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WWE touts viewership success of Worlds Collide

Posted on by Josh Nason

WWE issued a media statement Friday touting the success of last Friday’s WWE x AAA Worlds Collide event that aired on YouTube.

The company claimed the show “set a record for the largest concurrent live audience in the event’s history,” peaking at 773,000 live concurrent viewers over their own YouTube channel and that of WWE Espanol, AAA and AAA’s Facebook channel.

That number breaks the previous reported record of 764,389 concurrent views for June’s Worlds Collide event from Inglewood, California. That show aired in the afternoon prior to that night’s Money in the Bank PLE while this past Friday’s show from Las Vegas aired after WWE SmackDown in the evening.

From the release:

“More than 4.1 million viewers watched the broadcast in the first 24 hours, with an additional 127 million digital views generated across social platforms.”

Last Friday was headlined by Dominik Mysterio winning the AAA Mega title from El Hijo del Vikingo on a show that also included main roster and NXT talent like Finn Balor, The New Day, Lola Vice, Grayson Waller, and Penta who did a show-opening promo. Rey Mysterio also made an appearance.

The next such event has yet to be announced with a report out Thursday stating that a show during Survivor Series weekend in San Diego is heavily under consideration.

Report: WWE considering AAA event for upcoming PLE weekend

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Coming off their second Worlds Collide show of the year, WWE is reportedly considering another AAA event before the end of the year: that being during Survivor Series weekend.

First reported on WrestleVotes Radio Thursday, the outlet cited sources within WWE with the news that “at least one more AAA streaming event” is being considered by year’s end with speculation pointing to San Diego where the PLE will be held.

This past weekend’s Worlds Collide was held in Las Vegas as part of a weekend that featured the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford boxing match on Saturday. The show aired after Friday’s WWE SmackDown which was held on the East Coast.

During WrestleMania weekend, it was announced that WWE was set to purchase AAA along with Mexican-based holding company Filip. The deal has yet to officially go through, but is believed to be in the final stages of completion.

Starting with the first Worlds Collide in June as part of the impending deal, WWE has sent talent to AAA shows and also aired last month’s Triplemania on their YouTube channel. WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio won the company’s Mega title last Friday, pictured above.

WWE’s percentage of ownership in AAA revealed

Posted on by Josh Nason

Through new reporting, the percentage of WWE’s controlling interest in Mexican wrestling promotion AAA has been revealed.

Reported in Spanish language publication LexLatin, WWE (owned by TKO) will own 51% of AAA when the transaction completes in Q3 of 2025 with Mexican sports and entertainment company Fillip owning the remaining 49%.

The total amount of the sale has yet to be revealed. The sale itself was revealed during the pre-show for last month’s WWE WrestleMania 41.

From the report:

“The deal had a strong intellectual property component as the main value of the acquired company (part of the main assets purchased) is its intangible assets (trademarks, copyrights, and exclusive use rights, among others). Because of this, the transaction required an audit of these assets “to verify their specific characteristics, validity, and legal status, as well as a review of the licenses and other contracts entered into regarding them,” Creel explained. 

Creel, Garcia-Cuellar, Aiza y Enríquez, SC was the firm that represented Fillip in the sale. It was stated by the same firm that “several of the seller’s IP assets were subject to litigation, necessitating an analysis of potential liabilities and risks arising from the litigation.”

Roberto Cornish of Mexican legal firm Cornish+Pani Abogados that represented the sellers said that “the IP due diligence also included the structuring and documentation of AAA’s “valuable portfolio of characters, brands, and licensing agreements.'”

No other details were provided as to the audit and the potential litigation regarding AAA’s IP.