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On June 7, 2025, the wrestling world will witness an unprecedented event as WWE and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) join forces for "Worlds Collide." Set to str...
In a thrilling turn of events, El Hijo del Vikingo has recaptured the AAA Mega Championship by defeating Alberto El Patron at the Noches De Lucha Libre event on...
In a groundbreaking move during WrestleMania 41 weekend, WWE announced its acquisition of Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, one of Mexico's premier wrestling promotion...
He’s new around here. There are all kinds of stars on the WWE roster but the company has to constantly add in new names on a regular basis. The company can find talent from a variety of places and one of the most common is from other promotions. This could be from anywhere in the country, but sometimes WWE goes international, which is what they have done with another star. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: No Chance: Here Is What Vince McMahon Was “Vehemently Against” In WWE Contracts This Wednesday, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide ran their Noche de Campeones event in Acapulco, Mexico. During the show, Dragon Lee and Dralistico defeated FTR to become the new AAA World Tag Team Champions. Following the match, Lee announced that he had signed with WWE, with no word of what will happen to the titles. WWE later sent out a tweet announcing that Lee would be starting with NXT in January. Lee, 27, is a former Ring Of Honor Tag Team and Television Champion. BREAKING: @dragonlee95 has officially announced t..
It could be a start back. There have been a lot of changes in WWE this year and some of them have been rather important. A few of them have involved wrestlers coming back to the company but there was one instance of two leaving, seemingly for good. Their situations have changed a bit in recent months, and now one of them might have taken another big step back towards wrestling. Back in May, Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out on WWE, vacating the Women’s Tag Team Titles in the process. Neither has appeared in WWE since, though their returns have been rumored in recent weeks. This week, LuchaLibre Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain posted a picture to its Facebook page showing Banks at their training facility. One of the comments said that she was at the facility training with the students. There is still no word on when or if Banks will return to WWE. IMG Credit: LuchaLibre Barcelona Facebook Opinion: I’m not sure if Banks is going to come back to WWE but it is nice to see that she is at lea..
He doesn’t go here. WWE is the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in the world but it is not the only one. There are several other promotions around the world, some of which have their own legacies and histories. Their biggest events are among the most important in the world and that was the case this weekend. It was so big that a WWE legend made a surprise appearance. This weekend, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide held the third and final night of its TripleMania XXX show. The event marked thirty years of AAA and WWE Rey Mysterio made a surprise cameo via pre-recorded video. Mysterio talked about how important it was to wrestle at TripleMania and praised the company and wrestlers on the card. Mysterio wrestled in AAA in the early 1990s before coming to American to wrestle full time. This was special. Check out Mysterio’s message for AAA (and some of his trophy room): [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: This is the kind of cool cameo that makes a show feel specia..
Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? WrestleCon: USA vs. The World Date: April 2, 2022 Location: Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Veda Scott This is about as obvious of an idea as you can get: take a bunch of wrestlers from WrestleCon weekend and put them in a bunch of matches, one country vs. the rest. This show has a tendency to be one of the weaker of the WrestleCon offerings but there are some talented people on the card. Let’s get to it. Warrior Wrestling Lucha Libre Title: Sam Adonis (USA) vs. La Hiedra (World) vs. Mr..
He’s up next. One of the biggest wrestling stories over the last few years has been WWE releasing so many wrestlers from the company. There have been almost two hundred wrestlers released, but they might not be alone. In addition to all of the wrestlers, there have been some behind the scenes workers released too. Now though, another on-screen worker is being let go after a very long run with the company. Former WWE broadcaster Hugo Savinovich has posted on Instagram that Carlos Cabrera has been released from WWE after twenty nine years with the company. Cabrera worked with WWE as a Spanish broadcaster, formerly with Savinovich, though it is not clear why he was let go. There is no word on if Cabrera’s release will be the start of another string of people being let go from WWE. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lucha Libre Online (@luchalibreonline) Opinion: This is one of those situations that is almost hard to fathom. Cabrera is someone who has been around WWE for almos..
It’s that time of year again! WWE has announced the arrival of its WWE 2K22 video game, produced by Visual Concepts. The game includes a number of new features and features Rey Mysterio on the cover. Below is the official trailer for the game: [This post contains video, click to play] From WWE.com: “Representing the culture of lucha libre as the cover Superstar for WWE 2K22 is a moment of great pride for me,” said Rey Mysterio. “I’m looking forward to sharing the stories behind the big moments of my career with a dedicated community of players and connecting with WWE fans in a whole new way as they play through my 2KShowcase.” “Throughout his career, Rey Mysterio has staged multiple comebacks to prove his resiliency time and time again, and through it all, has cemented his legacy as a living legend of sports entertainment,” said Alfie Brody, Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K. “In that same spirit of resiliency, WWE 2K22 strikes back with a slew of upgrades and com..
That’s a different way to present things. Professional wrestling has been around for a very long time now and you can see it take place in all different forms. The style that was popular in the early days of wrestling is quite different than what we see today, which doesn’t even include all of the style changes along the way. Now though, we might be seeing something that has never been done before, even in wrestling. Aro Lucha, a lucha libre promotion, has announced that it will stop producing live wrestling events and move towards an animation project instead. In an announcement to its current investors, courtesy of Fightful Select, the company spoke about their decision, citing the Coronavirus pandemic, the market opportunity of the animation industry and the growing Latino and Hispanic market. The company has already begun working on the untitles animated series. Aro Lucha ran four events in Texas and Tennessee in December 2017 and January 2018, with most of its wrestlers now being..
What could have been. There are all kinds of titles in the wrestling world and that can create a bit of a problem at times. With so many titles out there, it can be easy to have the title scene over saturated with champions. If a good percentage of wrestlers have a title, then the championships don’t mean as much. That has been a common criticism of WWE for a long time now and it was almost worse. In a post on his Instagram account, former WWE wrestler Jack Gallagher revealed that WWE had Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles created and ready from the time 205 Live debuted in 2016. The titles were purple and gold and were found on the prop truck which was brought to weekly television. They were never officially introduced either backstage or on television. Rules suggested for the titles included lucha libre rules for tag matches, meaning both feet touching the floor allowed the partner to come in, or trios titles. There is nothing to suggest that these titles will be introduced at any point ..
Every little bit helps. The entire world has been turned upside down by the spread of the Coronavirus and there does not seem to be much hope as far as things getting better in the near future. While things will get better in the end, the situation is not exactly looking great at the moment. Little things can make the situation a bit easier, and now some wrestlers are doing their part. One of the major problems with the whole Coronavirus situations is the lack of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. As a result, it can make checking those potentially infected with the virus that much more dangerous, meaning a diagnosis can be a little more difficult. That is where the wrestling industry can step in, using their own brand of skills. According to the BBC, Mexican wrestler El Hijo de Soberano is making and selling lucha libre themed face masks for use to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Sobreano has been using the same material that he uses to make wrestling att..
Andrade Almas and Zelina Vega are coming to Smackdown. The former NXT Champion and his business manager were featured in a video package during the Superstar Shakeup episode of Smackdown. Then WWE made it official in the following tweet. #ElIdolo @AndradeCienWWE and his business manager @Zelina_VegaWWE are heading to #SDLive! #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/CVsYBwi5lL — WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018 After the announcement, Almas made the following statement on Twitter. El Idolo and La Muñeca have arrived!!! #SmackdownLive ------------ — Andrade Cien Almas (@AndradeCienWWE) April 18, 2018 Almas did appear in the 2018 Royal Rumble where he lasted almost thirty minutes but went back to NXT to defend his championship. He lost that title at NXT Takeover: New Orleans to Aleister Black. The Mexican Luchador has been with WWE since 2016 and before then predominantly wrestled for the Lucha Libre promotion CMLL. Vega has wrestled in the past and on some NXT house shows but she has not..
He could not stay away from the ring. Rich Swann had quite the whirlwind of a 2017 in a short span of time as he was once a WWE superstar, then he and the company mutually agreed to part ways, and following that Swann decided that he no longer wanted to be a pro wrestler and announced his retirement from the sport. In December of 2017 Swann was suspended indefinitely by WWE for violating their zero tolerance policy for domestic violence. Rich Swann and his wife Vannarah Riggs, also known as 'Su Yung' were involved in an altercation with one another that resulted in Swann being arrested. Rich Swann was arrested on charges of battery and false imprisonment, and in January of this year the charges that were placed against him were dismissed due to lack of evidence to find him guilty. The following month after being cleared of the charges Swann and WWE agreed to mutually part ways. After his departure from company Swann had dates lined up with the 'CRASH Lucha Libre' ..
<p>WWE announced the first four names for the July 13th and July 14th Mae Young Classic tournament. They wrote the following on their website:</p><p><em>Toni Storm is the first and reigning PROGRESS Women’s Champion in the United Kingdom. Already an eight-year veteran, Storm has carved out a reputation worldwide: Born in New Zealand, raised in Australia and based in the U.K., she wrestled in 13 countries before age 20, capturing championships along the way.</em></p><p><em>Lacey Evans, of Parris Island, S.C., is a familiar face to WWE Network subscribers. A newcomer inside the yellow ropes of NXT, Evans joined the WWE Performance Center in April 2016. Prior to pursuing sports-entertainment, she served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, including time spent as military police and a member of the Special Reactions Team, which is the Marine equivalent of a SWAT Team.</em></p><p><em>Sarah Logan is an NXT competitor and recruit at the Performance Center. She began her in-ring career on the U.S. independent scene in 2011, and quickly gained notoriety for her rough-and-tumble fights. She refined her skills in Japan under former WWE <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/light/" title="Light">Light</a></strong> Heavyweight Champion Taka Michinoku before signing with WWE in October 2016. Logan, who has also won Olympic powerlifting competitions, made her NXT TV debut earlier this year.</em></p><p><em>Princesa Sugehit, from Monterrey, brings 20 years’ experience to the Classic. Since turning professional in 1996, Sugehit has earned countless accolades while competing in her home country’s top organizations, CMLL and AAA. Not only that, but she has claimed the masks of numerous rivals over the year, which is considered the ultimate sign of triumph in <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/lucha/" title="lucha">lucha</a></strong> <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/libre/" title="libre">libre</a></strong>. She is also the current Mexican National Women’s Champion.</em></p><p>We revealed seventeen names the other day for the event, which you can read <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/2017/06/13/17-names-revealed-upcoming-mae-young-classic/">here</a>.</p>
<p>While speaking to Chris Van Vilet, former WWE Supestar Evan Bourne commented on his position within the cruiserweights and claimed that he was the best out there. Here is what he said:</p><p><em>“I’m the best Crusierweight, X Division, Junior Heavyweight wrestler whatever you want to call it. The way that everybody tries to put their matches on, they’re basically just trying to do what I do. It’s as simple as that. I was just lucky to be there ahead of the curve to be the driving force behind bringing this amazing style of wrestling from Japan that combined <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/lucha/" title="Lucha">Lucha</a></strong> <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/libre/" title="Libre">Libre</a></strong>, American professional wrestling, Canadian professional wrestling and Japanese wrestling all into one beautiful mix that fans worldwide absolutely can’t get enough of.”</em></p><p>You can check out footage of him making those remarks in the <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/video/" title="video">video</a></strong> below:</p>
After parting ways with WWE both Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio have joined "AAA" the leading Lucha Libre promotion. Their biggest PPV "Triplemania" will be l...