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Backstage reaction to Nino Hamburguesa’s AAA release

Posted on by Joseph Currier

In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer gave an update on Nino Hamburguesa’s release from Lucha Libre AAA.

Hamburguesa (Ivan Flores) was fired from AAA after video of a fan incident he was involved in went viral on social media. In the clip, Hamburguesa could be seen sitting on a fan’s lap, giving the fan three soft elbow strikes, and then delivering another more significant blow. Meltzer notes that WWE — which acquired AAA last year — saw the video and made the decision to release Hamburguesa.

The fan incident happened at an AAA-affiliated indie show on March 3. By March 6, the heavyweight Hamburguesa had been released and the AAA roster was warned against doing anything similar to what he did. Meltzer notes that Hamburguesa was very popular in the locker room, so other wrestlers were unhappy about the news.

“He didn’t appear to hurt the guy at all but it got a lot of media traction and WWE officials saw it and fired him. Talent was told about this on 3/6 and to never touch a fan,” Meltzer wrote. “There has been talent that has done this at other shows, although we were told that it’s usually based on something far more serious, usually a fan attacking or being threatening and not just somebody laughing at them for slipping. But since it never went public nothing ever transpired from those incidents.

“Flores was very popular with the talent who were unhappy that it happened and wished the outcome was different, but also understood that while if it was the old AAA, it would be just considered under the sh*t happens category, with WWE owning, you can’t be doing stuff like that. Worse for him, AAA is not allowing any of its talent to work independent shows that he’s on, meaning he’s losing most of his indie booking as well. Hamburguesa had won the Rey de Reyes tournament in 2025 but was not in the final four for this year.”

It’s believed that a fan laughing at Hamburguesa for slipping is what led to this incident.

Along with winning the 2025 Rey de Reyes tournament, Hamburguesa was a one-time Mixed Tag Team Champion during his AAA career.

Lucha Libre AAA wrestler released after fan incident

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Lucha Libre AAA wrestler has reportedly been released after getting into an incident with a fan at an indie show.

Bodyslam.net and Lucha Blog are reporting that Nino Hamburguesa was released from AAA after elbowing a fan during a match last Tuesday. Video of the incident has gone viral on social media, with it showing Hamburguesa delivering three softer elbow strikes to the fan before then hitting him with a more significant blow.

Lucha Blog’s report notes that other wrestlers were informed of Hamburguesa’s release last Friday.

“Sources claim that the clip did no favors towards the AAA star,” Bodyslam.net wrote. “And despite fans saying that the fan previously provoked Hamburguesa, he intentionally sat on the lap of other person and proceeded to hit him several times with constant elbows straight to the face. He was [notified] of his termination via Zoom Call. WWE and AAA haven’t made a declaration of the incident.”

The heavyweight Hamburguesa had remained with AAA after the promotion was acquired by WWE, including working matches at Guerra de Titanes in December 2025 and AAA’s Fox Latin America premiere this January. He is a former AAA Mixed Tag Team Champion and won the 2025 Rey de Reyes tournament.

Rey de Reyes 2026 is taking place this weekend and will see La Parka, Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable), El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser), and Santos Escobar face off in the finals.

Judgment Day six-person tag match set for AAA Triplemania

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Finn Balor, JD McDonagh & Raquel Rodriguez of The Judgment Day are heading to Mexico City for a six-person tag match at Triplemania.

WWE posted a Spanish-language promo today setting up that Judgment Day will battle Mr. Iguana, Nino Hamburguesa & Lola Vice at the Saturday, August 16 event. The show is airing live on WWE’s YouTube channel in both English and Spanish.

Triplemania will be a big night for Judgment Day, who also have Dominik Mysterio competing in the main event. That main event is a four-way bout with El Hijo del Vikingo defending the AAA Mega Championship against Dominik, Dragon Lee, and El Grande Americano.

Vice — former MMA fighter Valerie Loureda — competes in NXT and has also regularly been working AAA dates to gain experience. One of her AAA partners here — Mr. Iguana — has made multiple appearances for WWE since his breakout performance at Worlds Collide.

This is the first Triplemania event since WWE announced its acquisition of AAA. An appearance by Rey Mysterio is set for the show, with him inducting Konnan into the Lucha Libre AAA Hall of Fame. It’s also been confirmed that there will be a street fight with Angel & Berto defending the AAA Tag Team titles against Psycho Clown & Pagano.