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Mistico returning from injury, AEW names set for CMLL Arena Mexico card

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Mistico is officially set to make his in-ring return this Friday night.

After spending a couple of weeks on the sidelines due to a knee injury, Mistico said he hoped to make his CMLL return on the June 5 Arena Mexico card. That has now been confirmed with CMLL announcing that Mistico, Mascara Dorada & Neon vs. Zandokan Jr., Difunto & Furia Roja will headline Friday’s show.

The injury Mistico suffered happened during a May 17 trios match, and he appeared on CMLL’s Informa talk show last week with his knee in a brace. Mistico said he’s been doing physical therapy twice a day so he can return on June 5. It was noted during the appearance that Mistico has pending dates for both AEW and NJPW coming up. He is under a dual contract with CMLL/AEW and competes for NJPW through the partnership these promotions have. In NJPW, Mistico currently holds the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles with El Desperado.

CMLL’s June 5 Arena Mexico card —

Friday’s CMLL show also has matches with AEW wrestlers Komander, Sammy Guevara, and Beast Mortos scheduled. Komander will be in singles action against Soberano Jr., while ROH Tag Team Champions Guevara & Mortis will team with Black Tiger (the former Magnus) against Barbaro Cavernaro, Villano III Jr., & El Hijo del Villano III.

Here is the full lineup:

  • Mistico, Mascara Dorada & Neon vs. Zandokan Jr., Difunto & Furia Roja
  • Soberano Jr. vs. Komander
  • Barbaro Cavernaro, Villano III Jr. & El Hijo del Villano III vs. Sammy Guevara, The Beast Mortos & Magnus
  • Lluvia, Garra Negra & Kira vs. Lady Frost, Dark Silueta & Keyra
  • Brillante Jr., Diamond & Oro Jr. vs. Polvora, El Coyote & Vaquero Jr.
  • Rey Cometa & Espiritu Negro vs. Infarto & Cerebro Negro Jr.

Mistico appears in Mexico World Cup squad announcement video

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Mistico, the top star in CMLL, helped play a part in announcing Mexico’s team for the 2026 World Cup.

The official 26-man squad for Mexico has now been unveiled ahead of the World Cup kicking off on June 11. In one of the two announcement videos released, a variety of athletes and celebrities made appearances and listed off the names of the players included in the squad. Mistico and boxer Canelo Alvarez were among those to appear. Fullback Mateo Chavez was the name unveiled by Mistico.

Mexico’s Group A match against South Africa is the opening game of the World Cup. South Korea and Czech Republic are the other teams in the group.

Mistico’s participation in this video comes just a few weeks after CMLL and its wrestlers Mascara Dorada & Soberano Jr. collaborated with the NFL to announce a San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings game that’s taking place in Mexico City this November.

CMLL is currently on a hot streak that saw it voted Promotion of the Year and Mistico named Wrestler of the Year in the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards. With Arena Mexico becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination, we’ve seen celebrities show up to events and CMLL even put on a Pokemon-themed show last year.

Mistico’s injury status —

A knee injury has kept Mistico out of action since the middle of May, but he’s hoping to make his CMLL return later this week. He is under a dual contract with CMLL/AEW and also competes for NJPW in Japan, where he currently holds the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles with El Desperado.

WOR: WWE Clash in Italy preview, AEW DON fallout

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio discussing the major stories from today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

We talked about:

  • WWE shareholder’s lawsuit
  • Clash in Italy matches
  • NXT ratings
  • AEW DON fallout
  • Scott Coker’s new MMA league

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Mistico shares potential injury return date

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Mistico has opened up about his potential injury return date.

On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, during the latest edition of CMLL Informa, Mistico shared an update on his knee injury while wearing a knee brace.

Mistico informed fans that he sustained the injury on May 17, 2026, when he teamed with Mascara Dorada & Neon during their win over Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero). He was later checked after the match and ruled out of action.

Mistico mentioned needing another week of rest. He also opened up about attending physical therapy twice a week, while hoping to return on June 5, 2026. Although he is still awaiting medical clearance for in-ring action.

Mistico, 43, is currently one-half of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions alongside El Desperado and also the reigning CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion. Amid his injury, it was also noted that he currently has dates scheduled with both CMLL and NJPW.

Mistico injury update: Potential return timeframe revealed

Posted on by Ian Carey

An update is available on Mistico.

The 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestler of the Year appeared on crutches at CMLL’s May 18 event in Puebla, announcing that he would not be able to perform on the show. He had been scheduled to team with Neon against Rocky Romero & Hechicero in the main event.

The nature of Mistico’s injury is unclear, although SuperLuchas reports the issue is believed to be a knee injury.

Our own Dave Meltzer addressed Mistico’s situation on Wrestling Observer Radio recently, stating that he had been told Mistico could return as early as Friday’s Arena México show.

Meltzer said:

“I have been told Místico could be back as early as Friday. We’ll see, but it’s not gonna be a long-term thing, I don’t think. Put it this way, they are under the impression he’s coming back soon. If he didn’t take time off, it would be a bad thing. He needed to rest. They rested him as expected. He was probably gonna come back real quick because, I mean, the guy’s the most valuable guy in wrestling. He’s just an incredible drawing card when you’re a house show business. He’s the guy.”

The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio is available here for subscribers.

New champions crowned at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Two titles changed hands at Wrestling Dontaku.

The IWGP Junior Tag Team titles were the first to change when Mistico and El Desperado defeated the Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles) to win the titles for the first time as a team. The duo scored a double submission win, with Mistco applying the la mistica while Desperado applied a stretch muffler.

Originally, the match was set to be non-title. But Eagles ended up accepting a title match after Mistico made the challenge following their multi-man tag match a day prior.

In the co-main event, the NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championship changed hands when Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, and HENARE defeated Bishimon and Oleg Boltin to win the titles for the first time as a trio. Ospreay scored the win for his team, connecting with an assisted hidden blade on YOSHI-HASHI for the victory.

Callum Newman retains IWGP Heavyweight title

The main event saw Callum Newman retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship over Shingo Takagi, defeating him with the make way. After the match, all of United Empire circled around Takagi and Yota Tsuji, who tried to help his Unbound Co. stablemate. Newman laid out Tsuji and went to strike Takagi but Ospreay attempted to stop him. Newman instead goaded Ospreay into doing the deed, with the AEW star reluctantly obliging.

Konosuke Takeshita retained his NJPW World Television title, defeating Chase Owens. After the match, however, a returning SANADA laid him out, establishing himself as the next challenger.

Tony Khan names Thekla the ‘MVP’ of AEW’s new signings

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

It has been less than 12 months since Thekla’s debut in AEW, but she has already made a great impression on her boss. 

Tony Khan discussed Thekla and some of the other talent he signed in 2025 during an appearance on The Masked Man Show.

“I think when you look at the champions on the women’s side, I would say absolutely Thekla would be … the MVP of the new arrivals as world champion,” Khan said. “And she’s been fantastic.” 

Khan pointed out how Jamie Hayter was Thekla’s first rival in the promotion. 

“When [Thekla] arrived, she had a goal of winning the world title, but the very first thing she did was go after Jamie Hayter,” he said. “And Jamie Hayter been a huge part of AEW, one of our most popular stars, a former world champion. And Jamie Hayter versus Thekla I think is a really compelling, exciting rivalry, and I’m excited for their match this weekend at AEW Dynasty. I think Thekla’s been a huge part of the company on the women’s side.”

Khan also called his current trios champions “fantastic signings.”

“All three of them,” he said. “They represent very different places in their careers, different experiences, different backgrounds, but three great wrestlers that we’ve signed in the past year in Mistico and Speedball Bailey and of course the Jet Kevin Knight. I can’t believe those two have only been around for a year. I’m the biggest Speedball fan in the world. They’ve had an incredible run.”

Mistico & Speedball Bailey & Kevin Knight will defend their AEW World Trios Championships against the Dogs on Collision this Saturday, April 11. The next night, Thekla will defend her AEW Women’s World Championship against Hayter this Sunday, April 12, at AEW Dynasty. 

Two title matches, Hurt Syndicate in action as part of announced AEW Collision lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

This Saturday’s Dynasty go-home edition of AEW Collision will feature two title defenses in addition to both the Young Bucks and the Hurt Syndicate in action.

AEW International Champion Kazuchika Okada will defend against Myron Reed of The Rascalz. Okada has held the title for over 270 days with six successful title defenses while Reed is looking for his first AEW belt.

AEW Trios Champions Mistico and JetSpeed will put their titles on the line against The Dogs who called out the champions after a backstage attack on Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong during Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Ahead of their Dynasty match against Konosuke Takeshita & Kazuchika Okada, the Young Bucks will take on El Clon & Hechicero.

For the first time in months, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin of The Hurt Syndicate will be in action.

Rush and Anthony Bowens will do battle for the second spot in the Casino gauntlet match this Sunday for the vacant TNT title.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla will team with Marina Shafir against The Brawling Birds in a Dynasty preview.

This week’s show is being taped after Wednesday’s Dynamite in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with spoilers coming to this website shortly.

Current AEW Collision lineup | This Saturday

  • AEW International Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Myron Reed
  • AEW Trios Champions Mistico & JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) defend against The Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors)
  • Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson vs. El Clon & Hechicero
  • Rush vs. Anthony Bowens for the number two spot in the TNT title Casino gauntlet match Sunday
  • Thekla & Marina Shafir vs. The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor)
  • The Hurt Syndicate vs. TBA

Mistico vs. Hechicero confirmed for CMLL Slamfest in Las Vegas

Posted on by Ian Carey

A Champion vs. Champion match has been announced for CMLL’s upcoming show in Las Vegas.

As first reported by our own Dave Meltzer, CMLL Light Heavyweight Champion Mistico will wrestle CMLL Heavyweight Champion Hechicero on the show, which is scheduled for Thursday, April 16, at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino.

Meltzer wrote:

“A battle of CMLL light heavyweight and 2025 Thesz/Flair award winner Mistico vs. CMLL heavyweight champion Hechicero, No. 2 in the Bryan Danielson Best Technical wrestler voting for 2025, will headline the CMLL SlamFest at the Palms in Las Vegas on 4/16 at 3 p.m.”

CMLL later confirmed the news, writing:

“As first reported by Dave Meltzer, our main event in Las Vegas will be a Champion vs. Champion clash: Místico vs. Hechicero!”

Also, as first reported by Fightful, CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone will defend her title on the show as well. Her opponent has yet to be named.

“As reported by Fightful, our Women’s World Champion will defend her title against a challenger to be announced in Las Vegas!” CMLL wrote.

The updated lineup for the show is below.

CMLL Slamfest at the Palms in Las Vegas lineup for April 16, 2026

  • CMLL Light Heavyweight Champion Mistico vs. CMLL Heavyweight Champion Hechicero
  • CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone defends against TBA
  • Blue Panther vs. Ultimo Guerrero
  • Mascara Dorada & Neon vs. Capitan Suicida & Flip Gordon
  • Chamuel & Tengu vs. Kemalito & Periquito Sacaryas

Tony Khan comments on AEW signing Mistico: ‘One of my all-time heroes’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tony Khan is thrilled to have one of his favorite wrestlers of all time under contract with AEW.

It was announced during AEW Revolution last night that Mistico is officially All Elite. He is now dual-contracted to CMLL and AEW and will be working for both promotions. Along with the announcement, Mistico won his first AEW gold at Revolution, winning the Trios titles with Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

At the post-show press conference, Khan discussed the new signing and addressed what Mistico’s schedule will look like.

“I think we will be splitting time,” Khan said. “Obviously, CMLL is an amazing partnership for AEW. And what a sign of trust between the two promotions to have one of the greatest wrestlers of all time now as a dual-signee, joining us in AEW as a champion. Somebody that I have admired for decades, somebody who is a personal hero of mine in the wrestling business. To be able to sit here with Mistico, next to Kevin and Mike, to be able to sit here with JetSpeed and say that they are world champions along with Mistico, who, again, to reiterate, one of my all-time heroes in this business. Somebody who’s accomplished so much. And it’s an honor to be able to sit on the stage with him and say that he’s part of AEW and now a world champion here. It’s so cool.”

Khan noted that he’ll be working with CMLL boss Salvador Lutteroth Lomeli to figure out Mistico’s schedule.

“We’ll be working with Salvador. Now that he’s a champion in AEW, I’ll work with Salvador very closely to make sure we see Mistico in both CMLL and AEW as much as possible,” Khan said.

Hechicero, Persephone, and Mascara Dorada are among the other CMLL stars under similar dual-contracts with both promotions.

Through a translator, Mistico said he’s happy to be All Elite and proud to be a Trios champion. He also sent out a tweet thanking Khan for the opportunity.

Mistico won Wrestler of the Year in the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. He’s now a two-time winner, having won the award in 2006 as well. He was the biggest star in CMLL in 2025 and helped lead the promotion to a very successful year in business.

Earlier in his career, Mistico spent time in the United States working for WWE as Sin Cara. He’s also competed for MLW recently and is a former MLW Middleweight Champion.

New Trios champions crowned at AEW Revolution

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Brand new Trios champions have been crowned at AEW Revolution.

Toward the final stages of the AEW Revolution PPV, fans saw The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher) defend their Trios titles against Mistico, Kevin Knight, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Following a closely contested fight and several near falls, the final moments of the match saw Mistico trap Fletcher in with La Mistica, Bailey hit Davis, and Knight follow it up with a Frog Splash on Davis and cover him for the pinfall victory.

With the pinfall win, Bailey, Knight, and Mistico crowned themselves the brand new AEW Trios Champions, ending The Don Callis family’s short title reign. Shortly after the win, production hit Mistico’s theme song as the crowd joined in. As the Los Angeles crowd vibed to the song, the news of Mistico’s All Elite signing was also announced.

Interestingly, Mistico, 43, is also a CMLL World Trios Champion with Mascara Dorada and Neon in CMLL. Former AEW Trios Champion Adam Page is currently scheduled to be in a Texas Deathmatch against MJF for the AEW World title.

Mistico officially under AEW contract

Posted on by Josh Nason

Moments after winning his first AEW title, Mistico was officially announced to be under AEW contract during Sunday’s AEW Revolution.

Mistico, Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey won the AEW World Trios titles during Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view, defeating Mark Davis, Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada.

As the three were celebrating in the ring, the #AllElite graphic was featured on the video screen, causing Mistico to get emotional.

AEW head Tony Khan has said in the past that Mistico is one of his favorite wrestlers of all time.

The 43-year-old has been a fixture in CMLL, an AEW partner, for years, winning the Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year award for 2025. He is currently the company’s Light Heavyweight Champion and Trios Champion alongside Neon and Mascara Dorada, the latter of which is also under AEW contract.

Mistico made his AEW debut in October 2023, competing in 16 matches including Sunday’s. He’s also wrestled six times for the Khan-owned Ring of Honor.

Mistico among talent announced for Maple Leaf Pro Multiverse show

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Last week, Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announced their Multiverse event would be part of Slam Fest at the Palms in Las Vegas. Today they revealed a poster showing some of the stars who would be present at that event.

The poster shows stars from MLP, CMLL, AEW, and the indies:

  • Mistico, the reigning CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion and one-third of the CMLL World Trios Champions.
  • Mascara Dorada, one of Mistico’s championship partners and also the reigning World Historic Welterweight Champion.
  • Persephone, the reigning CMLL World Women’s Champion.
  • Hechicero, a former CMLL World Heavyweight Champion.
  • Gisele Shaw, current MLP Women’s Champion. 
  • The Good Brothers, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson, former tag team champions in TNA, WWE, New Japan, and many other promotions. 
  • British star Michael Oku, a two-time RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion.
  • The Rascalz, newly signed to AEW, who between them have won tag team championships in NXT, TNA, and other promotions.
  • QT Marshall, AEW star, best known for feuding with celebrities such as Paul Walter Hauser and Big Boom AJ.
  • Shotzi Blackheart, a former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion and the current MLW Women’s World Featherweight Champion, HOG Women’s Champion, and LLL Champion.

MLP Multiverse takes place at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets are available here.

New title matches announced for AEW Revolution

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

AEW has announced two brand new title matches as a part of the updated AEW Revolution lineup.

A few weeks ago, Thekla defeated Kris Statlander to become the new Women’s World Champion in a Strap match. She followed it up with a title defense win over Thunder Rosa. However, after their match on the March 4 episode of Dynamite, Statlander stopped the Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart, & Skye Blue) from attacking Rosa.

Shortly after, AEW President Tony Khan announced on social media that Thekla will defend her title against Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match on March 15th at AEW Revolution.

In the main event of Wednesday’s Dynamite, Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis defeated Adam Page, Kevin Knight, and Mike Bailey to win the AEW World Trios title.

With Page scheduled for a title match against MJF, Okada, Fletcher, and Davis will now defend their Trios titles against Knight, Bailey, and Mistico at AEW Revolution.

AEW Revolution 2026 lineup | March 15, 2026

  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match, where if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the World title ever again.
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson).
  • Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita in a no time limit match for the AEW Continental title
  • Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo.
  • Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland.
  • Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match for the AEW Women’s World title
  • Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis vs. Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey, and Mistico for the AEW World Trios title.

WOR: AEW Grand Slam recap, Cain Velasquez

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

Garrett Gonzales is back with Dave Meltzer, subbing for Bryan Alvarez who is on vacation. My Fight Game Podcast co-host John LaRocca also joined us for the very first WOR + Fight Game collaboration.

We recapped AEW Grand Slam and Friday Night’s SmackDown.

We also discussed the weekend news including the following:

  • CNN Business covering AEW and Brody King
  • Cain Velasquez out of jail
  • Mistico discussing winning the WON Wrestler of the Year
  • Bianca Belair’s surgery

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