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Tag Team title four-way match set for AAA Triplemania Regia

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The Lucha Libre AAA Tag Team titles will be on the line in a four-way match at Triplemania Regia this weekend.

It was already known that WWE team Los Garza (Angel & Berto) would be challenging Forastero & Sanson at the Sunday, June 15 event in Monterrey. Now, AAA has confirmed that it will be a four-way match with Forastero & Sanson vs. Angel & Berto vs. Psycho Clown & Pagano vs. Nic & Ryan Nemeth.

The Nemeths are the current TNA Tag Team Champions, but those belts are not being defended here. TNA will also be represented at Triplemania Regia with Joe Hendry and Moose appearing.

Forastero & Sanson won the AAA Tag Team titles this March, becoming champions after the belts were vacated by Raj Dhesi (the former Jinder Mahal) & Satnam Singh.

It is not known if fans in the United States will be able to watch Triplemania Regia live. In Mexico, it will be broadcast on Max.

AAA is in the process of being acquired by WWE with the deal expected to be finalized in the third quarter of this year. El Hijo del Vikingo, who recently won the AAA Mega Championship from Alberto El Patron, retained the title against Chad Gable at WWE & AAA’s Worlds Collide event over the weekend. Vikingo is expected to have a title defense at Triplemania Regia against a yet-to-be-announced opponent.

Four matches for the show have been officially confirmed so far:

AAA Triplemania Regia (Sunday, June 15) —

  • La Parka, Laredo Kid & Octagon Jr. vs. Abismo Negro Jr., Taurus & Histeria
  • Four-way match: AAA Tag Team Champions Forastero & Sanson defend against Angel & Berto, Psycho Clown & Pagano, and Nic & Ryan Nemeth
  • Three-way match: AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Lady Flammer defends against Dalys and Lady Shani
  • Mr. Iguana, El Fiscal & Nino Hamburguesa vs. SB Kento, Takuma & Nobu San

WWE touts Worlds Collide set new YouTube record for company

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WWE is touting that Worlds Collide 2025 set a new YouTube record for the company.

Worlds Collide had the biggest live YouTube audience in WWE’s history, peaking at 764,389 viewers between the promotion’s English and Spanish-language channels. The show took place in Inglewood, California on Saturday afternoon and streamed on YouTube for free, featuring wrestlers from WWE, NXT, and Lucha Libre AAA.

Viewership peaked in the main event of the show with El Hijo del Vikingo defeating Chad Gable to retain the AAA Mega Championship.

The full Worlds Collide broadcast is available to watch on demand and currently has 2.9 million views on WWE’s main channel and 1.7 million views on the WWE Espanol channel.

This April, it was announced that WWE is acquiring Lucha Libre AAA with the deal expected to officially be finalized in the third quarter of 2025. AAA was founded in 1992 and is one of the two biggest wrestling promotions in Mexico. Worlds Collide served as a way to introduce the WWE audience to AAA’s roster, with Octagon Jr. even going on to compete at Money in the Bank later in the night. He unsuccessfully challenged Dominik Mysterio for the Intercontinental title.

AAA wrestler Mr. Iguana — who was hugely popular at Worlds Collide — also made an appearance in the crowd at Money in the Bank.

Four TNA champions confirmed for AAA Triplemania Regia

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Four TNA stars have officially been confirmed for an upcoming Lucha Libre AAA event.

Joe Hendry, Moose, and Nic & Ryan Nemeth are heading to Mexico next month for Triplemania Regia. The show is being held at Arena Monterrey on Sunday, June 15 and is the first major AAA event in Mexico since it was announced that the company is being purchased by WWE.

The matches Hendry, Moose, and The Nemeths will be competing in have not been announced yet. Their participation in Triplemania Regia was announced by Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown.

“We’re thrilled to welcome these four incredible TNA stars to AAA,” Dorian Roldan, general manager of AAA, told The Takedown. “This collaboration represents the best of both worlds — the passion and tradition of Lucha Libre, and the global momentum of TNA. Our fans are in for something truly special.”

Hendry, Moose, and The Nemeths are all currently champions in TNA. Hendry holds the TNA World Championship, Moose is the X-Division Champion, and Nic & Ryan Nemeth are the TNA Tag Team Champions. Nic Nemeth was a former World Champion for WWE as Dolph Ziggler.

WWE’s Angelo and Berto (Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo) will also be competing at Triplemania Regia.

The acquisition of AAA is expected to become official in Q3 of this year with WWE taking majority control of the promotion (51 percent) and Mexican sports and entertainment company Fillip owning 49 percent. Before Triplemania Regia, a Worlds Collide show will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 7 with wrestlers from WWE, NXT, and AAA.

AAA issues statement after being acquired by WWE: ‘The best is yet to come’

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Lucha Libre AAA is ready to enter a new era after being acquired by WWE.

During WrestleMania weekend, WWE made the monumental announcement that it has acquired Lucha Libre AAA — one of the two leading promotions in Mexico. It remains to be seen how the acquisition will change AAA, but Paul “Triple H” Levesque said WWE is looking to keep AAA’s identity intact while helping the promotion grow.

Both WWE and AAA issued statements on Monday morning providing some more details on the deal. WWE wrote that the acquisition is “subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions” and is expected to be officially finalized in the third quarter of this year. WWE said the Pena family will continue to be involved in this next chapter of AAA.

AAA was founded in 1992 by Antonio Pena, who passed away in 2006. His sister Marisela Pena is the president of AAA and her son Dorian Roldan Pena is AAA’s general manager. They appeared at WrestleMania 41 for the announcement of this deal.

“AAA has been a family-operated promotion for over three decades and our trust could not be better placed than with one of the biggest sports entertainment businesses in the world,” Dorian Roldan said in WWE’s press release.

Marisela Pena and Dorian Roldan published their own Spanish-language statement from AAA. Calling this the most important step in the history of the promotion, they declared the best is yet to come. A rough translation can be seen below:

  • Lucha Libre AAA was born in 1992 as the dream of Antonio Pena—a man who dared to reinvent wrestling, to imagine the impossible, and to create a new way of telling stories in the ring. His vision changed the industry forever.
  • Today, more than 30 years later, his legacy lives on in every show, in every character, in every fan who cheers for our matches. That legacy was continued by Marisela Pema and Joaquin Roldan, and has been our guiding principle ever since: to make AAA a family, a tradition, and a platform of opportunity for Mexican talent.
  • In 2025, that same legacy drives us to take the most important step in our history. With excitement and deep respect for our roots, we announce a strategic alliance with WWE, the giant and global leader in wrestling, and Fillip, the Mexican company specializing in revitalizing iconic sports and entertainment properties. Together, they will propel Mexican wrestling regionally and globally, marking the beginning of a NEW ERA for AAA.
  • This alliance is not a farewell to what we are; it is a promise to bring our essence to new audiences, to strengthen our structure, to open more doors for our wrestlers, and to demonstrate that Mexican wrestling has a place on the global stage.
  • We will continue to be AAA: passionate, vibrant, Mexican. But now, with new allies, new resources, and a global vision.
  • Thank you to our fans, our talent, and everyone who has believed in this cause since day one.
  • The best is yet to come.
  • Forever, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

For the deal, WWE has partnered with Fillip, which is a Mexican investment company whose goal is to enhance sports and entertainment properties.

“We look forward to partnering with WWE and TKO on this venture to secure the future of AAA for fans and to help take this business to the next level,” said Fillip co-founder and co-CEO Hugo Lopez-Velarde.

At the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on June 7, there will be a AAA vs. NXT Worlds Collide event. The show is taking place in the afternoon prior to the Intuit Dome hosting WWE Money in the Bank that night.

El Hijo del Vikingo gets involved at WWE WrestleMania 41

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On the day it was announced that WWE has acquired Lucha Libre AAA, one of their top stars briefly got involved in the action at WrestleMania 41.

El Hijo del Vikingo was in the front row for Rey Fenix vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) at night one of WrestleMania in Las Vegas on Saturday. Before the bell rang, there was a spot where Vikingo kicked Americano after being shoved by him at ringside. Vikingo was identified as a former AAA Champion.

During the match, Americano inserted a metal plate into his face mask and proceeded to use it as a weapon, getting the victory with a diving headbutt to Fenix. Vikingo entered the ring to check on Fenix after the match and help him to his feet.

AAA representatives Marisela Pena and Dorian Roldan were also shown on camera at WrestleMania, with Michael Cole saying WWE’s acquisition of AAA will change the landscape of lucha libre. Cole plugged the AAA & NXT Worlds Collide event that will be held in Los Angeles this June.

The announcement of the AAA acquisition was made by Paul “Triple H” Levesque during tonight’s pre-show with Vikingo, Pena, and Roldan among the personnel appearing alongside him.

Vikingo is a one-time AAA Mega Champion. In the United States, he made frequent appearances for AEW from 2023-2024. Vikingo has also competed for TNA Wrestling — and he’ll be in action at TNA’s Rebellion pay-per-view later this month.

Rey Mysterio was originally scheduled to be Americano’s WrestleMania opponent, but Fenix replaced him in the match after Mysterio suffered an injury on SmackDown last night. Dave Meltzer reports that Mysterio’s injury is a torn groin.

Lucha Libre AAA reveals plans for vacant Tag Team titles

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The Lucha Libre AAA Tag Team titles won’t be vacant for long.

One day after it was announced that Raj Dhesi & Satnam Singh have vacated the belts due to inactivity, AAA revealed that new champions will be crowned this Saturday at Rey de Reyes 2025. The promotion uploaded a promo from Jeff Jarrett, who stated that he will be bringing the belts with him to the event and defending them alongside a mystery partner. Their opponents have not been named yet.

Jarrett was Dhesi & Singh’s manager when they won the titles last August. A guitar shot from Jarrett to Negro Casas led to that title change, but Dhesi & Singh never appeared for AAA again after their victory.

“I’m going to get on a plane, and I’m going to head to Mexico City,” Jarrett said in his promo directed at AAA authority figure Dorian Roldan. “Rey de Reyes. I’m going to have one over my shoulder, and then I’m bringing a partner that is just perfect for this occasion. Because we’re going to defend those tag titles, whether you like it or not.”

Dhesi (former WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal) & Singh’s AAA Tag Team title win in August 2024 was their first time teaming together, and the two have not teamed up since then. Dhesi is currently a free agent while Singh is signed to AEW.

Psycho Clown & Negro Casas were the tag champions prior to Dhesi & Singh.

Rey de Reyes 2025 will be headlined by Alberto El Patron vs. Hijo del Vikingo for the AAA Mega Championship.

Lucha Libre AAA vacates Tag Team titles

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Before even making their first defense of the belts, Raj Dhesi & Satnam Singh have vacated the AAA Tag Team titles.

Dhesi (former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal) & Singh were crowned the new champions in a three-way match at Triplemania Mexico City in August 2024. It was their first time ever teaming together — and the two have not teamed up anywhere since then. Lucha Libre AAA announced today that, due to their 214-day period of inactivity, the tag titles are now vacant with new champions to be crowned in the future.

Details regarding how the new champions will be determined have not been announced.

Negro Casas & Psycho Clown were the AAA Tag Team Champions prior to Desi & Singh, who won the belts at Triplemania Mexico City when Jeff Jarrett gave Casas a guitar shot. Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal were the other team in the three-way match.

Desi is currently a free agent, while Singh is contracted to AEW.

Former AAA wrestler Australian Suicide passes away at 32

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Broderick Shepherd — known to wrestling fans for his work as Australian Suicide in Lucha Libre AAA — has passed away at 32 years old.

His death was confirmed on Thursday by AAA and company president Marisela Pena, who posted statements mourning Shepherd’s passing and sending their condolences to his family. He was married to Puerto Rican wrestler Vanilla Vargas with the couple welcoming their first child into the world in 2021.

“We mourn the passing of Broderick M. Shepherd, better known as Australian Suicide,” AAA wrote. “We raise our prayers to heaven for his eternal rest.”

A cause of death was not announced.

Shepherd, a Lance Storm trainee, was with AAA from 2013-2020 and briefly returned to the promotion last year. He had one reign as AAA Cruiserweight Champion in 2018.

In 2021, Shepherd worked a couple of AEW Dark matches under the name El Australiano, including a singles bout against Sammy Guevara. He had most recently been wrestling on the indies.

Shepherd used Ryan Rollins as his in-ring name early in his career.

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. signs with Lucha Libre AAA

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Former GHC Heavyweight Champion El Hijo de Wagner Jr. has inked a deal with Lucha Libre AAA.

At a press conference on Monday, AAA announced that Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. has signed a contract with the company. Planeta Wrestling reports that it’s a one-year deal that runs through the beginning of February 2026, and the contract allows Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to still take independent dates in the United States as long as they don’t conflict with his AAA commitments.

Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. spent several years mostly competing for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan before departing the promotion and becoming a free agent near the start of 2025. His final NOAH match happened on January 11.

Speaking at today’s press conference, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. called AAA the best promotion in Mexico. He had been teasing WWE as one of his potential destinations prior to today’s news.

Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. comes from a famous wrestling lineage that includes his father Dr. Wagner Jr., mother Rossy Moreno, and grandfather Dr. Wagner. His brother is NOAH wrestler Galeno del Mal.

While with NOAH, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. held the GHC Heavyweight Championship for three months in 2024.

Black Taurus thanks AAA, moving forward as a free agent

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Lucha standout Black Taurus is moving forward in his career as a free agent.

On Thursday, Taurus sent out a tweet thanking Lucha Libre AAA and noting that he’ll be continuing his career as a free agent in both the United States and Mexico. Taurus teased that he may return to CMLL.

Taurus wrote:

Just to thank AAA and that from now on I will be an independent agent. black taurus continues his career in the USA and Mexico as a free agent and why not maybe see cmll?

Taurus hasn’t wrestled for CMLL since 2011.

The 36-year-old Taurus made his Ring of Honor debut last month, losing to AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo at Final Battle 2023. The two then faced each other again on the Holiday Bash edition of AEW Rampage that aired on December 22.

Dave Meltzer noted that the Vikingo vs. Taurus match performed better in the ratings than most Rampage main events have done as of late.

Another Mega title match with Vikingo defeating Taurus took place for AAA on Christmas night.

Taurus has also made regular appearances for Impact Wrestling in the United States in recent years.

Dralistico announces departure from Lucha Libre AAA

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Dralistico is departing Lucha Libre AAA and going independent in Mexico.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Dralistico announced that he’s no longer with AAA and is now totally independent in Mexico. Dralistico is still under contract with AEW in the United States. After being added to the roster page on AEW’s website in October, Dralistico officially announced his AEW signing on November 1.

Dralistico thanked AAA and left the door open for him to compete for the promotion again in the future.

Dralistico is the brother of AEW wrestler Rush and WWE wrestler Dragon Lee. Dralistico & Lee were briefly AAA Tag Team Champions together in December 2022.

Last month, Dralistico main evented AAA Guerra de Titanes in a loss to Mega Champion Dragon Lee.

In AEW, Dralistico and Rush are part of La Faccion Ingobernable. Dralistico & Rush teamed together in a four-way Tag Team title ladder match at AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view in November. Ricky Starks & Big Bill won the match to retain their titles.

Dralistico & Preston Vance defeated Angelico & Serpentico on last week’s episode of Ring of Honor television.

Rey Mysterio details advice he gave El Hijo del Vikingo

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In an interview with ESPN, legendary luchador Rey Mysterio detailed advice that he gave to rising star El Hijo del Vikingo.

Konnan revealed this April that he put Mysterio in touch with Vikingo so that Mysterio could give him advice about slowing things down in the ring.

“Not only have I told him, I had Rey Mysterio tell him,” Konnan said. “He already needs a knee operation and Rey has had 14, so I told him to talk to Rey and Rey’s giving him very good advice because I want that guy to last. He’s talented and he’s a good kid.”

Mysterio confirmed to ESPN that the conversation with Vikingo happened. Mysterio said he hopes Vikingo takes the advice and is able to avoid suffering from injuries in the way that Mysterio did.

Mysterio told Vikingo that he can still be incredible if he picks his spots and slows things down a couple of beats:

He’s actually very, very good. I believe he was going through an injury at the time, and I kind of connected him with people to see if he can get his knee taken care of. But overall, I said, ‘It happened to me. A lot of people would tell me to slow down. And I, with all due respect, I would always say thank you, yes, I will. And it would almost come in through one ear and out the other and I wouldn’t pay attention. Obviously until you start going through injuries and surgeries — you’re not slowing down because they’re telling you, you’re slowing down because now you need to because you can’t risk your body anymore as you did.’

I pretty much gave him that advice and told him that he can still be incredible if he just toned it down two beats more, sometimes three beats more. Pick the moments on where you want to do your things to impact. You don’t have to do it every night because they already know who you are. And I hope that he takes the advice and not have to suffer what I did, which learned the hard way.

Vikingo is the current Lucha Libre AAA Mega Champion. He’s also wrestled several matches for AEW, including a bout against Kenny Omega on Dynamite this March. Vikingo lost that match but later defeated Omega when they faced off in AAA.

A United States Championship match with Mysterio defending against Logan Paul looks to be in the works for WWE Crown Jewel. Mysterio and Paul will both be on SmackDown this Friday night for a face-to-face segment.

ESPN’s full interview with Mysterio can be watched below:

El Hijo del Vikingo title defense set for AAA Triplemania Mexico City

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Lucha Libre AAA has revealed the card for its final Triplemania event of 2023.

Triplemania XXXI Mexico City is taking place at Arena Ciudad de Mexico on Saturday, August 12. The pay-per-view will be available live via Fite TV.

Following his successful title defense against Kenny Omega at Triplemania Tijuana, El Hijo del Vikingo will have three challengers in Mexico City. Vikingo is defending the AAA Mega Championship in a four-way match against “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Daga, and Jack Cartwheel.

The AAA Latin America Championship was recently vacated by Rey Fenix. A new champion will be crowned in a four-way match at Triplemania Mexico City. It will be Pentagon Jr. vs. QT Marshall vs. Dralistico vs. Brian Cage to decide the new champion.

Taya Valkyrie is putting her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship on the line against Flammer in Mexico City. The event is being headlined by Rush vs. LA Park vs. Psycho Clown vs. Sam Adonis in a match where someone will lose their hair or mask.

The full card for Triplemania Mexico City is listed below:

  • Rush vs. LA Park vs. Psycho Clown vs. Sam Adonis (someone will lose their hair or mask)
  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Mike Bailey, Daga, and Jack Cartwheel in a four-way match
  • Pentagon Jr. vs. QT Marshall vs. Dralistico vs. Brian Cage for the vacant AAA Latin America Championship
  • Negro Casas vs. Nicho El Millonario
  • AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie defends against Flammer
  • Copa Bardahl Triplemania (Komander, Laredo Kid, Willie Mack, Dave the Clown, Pagano, Aramis, Mr. Iguana, Murder Clown, Arez, Octagon Jr., Myzteziz, Nino Hamburguesa) 
  • Dalys, Lady Shani & Sexy Star vs. La Hiedra, Maravilla & Chik Tormenta

Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo rematch set for AAA Triplemania: Tijuana

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A date has been set for Kenny Omega and El Hijo del Vikingo’s rematch.

At a press conference on Monday, Lucha Libre AAA announced that Vikingo will defend his AAA Mega Championship against Omega at Triplemania XXXI: Tijuana. The show is taking place on Saturday, July 15 and will be available live via Fite TV.

Omega defeated Vikingo in a non-title match when the two faced off on an episode of AEW Dynamite this March. The match was Vikingo’s AEW debut.

The Dynamite bout between Omega and Vikingo was billed as a first-time ever dream match. They were originally supposed to face each other for AAA in 2021, but Omega being injured prevented the match from happening then.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated prior to facing Vikingo for the first time, Omega said Vikingo is someone who is going to “change the way people think about wrestling and change the way we think about lucha libre.”

Vikingo has been AAA Mega Champion since December 2021. Omega held the title prior to Vikingo but had to vacate it due to the injury issues he was dealing with.

Triplemania: Tijuana is the second of three Triplemania shows that is taking place this year.

Swerve Strickland to be part of Mega title match at AAA Triplemania Monterrey

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AEW star Swerve Strickland will be part of the Mega Championship match at AAA Triplemania Monterrey.

Fite TV lists that the Mega title match at this weekend’s Triplemania event will be El Hijo del Vikingo defending against Strickland, Komander, and Rich Swann. The four-way bout has yet to be officially announced by AAA.

Vikingo has been AAA Mega Champion since December 2021. He retained the title against Komander in a singles match at ROH Supercard of Honor over WrestleMania week.

Vikingo made his AEW debut on an episode of Dynamite in March, losing to Kenny Omega in a non-title match.

In yesterday’s Daily Update, Dave Meltzer noted that Omega wouldn’t be Vikingo’s opponent for Triplemania Monterrey — but AAA hopes that a rematch between Vikingo and Omega will take place at one of their Triplemania shows later this year. AAA has Triplemania events being held in Tijuana this July and in Mexico City this August.

Triplemania Monterrey will be available live via Fite TV. Here’s the full advertised lineup for the event:

  • AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defends against Swerve Strickland, Komander, and Rich Swann in a four-way match
  • Guerra de Rivalidades tournament: Alberto El Patron & Pentagon Jr. vs. Sam Adonis & Psycho Clown
  • Guerra de Rivalidades tournament: Rush & LA Park vs. DMT Azul & Blue Demon Jr.
  • Copa Triplemania
  • Lucha de Apuestas cage match: Laredo Kid vs. Parka Negra vs. Black Taurus vs. Villano III Jr. vs. Octagon Jr. vs. Argenis vs. Myzteziz Jr. vs. Aerostar vs. Antifaz del Norte vs. Abismo Negro Jr.
  • The final two wrestlers left in the cage match will face off a in mask vs. mask match