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AAA on Fox live results: Penta segment, Reina de Reinas title match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

AAA presents a new episode on Fox in Latin America and on Facebook and YouTube internationally tonight.

This is the final taped show before the next live event on Saturday, April 11, 2026. That show will take place in Mexico City and will feature Penta defending the Intercontinental Championship against El Hijo del Vikingo.

On tonight’s episode, Penta is scheduled to deliver a message to Vikingo. Also set for the show, Flammer will defend the Reina de Reinas Championship against Sussy Love. The match was taped on February 28 in Monterrey.

El Mesias is also advertised to return.

AAA on Fox lineup for Saturday, April 4, 2026:

  • Reina de Reinas Champion Flammer defends against Sussy Love
  • El Mesias returns to AAA
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta “will have words” for El Hijo del Vikingo

Our live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern. The show is scheduled to air following NXT Stand & Deliver.

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After an NXT Stand and Deliver that showed some progress, we change gears and move to Mexico for AAA Lucha Libre action!

After a recap of the last three weeks of Rey De Reyes, The show began with a trios match:

The Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento, Takuma, and Nobu San) vs Lince Dorado, Mecha Wolf and El Mesias

El Mesias hasn’t been seen in AAA in over a year, but that didn’t stop Dorado and Nobu from running circles around each other to start the match. Wolf tagged in and so did Takuma and the two battled from post to post. Finally Mesias tagged in to a big ovation to take on Kento.

They traded chops with Mesias ending it with a big right hand. He went off the ropes and Kento took him out at the knees before tagging in Nobu. The Bad Boys triple teamed Mesias leaving Kento to take him on alone. Mesias prevented a tag and Wolf and Dorado took out the Bad Boys on the apron.

Kento and Mesias fought in the ring, isolating Kento in the oppositions corner. They tagged in and out taking turns whipping each other into the corner onto Kento. Mesias hit a big powerslam and Wolf made the cover, but Kento kicked out at two.

Wolf remained legal and he and Kento threw strikes in the middle of the ring. Wolf hit a snap suplex and went for a cover, but Kento kicked out at two. Dorado tagged in and tried a quick cover, but no dice. Kento reached for a tag, but Dorado hit a backstabber to keep him from getting there.

Dorado dragged Kento to his corner where Mesias took over and hit him with several back elbows. He threw a low lariat, but could only get a two count. He went to kick Kento in the face, but Kento countered with a heel kick and made it to the corner to tag in Nobu.

Nobu dropkicked Dorado and Wolf out of the ring and Mesias was left to be triple teamed. The bad Boys threw him to the outside and then threw Nobu over the top rope onto him. Kento hit a splash on Dorado on the outside and Takuma did the same to Mecha Wolf.

Back in the ring, Nobu tried to get Mesias with a suplex and after three tries, landed it for a two count. Takuma tagged in and they shot Mesias off the ropes, but like the Juggernaught, once he gets moving there’s no stopping Mesias. He clocked them both then hit a thundering powerbomb on Takuma.

Kento came in from out of nowhere with a sling blade and he and Dorado took over striking each other. Dorado ate a doube superkick from Kento A Nobu, but countered with stereo stunners on them both. Wolf and Dorado dove onto Nobu and Kento on the outside and Mesias hit a flatliner on Takuma to get the pin and the victory.

Match Result: Lince Dorado, Mecha Wolf and El Mesias defeated The Tokyo Bad Boys

-Backstage Fraxiom told each other that they would be on opposite teams in the newly “international” trios divison of AAA. Not super sure when that match is happening, but we will keep you apprised.

Reina de Reinas Title Match: Flammer (c) vs. Sussy Love

Flammer has been Reina De Reinas Champion for close to 1000 days (966 as of this writing), but hasn’t beaten Love to my knowledge. At Rey De Reyes, Flammer beat Bayley with a bit of an assist from Los Toxicas.

Flammer came out swinging, dropping Love on her head right off the bell. Love came back with a push down and the two traded shoves until Flammer started throwing right hands. Love came off the ropes with a superkick and dropped Flammer with an inverted lariat (yeah, you read that right).

Flammer bailed to regroup and Love was about to dive onto her, but Flammer moved before she could jump. Flammer got back in the ring and levelled love with a big strike. She started stomping on love’s lower back, eventually putting on the Camel Clutch. Love got up out of it and Flammer kicked her in the face.

Flammer shot Love off the ropes an Love came back with a flurry of kicks and German Suplex. Love hit a couple of running knees in the corner, dropping double knees on Flammer then a moonsault. The cover only got her a two count though.

Flammer ducked a charge and hit a lungblower before dragging Love to the middle of the ring and making the cover to get the win.

Match Result: Flammer defeated Sussy Love

After a recap package of WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta’s life and career (which I guess was directed at el hHjo de Vikingo?) it was time for the previously unannounced trios match:

Team Europe (Axiom, Dorian Van Dux & Elio LeFleur) vs Team UK (Charlie Dempsey, Nathan Frazer & Tristan Angels)

Dempsey started things off against Axiom who struggled a little bit to match Dempsey’s technical style. Dempsey was all over Axiom until Axiom was able to get an armbar on. Dempsey tried to power out of an octopus hold, but had to get to the ropes to break it.

Axiom suplexed him out of the ring and Fraser reluctantly got in the ring to face his tag team partner. They stared each other down, shook hands and then Angels tagged himself in and hit a back breaker on Axiom.

Van Dux tagged in and overpowered Angels so LeFleur could hit a head scissor takedown. Angel had enough and tagged out, bringing in Fraser who locked up with LeFleur. They ran through a super fast series with neither one being able to catch the other.

Finally, Fraser landed a dropkick on LeFleur and then hit a rolling bulldog for a two count. Angels tagged in again and suplexed LeFleur. He bounced LeFleurs head off the turnbuckles and double stomped him before tagging in Dempsey.

The two threw elbows at each other until LeFleur went for a casadora, but Dempsey counterd into a bridged suplex. Dempsey grapevined LeFleur’s leg, but Fraser came in and leapt off the top turnbuckle. LeFleur caught him with a neckbreaker counter though.

Le Fleur fought off Dempsey and Angels and got a hot tag to Van Dux who Angle slammed him. Van Dux hit a springboard Cutter on Angels, but only got a two count. Van Dux went up top again and Dempsey tried to interfere, grabbing Van Dux and hitting a butterfly superplex for a two count.

Axiom and Fraser caught hot tags and faced off again. Neither one could land anything on the other until Fraser got a superkick. He went for a spingboard, but Axiom countered with a mid-air cutter. Fraser hit a cutter of his own, but Axiom kicked out of the cover.

Fraser went up top, but Axiom saw it coming and grabbed him in a Spanish Fly. Dempsey broke up the cover and LeFleur and Angels tagged in. Dempsey and Axiom followed, then Van Dux dropped Dempsey. Van Dux picked up Axiom and threw him onto Dempsey and Fraser on the outside. Then Van Dux dove onto them to prove the point.

Back in the ring, Angels and LeFleur traded moves until LeFleur managed to drop Angels on his head and grab a pin to get the victory for his team.

Match Result: Axiom, Dorian Van Dux & Elio LeFleur defeat Charlie Dempsey, Nathan Frazer & Tristan Angels

Next week, the Intercontinental Title is on the line as el Hijo de Vikingo challenges Penta! Also, Flammer will celebrate her reign as Reina De Reinas Champion.

Penta segment, Reina de Reinas title match set for AAA on Fox

Posted on by Ian Carey

WWE has announced the lineup for Saturday’s edition of AAA on Fox.

On Friday, WWE.com posted a preview for the show, with one match and two segments advertised.

The Reina de Reinas Championship will be on the line as Flammer defends against Sussy Love. The match was taped on February 28 in Monterrey, prior to Flammer’s title defense against Bayley at Rey de Reyes in Puebla on March 14, which aired live.

Penta “has words” for El Hijo del Vikingo is also advertised for Saturday’s show. Penta will defend his Intercontinental title against Vikingo on the live April 11 episode in Mexico City.

Also advertised for the show, El Mesias returns to AAA.

The show is scheduled to begin after NXT Stand & Deliver, with WWE’s YouTube channel listing a 10 p.m. Eastern start time.

AAA on Fox lineup for Saturday, April 4, 2026:

  • Reina de Reinas Champion Flammer defends against Sussy Love
  • El Mesias returns to AAA
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta “will have words” for El Hijo del Vikingo

Report: Mattel to produce action figures featuring AAA stars

Posted on by Ian Carey

Action figures featuring wrestlers from AAA could be hitting store shelves before the end of the year.

According to a report from WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select on Thursday, Mattel has “been given the green light” to produce action figures based on AAA talent, with Mr. Iguana specifically mentioned as a priority.

The company is said to be targeting the fall for the first batch of figures to go on sale.

The news comes less than a month after the release of the WWE 2K26 video game, which features several AAA wrestlers as playable characters, including El Hijo del Vikingo, Mr. Iguana, Flammer, and Psycho Clown. Additional DLC planned for later this year is set to include AAA wrestlers Lady Shani, Octagon Jr., La Parka, and Pagano.

WWE announced it was set to purchase AAA during the Countdown to WrestleMania show in 2025. WWE owns 51 percent of the company, while Mexico-based holding company Fillip owns the remaining 49 percent.

B&V: AAA Rey de Reyes week 3, what’s next?, plus Granny!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, questions, her wrestling and soap opera reports, the trivia segment, and more! We also decide what we’re going to watch for the next two weeks, then finish up with AAA Rey de Reyes week three! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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WOL: RAW Monday, AAA, new Hall of Fame match, Bron Breakker

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns with tons to talk about including a full recap of RAW from Monday, why Lance stopped watching after the opening segment, thoughts on the AAA opener this past weekend, a new match going into the WWE Hall of Fame, Bron Breakker, the Mania line-up and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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El Mesias return part of next week’s AAA lineup

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

After weeks of absence, El Mesias is set to return to AAA.

The 50-year-old wrestling veteran El Mesias was announced to return on next week’s AAA on Fox episode. The return was announced on the March 28 episode of AAA Rey de Reyes third week.

Next week, El Mesias will return to AAA, while the longest-reigning Reina de Reinas champion Lady Flammer will take on Sussy Love.

While absent from televised action, El Mesias has been active and wrestling in several non-televised AAA shows, with his latest one being El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Laredo Kid on March 21 at AAA Ruta Norte/RCG Entertainment. At the show, he suffered a loss while teaming up with Mecha Wolf.

His last televised wrestling match dates back to a win over Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento, Nobu San & Takuma) on the February 28 edition of AAA on Fox taping.

A multi-time champion in AAA, it is currently unknown what the promotion plans to do with El Mesias upon his return.

AAA on Fox next week lineup

  • El Mesias’s return to AAA
  • Lady Flammer vs. Sussy Love

Penta set to defend WWE Intercontinental title in AAA

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Penta is now confirmed to defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship in AAA.

In the main-event segment of the AAA Rey de Reyes third week on Saturday, March 28, fans witnessed El Hijo del Vikingo address his loss against Dominik Mysterio, before calling out Penta.

Vikingo claimed that he had a new goal in mind and wanted Penta and his WWE Intercontinental Championship. Immediately, Penta would come out to the ring and confront Vikingo.

The two then engaged in a war of words before Penta accepted Vikingo’s title challenge. Penta is now scheduled to defend his WWE Intercontinental title at the upcoming AAA show in Mexico City on April 11. This will mark the first time the WWE Intercontinental title is defended in AAA.

The April 11 AAA show will also feature Lady Flammer’s longest-reigning Reina de Reinas championship celebration. She is now the longest-reigning Reina de Reinas champion in AAA’s history.

AAA Rey de Reyes Week 3 live results: Vikingo calls out Penta

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Week three of AAA Rey de Reyes takes place tonight on Fox in Latin America and on YouTube and Facebook in other locations.

Two matches and one segment are advertised for the show.

The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship fatal four-way match will air on this week’s episode, with champion Laredo Kid defending against Jack Cartwheel, TJ Perkins, and Dragon Lee.

Also booked for the show, El Fiscal and Abismo Negro will continue their rivalry in singles competition.

El Hijo del Vikingo calling out Penta is also advertised. On last week’s show, Dorian Roldan told Vikingo backstage that he should challenge Penta for an Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania, as Vikingo can no longer challenge for the AAA Mega Championship while Dominik Mysterio is champion.

This week’s edition of AAA on Fox was taped on Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Puebla, Mexico. The next live episode is currently scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern.

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It’s night 3 of Rey de Reyes and it’s a big one! Title Matches, Gridge matches, and Vikingo being like “hey Penta, let’s fight!” Good stuff all around.

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Laredo Kid (c) vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. TJ Perkins vs. Dragon Lee

The bell rang and the 4-way was on! Perkins and Laredo kids chased each other around but it was Dragon lee that ate the first shot. Lee and Cartwheel tried a duelling dropkick on Perkins but whiffied it. Cartwheel and Lee were dispatched to the outside and Perkins and Laredo faced off.

Laredo sent Perkins out and dove after him. That let Cartwheel hit a moonsault form the apron and Lee tried to take out the field, but Perkins stopped him. Lee dispatched him and Cartwheel came in. Things began to unravel all over the place with neckbreakers, superkicks and Laredo getting a michinoku driver on Cartwheel.

Lee suplexed Laredo for a two count, but Perkins broke it up with some stomps. Perkins went after Lee then Laredo, wrapping them up in a double submission until Cartwheel broke it up. Perkins sent Cartwheel to the corner and hit a meteora on him.

Laredo came back in just a Cartwheel was kicking Perkins and ate a senton. Lee got involved and Cartwheel swept his leg and hit a twisting splash. Laredo hit a destroyer DDT on Cartwheel and Lee hit a sit out powerbomb on Perkins for two.

Lee sent Perkins to the ropes where Laredo dropkicked him. Lee then threw him out and Cartwheel tossed out Lee before hitting a handspring dive onto the group. Lee went back in and Cartwheel went up top, but Perkins pulled him down and took his place. Laredo did the same to Perkins and Lee grabbed him and Cartwheel in a double superplex.

Perkins and Lee faced off with Lee getting the upper hand until Perkins snuck in a kick. Lee answered with a knee and then lifted Cartwheel up on the top turnbuckle. Leet hit a slam on Perkins, then Cartwheel hit a moonsault on Perkins. Then Lee used Cartwheel to hit a Styles Clash ON Perkins. Laredo broke up the cover.

Lee and Laredo squared off with Lee hitting a spiked DDT and running knee. Cartwheel powered up and went for a superana off the top rope but Lee turned it into a double stomp and then hit Operation Dragon, but then Perkins hit him off the top rope and Laredo broke up the pin.

Laredo and Perkins fought in the middle of the ring until Lee came in and the double kicked Perkins. Lee then hit a double stomp on Laredo while Cartwheel wandered into frame. Lee hit him by accident, but then hit a suplex on Laredo. Then he dove out onto Cartwheel and ended up clutching his knee.

Perkins came in with the title belt and tried to steal one, but Laredo kicked out. He hit a poisonrana on Perkins and then stomped his lights out for the 1-2-3 to retain the Cruiserweight title.

Match Result: Laredo Kid defeated Jack Cartwheel, TJ Perkins and Dragon Lee

After the match, Rey Fenix, a former Cruiserweight Champion in his own right, came down to congratulate Laredo and let him know that he wants a shot at the belt.

-Backstage, los Toxicas talked about how great Flammer is. They ran through a few of her opponents over her 1000+ day championship run. She said that on April 11 she will hold a celebration of her title and herself.

El Fiscal vs. Abismo Negro

While on the surface this might seem like a fight between an evil accountant and a sad Batman, or a duel of the Batman Who Laughs cosplayers, there’s actually a lot more to it. You see, Fiscal is the son of the original Abismo Negro who died in a drowning accident and he’s not happy about the current Abismo Negro using his father’s name. These guys have a long, violent history so this should be good.

Fiscal dropped Negro before the bell even rang, but once it did, Fiscal sent Negro to the outside so he could take off his jacket. Then he dove onto him through the ropes. Fiscal threw Negro back into the ring and splashed him in the corner. He continued throwing punches until Negro pushed him away.

Fiscal came back with a superkick and a clothesline and the two started trading punches in the middle of the ring. Fiscal threw a back elbow and went up top, but Negro pushed him off the turnbuckle and hit a dropkick to put him in his place.

Negro took a moment to flex and pose before bouncing Fiscal’s head off the turnbuckle. He chopped him against the ropes but Fiscal responded with a dropkick. Negro came back with a clothesline and then a rear chinlock.

Fiscal elbowed out of the hold, but Negro just clubbed him back down and sent him to the corner for some strikes. Fiscal roared back, bulldozing Negro into the corner. Fiscal hoisted Negro up for el Martinette, but Negro countered it and sent him shoulder first into the ringpost.

Negro got Fiscal up in a piledriver, but Fiscal countered and rolled him up for the surprise win!

Match Result: El Fiscal defeated Abismo Negro

After the match Negro beat down Fiscal and cleared the announce table. Negro put Fiscal on the table and then hit a piledriver. The table held up and Negro escaped back to the ring to gloat. Fiscal was removed via stretcher by EMTs.

Up next, Vikingo came down to the ring with Dorian Roldan and Omos. Roldan grabbed a mic and asked the crowd to shut up. He said that Vikingo is amazing and the crowd should show him respect and get over his past transgressions because he’s the best.

Vikingo echoed his statements and then called the wrestler formerly known as Mini Vikingo a fool. He then made fun of his mom for crying at his injuries and threatened to send them both to the morgue. He then shamed the crowd for not giving him the respect he deserves. He said he’s leaving to go to Wrestlemania because he wants the WWE Intercontinental title. Vikingo then called out Penta.

Penta came out to a huge ovation and strutted down to the ring. Penta picked up a mic and asked Vikingo if what he was saying is true. He made fun of Vikingo’s pronunciation and said that no one will miss him when he leaves AAA for WWE. Everyone hates him.

Penta got in Vikingo’s face and Omos stepped between them. Penta said that Vikingo doesn’t even have the respect of his own mother and looks dumb in his “baptism suit.” Penta said that he will bust Vikingo open and if he wants the match, he’s got it.

They made the match for April 11th in Mexico (not the date or location of Wrestlemania, which is interesting). Penta then shoved Vikingo and held the title up in Omos’ face and Penta thanked the crowd as the show went off the air.

Hijo del Vikingo to confront Penta on next week’s AAA Rey de Reyes week 3

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Vikingo wants to move on, and has selected his next target.

During week 2 of AAA Rey de Reyes, Dorian Roldan was seen talking on the phone with his mother while Vikingo threw a fit in the background, upset that he could never challenge for the AAA Mega title again while Dominik Mysterio was champion. He blamed Mini Vikingo for his loss in the main event of last week’s program. Roldan told him to let it go and focus on something else: Penta’s Intercontinental title. Later, it was confirmed that Vikingo would call out Penta next week.

Also scheduled for week 3 of Rey de Reyes is El Fiscal facing off against Abismo Negro again. The two have feuded for some time over the Abismo Negro name, with Fiscal being the son of the original Abismo Negro. The two met recently with Abismo winning by DQ, and later participated in a Rey de Reyes qualifier but ended up brawling to the back.

A four-way match will also take place for the AAA Cruiserweight title. Laredo Kid will defend against Jack Cartwheel, TJ Perkins, and Dragon Lee.

AAA Rey de Reyes week 3 (March 28)

  • Hijo del Vikingo calls out Penta
  • Abismo Negro vs. El Fiscal
  • AAA Cruiserweight title: Laredo Kid defends against Dragon Lee, TJ Perkins, and Jack Cartwheel

AAA Rey de Reyes week 2 notes: Sword ceremony crashed, Chelsea Green, Tag Team title match

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Notes from Saturday’s AAA Rey de Reyes week 2 event that aired on March 21, 2026.

This week’s March 21 episode of AAA on Fox marked the second week of the ongoing AAA Rey de Reyes event. A three-week event, last week, Dominik Mysterio defended his AAA mega title against El Hijo del Vikingo while El Grande Americano II won the Rey de Reyes tournament. This week’s event featured the follow-up from last week’s show.

In the first match of the night, Lola Vice, Mr. Iguana, and Rey Fénix defeated La Hiedra and Money Machine (Garra de Oro and Colmillo de Plata) in an almost 10-minute-long match. After the match, former AAA Mixed Tag Team Champion Chelsea Green delivered a message through a video segment.

Green believed herself to be still a champion and called out Ethan Page and La Hiedra for losing the titles. She claimed that she did not lose the championship and is still the title-holder.

“I never lost my Mixed AAA Tag Team Championship. I was injured. Ethan Page and La Hiedra lost the championship. Typical of a man to mess everything up,” Green said.

In the main event, Pagano and Psycho Clown vs. The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) ended in a no-contest after things got chaotic toward the end. The final moments of the match saw the referee taking a bump and proceeding to stop the match. The two teams continued to brawl with each other before more referees swarmed the ring and tried to stop them.

However, things went downhill when both teams grabbed weapons from underneath the ring and started colliding with each other. The War Raiders clashed with steel chairs against Pagano and Psycho Clown’s kendo sticks. The segment concluded with all four men brawling with each other and going to the back.

In the final segment of the night, past winners of the Rey de Reyes tournament came out and graced the ring ahead of El Grande Americano II’s winning ceremony. Moments after Americano II delivered an emotional speech in Spanish, he was interrupted by Dominik Mysterio.

Mysterio challenged Americano for a fight before backing out of it. However, things soon took a turn when the Original El Grande Americano viciously attacked Americano II. The Original Americano followed it up by attempting to unmask Americano II, before Rayo and Bravo Americano interfered to stop the ambush.

After successfully crashing the ceremony, the original El Grande Americano stole the ceremonial winner’s sword and fled the scene.

Daily Update: Nielsen, AEW All In tickets, weekend lineups

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Daily Update

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Among the topics covered:

  • Full coverage of AEW Revolution, keys to the show, the returns and surprises, poll results and other business notes, thoughts on the matches
  • Notes on Tony Khan’s attempt to buy WWE in 2023 that came out this week
  • Updates on WrestleMania with confirmed matches, matches not announced but are on the schedule, the 31.6% off ticket sale, comparisons of demand for tickets with last year, potential matches and more on how matches were changed, as well as Steve Austin talks
  • AAA Rey de Reyes update, a look at the promotion and how it differs from WWE and CMLL and what comes next
  • A look at what happened in the ring when referee Dallas Edwards suffered a medical emergency in the ring during a match and the response issues
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the major television and streaming shows of WWE, AEW and TNA, demos, comparisons, competition numbers and placings
  • Claudio Castagnoli draws his first Arena Mexico sellout as CMLL world champion
  • Notes on the other major shows of the week in Mexico
  • Stardom Cinderella tournament finals and the top matches for the company’s biggest show of the year
  • Champion Carnival blocks
  • New Japan Cup notes
  • Manami Toyuota and never going to WWE and would it have mattered
  • Sareee talks her WWE stint
  • Kendo Kashin on Tadao Yasuda
  • 45th anniversary of the Tiger Mask debut and the best woman wrestler in the world at that time is still holding a championship today
  • NCAA wrestling tournament notes
  • Ted DiBiase Jr. trial notes
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW, TNA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Rousey vs. Carano and more shows
  • Mistico sells out San Jose three weeks in advance and thoughts on the show
  • Former WWE champion in boxing match
  • Ricochet, Gates of Agony and Mercedes Mone in Europe
  • TNA new business deal
  • Ricochet Twitter controversy
  • Former AEW and WWE champion appears this weekend on one of the most-watched TV shows
  • AEW contract notes
  • Zuffa makes choice not to accept a commission regulation and will do it themselves
  • Gina Carano talks about how UFC tried to stop the Carano vs. Cyborg fight from happening
  • WWE in Saudi Arabia thoughts
  • WWE’s deal with Front Office Sports and some thoughts
  • Davey Coates, WWE tour manager, passed away

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— Garrett Gonzales and I have our week in review show and there is a ton of news to cover this past week, from the Revolution fallout, to the 2023 Tony Khan bid on WWE, New Japan Cup, WrestleMania updates and a giant weekend of major shows. Bryan and I will be back Sunday night covering the weekend shows

— So here’s a very Nielsen story. It came out with the new figures from the 1/26 changes in Nielsen that television’s gains and streaming losses were part of updated research. The new data was going to be released as the biggest swing of television vs. streaming in history in the direction of television according to reports. Now the data will not be released as such. Michael Mulvihill on X said that “the streamers whined and Nielsen caved. Under pressure following this WSJ (Wall Street Journal) story Nielsen has elected to put on these improvements until the fall. Meanwhile, the hard-earned credibility of the important Gauge report is shot until Nielsen moves to the new method as promised.”

— AEW Dynamite on Wednesday did 730,000 viewers and a 0.13 in 18-49, the most viewers for an AEW television show since the last two sets of changes were put in place. In a weird stat, over 50 viewers were the most since late 2022 or early 2023, even more significant because those years did not include streaming on MAX while these numbers don’t include the HBO MAX numbers.

— There is an article in the issue covering the PPV numbers but we don’t have an estimate yet regarding how big the show did. Apparently word of mouth was such that replay buys are very high.

— Carlos Silva announced TNA Slammiversary would return this summer at the UBS Arena on Long Island.

— SmackDown tonight in Raleigh, NC has Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa vs. Damien Priest & R-Truth for the tag titles, Nia Jax & Lash Legend vs. Bella Twins for the women’s tag titles, Motor City Machine Guns vs. Fraxiom plus Randy Orton appears and Kit Wilson and Jelly Roll will continue their angle. There were 12,601 tickets out as of last look so the show will be close to sold out if not sold out.

— All In tickets were put on sale today to the public as were G-1 Climax tickets for 7/11 at the NOW Arena in Chicago. We don’t have any update on sales at this time past that G-1 tickets were not selling well at all. There are lots of tickets left for Wembley Stadium but there could be lots of tickets left and it would still be a good first day.

— Callum Newman beat Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura beat Oleg Boltin in today’s New Japan Cup semifinals. I loved Uemura vs. Boltin. If you like a wrestling match where they actually wrestle and struggle and come off legit, this is your match. Not flashy, just high-level pro technical style. Newman vs. Umino went 30:03 and was very good after the 22:00 mark but the period building to that was just okay. The finals are tonight from Nagaoka starting at 1 a.m. Eastern and 10 p.m. Pacific time:
• Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Konosuke Takeshita defends the TV title against a surprise wrestler
• Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taichi & El Desperado & Satoshi Kojima
• Yoh & Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Douki & Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. Great O’Khan & Henare
• Oleg Boltin & Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Ren Narita & Don Fale & Dick Togo
• Yota Tsuji & Yuto-Ice & Oskar & Daiki Nagai vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
• Uemura vs. Newman for the New Japan Cup

— Ted DiBiase Jr. was found not guilty today of all charges as part of his trial of misappropriations of Mississippi welfare funds. DiBiase was facing 13 counts related to conspiracy, wire fraud, theft and money laundering.

— CMLL has one of its biggest events of the year tonight, El Homenaje a Dos Leyendas at Arena Mexico. The show will honor Salvador Lutteroth, who founded the company in 1934, and El Satanico, an all-time great, who retires tonight after almost 53 years as an active name pro wrestler. It is available on the CMLL YouTube page as part of the subscription, and is also a Triller PPV, starting at 9:30 p.m. Eastern tonight:
• Dark Silueta & Lluvia & Valkiria & Zeuxis vs. Catalina & Jarochita & Persephone & Skadi
• Ultimo Guerrero vs. Rey Bucanero vs. Toscano vs. Averno vs. Mephisto vs. Euforia in the Copa Infernal
• El Satanico vs. Atlantis vs. Blue Panther in Satanico’s retirement match
• Marcela vs. Magnifica vs. Princesa Sugehit (loser loses their hair)
• Hombre Bala Jr. vs. Max Star vs. Calavera Jr. I vs. Calavera Jr. II vs. Virus vs. Cancerbero vs. Polvora vs. Coyote (loser loses their hair or mask)
• Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Neon vs. Jon Moxley & Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta for the CMLL trios titles
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hechicero for the CMLL heavyweight title

— Arena Coliseo goes for its 13th sellout in a row tomorrow night with Atlantis Jr. & Flip Gordon & Titan vs. Averno & Cavernario & Volador Jr. in the main event. Sunday’s Arena Mexico has Titan & Mascara Dorada vs. Cavernario & Difunto on top, which is likely to be great, plus Angel de Oro vs. Esfinge.

— AAA on YouTube at 9 p.m. Eastern tomorrow night has Rey Fenix & Mr. Iguana & Lola Vice vs. Money Machine & La Hiedra, Psycho Clown & Pagano vs. War Raiders for the AAA tag titles

— UFC runs tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern on Paramount+ from the O2 Arena in London:
• Shantelle Dyer (116) vs. Ravena Oliveira (116.5) – Oliveira missed weight by 0.05 pounds
• Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady (156) vs. Shem Rock (156)
• Louis Sutherland (264) vs. Brando Pericic (264)
• Mantas Kondratavicius (185) vs. Antonio Trocoli (185)
• Mario Pinto (257) vs. Felipe Franco (227)
• Nathaniel Wood (146) vs. Lerone Murphy (146)
• Mason Jones (156) vs. Axel Sola (156)
• Danny Silva (145) vs. Kurtis Campbell (145)
• Roman Dolidze (186) vs. Christian Leroy Duncan (186)
• Ivo Baraniewski (206) vs. Austen Lane (205)
• Michael Venom Page (171) vs. Sam Patterson (170)
• Luke Riley (146) vs. Michael Aswell (145)
• Movsar Evloev (146) vs. Lerone Murphy (145)

— NCAA tournament in Cleveland tonight has Penn State having eight wrestlers in the semifinals, which I believe is an all-time record. The show airs on ESPN2 tonight:
• 125 – Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) vs. Troy Spratley (Oklahoma)
• Jacob Moran (Indiana) vs. Jore Volk (Minnesota)
• 133 – Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) vs. Aaron Siede (Virginia Tech)
• Marcus Blaze (Penn State) vs. Ben Davino (Ohio State)
• 141 – Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. Luke Sainich (Lehigh)
• Brock Hardy (Nebraska) vs. Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State)
• 149 – Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) vs. Chance Lamer (Nebraska)
• Lachlan McNeil (Michigan) vs. Aden Valencia (Stanford)
• 157 – PJ Duke (Penn State) vs. Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State)
• Tyu Watters (West Virginia) vs. Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)
• 165 – Michael Mesenbrink (Penn State) vs. Cesar Alvan (Columbia)
• Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) vs. Joey Blaze (Purdue)
• 174 – Levi Haines (Penn State) vs. Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)
• Christopher Minto (Nebraska) vs. Cam Steed (Missouri)
• 184 – Rocco Welsh (Penn State) vs. Brock Mantanona (Michigan)
• Max McEnelly (Minnesota) vs. Angelo Ferrari (Iowa)
• 197 – Josh Barr (Penn State) vs. Joey Novak (Wyoming)
• Stephen Little (Little Rock) vs. Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State)
• 285 – Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) vs. AJ Ferrari (Nebraska)
• Taye Ghadiali (Michigan) vs. Isaac Trumble (NC State)

— Among the birthdays today are Sting (67), Sick Boy (53), Homicide (49), Matt Taven (41), Jonathan Gresham (38) and Damon Kemp (27). Former NCAA champion and top pro Ralph “Ruffy” Silverstein was born on this day in 1914. Paul Christy was born on this day in 1939. Johnny Powers was born on this day in 1943. Referee Rick Hazzard was born on this day in 1954. John Studd was 47 when he passed away 31 years ago today. Sailor Art Thomas was 79 when he passed away 23 years ago today. Baron Mikel Scicluna was 80 when he passed away 16 years ago today. Sir Oliver Humperdink was 62 when he passed away 15 years ago today. Perro Aguayo Jr. was 35 when he passed away 11 years ago today. (thanks to Tony Richards)

— 1 Fall Wrestling (QT Marshall’s group) is doing an Arn Anderson Homecoming show in Rome, GA, where he grew up as Marty Lunde, tomorrow night at the Forum River Center. Appearing are Andrade, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Brock Anderson, Harley Cameron and Paul Walter Hauser. There will be an Anderson meet and greet.

B&V: Super fun AAA Rey de Reyes show review, plus Granny!

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The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including your memories of your very first wrestling show, a look at the Vegas Convention, the wrestling and soap opera report, TRIVIA THAT ACTUALLY GOES RIGHT THIS WEEK, and more! Then the boys review part one of AAA REY DE REYES, a super fun show. A fun time as always so check it out~!

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Report: Santos Escobar to undergo surgery for tricep injury

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

AAA and WWE wrestler Santos Escobar is reportedly set to undergo surgery.

Just days after wrestling the AAA Rey de Reyes tournament final against El Grande Americano original, El Grande Americano II, and La Parka, Escobar has now been ruled out injured.

According to a recent report from Fightful Select, Escobar participated in the AAA Rey de Reyes final despite battling an injury, which worsened during the match.

As per Fightful Select’s report, the injury originally occurred on the NXT house show tour while he was working with Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. during Royal Rumble weekend, a couple of months ago. It was initially feared to be an injury and not a tricep tear. It was confirmed in the report that Escobar sustained a torn tricep injury and is scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday, March 19, 2026.

Escobar seemed to continue his feud with Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. during the AAA Rey de Reyes final, when Dr. Wagner Jr. interfered and caused Escobar to lose the match. However, with the surgery now lined up, the feud can be expected to get scrapped.

Bayley reflects on surprise AAA debut

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The crossover of wrestlers from the WWE main roster to Lucha Libre AAA continued last weekend with Bayley making her surprise AAA debut.

Bayley competed at the March 14 event in Puebla, Mexico, answering Flammer’s challenge for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. On Raw Recap this week, Bayley reflected on the moment, calling it an an honor to be chosen to represent WWE and face someone of Flammer’s stature.

“That was the best. I love wrestling in Mexico,” Bayley said. “That’s the thing, you can’t ever be content or comfortable. I just want to do more and I want to meet more people, I want to perform in front of more people. And the fact that I got asked to do that was an honor. For one thing, it’s one of their biggest shows of the year and against one of their, the Women’s Champion who just broke a record and became the longest-reigning Women’s Champion. To me, that’s a huge honor and is a little tip of the cap to me. It’s hard in this business to actually keep it a secret, so I was very excited to be able to hide from everybody and really show up where literally nobody knew I was there.”

Bayley was grateful for how the audience responded and emphasized that the promotion itself doesn’t matter as long as she gets to do what she loves — and that’s wrestling. 

“I was personally very overwhelmed by the response, and it just made everything so worth it,” she said. “I could be upset about the loss and those little cheaters [Maravilla and La Hiedra], who I’m not going to let them get away with. I have their numbers. But that is what was most important to me that no matter what, everywhere in the world, people recognize how much and what I feel about this and that I don’t care if I do it here, I don’t care if I do it there, I don’t care if I do it in TNA. I care about this and I will always give my whole heart to them. They will always get the real me.”

When asked about the difference between WWE-dedicated audiences and those who have been exposed to lucha libre, Bayley responded: 

“It’s one of those things where I love lucha libre. I’ve always been a fan of AAA. One of my trainers from back home, his name is Jason Styles, is a huge fan, would constantly reference AAA as we were training. He was very, very into lucha. And so when he found out that I was on it, he really freaked out.

“So for my old trainer to freak out about me being able to wrestle for this company and to see how it’s mixed into, now that WWE is a part of it as well. To watch them keep this true spirit of lucha libre and what that company means to Mexico but also bring in the WWE audience and the superstars and the people backstage, and give that little spin on it. I couldn’t talk about it enough. I was in the back, this is just the perfect combination of what I love, you know, the stories, the characters, the physicality, and the crowd. The real thing was them, the audience, getting so excited for every little thing and not overthinking what wrestling should be.”

AAA was acquired by WWE in 2025 and now has a television deal with Fox Latin America. Flammer, who retained against Bayley at Rey de Reyes, has been the company’s Women’s Champion since August 2023.

In her WWE career, Bayley is already a Grand Slam Champion and is seeking to add more accolades to her list of accomplishments. She mentioned on Raw Recap that she would like to win the Women’s Tag Team titles with Lyra Valkyria, along with going after the Women’s Intercontinental and United States titles. She challenge for the IC title on Raw last night but lost to AJ Lee.

Dominik Mysterio appears to be in concussion protocol following AAA Rey de Reyes

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Dominik Mysterio is not medically cleared.

Bryan Alvarez is reporting that the original match set for Raw was Dominik Mysterio facing Dragon Lee. However, it turned into a Intercontinental title match between Penta and Dragon Lee due to Mysterio possibly suffering a concussion.

“Dom vs. Dragon Lee was scheduled for Raw but it appears Dom is in concussion protocol,” he writes.

It was announced during Raw that following his match at Rey de Reyes this past weekend, Dominik Mysterio was not medically cleared and as a result, did not appear on Monday’s show where he and the rest of the Judgment Day were to appear and explain their actions after assaulting Finn Balor and kicking him out of the group.

Liv Morgan instead appeared in a video explaining that it was always her plan to kick Balor out of the group since she joined, saying he was never in charge and was always on borrowed time. She knew he was scheming so it was a pleasure to watch him fall from grace. She said that without Finn, the Judgement Day were better than ever.

At Rey de Reyes, Dominik Mysterio defeated El Hijo de Vikingo to retain the AAA Mega title. As a result, Vikingo can never again challenge for the Mega title while Mysterio holds if. If Mysterio had lost, he would have to leave AAA forever.