One of AAA’s top stars, Octagon Jr. recently had to be stretchered out at Noche de Los Grandes following a top rope botch.
Just hours after the mishap, our Bryan Alvarez reported that Octagon Jr.’s MRI came back good. “He will likely be out several months but could have been much worse,” wrote Alvarez.
The botch took place when Octagon Jr faced Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, Lince Dorado, and Mini Vikingo in a fatal five-way match for Noche de Los Grandes Night Two taping on June 6, 2026.
Midway through the match, after Wilde performed a top rope DDT on Octagon Jr., fans saw the latter drop flat on his neck and seemingly injure it. The referee present in the ring immediately held up the “X” sign, following which the 35-year-old had to be stretchered out.
AAA Noche de Los Grandes Night One was filled with three title matches, where three new champions were crowned. The final match of the night saw El Grande Americano defeat and unmask the original El Grande Americano, which turned out to be Chad Gable.
Next week, apart from the fatal five-way match, La Catalina, Bayley, and Lola Vice will team together to face Las Toxicas (Flammer, La Hiedra, and Maravilla).
Top AAA star Octagon Jr. had to be stretchered out following a scary top rope botch during Noche de Los Grandes 2026.
Week 1 of the Lucha Libre AAA Noche de Los Grandes took place at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey. After the scheduled four matches of the night, AAA also taped another multi-man match.
Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, Lince Dorado, Mini Vikingo, and Octagon Jr. faced each other in a fatal five-way match. The taped match will air in the second week of Noche de Los Grandes on June 6, 2026.
However, mid-way through the bout, Wilde executed a top rope DDT on Octagon Jr. However, Octagon Jr. landed awkwardly on the mat from the top rope.
Octagon Jr. landed flat on his neck, as Wilde immediately checked out Octagon Jr. Shortly after, fan videos from the arena started going viral online, showing the exact spot.
Octagon Jr. has seemingly suffered a serious neck injury and had to be taken out on a stretcher in the middle of the match. As of now, no official update has been shared on his injury or recovery status.
Parece ser que Octagón Jr. sufrió una lesión grave de cuello en la Fatal 5 Way de Noche de los Grandes, que se grabó para la semana que viene. Se tuvo que ir en camilla en medio del combate.
Original El Grande Americano will be in action as part of this Saturday’s AAA on Fox TV show, announced on Thursday night.
Americano will take on Octagon Jr. in singles action for the first time ever. Both shared the ring in a four-way Rey de Reyes qualifying match last July.
It will be Americano’s second singles match in AAA while Octagon Jr.’s last AAA TV appearance was in the aforementioned four-way. Americano hadn’t wrestled since the March 16 Raw, but competed against Joaquin Wilde on Thursday’s WWE Main Event.
The match joins the previously announced WWE Intercontinental title match between Penta and El Hijo del Vikingo and Flammer celebrating 1000 days as Reina de Reinas Champion.
The show can be seen on Fox in Latin America and YouTube/Facebook for the rest of the world.
AAA on Fox lineup | This Saturday
WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta defends against El Hijo del Vikingo
Flammer 1000 days as Reina de Reinas Champion celebration
AAA announced Wednesday that a pair of WWE and NXT wrestlers will be participating in a big match later this month.
WWE’s Axiom will be facing NXT’s Je’Von Evans and AAA’s Octagon Jr. on the Saturday, November 22 show at Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium in Mexico City, Mexico. The winner of that match will go on to challenge Laredo Kid for AAA’s Cruiserweight title.
Axiom, formerly known as A-Kid, has been wrestling for over a decade including the last three years with WWE/NXT, but hasn’t previously worked for AAA and this show will mark his first match ever in Mexico.
That’s also true for Evans, a seven-year pro at just 21 years of age, who has been a full-timer with NXT for just over a year. Octagon Jr., a 17-year pro, has been a AAA mainstay since 2018 and has also teamed with Laredo Kid in TNA as the Aztec Warriors.
Laredo Kid, a former TNA Digital Media champion, is a two-time AAA Cruiserweight champion having won it from Sammy Guevara in 2018 and from Matt Riddle last December.
El Grande Americano now has an opponent for his Lucha Libre AAA debut.
AAA has announced that Americano vs. Octagon Jr. will take place at the promotion’s event in Mexico City on Friday, July 25. The show is being held at Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium and is a taping for future episodes of AAA television that will be broadcast in Mexico.
Though the Americano character was originally introduced by WWE as another persona for Chad Gable, it is now Ludwig Kaiser who is performing under the mask. The switch was made after Gable suffered a shoulder injury and needed to undergo surgery. Kaiser has wrestled one match as Americano, defeating Dragon Lee on the July 7 episode of Raw.
Octagon Jr. wrestled at WWE & AAA’s Worlds Collide event last month and then made his official WWE debut at Money in the Bank later that night, losing to Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio.
WWE’s acquisition of AAA is in the process of being finalized with the deal expected to be completed at some point between now and the end of September.
A trios match is the latest addition to the lineup for this month’s MLW television tapings.
MLW has announced that Arez, Gino Medina & Mini Abismo Negro will face Puma King, Octagon Jr., and a mystery partner at SuperFight on Saturday, February 26. The tapings are being held at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Octagon Jr., Puma King and a mystery partner will face Strange Sangre’s Arez, Gino Medina and Mini Abismo Negro in what promises to be an exhilarating nonstop clash of six top luchadores.
Featuring the American debut of Octagon Jr., Cesar [Duran[ promises a spectacular bout unlike anything else on the SuperFight card.
A former AAA World Trios Champion an, member of Los Jinetes del Aire (“The Air Raiders”), Octagon Jr. donned the Octagon mask in 2019 and represents the next generation of one of AAA’s most iconic luchadores.
Pouncing into action alongside Octagon Jr., is the coolest cat around, Puma King. No stranger to MLW, Puma King looks to return to the league with a purrrfect outing at SuperFight.
But who is the mystery third man on this team?
Calling themselves Strange Sangre, Gino Medina, Arez and Mini Abismo Negro laugh at the idea of a mystery man. Claiming Octagon Jr. & Puma King need all of the tricks they can use to have a shot at defeating them, this trio enters Charlotte full of confidence and skepticism about the mystery third person.
Will Strange Sangre vanquish Octagon Jr., Puma King and their mystery man? Find out Saturday night, February 26 in Charlotte at MLW SuperFight!
SuperFight is being headlined by a double main event. Alex Hammerstone will defend his MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Davey Richards, while Jacob Fatu is set to take on Mads Krugger in a Stairway to Hell match.
Here’s the updated SuperFight card:
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone defends against Davey Richards
Stairway to Hell match: Jacob Fatu vs. Mads Krugger
MLW National Openweight Champion Alex Kane defends against Calvin Tankman, Matt Cross, and ACH in a four-way match
nZo vs. KC Navarro
Alex Shelley vs. Richard Holliday
Trios match: Arez, Gino Medina & Mini Abismo Negro vs. Puma King, Octagon Jr., and a mystery partner
