Negro Casas (who trained Vice) is watching from the crowd. Vice fights up and rolls over for the tag off to Vaquer, who comes in with a high crossbody to Dalys. Vaquer takes Dalys out of the corner for two, setting up stereo Devil’s Kisses from Vaquer and Vice. The SVB is blocked so Vaquer gives Dalys a superkick, followed by the SVB for the pin at 9:53.

Rating: B-. Well there was no way Vaquer was going to job here, so the question became which of the other three would do so. It was hard to imagine that Vaquer’s team would be losing either way, especially after AAA won the first match, so this was only in so much doubt. As usual, Vaquer feels like one of the biggest stars in the division and Vice felt like she got a nice breakout moment here. Good enough match here, but they were in a rough spot after that opener.

Post match Vice and Vaquer talk about how great it is to be here and seem happy with their win. Vaquer is more than ready to win Money In The Bank too.

Chad Gable isn’t worried about being in Mexico because these people have embraced him. That’s in addition to embracing El Grande Americano, who is going to win Money In The Bank, after Gable wins the AAA Mega Title.

Legado del Fantasma is ready to prove themselves as the real first family of lucha libre. This is the same promo that aired on Smackdown.

Psycho Clown, Pagano and Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. are ready for six man as well, with Clown bringing up that he was in the match where Santos Escobar lost his mask in Mexico.

Chavo Guerrero is here.

A social media star is here, but according to the graphic, he’s the Street Profits. Well to be fair he is wearing a mask.

Legado del Fantasma vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr./Pagano/Psycho Clown

Berto takes Hijo into the corner to start as we hear about WWE and TNA stars wanting to be on an upcoming AAA show. I get that it’s a different world but my goodness that will never sound right. Hijo runs the ropes and snaps off a hurricanrana into an armbar. That’s broken up so it’s off to Clown, who switches into a double German suplex to Berto and Angel at the same time.

Pagano (a hardcore brawler) comes in for a….I think it was supposed to be a double flapjack but Berto escaped and Garza was barely lifted. Instead Pagano sends both of them outside but Escobar moves Berto out of the way, leaving Pagano to crash to the floor. Back in and Pagano gets caught in the wrong corner, allowing the villains to start the beating. That doesn’t last long as Pagano gets in a shot and rolls over for the tag to Clown.

Angel gets tied in the Tree of Woe for a dropkick, followed by a Code Red for two on Berto. Hijo comes back in to chop it out with Escobar before everything breaks down. The AAA guys hit running dives to the floor but Hijo gets caught in the wrong corner back inside. The double super gorilla press slam drops Hijo but Clown is back up with the Psycho Driver (Air Raid Crash) to the apron.

Angel takes him down with a sitout powerbomb but Clown is back in with a sitout powerbomb. Everything breaks down and Escobar is left alone in the ring. Hijo cuts him off for two more but Escobar’s super hurricanrana gets the same. Back up and the Phantom Driver gives Escobar the pin at 14:59.

Rating: B-. Another good six man match here with some familiar faces. Clown looked like a star and Hijo looked more than good enough. On the other hand you had Pagano who was pretty hit and miss, which tends to be normal for him. Legado looked good as well, with WWE getting a nice showcase win over some AAA stars.

We look at the 1994 When Worlds Collide show, which was a huge introduction to AAA (and lucha libre) for a lot of people. There were a lot of legends on that show, including Konnan, Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero, who got quite a bit of exposure as a result.

El Hijo del Vikingo is ready to fly against Chad Gable.

Savio Vega, Damian Priest and Blue Demon Jr. are here.

NXT North American Title: Je’Von Evans vs. Rey Fenix vs. Laredo Kid vs. Ethan Page

Page is defending (Kid’s AAA Cruiserweight Title isn’t on the line). The challengers gang up on Page to start but Kid’s dive is cut off. Evans stares down at Fenix and teases a right hand before going with the rollup instead. Fenix is back up with the very springboardy wristdrag but Page is back in with a hurricanrana of his own. Evans takes him down and hits the big dropkick to the floor.

Fenix is back up with a spider kick to Evans and hits a big dive to take out everyone on the floor. Back in and the fans want tables, which has Konnan confused, as the action has already been good (fair point). Page knocks Evans off the top though and hits a top rope splash, followed by a powerslam for two with Fenix making the save. Kid hits a backbreaker but Evans cuts him off on the top.

Evans hits a heck of a no hands dive to the floor to drop Page and ties Kid in the Tree Of Woe. That sets up what was supposed to be a Swanton dropkick (he didn’t get all of it but dang that was a cool idea), followed by a springboard cutter for two on Fenix. Back up and Fenix kicks Page into the ropes for the rope walk kick, followed by a very high angle armdrag to Kid.

Some kicks to the face rock Evans and the Fenix Driver gets two. Page takes out Fenix but gets caught with Evans’ springboard clothesline and everyone is down. Fenix and Kid go up top with the former hitting a super Spanish Fly (for you Cornette podcast fans out there, Graves shouted “KONNAN! KONNAN!” before he jumped), only for Page to hit Fenix with the Ego’s Edge. Evans makes the save but gets sent outside, leaving Page to hit the Twisted Grin for the pin on Kid at 14:55.

Rating: B. This was a very fun, fast paced match with people getting to go all over the place until one of them couldn’t get up again. They were all flying around and I was buying the chance that the title could change hands. Page was there to antagonize the fans and the other three were flying around like crazy. Some of the spots were great here and I had a lot of fun with the whole thing.

We look at Triplemania, the biggest AAA show of the year. It has been running since the 90s and will continue again this year.

We recap Chad Gable challenging El Hijo del Vikingo for the AAA Mega Title. Vikingo won the title last week, which has Gable more excited than he was before. Gable is on a quite to unlock the dark arts of lucha libre and it’s time to make everyone say VIVA. Vikingo isn’t impressed because he is the heart and soul of AAA.

AAA Mega Title: El Hijo de Vikingo vs. Chad Gable

Gable is challenging. Vikingo takes him down by the arm to start but Gable sweeps the leg, thanks the fans, and slaps Vikingo’s hand in an armbar. Back up and Vikingo does a weird lifting stretch but Gable reverses into another armbar. Vikingo gets up again and has to break a quick ankle lock. Gable misses a charge into the post and a running Meteora sends him crashing out to the floor.

Vikingo follows him out with a 630 to the back (geez) for two but Gable gets the knees up to block a running shooting star. Back up and Gable sends him into the steps before loading up the required table. Gable can’t hit a German suplex through the table but can knock Vikingo down again to take it back inside. A monkey flip out of the corner gives Gable two, followed by abdominal stretch to stay on the ribs.

The bridging German suplex gets two more on Vikingo and Gable armbars him over the ropes to cut off a comeback attempt. Gable goes up but dives into a Codebreaker, leaving both of them down. Vikingo ties him in the ropes for a rather long range top rope double stomp, followed by the spinning middle rope 450 (geez again) for two. Back up and Gable hits a Razor’s Edge Dominator but has to bail out of the moonsault.

Instead, Gable catches him on top and hits a super sitout powerbomb for the scary crazy. Gable insists that Vikingo “is just a luchador” and gets knocked to the apron, where Vikingo hits a diving Canadian Destroyer to knock him silly. Vikingo puts him on the table but takes too long, allowing Gable to shove Vikingo off the top. That lets Gable hit a moonsault to send Vikingo through the table, leaving them both down. Back in and they slug it out until Gable gets the ankle lock. That’s broken up as well and Vikingo hits a poisonrana. The running knees in the corner set up the 630 to retain Vikingo’s title at 22:00.

Rating: B+. Vikingo’s flying stuff was incredible (as usual) and Gable being out there as the wrestler made for a good battle. It was reaching the levels of epic that you need in a match like this, though that table spot at the end made me roll my eyes a bit. Heck of a match here, with Vikingo looking like a star and Gable hanging right there with him the whole time.

Vikingo poses with some wrestlers and AAA people to end the show.

Overall Rating: A-. Yeah this was great and an incredible experience throughout. It felt like a AAA show with the benefits of WWE making it that much better. The action was awesome, with the two weakest matches being pretty good at worst. I had a great time with this and you could tell that this meant a lot to the people involved. Awesome show here and it has me a lot more interested in seeing what WWE is going to be doing with AAA going forward.

Results
Octagon Jr./Mr. Iguana/Aerostar b. Lince Dorado/LWO – Super flipping World’s Strongest Slam to Dorado
Stephanie Vaquer/Lola Vice b. Dalys/Chik Tormenta – SVB to Tormenta
Legado del Fantasma b. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr./Pagano/Psycho Clown – Phantom Driver to Escobar
Ethan Page b. Laredo Kid, Rey Fenix and Je’Von Evans – Twisted Grin to Kid
El Hijo de Vikingo b. Chad Gable – 630

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TripleMania XXV
Date: August 26, 2017
Location: Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Commentators: Kevin Gill, Gabe Ramirez

This is of course AAA’s biggest show of the year and heck if I know why someone requested it. Granted it might have been more than a few years ago that someone wanted me to look at it so there is probably something big that stuck out. I have no idea what is going on here but these shows have been hit or miss to say the least. Let’s get to it.

Keep in mind that I don’t follow the promotion so I have no idea what is going on with characters, backstories etc.

A bunch of men, I believe the broadcast team, is introduced.

The ring announcer (one of the four) introduces a bunch of people in costumes. I’m guessing these are sponsor mascots or something? Wrestlers are with them and handing out things to the fans so they’re certainly supposed to be good.

We get some English commentary from Twitch, which confirms that we are still on the preshow here and yes those are sponsor mascots.

La Parka, Faby Apache and Vampiro seem to be judging the first match. Ignore the arena being mostly empty, with almost no noise whatsoever for an almost eerie feeling.

Pre-show: Llave de Gloria: Dragon Solar/Pardux/Solaris/Ashley vs. Hahastary/Bronco Gonzalez/Chicano/Fetiche

This seems to be the finals of some kind of tournament as independent wrestlers are fighting for a contact. It’s a brawl to start with Ashley’s dive being left short on the floor. She’s fine enough to get back in and hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on…someone commentary doesn’t feel the need to identify (which makes me think they don’t know who is who here). Instead they give a basic explanation of rudos vs. technicos as everyone gets in a shot to just about everyone else. Even commentary points out that there is one winner to the whole thing so the team aspect is pretty much worthless.

Ashley dropkicks Chicano (thank goodness for names on the back of gear) down but Chicano elbows her in the face. Solaris comes in for a save with a hurricanrana but gets dropkicked out of the air. Everything breaks down the Chicano team takes Ashley down, including a slingshot powerbomb.

Solar gets in some hurricanranas for a breather and it’s Ashley coming back in to pick up the pace. Solaris and Pardux come in with stereo missile dropkicks and Ashley hits a big dive onto most of her opponents. Fetiche is backdropped onto a pile of people on the floor, followed by a corkscrew dive from Solaris. Back in and Solar rolls up Gonzalez for the pin at 6:40.

Rating: C. This was a VERY weird one as they didn’t bother trying to do anything more than have a big exhibition of spots. Ashley stood out a bit more than anyone else but commentary clearly had NO idea what was going on here or who was who. That makes things all the more confusing, and I spent most of the match trying to figure out their names. Granted there wasn’t anything more here than having a bunch of people trying to get noticed, which only worked well enough.

Pre-Show: Llave de Gloria: Angel Mortal Jr./Tiger Boy/Villano III Jr. vs. Angelikal/The Tigger/El Hijo del Vikingo

Same idea as the first match but three on three and thankfully there are a lot more fans in the building for the entrances. For some reason we start with music in the background as Tigger and Villano get things going (commentary seems a lot more familiar with this batch). They flip around to start and neither can get anything more than a fast one, as you might have expected.

Angelikal comes in to hurricanrana Mortal as the pace stays fast. Angelikal clears the ring by himself before being pulled outside, allowing Vikingo to come in. Vikingo climbs the rope for an anklescissors out of the corner to Tiger. Mortal comes in and launches Vikingo into a hurricanrana to tiger on the floor.

Back in and Villano and company start taking over on Tiger’s arm. A double electric chair missile dropkick hits Angelikal and a springboard Codebreaker into a wheelbarrow suplex gets two. Angelikal is right back up with a hurricanrana, leaving Vikingo and Tigger to hit running flip dives to the floor. Back in and Tigger and company hit a 450/moonsault/shooting star press for the triple pin at 7:33.

Rating: C+. Much like the opener, this was a bunch of people trying to get in as much as they could to showcase themselves. Unlike the opener, this one didn’t have as many people around and it made things that much easier to follow. If nothing else, commentary knowing who they were watching helped just as much. Do this alone instead of both matches and it’s a much better pre-show.

The ring announcer (as translated by Ramirez) welcomes us to the show and pitches the official program. The Spanish broadcast team is introduced (the matching ties are nice) and so is the president of the company.

The National Anthem is played, with a live military band.

The announcer hypes up the crowd about the main event.

The opening video (with the camera just pointed at the screen) looks at TripleManias past, set to Dream On by Aerosmith.

We get some banners of various deceased legends, including company founder Antonio Pena (whose wife, the president, is holding his urn, because that’s not at least a little creepy).

Hernandez/La Hiedra/Mamba/Mini Psycho Clown vs. Big Mami/Dinastia/Estrella Divina/Mascara de Bronce

This is an Atomicos match, which I believe means a man, a woman, an exotico (man dressed as a woman) and a mini. Bronce starts with Clown (not that much shorter) and sends him outside for a good looking step up flip dive. Mami comes in but gets dropped by Hernandez, only to come back with a kiss. Everything breaks down fast and Bronce breaks up Hernandez’s slam attempt on Mami (and he was struggling).

Clown sends Bronce outside for a bit flip dive, followed by a springboard corkscrew dive from Dinastia. Hernandez cuts off Bronce’s dive and powerbombs him onto the pile, followed by Hernandez hitting his own huge dive. Mami dives off the middle rope to crush everyone and it’s time to head back inside. Hernandez and Bronce fight to the back and Clown rolls Dinastia up for two. Dinastia’s standing moonsault gets two, with Mamba making the save. Hiedra gets in a chair shot to Mami though and Mamba steals the pin at 6:56.

Rating: C. This was all over the place and in this case, that’s exactly the point. These things are designed to be pure chaos with everyone going all over the place and it went well enough. The dives were impressive and the fans were into a lot of it, making it a rather fun opener. Just maybe don’t have the villains win to kick off the show?

The ring announcer again polls the fans about the main event.

Reina de Reinas Title: Lady Shani vs. Ayako Hamada vs. Rosemary vs. Sexy Star

Star is defending and this is one fall to a finish. Of note, Rosemary is from Global Force Wrestling, because that was a thing at this point. Rosemary suplexes Star to the floor to start but Shani and Hamada take Rosemary down. Back up and Rosemary slugs away but Star is right back for some shots to everyone. Hamada grabs a chair and takes out Star, only to have Shani kick the chair into Hamada’s face.

Now it’s a trashcan being thrown…well in the vicinity of the ring, as Hamada doesn’t clear the top rope in a bit of an embarrassing miss. Rosemary grabs a full nelson with her legs on Shani and Hamada cranks on one of Shani’s legs for a tap….but that doesn’t count because it’s a double submission so we keep going (I’ve always thought that should be an elimination or something, as it’s hard to fathom tapping to two people not having some kind of consequence.).

Shani is put in a chair and has a trashcan put on top of her but topples over due to unconsciousness. Star comes back in and gets WHACKED with a trashcan lid. She’s fine enough to powerbomb Hamada out of the corner for two, with Rosemary having to make the save. Shani is back up with some kicks to Rosemary, who pulls her into something of a Last Chancery. That’s broken up by Star, who gets Stunnered by Rosemary. Star is able to Iconoclasm Rosemary off the top and grabs a cross armbreaker to retain at 9:57. She takes her sweet time letting go too.

Rating: C-. It was pretty much just a bunch of weapons stuff while commentary praised Sexy Star as being this huge deal. As for the match, there was little to no flow or story to it other than Star making a comeback at the end. Rosemary and Hamada are capable of more and I’ve seen Star be ok. Shani was billed as a hardcore specialist and that was only kind of on display here. It wasn’t horrible, but the ending was out of nowhere and it felt like they were told “go do stuff and then finish it now”.

Oh and one more thing: the armbreaker that Star used on Rosemary wound up being a shoot, legitimately injuring Rosemary and more or less banishing Star to the indies for the rest of her career. Pretty much, no one of note was going to put up with her attacking a wrestler for no valid reason and that was it. The title would be vacated a few weeks later as Star was done with AAA. If a wrestler legitimately attacks someone else in the ring without just cause, I’m not sure what kind of a future they would be expecting to have.

With THAT out of the way, Martha Villalobos, a legend and former champion, comes out to present Star with the belt in a moment I’m sure AAA won’t want to have back immediately.

The ring announcer shills the program.

Vampiro and someone who seems to be a sponsor are here to announce the winners of the Llaves a la Gloria. Third place is Ashley, second is El Hijo del Vikingo and the winner is….Angelikal. As a bonus, Vampiro has the rest of the contestants get inside, where they are told they will be the first group of students at the new AAA school.

Tag Team Titles: Andrew Everett/DJZ vs. Monster Clown/Murder Clown vs. Aerostar/Drago vs. Dark Cuervo/Dark Scoria

Cuervo/Scoria are defending and this is one fall to a finish. The Clowns whip out a belt to start the whipping but Aerostar and Drago take over on DJZ. An assisted tornado DDT gets two on Everett but the champs are back in to double clothesline Drago. Back in and the Clowns get to clean the ring save for Aerostar, who gets whipped with the belt. Aerostar fights back and sends the Clowns outside for the suicide dive.

Cuervo and Scoria hit dives of their own, followed by the rather large Murder Clown hitting his own big flip dive. Back in and Murder Clown gets caught on top with a Tower Of Doom. Aerostar is raised up the lighting grid and then asks to go even higher. We get some near falls but keep cutting up to Aerostar as they keep going up. He finally hits the dive to clear out the pile and three wrestlers run in for a beatdown.

Commentary doesn’t know who they are and they’re ejected just as fast (Apparently they’re El Poder del Norte, a heel stable. Thanks review from someone else, because commentary is rather worthless on this show.). The champs fight back but a third Clown (he has purple hair) comes in to help take them out. Cuervo and Scoria fight back, only to have Marty Martinez (from Lucha Underground) run in and help the Clowns as well. A top rope splash gives Murder the double pin on the champs for the titles at 13:28.

Rating: D+. The huge dive was impressive looking and there were some cool spots, but this was another match where it felt like they weren’t really doing much of anything until the ending when everything went nuts. The Clowns felt like the bigger deal but the whole match felt like a bunch of teams thrown out there for the sake of having a Tag Team Title match. Well that and so Aerostar could do a crazy dive because he seems to be a little nuts.

Post match the Clowns keep up the beating and Marty leaves with the purple haired clown.

We get a speech from the President of the company (the widow of founder Antonio Pena), who talks about wrestlers who have passed away during the TripleMania years.

We get a video on the wrestlers who have passed away. Nothing wrong with something like that.

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Torneo TripleMania XXV

So from what I can tell this is a ten trios (30 people) battle royal with lumberjacks. It also seems that there are teams from different eras to give it a bit of a theme. We’re also doing staggered entrances ala the Royal Rumble (90 second intervals), so it’s Team Ex-AAA (Heavy Metal/Pirata Morgan/Villano IV) in at #1 and Relevos Incredibles (Australian Suicide/Faby Apache/Pimpinela Escarlata) in at #2 to start. It’s a brawl to start as the lumberjacks (with straps) get into it on the floor.

Los OGT’s (Averno/Chessman/Super Fly) are in at #3 and a lot of stomping/near eliminations ensue. Granted I’m not completely sure who is almost out as, again, commentary seems to have no idea who is who, but why let that stop you? Los Vipers (Histeria/Maniaco/Psicosis), who even I’ve heard of, are in at #4 and Psicosis has a huge snake around his neck. The Vipers start cleaning house as I don’t believe anyone has been eliminated yet. Los Guapos (Decnis/Scorpio Jr./Zumbido) are in at #5 as this is rather hard to keep track of, a statement commentary makes as well.

A high crossbody completely misses for I believe Histeria and Los Perros del Mal (Halloween/Joe Lider/Mr. Aguila) are in at #6. We get some rapid fire pinfalls (no names mentioned and no word on if those individuals or their teams are out) and the Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy/Lanzelot/Nina Hamburguesa) are in at #7. They get to clean house for a bit, including the nearly 400lb Nino coming off the top with a missed Swanton, until La Parka y sus Amigos (La Parka/Argenis/Bengala) are in at #8.

As they come to the ring, everyone gets on Nino for the pin, followed by Los Vipers getting to clean some house. Los Leyendas (Blue Demon Jr./El Cobrade/El Intocable, the Legends) are in at #9 and get to clean more house. Team GFW (Moose/Bobby Lashley/Jeff Jarrett) are in at #10 to complete the field….or at least they should be, as it’s just Lashley on his own.

Lashley gets to wreck some people on the grounds of he’s Bobby Lashley, but the clock starts counting down again. Commentary is confused (it’s not that hard) and it gets even worse when no one comes out. Moose comes out on his own and just kind of stands around awkwardly, which isn’t his style.

Jarrett finally comes out and…..yeah there’s no way around it: Jarrett was very out of it (quite possibly drunk) at this show, to the point where he can barely get down the steps to the ring. To his credit, he would take time away from the ring shortly after this (and at least one other incident) and reportedly got clean, so good for him for dealing with his problems. As for tonight though, Jarrett takes FOREVER to get to the ring, as he is throwing tortillas to the crowd, which isn’t going well whatsoever. For some reason Moose and Lashley are fighting each other on the floor as Jarrett gets inside. Jarrett punches a bunch of people and kicks Parka low, leaving him the only one standing.

Parka finally gets up and slugs it out with Jarrett as we actually have something resembling a match for a second. A DDT plants Jarrett for the pin (POP) and we pause for Parka’s music, even though the match isn’t over. Commentary isn’t sure what is going on (shocking) as Jarrett is yelling at fans. The rest of the OGT’s clear house and go for Parka’s mask….until Chessman shoves Super Fly (his partner) off the top and out. So we’re down to Chessman, Averno and Parka, but Averno hits Chessman (again, his partner) low for a pin. Then Parka small packages Averno for the final pin (thank goodness) at 26:41.

Rating: F. I spent the better part of half an hour watching this and I have no idea what was going on. The problem is that commentary didn’t seem to either, to the point where there might have been five names mentioned here, with most of them being Team GFW. I’m sure this was about getting Parka a moment and having a bunch of names in there, but it’s a case where if you aren’t already a fan, this isn’t going to make things better. The fact that the only reason I knew most of the names was the show’s Wikipedia didn’t help, but it isn’t like there was commentary or a graphic to tell me who was involved.

On top of that, it was a terrible battle royal, where the rules weren’t clear, some people (Lashley/Moose) just left, I had no idea who was eliminated (or how to eliminate someone for that matter) and nothing was clear in the slightest. You can do something like this with the Gimmick Battle Royal, but that was about four minutes, not almost twenty seven (longest of the show so far). Absolutely horrible here and one of the worst matches I’ve seen in a very long time for more reasons that I can count (ok I can count them but I don’t want to waste any more time on this mess).

Post match La Parka, Bengala and Argenis get a belt, with Parka getting all of the glory.

El Mesias vs. Pagano

Street fight and they start in the aisle (as commentary didn’t seem to think this match was scheduled next) with Mesias knocking him into the ring. Pagano scores with a spinwheel kick, as commentary is surprised he included a wrestling move. A springboard bulldog drops Mesias again but he’s back with a shot to the face. Back up and Pagano knocks him into the corner, only to get sent outside.

Mesias gets in some chair shots as we get at least the third arena wide shot of the match (about five minutes in). The beating goes around the ring, with Mesias sending him into a trashcan. They go up the aisle with Mesias getting a suplex but having a beer thrown into his face. Back to the ring they go, with some barbed wire being brought in because of course it is. Pagano gets the better of a slugout and runs him over, setting up a Russian legsweep.

Mesias is knocked outside so Pagano hits a running flip dive, followed by a hanging piledriver back inside. And now the barbed wire, which Pagano puts in front of his chest on a missed moonsault. Pagano is back with a Regal Roll into a Lionsault, which has commentary questioning the impact of the barbed wire. Mesias is knocked outside for an apron dropkick as things slow down.

They get back inside with Mesias whipping out a barbed wire bat, which is kicked away. The fans are rather displeased as Mesias hits a faceplant onto the bat. Back up and Pagano gets in a bat shot to Mesias’ knee….which is enough to warrant a referee stoppage at 16:40, because I guess just covering Mesias was out of the question?

Rating: D. This was slow, plodding, didn’t get overly violent until near the ending and then had a dumb finish on top of that. If Mesias is hurt then it’s understandable, but it was his leg. Have Pagano cover him for a fast pin instead of just stopping everything cold in a street fight. Other than that, this just wasn’t good and both guys appeared to be moving in slow motion for a lot of it. If you want this to be some violent match then go there rather than do something this lame.

Post match Rey Escorpion, in street clothes, comes in to deck Pagano and then go after Mesias, who is on a stretcher.

AAA World Title/AAA Latin American Title/AAA Cruiserweight Title: Johnny Mundo vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. Texano Jr.

Mundo (John Morrison/etc) is defending, comes out to Born In The USA, and this is a ladder match. Fantasma would go on to become known as Santos Escobar while Texano would go on to continue to be known as Texano Jr. The challengers chop it out to start and Mundo gets knocked down for trying to bring in some weapons. Texano grabs a chair to blast Fantasma and starts ripping at the mask, allowing Mundo to add a top rope elbow.

Mundo dropkicks a ladder into Texano and superkicks Fantasma for a bonus. A pair of tables are set up at ringside but everyone realizes that there are belts to grab and go for the ladder. Texano clears the ring, leaving Fantasma to load a table against the barricade. Mundo dropkicks Texano off the top but gets knocked off a ladder (which was nowhere near high enough anyway as the belts are WAY up there). Fantasma hits his great dive into Texano into (but not through) the leaning table.

Texano is back up and sends Fantasma through the table, followed by a Swanton onto Fantasma onto the broken table. With Fantasma VERY busted open, Mundo goes up but gets pulled down by Texano. Mundo bridges a ladder on the middle rope but takes too long posing, allowing Fantasma to dropkick him down. Fantasma drops Texano onto the bridged ladder, seemingly busting him open too.

The ladder is set in the middle as the belts come down a bit. Mundo’s climb takes too long as well and Texano shoves the ladder over, sending Mundo down and onto (not through) a table at ringside. Fantasma dives over a ladder bridged into a standing one to forearm Texano, only to get knocked into the ladder. More tables are set up in the ring, with Fantasma backdropping Texano onto the bridged ladder for a nasty crash.

Cue Kevin Kross (Karrion Kross, Mundo’s lackey) to make the save but Mascara de Bronce comes out to stop Kross, who was climbing for some reason. Now it’s Hernandez (another Mundo lackey, or stooge as commentary puts it) to get knocked outside as well, leaving Bronce to hit a heck of a springboard moonsault to take him down.

Kross chokeslams Bronce onto the apron but Fantasma takes him down. Mundo ladders Fantasma in the face but all three wind up climbing. Fantasma knocks Texano down for a big crash, leaving Mundo to get in a low blow to drop Fantasma as well. All three belts are pulled down and Mundo retains at 22:49.

Rating: B. It wasn’t a classic or anything but for a triple threat ladder match with a bunch of interference, this could have been a lot worse. Mundo feels like a star and has the gold to prove it while the other two felt like they had him multiple times, only to come up short. Maybe it was everything else being so bad/horrible, but I had a good time with this one as Mundo feels like a much bigger deal here than in WWE.

Post match Mundo brags about his win and calls out…Vampiro. Mundo throws down the title and here is Vampiro to interrupt. Vampiro won’t look at him, as Mundo demands that Vampiro put the belt on him. Mundo yells at him, spits at him and shoves him, which is finally enough for Vampiro to grab a chokeslam. With Mundo on the floor, Vampiro threatens violence before leaving as well.

With everyone else gone, Fantasma and Texano trade chair shots to the head and both are left laying. Well that was cringe inducing.

Video on Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Psycho Clown, both of whom have been training rather hard. They don’t seem to like each other.

Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Psycho Clown

Mask vs. Mask and this is billed as the biggest lucha match of the decade. Hold on though as a woman has to sing the National Anthem before we’re ready to go. We’re ready to go and Clown misses a dropkick, allowing Wagner to clothesline away as commentary isn’t sure how many falls this is (it’s one). Wagner chokes away in the corner before they go outside, with the brawl heading into the crowd.

Back in and Psycho hits a spinwheel kick as the fans aren’t sure who they like here. Wagner ties him up on the mat but Psycho is right next to the ropes. We get the expected mask ripping before Wagner hits him in the head with the chair. Psycho is busted open so Wagner enjoys some of it on his hand. There’s another chair shot to knock Clown even sillier, as commentary wonders what happens if you rip off a mask in a mask vs. mask match.

They head outside with Wagner slowly beating on Psycho, who can barely stagger away. Clown gets knocked up and back down the apron but manages to make a comeback with some clotheslines back inside. Clown knocks him outside and hits the dive but the running flip dive only hits mat (instead of Wagner’s son, who is ringside as well). Back in and Clown rips at Wagner’s mask for a change before whacking him in the face with a chair.

A hanging DDT gets Wagner out of trouble for two. Clown gets a quick rollup for two, with commentary pointing out how slow the referee has been to get into position (Jesse Ventura would not approve). Wagner knocks him outside and hits the big flipping dive, setting up a Samoan drop into the fans.

Back in and a top rope superplex gives Wagner two, followed by Clown’s Samoan drop getting the same. Wagner shrugs off a kick to the face though and hits the Wagner (Michinoku) Driver for two more. Another Wagner Driver gets another near fall and the fans are rather interested. Clown grabs a superplex of his own into a Backstabber and a Code Red gives him the pin at 28:40.

Rating: B+. What mattered here is it felt like a struggle as these two did not want to lose everything. It made the match feel that much more important and I don’t think anything else could have come close to headlining. Clown is someone who has felt like a star every time I’ve seen him, but Wagner has always felt like a legend. The ending felt like a very big deal and that is how you want your main event to go. The action was more than good enough, but the atmosphere made it feel that much bigger.

We get the big ceremony of the unmasking, but first Wagner has to announce his real name (Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron) and hometown (Torreon). He praises Clown and talks about being a legend, before unmasking and thanking Clown. There are kids crying in the crowd as Wagner huddles with his family. As Wagner and company leave, Clown stops him to say it was an honor and praise Wagner. Clown celebrates and we get a highlight package of the main event to end the show.

There really isn’t a translation to this kind of thing in America, but egads it comes off like the biggest deal in the world in a situation like this. Wagner is a legend and now everything about him has changed because of one match. That’s a pretty major deal and they treated it as such with the post match time.

Overall Rating: D+. The last two matches are very good and they bring the show up about as high as it can go. The problem is that everything before that was an absolute disaster with one of the weakest stretches I’ve ever seen as there wasn’t a good match to be seen in the first two or so hours of the show show. I’m not sure what went wrong, but if this show didn’t have the two main events, this could have been an all time disaster. As it is, it’s WAY too long and not good, but at least it could have been worse (barely).

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