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AAA on Fox live results: Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana defend the World Mixed Tag titles

Posted on by Jeff Moss

AAA is back on Fox in Latin America on Saturday night.

Matches for this week’s episode were taped last Saturday after AAA’s live show from Mexico City. That event featured Penta successfully retaining the Intercontinental Championship against El Hijo del Vikingo.

Two matches are advertised for tonight’s episode, including a title bout.

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana will defend the titles against La Hiedra and Dinamico. This will be the first defense for Vice and Iguana since winning the titles from Ethan Page and La Hiedra, who filled in for an injured Chelsea Green in February.

Also scheduled for Saturday is a triple threat bout with Aero Star, Joaquin Wilde, and Lince Dorado.

The full lineup for AAA on Fox for April 18, 2026:

  • Lince Dorado vs. Joaquin Wilde vs. Aero Star
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana defend against La Hiedra & Dinamico

Our live coverage is set to begin at 10 p.m. Eastern.

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Welcome in, friends! Or should I say ¡Bienvenidos amigos!

Tonight, WWE is running some little indie show, so they aren’t airing any AAA action on their Youtube page. With that said though, there’s still the AAA Youtube page! That page broadcasts entirely in Spanish though and unfortunately, yours truly struggles with English let alone Spanish. So, I will keep you informed as best I can.

The show began and the footage of wrestlers arriving to work provided us with some breaking news: Ivar of the War Raiders will be taking on one half of the AAA Tag Champions, Psycho Clown later in the show. To kick things off though:

Three Way Match: Lince Dorado vs Aero Star vs Joaquin Wilde

Dorado took control off the top, elbowing Aero out of the ring and focusing on Wilde. Aero got back into the ring in time to eat a backbreaker and a hard lariat from Dorado. Wilde tried to get some offence in, but Areo cut him off.

Dorado was sent to the outside and Wilde and Aero exchanged blows until Dorado came back in. Wilde dispatched them both and went for a pin on Aero, but he kicked out. Aero responded by kicking Wilde out of the ring, only to be drop slammed by Dorado.

Aero stepped out to catch his breath and Dorado dove through the ropes onto him. Out of nowhere, Wilde jumped off the top turnbuckle onto both on the outside. Wilde pulled Aero back into the ring and set him up in kind of a reverse surfboard and posed.

Dorado took exception to that and pulled Wilde off Aero by the hair. He hit him with a driver, but it only got a two count. Dorado charged and Wilde back body dropped him out of the ring and laid out Aero with a superkick.

Wild went up top, but Aero cut him off and blocked a sunset bomb. Wilde reset and tried it again, but while making the pin, Dorado hit a moonsault onto them both. Dorado went for a cover, but Aero broke it up with a senton.

Aero hit a chinbreaker on Dorado and then returned the favor from earlier, diving on him through the ropes. Back in the ring, Wilde said something wrong because Aero dove onto him, sending him into the Announce table.

Aero got back in the ring and hit a cutter on Dorado. Aero then hit a poisonrana from the top turnbuckle on Dorado, but Dorado rolled it through and pinned him to get the win.

Match Result: Lince Dorado defeated Aero Star and Joaquin Wilde

Backstage, the War Raiders were shown beating up Murder Clown. Psycho Clown and Pagano made the save and the scene swtiched to Dorian Roldán having a meeting with his Mom. He made the pitch that he should be running AAA. The response was “we’ll think about it.” Based on what it means when MY Mom says that, he probably doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in Mexico City.

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Title Match: Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana (c) vs Dinamico & La Hiedra

Brand new NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice entered to a great ovaition from the audience, but as always it was La Yesca and Mr Iguana that got everyone off their feet. Dinamico and Hiedra were also there.

Iguana and Dinamico kicked things off with Iguana knocking him to the ring then placing La Yesca on his chest. Iguana started a count, but Dinamico kicked out at two.

Vice tagged in and tied up with Hiedra. Vice put her in an arm stretch, then laid a few kicks in the midsection. Hiedra popped back up, but Vice dropped her with a leg sweep. Hiedra returned the favour and Vice went stiff like an Iguana. That allowed her to lure Hiedra into a triangle choke.

Dinamico ran in, but was cut off by Iguana who put him in an armbar. Hiedra and Dinamico overpowered their opponents and Dinamico hit a meteora on Iguana in the corner. Hiedra dropkicked Vice in the corner, but could only get a two count.

Vice and Hiedra fought until Vice landed a suplex. That gave her a chance to tag in Iguana who took Dinamico down with an Inguanarna. He went for the cover, but Dinamico kicked out at two.

Dinamico landed a cutter on Iguana, but couldn’t get the pin. Dinamico whipped him into the corner, where Vice made a tag and Iguana grabbed La Yesca. Iguana threw La Yesca at Hiedra and Vice hit a cannonball on Dinamico, sending him to the outside.

Vice and Hiedra fought until Iguana distracted her with La Yesca and Vice sent her out of the ring. Dinamico took her place and went for a suplex, but Iguana countered with a back elbow. Dinamico hit a powerbomb, but again Iguana kicked out. Iguana hit him with a bulldog onto La Yesca (I think) and made the pin to retain the Mixed Tag Titles.

Match Result: Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana defeated Dinamico & La Hiedra

After a recap package, it was revealed that the El Grande Americano Civil War will continue next week as they sign the contract for their mask-vs-mask match. I’m sure it will be a somber and civil affair with no violence of any kind.

The scene switched and El Verde Americano was shown backstage giving Texano Jr his flowers and asking him to be on his team to defend the honor of AAA and Lucha Libre. So I think they are going to be friends and partners in a tag match next week.

Also, Rey Fenix will be in action and La Catalina will have some things to say. Next week! Before that though:

War Raider Ivar vs Psycho Clown

A video package teased a bit of tension in the Psycho Circus between Pagano and Psycho Clown. But, they have agreed to deal with it later once the War Raiders are out of their collective brightly colored hair. Psycho Clown entered so hard it appeared he lost part of his very spiky jacket.

The thing about Ivar is he is a very big guy who moves like a luchadore. This shouldn’t be possible, but it is and off the top he took control, knocking Psycho to the mat. Psycho tried to counter with a waistlock and some punching.

Ivar sent him off the ropes, but Psycho used it as a springboard for a shoulder tackle that sent Iver out of the ring, where Psycho dove onto him from the apron. He sent Ivar back into the ring where Ivar dropped him with a spinning power slam.

Ivar started clubbing Psycho’s back, hitting him so hard his own hairline receded. He stomped Psycho, but Psycho fired up and started throwing hands. And Feet. Psycho hit a spinning kick, but Ivar saw him coming out of the corner and put him down hard.

Ivar missed on a cannonball, allowing Psycho to dropkick him in the back. Psycho went up top and hit a bouncing split legged moonsault, but Ivar kicked out of the cover at two. Psycho got to his feet and tried to rip his own face off (it’s a thing he does, don’t worry) but Ivar stopped it. Psycho sent him into the corner for a big boot.

Psycho went up top again and went for a cross body, but Ivar caught and planted him in the middle of the ring. Ivar scoop slammed him for good measure, then went up top for a moonsault of his own. Psycho moved though and Ivar bounced up, throwing a spin kick.

Ivar hit a sit-out powerbomb, but Psycho kicked out at two. Ivar set him up on the top turnbuckle, but Psycho countered an hit a sunset bomb. Ivar kicked out of the cover though.

Psycho hit a drop kick, sending Ivar into the referee. He landed a driver on Ivar, but the ref was out and coultdn’t make the count. Erik, the other War Raider ran to the ring and took out Psycho. He and Ivar double powerbombed him and Erik woke up the ref who counted to three.

Match Result: Ivar defeated Psycho Clown

Pagano then hit the ring, seconds short of being able to save his tag partner, Psycho. They argued up the ramp, coming to shoves at one point. They headed to the back still arguing. The camera followed and they started shoving each other in the back.

Pagano said that Psycho should watch his mouth and they stomped off in different directions. Psycho came upon the beaten body of Murder Clown. He reached down and pulled up a black bandana insinuating that it had been Pagano who took out Murder.

Sounds like a Ja Rule song.

See you next week!

World Mixed Tag Team title match announced for AAA on Fox

Posted on by Ian Carey

A new match has been announced for this week’s episode of AAA on Fox.

The AAA World Mixed Tag Team titles will be on the line as Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana defend against Dinamico and La Hiedra. The match was taped last Saturday, April 11, in Mexico City.

AAA wrote:

“Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana put the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship on the line against La Hiedra and Dinámico: Saturday #AAAenFOX”

This will be Vice and Iguana’s first defense since winning the belts at the February 7 taping. They defeated Ethan Page and La Hiedra to win the titles, with La Hiedra replacing Chelsea Green after Green suffered an ankle injury on SmackDown the night before.

On recent episodes of AAA on Fox, Green has claimed she is still a AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion because she wasn’t involved in the match where she and Page dropped the belts.

One other match has been announced for this week’s show, as Lince Dorado faces Joaquin Wilde and Aero Star in a triple threat match.

The updated lineup is below.

AAA on Fox lineup for April 18, 2026:

  • Lince Dorado vs. Joaquin Wilde vs. Aero Star
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana defend against La Hiedra & Dinamico

New triple threat match added to upcoming AAA episode on Fox

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

The first match for the upcoming April 18 episode of AAA on Fox has been announced.

The next episode of Lucha Libre AAA on FOX is scheduled to air on April 18th, 2026, after night one of WWE WrestleMania 42.

While a complete card for the show has yet to be announced, AAA has revealed its first match for the night following WrestleMania 42.

Lince Dorado, Joaquin Wilde, and Aero Star are set to face each other in a triple threat match on the April 18 episode of AAA on Fox.

The episode will be available for fans to watch at 8 PM on Fox, Fox One⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ , and Fox Tubi⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ in Mexico and Central America, and in South America (except Brazil) on YouTube Fox.

Last week’s episode featured a heavily praised brawl between El Grande Americano II and OG El Grande Americano, as well as the arrival of former CMLL wrestler La Catalina.

BVV: Reviewing Penta vs. Vikingo for WWE Intercontinental title from AAA TV

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

It was a big week in AAA: a big debut, a big match, and the biggest announcement since the company was purchased by WWE.

The debut was by La Catalina, who appeared on both WWE Raw and NXT years ago and has now jumped from CMLL to challenge Flammer for the Reina de Reinas Championship.

The big match saw Penta defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against Vikingo.

And the big announcement saw El Grande Americano challenge Original Grande Americano to a mascara contra mascara match that will probably be AAA’s biggest match of the year.

Come join the fun on the Big Vinny V Show!

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Date confirmed for Americano mask vs. mask match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The rivalry between El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) and Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) is officially set to culminate on May 30.

After a challenge was issued over the weekend, WWE has announced that the two Americanos will face off in a mask vs. mask match at AAA Noche de los Grandes on Saturday, May 30. The news was announced in a tweet sent out by The Undertaker, who is a leading voice in AAA creative

“Circle the date on your calendars!,” Undertaker wrote. “Mask vs. Mask will take place at #AAANocheDeLosGrandes on May 30th at Arena Monterrey. This will be intense!”

Our Dave Meltzer had reported this as the expected date for the bout, with Noche de los Grandes set to air as a full live special rather than being broken up into one-hour blocks.

To build up the match, Kaiser and Gable had a brawl in Mexico last Saturday that has been highly praised by fans for how intense it looked. It included Gable threatening AAA broadcast team member Andrea Bazarte — who is Kaiser’s girlfriend — before Kaiser made the save and laid down the mask vs. mask challenge.

Gable originally played the Americano character but was forced out of action for several months due to a shoulder injury he suffered in 2025. During that time, Kaiser took over the gimmick and expanded on it with the introduction of sidekicks Rayo Americano (Pete Dunne) and Bravo Americano (Tyler Bate).

Daily Update: WWE Raw, CMLL & AAA notes, El Elemental

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Daily Update

Latest News

Latest Audio

Latest YouTube Video

This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Among the topics covered:

  • The most detailed look at  how the Pat McAfee angle developed, its goal, why so many in the company are unhappy with it, where it  is leading, addressing the biggest WrestleMania questions, what CM Punk aid, where Paul Levesque and Ari Emanuel fit in, as well as an update on WrestleMania tickets compared to last year, discount offers cutting price back and more
  • Preview to AEW Dynasty, matches and business notes as well as updates on Double or Nothing direction and business, as well as All In at Wembley Stadium.
  • Favorites for WrestleMania and Dynasty
  • Lots of business notes on WrestleMania
  • Callum Newman wins IWGP title and review of Sakura Genesis, what we learned, business, Best of the Super Juniors and Dontaku notes
  • NXT Stand & Deliver.  Match rundowns and stories as well as business notes on the show
  • Texts from Paul Levesque to Nick Khan released in discovery regarding Vince McMahon’s involvement in booking when talent was told McMahon was out and Levesques frustration at the time
  • A detailed look at TNA pulling  talent from advertised indie events that they had previously approved and a better way of handling it
  • A look at the career of 60s and 70s star Flying Fred Curry, one of the major stars of The Sheik’s heyday running Michigan and Ohio, son of Bull Curry and nine-time world tag team champion.
  • The arrest of Alberto el Patron, lots more details and his history, shows he’s been pulled from, an ironic aspect of this story n a reality show in Mexico late last year
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the television shows of the past week, with  comparisons with last week, last year, demos and other stats, male vs. female percentage
  • More stats regarding the audience at Arena Mexico shows as well as a look back on a major week last week.
  • Saya Kamtani has major goal for Stardom’s big show later this month
  • Japanese television in 1985 and who were the draws
  • Ric Flair upset over WWE costing him a major merchandise deal
  • How many times was Flair world champion
  • Lots of injury updates
  • Two more possible WrestleMania card changes
  • Janel Grant lawsuit thoughts

This Week’s Back Issue

FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS GET 50% OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH

Monday Update

AAA on Fox 4/11/26 screenshot
AAA on Fox 4/11/26 screenshot

— Bryan and I will be back with Wrestling Observer Radio to talk about Raw, WrestleMania, Dynasty Alberto El Patron, crazy ratings stories, and hopefully some other promotions.

— The final Raw before WrestleMania is in Sacramento tonight. All the top stars on the Raw brand, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, CM Punk, Paul Heyman, Gunther, etc are scheduled. Royce Keys put on social media he was going to the show since it’s not a far drive. No matches there were 11,279 tickets out the last time I checked earlier today, so it will be close to sold out.

— The Wrestling Observer will be out one day early this week because I’m going to WrestleMania.

— Tony Khan last night announced Claudio Castagnoli to challenge Kevin Knight on Wednesday for the TNT title plus MJF vs. Darby Allin for the AEW title in Everett, WA. Allin started his wrestling training in Everett, WA, under Buddy Wayne.

— For Thursday’s CMLL show at the Pearl, the main event has been changed from Mistico v.s Hechicero to a tag team with Mistico & Templario vs. Hechicero & Angel de Oro.

— AEW Dynasty did 20,000 searches on Google. It’s better than some AEW PPV shows and worse than others. The UFC show on Saturday topped 1 million.

— CMLL sold out Arena Puebla today with Mistico & Neon in the main event against Hechicero & Volador Jr.

— For this past week from Sunday through Saturday, CMLL sold 50,000 tickets to pro wrestling events in Mexico City, Puebla and Guadalajara. Aside from WWE at its hottest periods ever or WrestleMania or stadium show weeks like AEW in London, I don’t know of any promotion that has done that working in just three markets.

— Hechicero, who was not at the AEW show last night, had seven flights in 48 hours last week.

— The Grande Americano vs. Grande Americano angle on Saturday’s AAA show was great. Comedian Ojas de Huevos, who calls himself the Stevie Wonder of Mexico because he’s blind, ran down the Gable version. Gable went after him and with him being blind, Andrea Bazarte, the interviewer, who some know as Kaiser’s girlfriend (legit, but it was never used previously or said on television) tried to stop him and slapped him in the face. Gable was about to go over her when Kaiser ran down to attack Gable. The two continted to come out of backstage and fight multiple times the rest of the show. They have a mask vs. mask match on 5/30 at Arena Monterrey, or at least that was the plan a few weeks ago. Some media outlets brought up the idea that they fired Nino Hamburguesa for doing something physical with a fan but not Grande Gable. Of course the two things are completely different.

— TNA for Thursday’s live TV from Syracuse, NY has EC 3 vs. Eric Young, AJ Francis vs. KC Navarro, plus The System with Alisha Edwards and Mustafa Ali and The Hardys will appear.

— The Hardys will appear at WWE World on 4/17.

— Argentina Rocca, one of the biggest drawing cards in pro wrestling history, was born on this day in 1921. Manuel Rivera, the original Dr. Wagner was born on this day in 1936. Stan Stasiak, who was WWWF champion for nine days as a transition from Pedro Morales to Bruno Sammartino in 1973, was born on this day in 1937. Diane Von Hoffman was born on this day in 1962. Sir Mo/Bobby Horne was born on this day in 1967. Don Duffy passed away 11 years ago today at the age of 80. Scott Norton made his pro wrestling debut 37 years ago today. (thanks to Tony Richards)

— Defy and Dragon Gate joint show results from Friday night in Portland, OR: Judas Icarus & Travis Williams & Evan Rivers b Ho Ho Lun & Kzy & Ben K, Adam Brooks b La Estrella, Yamato & Dragon Kid b Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson, Marina Shafir b Amira to retain the Defy women’s title, Madoka Kikuta & Kai & Ishin b Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas & Steven Borden Jr., Bryan Keith b Susumu Yokosuka to retain the Defy men’s title (thanks to Matt Farmer)

— For those going to Las Vegas this week, Larry Lawrence will be doing a wrestling related stand-up comedy show on Wednesday night at 10 p.m. local time at Area 15.

— For Saturday night’s UFC show, there were some unique judging scores. Reporters were 100 percent for Chris Padilla over MarQuel Mederos, most 30-26 and some 29-27. However, the fight was officially a draw as judge Derek Clearly gave Mederos round one and two and Padilla a 10-8 third due to a foul. Eliseo Rodriguez gave Mederos the second and third rounds. Solimar Miranda only gave Mederos the second round.

— El Elemental, the husband/boyfriend of Catalina wrote this regarding her leaving CMLL to AAA and regarding the idea he would as well:
“I have received many messages and questions regarding my career, so I would like to set the record straight. I am focused, stable, and very comfortable at CMLL. I have no plans to switch promotions; my commitment is to continue growing and proving myself inside the ring. On a personal note, a few months ago I decided to end my romantic relationship with La Catalina. Consequently, I completely disassociate myself from any decisions she makes regarding her personal or professional life. We are each following our own paths, and I am fully focused on mine. This will be the only comment I make on the matter. I am grateful to the fans who have always shown their support. The rest will be settled in the ring. LET’S GO!”

— StrangleMania from Juggalo Championship Wrestling has announced this show for 4/17 at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas:

  • Vampiro vs. PCO vs. Big Vito in Vampiro’s latest retirement match
  • Matt Riddle vs. Cokane vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Caleb Konley with Vince Russo in Konley’s corner and EC3 as referee
  • 2 Tuff Tony & Willie Mack & Rob Van Dam vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson & KENTA
  • Alice Crowley & Dani Mo vs. J Rod & ? with Katie Forbes as ref
  • and four other matches.

Daily Update: AEW Dynasty, Nikki Bella update, AAA notes

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Daily Update

Latest News

Latest Audio

Latest YouTube Video

This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Among the topics covered:

  • The most detailed look at  how the Pat McAfee angle developed, its goal, why so many in the company are unhappy with it, where it  is leading, addressing the biggest WrestleMania questions, what CM Punk aid, where Paul Levesque and Ari Emanuel fit in, as well as an update on WrestleMania tickets compared to last year, discount offers cutting price back and more
  • Preview to AEW Dynasty, matches and business notes as well as updates on Double or Nothing direction and business, as well as All In at Wembley Stadium.
  • Favorites for WrestleMania and Dynasty
  • Lots of business notes on WrestleMania
  • Callum Newman wins IWGP title and review of Sakura Genesis, what we learned, business, Best of the Super Juniors and Dontaku notes
  • NXT Stand & Deliver.  Match rundowns and stories as well as business notes on the show
  • Texts from Paul Levesque to Nick Khan released in discovery regarding Vince McMahon’s involvement in booking when talent was told McMahon was out and Levesques frustration at the time
  • A detailed look at TNA pulling  talent from advertised indie events that they had previously approved and a better way of handling it
  • A look at the career of 60s and 70s star Flying Fred Curry, one of the major stars of The Sheik’s heyday running Michigan and Ohio, son of Bull Curry and nine-time world tag team champion.
  • The arrest of Alberto el Patron, lots more details and his history, shows he’s been pulled from, an ironic aspect of this story n a reality show in Mexico late last year
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the television shows of the past week, with  comparisons with last week, last year, demos and other stats, male vs. female percentage
  • More stats regarding the audience at Arena Mexico shows as well as a look back on a major week last week.
  • Saya Kamtani has major goal for Stardom’s big show later this month
  • Japanese television in 1985 and who were the draws
  • Ric Flair upset over WWE costing him a major merchandise deal
  • How many times was Flair world champion
  • Lots of injury updates
  • Two more possible WrestleMania card changes
  • Janel Grant lawsuit thoughts

This Week’s Back Issue

FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS GET 50% OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH

Sunday Update

La Catalina makes AAA debut
La Catalina makes AAA debut

— Garrett Gonzales and I will be doing the show tonight since Bryan Alvarez will be at AEW Dynasty in Vancouver. We’ll also talk about Smackdown which we both attended but haven’t talked about to each other yet, Collision, the WWE angles, and the rest of today’s news. Bryan and I did a show last night covering UFC, Smackdown, the TNA PPV show and other pro wrestling and MMA news.

— AEW Dynasty tonight in Vancouver, BC:

  • 4 p.m. Zero Hour
  • Marina Shafir vs. Alex Windsor
  • Megan Bayne & Lena Kross defend the women’s tag titles against Maya World & Hyan
  • Jack Perry defends the National title against Mark Davis
  • 5 p.m.
  • David Finlay & Clark Connors & Gabe Kidd defend the trios titles against Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong & ? (rumors to be Kyle O’Reilly who is from Vancouver)
  • Young Bucks vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kazuchika Okada
  • Casino Gauntlet for the vacant TNT title. The first two entrants are Tommaso Ciampa and Rush. Nobody else is announced
  • Darby Allin vs. Andrade El Idolo for the title shot on Double or Nothing
  • Thekla defends the AEW women’s title against Jamie Hayter
  • Jon Moxley defends the Continental title against Will Ospreay
  • FTR defends the tag team titles against Adam Copeland & Christian Cage
  • MJF defends the AEW title against Kenny Omega

On paper, it looks strong. Maybe not Revolution level strong, but the key matches have had strong builds and most matches on paper look great. They had 8,699 tickets out as of last word. So it probably won’t hit 9,500 but it is the largest for a Dynasty show to date.

— We’re looking for your thoughts on both the AEW Dynasty show tonight as well as the TNA Rebellion show last night for our weekend polls. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match for each show to [email protected]

— Regarding WrestleMania ticket sales since Pat McAfee announced the ticket discount for Saturday and not Sunday, since Friday morning, the Saturday show has moved 1,265 tickets to 40,610 and the Sunday show, with no discount, has moved 1,452, to 42,769.

— Regarding Nikki Bella and participating in the match at WrestleMania, I was just told a few minutes ago, “it’s too close to call.”

— The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will air on ESPN Unlimited at midnight this coming Friday night.

— The new main event for the Mark Hitchcock Memorial show is Ricochet & Gates of Agony vs. Michael Oku, Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey on 4/16. Tony Khan had a strong P.R. week essentially adding the Gates of Agony, Bailey and Knight after TNA pulled Leon Slater out of the prior main event with Ricochet. The general rule in booking AEW talent is that they don’t like doing major AEW vs. AEW matches with the idea they want those exclusively for AEW television, but Khan allowed them to do that because of how the situation went. Other AEW talent on that show are Bandido, Lee Johnson, Blake Christian and Mark Davis.

— CMLL has added Persephone vs. Tessa Blanchard for the CMLL women’s title to its Thursday 3 p.m. show at the Palms in Las Vegas.

— For Google searches, there was actually a decent amount of traction over the weekend. UFC was the biggest. In fact last night’s UFC show was No. 3 among everything for the weekend with 1,115,000 searches. There were six UFC topics in the top 55 for the weekend, including Jiri Prochazka, Cub Swanson, Aaron Pico, Paulo Costa, Curtis Blaydes, Josh Hokit and several others. The Tyson Fury fight did 100,000. Conor Benn’s fight did 20,000. Gable Steveson did 10,000. Anthony Joshua did 20,000. WrestleMania did 10,000. The highest pro wrestling number was for La Catalina believe it or not. Others that trended with 2,000 were Rhea Ripley, Royce Keys and Danhausen. Pat McAfee did not.

— A couple of items at last night’s AAA show. Catalina did arrive and was presented as a big star, unlike in CMLL where none of the women really are and Persephone is the biggest star. She immediately was put in a feud with Flammer for the Reina de Reinas title. Penta retained the IC title over El Hijo del Vikingo. They were pushing hard the Grande Americano vs. Grande Americano feud with the last word we heard the mask vs. mask match will headline the 5/30 show at Arena Monterrey.

— There was controversy regarding the show last night. In the match with Grande Americano Chad Gable against Octagon Jr., Gable unmasked Octagon Jr. right in front of the referee. Octagon Jr. hid his face and Gable pinned him. Mexican wrestling rules dating back at least 60 years call for unmasking in front of the ref to be a DQ. This is actually one of the most foundational rules there are. WWE has decided to change that rule. The reality is that AAA fans today are mostly WWE fans and not as much AAA fans, as seen by the biggest reaction coming for WWE wrestlers. It’s not going to hurt business or anything, and we knew going in that WWE was going to change matches to American style, but this was a change a lot of people were very surprised and unhappy about. I mean, I’m sad to see the change but I also expect every Lucha Libre rule that isn’t the same as WWE to eventually change.

— Both AAA and CMLL sold out last night with 5,500 and 6,000 in Mexico City, respectively last night. This was the 15th sellout in the last 16 weeks for CMLL at Arena Coliseo (the only miss was a Saturday night where the Mexican national soccer team played in Mexico City before 83,000 fans, and even that show was almost sold out). I believe that is the best run in history for the 83-year-old arena.

— Friday night sold out Arena Mexico with 16,000 fans, as Hechicero beat Angel de Oro as the last two. Angel de Oro had pinned Mistico when they were the last three, clean, to knock him out of the tournament and the crowd was very surprised and unhappy about that. The main event was an elimination match with all the CMLL title holders except Mascara Dorada, who had already qualified last week. Besides Mistico, Hechicero and Angel de Oro, it had Templario, Neon, Niebla Roja and Stigma. On 4/24, Mascara Dorada and Hechicero will be joined by the winner of the match on 4/17 with all the Mexican national champions for a three-way Universal title tournament final.

— Last night’s UFC match with Josh Hokit vs. Curtis Blaydes is the leading candidate so far for fight of the year. It was an amazing slugfest, super exciting and the advantage went back-and-forth for three rounds with the most punches thrown in a heavyweight three-rounder in UFC history. Both were hospitalized, but Hokit was booked for a fight in nine weeks against Derrick Lewis. President Trump was at the show. According to Dana White, Trump specifically asked for Lewis to be on the White House show. So they immediately called Lewis, who agreed to it. They booked Hokit based on beating Blaydes, but with the beating he took, nine weeks is a tough turnaround. Of course getting on the White House show for many, if not most (and absolutely not all) fighters, is a big deal.

— Other bouts that have been highly recommended this weekend were the Arena Mexico main event and the Champion Carnival main event from today with Go Shiozaki vs. Yuma Anzai from All Japan. Young Bucks vs. Hechicero & El Clon from Collision was also great.

— Regarding Gable Steveson, while he clearly has the athletic talent, this is very quick to be signed by UFC. They probably had to because I think there was a really good chance he got an offer from MVP for the Rousey vs. Carano fight, and UFC, which has been interested in him, sped up the process. Rushing guys into UFC is a major risk.

— Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony turned 65 today. Cibernetico turned 51. El Terrible turned 50. Jackie Redmond, the WWE TV announcer, turned 39. Mighty Inoue was born on this day in 1949. Promoter George Culkin was born on this day in 1926. Joe Louis, the legendary boxer, who was involved in pro wrestling, died 45 years ago today at 66. Mike Von Erich died 39 years ago today at 23. Mary Jane Mull died 27 years ago today at 70. Great Goliath of Gordman & Goliath fame died 22 years today at 69. Balls Mahoney died ten years ago today at 44. Joe Pedicino died six years ago today at 70 (thanks to Tony Richards).

— Santino Marella was suspended by TNA as a cover due to undergoing sleep apnea related surgery.

— For Create-a-Pro on 5/11 in Melville, NY, the MJF vs. Nic Nemeth match that TNA cancelled is now Nemeth vs. Bear Bronson and Kris Statlander, Max Caster and Smart Mark Sterling will be on the show. MJF will headline in an open challenge for the AEW title if he’s champion.

— KC Navarro and EC3 will return to TNA for Thursday’s Impact. Impact and Collision will be going head-to-head because TNT is airing NHL playoffs on Saturday night.

— Neon & Xelhua headlined Arena Mexico tonight against Hechicero & Volador Jr. plus Star Jr. vs. Soberano Jr. Mistico & Neon vs. Hechicero & Volador Jr. headlines Puebla on Monday.

El Grande Americano mask vs. mask match date set

Posted on by Ian Carey

El Grande Americano and The Original Grande Americano in a mask vs. mask match is planned for AAA Noche de los Grandes in Monterrey on May 30.

The Ludwig Kaiser version of the character challenged Chad Gable’s El Grande Americano to the stipulation on Friday’s live edition of AAA on Fox in Mexico City. No date for the match was specified on the broadcast.

However, Dave Meltzer addressed what the plan for the match is in the March 30, 2026, edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, also noting that the show is set to air live in full, rather than be broken up into three one-hour blocks.

Meltzer wrote:

“The 5/30 Noche de los Grandes at Arena Monterrey, which right now is to be headlined by Grande Americano Kaiser vs. Grande American Gable in mask vs. mask match, will air as a full live show rather than be broken up into three one hour blocks.”

WWE will be on a European tour at the time, with a live event in Liverpool on May 28, followed by SmackDown in Barcelona, Spain on May 29, Clash in Italy on May 31, and Raw from the same venue on June 1. Additional live events in Portugal, Spain, and France are scheduled for the following week.

El Grande Americano issues mask vs. mask challenge to Original Americano

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The gauntlet has been thrown for a mask vs. mask match.

After spending most of the night brawling around the arena, both Americanos had to be separated again at the end of the show. The second Americano grabbed a microphone and said their feud had to end, issuing a mask vs. mask challenge. Although no date was officially announced, previous reports indicate this match will take place at AAA’s next big event, Noche de Los Grandes, on May 30.

The Original Americano defeated Octagon Jr. on Saturday, taking Octagon’s mask then making him submit. After the match, he quickly confronted comedian Ojitos de Huevo, putting him in an ankle lock until interviewer Andrea Bazarte slapped him. Americano began stalking Bazarte until the second Americano came out for the save, the two having a pull-apart brawl.

Towards the end of the Intercontinental title match, the two were seen brawling again. After Penta retained, they were brawling in the stands and eventually found themselves back in the ring, where the second Americano issued the challenge.

La Catalina makes AAA debut, confronts Lady Flammer

Posted on by Bryan Rose

La Catalina has joined AAA.

Reina de Reinas Champion Lady Flammer was celebrating her 974-day reign as champion when suddenly a pink cadillac was shown, with La Catalina in the driver’s seat. She then made her debut, effectively becoming the first person to leave CMLL for AAA since the latter was purchased by WWE last year.

Catalina cut a promo congratulating Flammer on her long reign as champion. But she pointed out one thing: Flammer has never faced Catalina. The rest of Las Toxicas went in for the attack but Catalina drove both of Flammer’s stablemates out of the ring. She then grabbed Flammer and shoved the champion’s face into the cake, the segment ending with Flammer then being thrown into a bunch of pictures that were set up to celebrate her long reign.

Earlier this week, CMLL announced that Catalina had left the company when her contract expired on April 1, saying it was Catalina’s decision not to renew her deal. Luchablog later reported that Catalina was expected to make her AAA debut this weekend.

AAA on Fox live results: Penta vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Posted on by Jeff Moss

AAA is live from Mexico City tonight.

The Intercontinental Championship will be on the line tonight as champion Penta defends against El Hijo del Vikingo. The match comes just one week before the same title will be on the line in a ladder match at WrestleMania 42.

Also scheduled for tonight’s show, Flammer celebrates 1,000 days as the Reina de Reinas champion. She originally won the belt from Taya Valkyrie at TripleMania: Mexico City on August 12, 2023, which is 967 days ago

The Original El Grande Americano is also set for action on the show. He’ll face Octagon Jr. in singles competition.

The full card is below:

  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta defends against El Hijo del Vikingo
  • Flammer 1000 days as Reina de Reinas Champion celebration
  • The Original El Grande Americano vs. Octagon Jr.

Tonight’s live episode will air from the Gimnasio Olimpico in Mexico City, Mexico.

Our live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern.

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Live Lucha Libre Living Lovely In your Living Room!

Sorry, that was all the “L’s” I had.

Fortunately, El Hijo De Vikingo is bringing his own with him for a match that could have Wrestlemania implications should he be successful in defeating current Intercontinental Champion, Penta.

But first:

The Celebration to honor Reina De Reinas Champion, Flammer

The show started with pictures of Flammer and balloons in the ring. The other two members of Las Toxicas, Lady Maravilla, and La Hiedra, introduced Flammer who came down to the ring without her belt, which was sitting a table in the ring. Flammer has held the title for 974 days (as of this writing).

A video package played, highlighting some of Flammer’s matches and accomplishments during her run. She was congratulated by Mexican entertainment and TV personalities, as well as several luchadores.

Flammer then got on the mic and assured us all that we don’t deserve her. She sarcastically thanked all the women that she’s beaten over the last 974 days, including the “foreigners” who came from Raw and Smackdown like Bayley and Natalya.

Flammer declared herself the best in all of lucha libre since there is no one left she hasn’t beaten. She said her coronation will never end and then the lights went out and a video began playing of someone with bright red hair driving a pink lowrider.

The camera zoomed in and revealed a license plate that said “La Catalina” and who should show up? La Catalina herself! Catalina had a brief run in NXT before heading to CMLL. She was with AEW for a minute, but wasn’t happy with her position in the company, so now she’s in AAA.

Catalina congratulated Flammer and went to leave, but then had just one more thing to say. She mentioned that Flammer has never defeated La Catalina! From there a brawl broke out. Catalina dispatched Las Toxicas then drove Flammer’s face into her celebratory cake, fulfilling the wrestling rule that if there is cake, someone’s face must go into it.

Catalina then picked up the belt and held it high as Las Toxicas helped Flammer up the entrance ramp.

“OG” El Grande Americano vs. Octagon Jr.

The crowd gave Americano a healthy amount of booing as he made his entrance, swatting at fan signs and the like. There was a bit of a battle of crowd work until the bell rang and they were off.

They ran through a set of moves and pin attempts, but neither could get the other on the mat. Americano exited the ring ro reset and then came back charging, kicking Octagon into the corner. Octagon exploded out of it though and walked the ropes into a missile dropkick.

Americano bailed from the ring and Octagon followed with a suicide dive. Octagon went for a moonsault off the apron, but Americano moved and they fought up and down the ramp. Americano backdropped Octagon on the apron (the lucha-est part of the ring!) and then threw him back in for a series of whips and shoulder tackles.

Americano started messing with Octagon’s mask, but couldn’t get it off. Octagon fired up with some heel kicks and then a high knee in the corner. He went for a cover but Americano kicked out at two.

Octagon went for a crossbody, but Americano got his legs up and hit him with an exploder suplex into the corner. Americano went for a moonsault, but Octagon got his legs up. Americano countered that into an ankle lock and ripped Octagon’s mask off. Octagon was forced to tap out while the victorious Americano paraded around the ring with his mask.

Match Result: “OG” El Grande Americano defeated Octagon Jr.

After the match, a few Mexican celebrites at ringside were introduced including comedian Ojitos de Huevo. Americano came over and started messing with him which brought out El Verde Americano!

They two Americanos battled at ringside with OG dropping Verde into the announce table. Security eventually intervened, but couldn’t stop the Americanos from throwing hands. Verde sent OG sprawling up the ramp as the battled into the back.

WWE Intercontinental Title Match: Penta (c) vs El Hijo del Vikingo

Vikingo entered with Dorian Roldan and a couple of axes. I’ll just go out on a limb and predict that if he uses those axes, he might just win the match. I’d take a pin if parts of my body were going to be chopped off. Just saying.

Penta arrived to a massive ovation and is clearly one of the biggest stars in AAA as well as WWE and frankly, my heart.

The bell rang and they circled each other, working the crowd a bit until locking up and trading waistlocks. Vikingo transitioned into a head lock, but Penta broke it easily and put on one of his own. Vikingo stomped Penta’s feet and he shot him off the ropes for a brutal kick.

Vikingo tried to steal one with a rollup, but Penta kicked out. Vikingo went for a headscissor and Penta bailed from the ring to reset. Vikingo dove after him, but Penta grabbed him in midair and slammed him on the announce table!

Vikingo came back though, targeting the knee of Penta, sending him into the barricade. They got back into the ring and Vikingo tied the mask of Penta to the bottom rope. He then did pushups while Penta clutched his knee and tried to figure out what to do next.

Vikingo took his time with some chokes and then untied Penta’s mask so he could give him a superkick. Vikingo went back to working the knee of Penta, twisting and wrenching it. He put Penta in a fish hook camel clutch, but the Ref broke it up.

Vikingo went for a back body drop, but Penta countered with a spiked bulldog. He sent Vikingo into the corner for a dropkick and cover, but Vikingo kicked out. Penta went for a Penta driver, but Vikingo countered it and hung him up in ropes for a double stomp.

They started throwing hands in the middle of the ring, until Penta swept the leg and got Vikingo off his feet. Vikingo went off the ropes right into a dropkick from Penta for a two count. Vikingo crawled to the corner and dodged Penta’s charge. He hit a meteora in the corner and then went for a 450 off the top rope, but Penta caught him and countered it into a powerbomb for another two count.

Penta limped to the corner and charged Vikingo who caught him in a standing Spanish Fly. He hit a double stomp from the top rope and then went for a cover, but Penta kicked out at 2.5.

They moved to the ring apron and traded chops. Vikingo tried going up top, but Penta caught him on his shoulders. Vikingo countered it into a poisonrana on the ring apron (the most poisonous part of the ring!) and then hit a running shooting star press on Penta on the outside.

Vikingo threw Penta back into the ring and then suddenly, the Americanos, still fighting spilled out onto the entrance ramp. That distraction allowed Penta to hit Vikingo with a suicide dive and then a Penta driver back in the ring. He made the cover, btu Vikingo kicked out at two somehow.

Dorian jumped up on the mat after grabbing Penta’s ankle and the ref ejected him. That gave Vikingo a chance to grab the belt, but before he could do anything with it, Mini Vikingo arrived to grab it away from him. Mini clocked Vikingo with the belt and Penta used that distraction to nail Vikingo with a Mexican Destroyer and get the win to retain the Intercontinental title.

Match Result: Penta defeated El Hijo del Vikingo

After the match, the Americanos were shown in the crowd still fighting. They fought to ringside and then eventually into the ring. Security got them apart but they just kept breaking free and brawling in the ring, proving once again that there is no more inept group of people than WWE-backed security forces.

Verde grabbed a mic and declared their fight over. He said that OG crossed a line and they have to settle this blood, for blood. He then challenged OG to a mask-vs-mask match!

WOL: Corporate wrestling & the backward psychology of SmackDown

Posted on by Jim Valley

It’s the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley.

As backward as WWE SmackDown was last week, this week’s psychology was just as puzzling if not worse. The heel gets discount tickets for fans, tells fans not to buy WrestleMania Sunday and rips the main event wrestlers without saying anything positive about them.

This build is breaking virtually every rule when it comes to promos.

Plus, Danhausen, WCW 1998, AEW Collision, Dynasty, TNA Rebellion, AAA, and more.

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La Catalina reportedly set to sign with AAA in historic move

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Hours after her CMLL departure, La Catalina is reportedly set to make a historic move and potentially sign with AAA.

La Catalina parted ways with CMLL when her contract expired at the start of April 2026. Now, according to a recent report by Luchablog, it was noted that La Catalina will debut for AAA on Saturday, April 11, and make history.

If she successfully makes her debut for AAA, she will become the first talent to jump from CMLL to AAA after WWE purchased AAA last year in 2025. She was previously with WWE from 2019 to 2021. She was also a part of the WWE roster from 2019 to 2021, where she was known as Carolina and Catalina.

“La Catalina is the pick up AAA’s needed since WWE took over. She’s not the biggest possible name to jump, but she’s the one who fills the most obvious need. WWE/TKO believes in having strong marketable women’s stars, the AAA roster they took over did not have many women that fit WWE’s conventional thought process about female stars,” the report read.

La Catalina, 25, has also worked CMLL matches against former AEW champions Toni Storm and Mercedes Mone.

As per CMLL’s statements, it was noted that it was Catalina’s decision not to renew her contract with the promotion.

BVV: Fun multi-man matches highlighted last week’s TNA & AAA action

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

This week’s Big Vinny V Show is bit of a diversion as we take a partial break from TNA Impact.

We’ll stop there first to watch the opener which was an eight-man pitting Mike Santana, Leon Slater, Trey Miguel & Moose against members of Order 4 and the System. It’s a good reminder of how good TNA can be at its best, but then there’s a reminder of how bad it can be at its worst.

Then we head south of the border to AAA where the theme of the night was international trios match – first Japan vs. Puerto Rico, then the United Kingdom vs. the European Union.

Oh, and Flammer defends the Reina de Reinas championship in about as much time as it took you to read this blurb.

Come join the party on the Big Vinny V Show!

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International trios teams begin competing on AAA on Fox

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

The latest episode of AAA on Fox saw Trios teams consisting of international wrestlers compete against each other.

The first match of the April 4 episode of AAA on Fox saw The Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento, Takuma, and Nobu San) take on Team Puerto Rico (Lince Dorado, Mecha Wolf, and El Mesias). The match featured El Mesias’ long-awaited AAA return, who had not been seen in the promotion for several months now.

Later in the night, Team Europe (Axiom, Dorian Van Dux & Elio LeFleur) vs. Team UK (Charlie Dempsey, Nathan Frazer & Tristan Angels) was the main event of the night. The match finished with Axiom’s Team EU picking up the victory.

During the episode, Corey Graves also announced that there is scheduled to be “an influx of international talent to be competing in trios-style matches in the months and weeks to come.” His statements were proven right with tonight’s series of two International Trios matches. Although AAA has not yet announced next week’s set or team of International Trios matches.

Next week, the WWE Intercontinental Title will be on the line as El Hijo de Vikingo faces Penta. Also, Lady Flammer will celebrate her run as the longest-reigning Reina De Reinas Champion.