After teasing a ‘major announcement’ at WrestleMania 41 night time one Kickoff Present, WWE introduced that it has acquired Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque, AAA CEO Dorian Roldan, AAA’s President, El Hijo del Vikingo, Penta, Rey Mysterio and NXT Girls’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer made the announcement on Saturday.
WWE introduced that it has acquired Lucha Libre AAA forward of WrestleMania 41(X)
WWE and AAA will host a Worlds Collide present on June 7 on the KIA Discussion board in Inglewood, California.
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On Saturday, WrestleMania 41 Kickoff Present host Michael Cole invited Triple H and all the Mexican and Latin American stars on the roster to the stage. After the acquisition announcement was made, Triple H, who’s the CCO of WWE, mentioned that the American promoter will take Lucha Libre to a different stage.
Particulars in regards to the partnership haven’t been revealed but.
AAA was based by Antonio Peña and Konnan in 1992. It is without doubt one of the hottest wrestling firms on the planet, flooded with expertise like Alberto El Patron (previously Alberto Del Rio) and El Hijo de Vikingo.
What’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
AAA is a distinguished Mexican skilled wrestling promotion primarily based in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico. The promotion has constructed a fame for outlandish gimmicks, distinctive characters, and excessive match kinds, setting it other than extra conventional wrestling promotions.
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Considered one of its early milestones was co-promoting the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view occasion with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, which was critically acclaimed and credited with popularizing lucha libre in the US. The occasion featured distinguished wrestlers like Artwork Barr, whose premature loss of life shortly after marked a poignant second in AAA’s historical past.
Over the a long time, AAA has confronted important developments, together with its acquisition by WWE, introduced in April 2025, the longer term implications of which stay unsure.