An AEW original could be looking to test free agency this summer.
Penta El Zero Miedo’s contract is set to expire between August and September 2024, according to LuchaLibreonline, and WWE is reportedly interested in his services.
“Pentagón Jr’s contract with AEW is scheduled to expire between August and September 2024. He is scheduled to become a free agent. There is interest on the part of WWE in his services. This free agency will be extremely interesting,” reads a translation of the below post.
EXCLUSIVO: El contrato de Pentagón Jr con AEW está pautado a expirar entre agosto y septiembre del 2024. Está pautado a convertirse en agente libre. Hay interés por parte de la WWE en sus servicios. Esta agencia libre será sumamente interesante.
— Lucha Libre Online (@luchalibreonlin) June 6, 2024
No mention was made of Penta’s brother and tag partner, Rey Fenix’s contract status. Both Lucha Bros have been part of the AEW roster since its inception in 2019. Fenix recently returned to AEW in April after having been out of action since October due to injuries and may have had time added to his AEW deal as a result, but that’s only speculation.
Penta is scheduled to wrestle The Butcher on AEW Rampage this Friday.
During his time with the company, Penta is a former AEW Tag Team and World Trios champion. The Lucha Bros were voted Tag Team of the Year in the 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards and their match against The Young Bucks at All Out won Match of the Year in 2021.
Four luchadores have advanced to the next stage of the Ruleta de la Muerte tournament at tonight’s Triplemania event in Monterrey.
Pentagon Jr., Villano IV, Blue Demon Jr., and Psycho Clown all lost their respective matches tonight at Triplemania. As a result, they advance to the semifinals of the tournament that will take place on the second Triplemania on June 18 in Tijuana. At the end of tonight’s Triplemania event, it was confirmed that Pentagon Jr. will face Blue Demon Jr. in the semifinals, while Psycho Clown will face Villano IV.
The rules of the tournament mean that whoever loses will continue to advance in the tournament. The two that lose on June 18 will advance to the finals on the October 15 Triplemania event in Mexico City. The luchador who loses in the finals will lose their mask.
Pentagon Jr. lost to Ultimo Dragon in the opening match of tonight’s show. Villano IV lost to LA Park, while Blue Demon Jr. lost to Rayo de Jalisco Jr. after interference from Cien Caras and NGD (Cuartero, Forastero, and Sanson). In the final tournament match of the night, Psycho Clown lost to Canek after Dr. Wagner Jr. attacked Psycho Clown with a baseball bat.
Laredo Kid is returning to AEW this Wednesday on Dynamite in a trios match.
Tony Khan tweeted this evening that with PAC still recovering from an ankle injury, a trios tag match will take place, with The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler teaming up to take on The Lucha Brothers (Penta El 0 M & Rey Fenix) and Laredo Kid.
“Nearly 2 years after his @AEW debut in a classic match at #FyterFest 2019, @Laredokidpro1 will return for his #AEWDynamite debut this Wednesday LIVE on TNT, reuniting with the Lucha Brothers @ReyFenixMx & @PENTAELZEROM to battle World Tag Team Champions @youngbucks & @BranCutler!” he wrote. “With@BASTARDPAC recovering from injuring his ankle at Revolution, he’s not yet cleared for the tag title shot with @ReyFenixMx v. @youngbucks, so Death Triangle are bringing back the Lucha Brothers’ original @AEW Trios partner Laredo Kid to get the edge ahead of the title match!”
Laredo Kid made his only appearance for the company so far at Fyter Fest 2019, where he teamed with The Lucha Brothers in a losing effort against Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks in a trios match.
Also announced for Dynamite this Wednesday is a TNT title match, with Darby Allin defending against The Dark Order’s John Silver. Nyla Rose will take on Tay Conti, and FTR & Shawn Spears will face Varsity Blonds and Top Flight’s Dante Martin.
Additionally, Kenny Omega will face Matt Sydal in a non-title match. If Sydal wins, he will receive a future AEW World title match
This week’s MLW Anthology episode highlighted one of the best tag teams in the world today: Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix, The Lucha Bros.
Before joining AEW, the current AAA Tag Team Champions showcased their amazing talents in MLW. Here we saw a spectacularly athletic and hard-hitting bout between them that main evented the debut episode of MLW Fusion back in 2018, along with the vacant MLW Tag Team titles being up for grabs in a three-team elimination match when Pentagon & Fenix faced The Dirty Blondes and the team of Jason Cade & Jimmy Yuta.
Full Recap —
Pentagon Jr. defeated Rey Fenix (MLW Fusion debut episode, January 2018) (14:08)
The Lucha Brothers clashed in the main event of the debut episode of MLW Fusion in a must-watch, amazing match. Within the first three minutes, we had superkicks galore and a suicide cannonball dive by Fenix that knocked the first five rows of fans off their seats.
Fenix was up to his usual tricks — walking the ropes with an alternating jump between top and middle — before adding a little back bump ONTO the top rope and arm dragging his brother across the ring. Incredible balance and control.
Pentagon & Fenix ended up winning the MLW Tag Team titles together later in their MLW careers, but here in episode one they were enemies as Pentagon was part of Salina de la Renta’s heel faction Promociones Dorado. And the brothers did not let their family ties hold them back at all. They chopped each other within an inch of their lives throughout the match and showed that they can do more than flip and fly, they could hit hard too.
They also made the most of not having a guardrail at ringside as Fenix hit a hurricanrana and planted Pentagon right into the laps of the fans in the front row.
If I were to list all the amazing athleticism on display to describe how terrific this was I would be here all night. Just be reassured they left nothing in the ring. Fenix had plenty of springboards emanating from everywhere inside the ring and Pentagon certainly had his superkick boots on this evening.
Pentagon picked up the win and a future title shot at then-champion Shane Strickland after a flury of high impact moves at the end: a destroyer, a pop-up flip powerbomb, a cross armbreaker, and his Penta Driver.
The Lucha Bros defeated The Dirty Blondes and Jimmy Yuta & Jason Cade to win the MLW Tag Team titles (MLW Fusion, June 2018) (16:49)
We were told there were no rules in this “anything goes” three-team elimination match for the MLW Tag Team titles — even though the commentary team then questioned why the teams set up on the apron for tags. The action was fast and furious from the start and the tags were immediately thrown to the side and forgotten as Fenix jumped in with a superkick to start off the mayhem.
The dynamics of all three teams were set out from the early going: Leo Brien and Michael Patrick (The Dirty Blondes) were the big powerhouse hoss team, Jimmy Yuta & Jason Cade (Team TBD) were the smaller, more agile and high-flying team, while The Lucha Bros were the superkicking, high-spot artists we have grown to love in recent years.
But not everyone stuck to their guns — Patrick hit a senton off the apron onto all the other competitors at ringside.
The teams took turns displaying their offense and it was during these early exchanges that Cade pinned Patrick to quickly eliminate The Dirty Blondes after coming off the top rope. This brought it down to Team TBD vs. The Lucha Bros and here is where the tempo stepped up another notch. The superkicks were out in force again here. After a double-team catapult senton and a double pin it looked like it was all over, but TBD showed their fight with a double kick out.
Yuta and Cade came off the same turnbuckle and hit Fenix with a double dropkick as the commentary team played up their surprise at how well they were doing against The Lucha Bros. Cade had a few comedy spots with Pentagon but was not laughing when he went for a back handspring off the ropes and while upside down was met with a dropkick to the gut.
Fenix made another late save for his brother after Yuta had hit a Samoan driver on Penta. And the favor was returned moments later after Cade eventually hit his handspring facebreaker on Fenix. Fenix then kicked out of the high-flying combo that put away The Dirty Blondes as we came to the closing stages of this great match.
A miscommunication between TBD led to a superkick/Penta Driver combination on Cade, then a double foot stomp/piledriver combination on Yuta that was enough to crown The Lucha Brothers as the new MLW Tag Team Champions — the first tag champs for the promotion since CW Anderson & Simon Diamond held the gold back in 2003.
Speaking of Anderson & Diamond, we saw a preview of next week’s Anthology of Steve Corino and The Extreme Horsemen where they jumped Terry Funk before an early MLW show. The Horsemen were in a limo pulling up to the building and saw Funk meeting some fans in line. After some jaw-jacking, The Horsemen jumped Funk, busted him open, and left him lying on the street.
Today’s MLW roster then had their time in the limelight as this week’s Pulp Fusion gave everyone a chance to keep us up to date with their current goings on.
– The Von Erich brothers welcomed us to this week’s Pulp Fusion with the news that MLW has signed a deal with DAZN.
– Filthy Tom Lawlor was home schooling his kids, but it all went wrong as they repeatedly took The Von Erichs’ side saying The Von Erichs were tougher than Lawlor, had higher IQs, were the champs when he wasn’t, and were also more handsome than he was.
– Alex Hammerstone and Richard Holliday were discussing Dynastic Coffee, but Hammerstone wanted his own Exotic Latin Muscle brand featuring his favorite Mexican “supplements.”
– Mance Warner was complaining about having no one else to fight and that Uncle Moonman was running around barefoot taking forever to build him his triple cage, so he decided he was challenging a bear to fight him in his cage instead of any humans. Warner said he “was going to hit the pay window on a big ass bear.”
– Dan Lambert was warning us all about Low Ki’s psychological state and told us that American Top Team was now up 2-0 on Ki.
– Myron Reed told us about Injustice’s fight, saying they were bigger, stronger, and more determined than before. Jordan Oliver laughed at CONTRA Unit and told us he could beat up Simon Gotch if given the chance. The joking was over when the newest member of Injustice, Saieve Al Sabah, then told us that every revolution needed a spark, and his knuckle dusters were his.
– We then cut to Mexico City where we saw a door open and a blonde in high heels stepping into the shot. As the camera panned up, the women turned and it was none other than Salina de la Renta announcing her return to MLW!
Next Week —
MLW Anthology: Steve Corino and The Extreme Horsemen.
A first-time ever match between two teams of siblings is set for the second AEW Dynamite of 2020.
AEW announced this afternoon that Cody & Dustin Rhodes will team up against The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) on the January 8 episode of Dynamite. This is the first match announced for the show.
Cody and Dustin have teamed together twice in AEW thus far. They lost to The Young Bucks in the main event of Fight for the Fallen in July. On week three of AEW Dark, Cody, Dustin & The Young Bucks defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) & Strong Hearts (CIMA & T-Hawk).
Pentagon & Fenix defeated Kenny Omega & Hangman Page on Dynamite last week. Page accidentally hit Omega with a Buckshot Lariat before the finish.
Dynamite is off this week due to Wednesday being Christmas. The show returns with a live episode at Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida on New Year’s Day.
The January 8 episode of Dynamite is taking place at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi. It’s being called the anniversary edition of the show, with it being held on the one-year anniversary of AEW’s Double or Nothing rally.
It didn’t take long for AEW to respond to NXT’s opening match announcement for this Wednesday.
Earlier this morning, WWE revealed that Adam Cole and Finn Balor’s NXT Championship match would open this week’s NXT episode and would be commercial free. AEW then announced their opening match for Wednesday, with Kenny Omega & Hangman Page teaming against The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix).
Omega & Page vs. The Lucha Bros will also be commercial-free.
AEW tweeted: “Kicking off #AEW Dynamite this Wednesday, it’s a dream tag team match as #TheLuchaBrothers face Kenny Omega & Hangman Adam Page, and as always – it will be commercial-free! Watch #AEWDynamite on @TNTDrama 8e/7c or get your tickets for Corpus Christi at AEWTIX.com”
Omega & Page have previously teamed together on Dynamite three times. They defeated Kip Sabian & Shawn Spears last week, with Page blind-tagging himself in and pinning Sabian after hitting the Buckshot Lariat.
Wednesday’s Dynamite is taking place at the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas. Here’s what’s been announced for the show:
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Jungle Boy in a non-title match with a 10-minute time limit
AEW Tag Team Champions SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) defending against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander (winner becomes number one contender to Riho’s AEW Women’s Championship)
Cody Rhodes & Darby Allin vs. The Butcher & The Blade
Both members of The Lucha Bros will have singles matches on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
AEW announced today that Pentagon Jr. vs. Christopher Daniels has been added to the lineup for Wednesday’s Dynamite. Fenix vs. Trent Barreta had already been confirmed for the show.
Daniels was taken out of the AEW Tag Team title tournament before it began after being attacked by The Lucha Bros and given a package piledriver on the ramp by Pentagon. Scorpio Sky filled in for him as SCU went on to win the titles by defeating Pentagon & Fenix in the finals of the tournament.
SCU retained their titles against Private Party and The Lucha Bros in a three-way match at Full Gear. In a post-match angle, Daniels made his return dressed as Pentagon and saved Sky and Frankie Kazarian from The Lucha Bros.
Pentagon was eliminated from the Dynamite Dozen battle royal on November 20 after being distracted by Daniels.
Wednesday’s Dynamite is taking place at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. The Young Bucks & Dustin Rhodes vs. Santana, Ortiz & Sammy Guevara in a six-man tag match and Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela are also set for the episode.
The finals of the AEW Tag Team title tournament are now set for next week, with the final two teams advancing.
SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian) will face the Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) next week for the AEW Tag Team titles. Both teams advanced tonight on Dynamite, beating The Dark Order and Private Party respectively.
This plays into an angle that took place last week on Dynamite. Originally, Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian were to be the team representing SCU in the tournament. However the Lucha Bros. jumped them as they were making their way to the ring, with Pentagon Jr. giving Daniels a package piledriver on the rampway.
Scorpio Sky came out in street clothes and joined Kazarian instead, defeating Best Friends. Commentary tonight gave an update on Daniels, saying that he was resting at home.
Dynamite will take place week in Charleston, West Virginia at the Charleston Coliseum.
Two of the Muñoz family members will clash in November against Fenix and Pentagon Jr.
The Crash announced during this evening’s show that Rush & Dragon Lee will meet Pentagon Jr. and Fenix on their 8th anniversary event in Tijuana on November 1. However, Rush later said that it could be any Muñoz family members, meaning father Bestia del Ring could be part of the match.
Dragon Lee is part of the NJPW Super Junior Tag Tournament that takes place later this month and has not been cancelled from that tour.
Rush and Dragon Lee were released from CMLL just hours after the 86th anniversary event took place last weekend, with CMLL claiming it was due to the two not living up to the standards of the organization. There is ongoing turmoil behind the scenes which had led to younger wrestler’s guarantees being cut.
There is also a power struggle ongoing that has led to Sofia Alonso, who was put in charge of the promotion following Paco Alonso’s death, being demoted.
Jonathan Gresham and CIMA were also announced for the anniversary show.
The lineup for the 2019 Battle of Los Angeles has almost been fully announced.
PWG confirmed last night that Pentagon Jr. will be an entrant in this year’s BOLA. There’s only one wrestler left to be announced for the tournament.
Pentagon made his PWG in BOLA 2015 and was also an entrant in the tournament in 2016 and 2017.
The Lucha Bros (Pentagon & Fenix) are former PWG Tag Team Champions. Both are set to take part in BOLA this year.
BOLA is a three-night tournament. It will take place at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, September 19, Friday, September 20, and Sunday, September 22. If current champion Jeff Cobb doesn’t win, the winner of the tournament will get a future shot at the PWG World Championship.
The Lucha Bros and The Young Bucks are officially set to face off in a ladder match at All Out.
At the end of this week’s Being the Elite episode, Matt & Nick Jackson accepted Pentagon Jr. & Fenix’s challenge for the ladder match. Pentagon & Fenix’s AAA Tag Team titles will be on the line.
The ladder match was set up when The Lucha Bros issued their challenge to The Young Bucks at Fight for the Fallen earlier this month. It’s being billed as “escalera de la muerte.”
The Lucha Bros and The Young Bucks have traded the AAA Tag Team titles over the last few months. Pentagon & Fenix’s current reign began when they defeated The Young Bucks at AAA Verano de Escandalo in June.
The Young Bucks defeated The Lucha Bros at Double or Nothing, then teamed with Kenny Omega to defeat Laredo Kid, Pentagon & Fenix at Fyter Fest. The Young Bucks defeated Cody & Dustin Rhodes at Fight for the Fallen, while The Lucha Bros defeated Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian.
All Out is taking place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on Saturday, August 31. Chris Jericho will face Hangman Page to determine the first AEW World Champion. Omega vs. Jon Moxley is official, along with The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) vs. Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor). Cody Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears has also been set up for the show.
The team that wins the Dark Order vs. Best Friends match will get a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.
The Lucha Bros and SoCal Uncensored will be facing off at AEW Fight for the Fallen this Saturday.
On this week’s Being the Elite, Pentagon Jr. & Fenix vs. Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian was announced for Fight for the Fallen. The show is being held at Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday (July 13) and is benefiting Jacksonville’s Victim Assistance Advisory Council.
Christopher Daniels will be in Sky & Kazarian’s corner for the match.
The Lucha Bros lost to The Young Bucks at Double or Nothing in May. Pentagon & Fenix then teamed with Laredo Kid against The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega at Fyter Fest, with Omega pinning Laredo Kid to get the win.
Sky, Kazarian & Daniels defeated CIMA, T-Hawk & El Lindaman at Double or Nothing. Daniels lost a singles match against CIMA at Fyter Fest, and Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor defeated Private Party and Sky & Kazarian in a triple threat match on the Fyter Fest pre-show. As a stipulation of winning that match, Barreta & Taylor will advance to All Out and get the chance to earn a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.
Fight for the Fallen will air for free on B/R Live in the United States and Canada and will be available to purchase as an iPPV via Fite TV elsewhere. Here’s the updated card for the show:
The Young Bucks vs. Cody & Dustin Rhodes
Kenny Omega vs. CIMA
Brandi Rhodes vs. Allie
Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian
Jimmy Havoc, Darby Allin & Joey Janela vs. MJF, Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears
Pentagon Jr. & Fenix vs. Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian
With AAA revealing the card for Triplemania XXVII at a press conference today, we now know who former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will be facing in his professional wrestling debut.
Psycho Clown, Cody Rhodes & Velasquez will take on El Texano Jr., Taurus and a mystery partner. Velasquez appeared at a press conference for AAA in March, with it being announced that he would be making his debut at Triplemania.
Triplemania will also feature a rematch from AEW’s Fyter Fest event. The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) will again team with Laredo Kid against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Kenny Omega.
Triplemania will be headlined by Blue Demon Jr. vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. in a mask vs. hair match. The show is taking place at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on Saturday, August 3 and will air live on Twitch.
Here’s the full card:
Blue Demon Jr. vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. in a mask vs. hair match
The Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid vs. The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega
Psycho Clown, Cody Rhodes & Cain Velasquez vs. El Texano Jr., Taurus and a mystery partner
Reina de Reinas Champion Keyra defending against Lady Shani, Taya Valkyrie, Tessa Blanchard, Faby Apache, Chik Tormenta, and La Hiedra in a TLC match
Copa Triplemania battle royal (La Parka, Pagano, OGT’s, Puma King, Aerostar, Drago, and many more)
Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr. & Golden Magic vs. Mocho Cota Jr., Carta Brava Jr. & AAA’s Tito Santana vs. Pimpinela Escarlata, Maximo & Mamba
Mixed Tag Team Champions Nino Hamburguesa & Big Mami defending against Sammy Guevara & Scarlett Bordeaux, Lady Maravilla & Villano III Jr., and Australian Suicide & Vanilla
The Lucha Bros are once again AAA World tag team champions.
They regained the titles this evening from The Young Bucks in the main event of AAA’s Verando de Escandalo event in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The Bucks had El Hijo Del Tirantes, the company’s heel referee, in their corner but during a moonsault Nick took out both his opponent and Tirantes. A new referee came out to officiate the rest of the match. The Lucha Bros then regained the titles, with Pentagon Jr. pinning Matt after hitting a package piledriver/foot stomp combination.
The Young Bucks defeated the Lucha Bros in an impromptu bout at AAA’s Rey de Reyes event back on March 16 to win the titles for the first time. They successfully retained the titles in a rematch at AEW’s Double or Nothing event on May 25th. The Bucks ended up holding the championships for 93 days.
It was at Rey de Reyes that AAA and AEW announced their new working relationship, with both the Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes making appearances.
Jon Moxley will be facing Pentagon Jr. for Northeast Wrestling this summer.
Northeast Wrestling has announced Moxley vs. Pentagon for their show at the Mid Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York on Friday, August 16. The event is being called “Prison Break.”
Moxley vs. Darby Allin is also set for Northeast Wrestling’s show in Waterbury, Connecticut on Friday, June 14, and Northeast Wrestling’s Twitter announcement lists Moxley for their events in Jackson, New Jersey on June 15, Norwich, Connecticut on August 17, and Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 18.
The former Dean Ambrose made his first appearance for AEW at the end of Double or Nothing on Saturday night. AEW has announced that Moxley has signed a full-time, multi-year deal with them, with his in-ring debut for the promotion set for Fyter Fest in Daytona Beach, Florida on June 29.
Moxley has also been revealed as the person NJPW was hyping in their “Time’s Up” video that targeted IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson. Moxley will appear at the Best of the Super Juniors finals on June 5.
AEW president and CEO Tony Khan spoke about Moxley’s contract with them after Double or Nothing, noting that he’ll be able to work some international and indie dates.
