AAA: Noche de Los Grandes is going to be a big historic show in Monterrey, Mexico! The headline for this show is MASK VS. MASK as both El Grande Americano and The Original El Grande Americano battle in a heated rivalry that makes this the most anticipated match on the entire card. And we have a stacked card of championship matches as well tonight with the AAA Latin American Championship, the AAA Cruiserweight World Championship, and the AAA World Tag Team Championship all on the line. Night one is streamed live on Saturday, May 30th at 10 PM ET on WWE’s YouTube channel in English and on AAA Lucha Libre’s YouTube channel en español. Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!
Bienvenido a Monterrey as we see shots of the superstars who will be competing tonight. We get an overhead shot of the arena and it looks HUGE. Corey Graves is on English commentary joined by WWE Hall of Famers JBL and the new General Manager of AAA, Rey Mysterio. Rey Fenix is the first man out, which means that the Cruiserweight Championship will be the first title match of the night. The champion comes out next looking stoic as he did not want to defend his title again.
* AAA World Cruiserweight Championship: Rey Fenix vs. Laredo Kid {C}
Fenix dropkicks the champ at the bell! He quickly hits the springboard back kick in the corner, lifts him up on the top turnbuckle, slaps him on the chest, sets up for the MMB, but Laredo slips off and pushes him away. Fenix side-steps him in a corner, kick to the back of the neck, runs the top rope to hit the Goodbye Amigo, goes for a rolling thunder but Laredo counters with a powerbomb, kicks him in the head, and covers for 2. Laredo stomps on his back, hits a bottom-rope springboard corkscrew moonsault, Fenix rolls away from the middle-rope springboard moonsault, Laredo kicks him, hits a running neckbreaker, and plants him with the Michinoku Driver for a near-fall as the crowd starts chanting “¡Vámos Fenix!“
Laredo Kid sees that Fenix is in pain so he goes right on the attack to the lower back with a half crab and knees to the kidneys then puts him in the cloverleaf submission. Fenix crawls to grab the ropes to force a break, but Laredo is still on the attack, then he decides to rip off the top turnbuckle pad and hides the rope in his trunks. Fenix tries to fight back, but Laredo side-steps him in a corner, Fenix crashes into the ringpost, Laredo goes up top and applies the cloverleaf in the turnbuckles! Laredo ties up the legs, pulls him back by the arms, CURB STOMPS him, and covers for 2.5!
The crowd chants for Fenix again, Laredo Kid taunts him being over-confident, Fenix clotheslines him, another clothesline, and a discus clothesline! Laredo rolls out the ring, Fenix hits a springboard diving crossbody to the outside, throws the champ back in the ring, goes up top, connects with a froggy-style diving crossbody, covers for 2, and transitions into the cross armbar until Laredo gets his feet on the bottom rope to break the hold. The crowd chants “¡Esto es lucha!” which means “This is wrestling!” Laredo slips off his shoulders, shoves him towards the exposed turnbuckle, Fenix stops short, superkicks him, Laredo ducks a roundhouse, they start trading slaps on the chest, punches, Laredo goes for a tilt-a-whirl DDT but Fenix flips through it! Fenix swings through the ropes to hit the rebound roundhouse kick, Laredo answers with the Destroyer DDT, and covers for 2.9!! “¡Vámos Fenix! ¡Vámos Fenix!“
Fenix blocks a roll-up, misses the head kick, blocks the lowblow, and hits forearms until he’s shoved away. Both men in opposite corners, Fenix hits a forearm smash, the rolling thunder cutter connects, covers, and gets a near-fall of his own. Fenix kips up, powers up, hits the Sweet Chin Music, covers, and gets 2.9! Fenix sets him up for the MMB, Laredo counters with an inside cradle for 2, hits the Codebreaker, gets up on the turnbuckles, mocks him with the “Cero Miedo” taunt, Fenix pops up with an uppercut, plants him with the MEXICAN MUSCLE BUSTER, and gets the 1-2-KICKOUT!! “¡Esto es lucha! ¡Esto es lucha!” Fenix points towards the exposed turnbuckle, the referee blocks it, Laredo kicks him in the balls for a lowblow behind the referee’s back, he goes up top, connects with the frog splash, and covers for the 1-2-KICKOUT!! Laredo is getting aggravated, Fenix side-steps him in the questionable corner, Laredo hits the exposed steel chest-first, Fenix hits the jumping kick to the side of the head, hits another MEXICAN MUSCLE BUSTER, AND COVERS FOR THE THREE-COUNT!! WINNER, and NEW, AAA WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION: REY FENIX!
REY FENIX IS THE NEW CHAMPION!! The 539-day title reign of Laredo Kid is over! Rey Fenix is now a 2-time AAA World Cruiserweight Champion! Fenix heads into the crowd to hug his family. What a match!
We see several Mexican TV personalities in the crowd, but the most loved personalities are one-half of the AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions Mr. Iguana (with La Yeska) as well as La Parka there too!
We get a video package to lead us into the next match, which will be the second title match tonight and it’s for the Latin American Championship. Vikingo heads out first with Dorian Roldan by his side, but Omos is conspicuous by his absence. Son of Wagner Jr. heads out next to fanfare and cheers as the babyface champion.
* AAA Latin American Championship: El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. {C}
Now it’s Wagner III with a dropkick at the bell! Wagner plants the challenger with a pop-up powerslam, covers for a 2-count, chops him on the back, senton, and covers for another 2-count. Both men on the apron, Vikingo superkicks him, forearm smash, Wagner hits a big boot, Vikingo ducks under him, and dropkicks him in the knee to send him into the steel steps. Vikingo slams his head on the step, sits him on the step around the ringpost, goes up top, and hits a nasty mushroom stomp to the floor! Vikingo throws the champ back into the ring, covers, and gets a 2-count. Wagner rolls under the bottom rope, Vikingo kicks him out with a baseball slide, then runs the apron to hit the shooting star press to the floor.
Back in the ring, Vikingo dives off the ropes into a superkick by the champ! Wagner hits a step-up knee to the jaw, lands the cannonball into the bottom buckle, goes up top, hits a diving splash, hooks the legs and gets a near-fall. Vikingo hits a roundhouse kick, Wagner with a big forearm smash, Vikingo hits the crucifix driver, and both men are down. Now here comes the big man Omos heading to the ring to a chorus of boos. Wagner side-steps Vikingo in a corner, clotheslines him, covers for 2, goes up top, and right on cue Dorian Roldan distracts the referee so that Omos can pull Wagner’s leg to trip him off the ropes. Vikingo hits the meteora in the bottom turnbuckle, goes up top, connects with the 450 splash, and covers for 2.99!
Wagner’s younger brother Galeno runs down to attack Omos, but the bigger Omos swats away The Aztec Giant and throws him over the barrier! Omos goes after him, tries to scare a young fan, and Galeno takes a steel chair to Omos for revenge. Galeno whacks him on the back and midsection with the chair, wearing him down to the ground! Vikingo dropkicks Galeno through the ropes, sending him crashing into the barricade, Galeno gets on the apron but he’s stopped from interfering by the referee. MINI VIKINGO hits a springboard missile dropkick to VIkingo behind the ref’s back, and Wagner takes advantage to follow-up with the PENTA DRIVER for 1-2-KICKOUT!! Wagner picks Vikingo up for the Wagner Driver, on the outside Omos sends Galeno into the ringpost head-first, Vikingo sends Wagner into the ropes, the ref pulls him back for a rope break, Omos gets in a cheap shot punch to Wagner’s head behind the ref’s back, Vikingo goes up top, hits the 630 SPLASH, and covers for 3 to win the title!! WINNER, and NEW, AAA LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPION: HIJO DEL VIKINGO!!
El Hijo del Vikingo is the new AAA Latin American Champion for the first time! That’s our second title changing hands, two-in-a-row for the night!
We get the announcement for the first-ever two-night AAA Triplemanía 34 that night one on Friday, September 11th will be held live in Las Vegas, Nevada! Night two on Sunday, September 13th, is in Mexico City. We also get a promo announcement for WWE’s Mexico Tour heading to Mexico in September with SmackDown (Sept. 11th) and Raw (Sept. 14th) being held in Mexico City. We see more personalities in the crowd, but obviously the best and most popular are La Catalina, Bayley, and one-half of the AAA Mixed Tag Team and NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice!
Our third title match of the night is coming up next, as the World Tag Team Titles are on the line, and the champions are not on the same page. Could this tension be the demise of their title reign? The War Raiders certainly hope so as they head to the ring to challenge the champs. Pagano and Psycho Clown come out next and right now they look to be vibing together.
* AAA World Tag Team Championship: The War Raiders vs. Pagano & Psycho Clown {C}
The Raiders charge at the bell, the champs side-step and send them out the ring, and they both hit tope suicidas to their challengers. They throw Erik into the ring, they hit a double-team backstabber and clothesline combo, and they are currently on the same page. Psycho ducks a clothesline from Ivar, superkicks him to send him back out the ring, kicks Erik, gets distracted by Ivar, and Erik clobbers him from behind sending him out the ring. Ivar tags in, splashes onto Psycho from the apron to the floor, throws him back in, and covers for 2. Erik tags in, Irish whip sending to Ivar into Psycho, cheap shot to Pagano, pummels Psycho on the mat, Irish whip, and hits a big forearm smash. Erik puts Psycho Clown in a double wristlock submission, Psycho gets back to his feet, Erik slams him down, Ivar tags in, knee to the midsection, Erik with a kneelift, Ivar covers for 2, hits a falling forearm, repeated back elbows in the corner, and Psycho comes back with a clothesline. Both men are down, Ivar tags out, and Psycho makes the hot tag.
Pagano blocks a clothesline, hits a back elbow, Erik sends him to the ropes, Pagano hits another back elbow, Erik blocks a double underhook, Pagano hits yet another back elbow, and follows up with the diving Codebreaker from the middle ropes. Pagano dropkicks Ivar through the ropes, drops him with a tornado DDT on the floor, gets back in the ring, kicks Ivar, hits a gutwrench powerslam, and gets a near-fall. Both Ivar and Psycho Clown get back in their corners, and they both get tagged in. Psycho hits a flying punch and headbutt to Ivar, hits the Psycho Elbow to Erik, Ivar tosses him onto the apron, Psycho fights back, and hits a suicide dive from the apron to Erik! Psycho gets back in the ring, hits Ivar with the Code Red, and gets a 2-count.
Ivar boots him, Psycho boots him back, tags out, picks Ivar up on his shoulders, plants him with the Psycho Driver, Pagano goes up top, Psycho tags again, Pagano hits the diving legdrop, and Psycho salutes Eddie Guerrero to follow up with the frog splash for 1-2-NO as Erik breaks up the count! Erik and Pagano battle each other until Pagano hits Erik with a suicide dive. Pagano gets back in, Irish whips Psycho towards Ivar, but Ivar drops him with a senton out the corner. Pagano punches and chops Ivar, but he kicks Ivar’s arm to inadvertantly backhand Psycho’s head to knock him down, then Ivar ducks as Pagano charges and accidentally clotheslines his own partner Psycho Clown!
Pagano looks down on the Clown with a frown as the man in brown from Viking town Erik gets the tag, and Ivar throws Pagano out the ring. Erik and Ivar deliver The Viking Experience (pop-up powerslam), Erik makes the cover, Ivar adds more weight, and they get the 3-count!!! Pagano was too late to get back in the ring, and they won the titles!! WINNERS, and NEW, AAA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE WAR RAIDERS!!
Three title matches in a row with new champions crowned! The War Raiders are the new AAA World Tag Team Champions!! Everything just went downhill for Psycho Clown and Pagano towards the end of the match. Pagano helps him back up to his feet, but Psycho is obviously unhappy with him. Psycho berates him, shoves him away, Pagano shoves him back harder, Psycho rips off his Clown mask to reveal the monster underneath, they get in each other’s faces, so Pagano turns his back to him and walks away. Erik and Ivar aren’t finished! They get back in the ring to attack Psycho Clown, Ivar hits the spinning leg lariat, Pagano stops walking, Erik plants Psycho with the urinage slam, and they look over at Pagano. The crowd cheers for Pagano to do something, but he turns his back again and walks away as The War Raiders plant Psycho with RAGNAROK, and then they pose with their new titles to begin their first reign.
Next week for the second round of Noche de Los Grandes, we’ll see a six-woman tag team match with Las Toxicas facing La Catalina, Lola Vice and Bayley. Also, the new AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio will have an exclusive interview. Coming up next is the main event for Mask vs. Mask!
There is a mass amount of hype leading up to this next match as we see several watch parties all over excited to see it. Rey Mysterio’s music plays and he takes a while after leaving commentary to head out to the ring. We see both men getting ready mentally for their big match. We get a video package showing the long history of mask vs. mask matches, and the two Grande Americanos in a big collision crossing paths until they eventually hate each other leading up to this point. A mariachi band is playing on the stage, and El Grande Americano OG is summoned to head out alongside a security team. The Original El Grande Americano heads out first wearing a predominant navy blue singlet to a loud chorus of boos from the Mexican crowd, and he will be referred to as OG in the match. The beloved El Grande Americano makes his way to the ring by himself and the crowd sings along to the song “Cielito Lindo” sung by a different band playing on stage. El Grande Americano heads out wearing a gold and white singlet and he is immensely accepted by the fans and some are even crying! He will be referred to as EGA in the match. We get the proper main event match introductions, and we get the announcement that there are no disqualifications. Rey Mysterio is there for the introductions. Adrian Butler is the referee for this match. OG Americano takes a guitar from one of the mariachi members and WHACKS EL GRANDE IN THE HEAD before the opening bell!! Rey Mysterio admonishes OG for his pre-match actions, Adrian Butler asks Mysterio what he wants to do, and Rey tells him to call for the bell to begin!
* “Mask vs. Mask” No-Disqualification Match: Original El Grande Americano vs. El Grande Americano
OG jumps on EGA at the bell and he beats him down immediately. EGA can’t even stand as OG is all over him, and the crowd is all over OG with their chanting. OG delivers a fireman’s carry slam, slaps him across the face, the crowd chants “Vámos Grande” as EGA begins to fight back and they cheer for him with every punch thrown, then they boo OG when he switches back to offense. We got ourselves a hockey fight! OG chops him, sets him up top, EGA fights him off, they trade shots, and EGA counters with a vertical suplex. OG gives him a belly-to-belly suplex over the ropes, EGA lands on the apron, and OG clotheslines him. Rey Mysterio has made it back to return to commentary and says the atmosphere was unlike anything he’s lived before in his life. EGA launches OG into the ringpost with a monkey flip on the apron and takes him down with a tope suicida!
EGA hits a running dropkick, chops him on the chest, but OG gives him a double leg back drop on the floor, and throws him face-first into the ringpost. EGA gives him a rolling death valley driver on the floor, pulls out a table, sets it up at ringside, OG tackles him, sends him into the steel steps, pulls the steps out and into position, and slams his face into the steps. OG picks him up while on the stairs, slams him down to the floor, throws him back into the ring, and covers for a near-fall. OG traps his arms in the bottom rope, starts to rip open his mask, punches him in his face, EGA picks him up while on the apron, and hits a AIR RAID CRASH THROUGH THE TABLE!! “¡Esto es lucha! ¡Esto es lucha!“
OG blocks a kick, goes for the ankle lock, but instead delivers a German suplex on the floor. OG picks up a piece of the broken table, clocks EGA in the face with it dumping him over the barricade, picks up a swivel chair and launches it at him twice, and even throws a steel chair at him too! OG suplexes him at ringside, slams his head on the announce table at ringside, tosses a swivel chair aside, throws him back into the ring, pummels him some more, EGA is still swinging, OG pummels him some more and EGA is bloodied up right now. EGA fights back, OG punches him back, EGA delivers an exploder suplex, covers for 2, and slaps him hard in the face. OG sets him up on the top turnbuckle facing the crowd, climbs up behind him, and delivers a TOP ROPE BELLY-TO-BACK SUPERPLEX!
OG punches him in the head, EGA fires up, OG punches him, EGA fires back up, fights back with slaps to the chest, grabs the hand, runs the ropes for a blockbuster, and covers for 2. EGA slaps him on the chest again, sets him up on the top, uppercuts him, climbs up behind him, and now HE RIPS OG’S MASK until he fights him off. OG dives off the ropes, EGA ducks him, does a tilt-a-whirl face slam onto the steel steps, and takes a moment to breath with his people. OG leans against the steps, EGA hits a running dropkick, throws him back into the ring, jumps on him for a ground-n-pound, punches him on the top of the head, hits the penalty kick, and covers for 2. Both men now have their masks ripped up and bloody.
EGA tosses a few chairs into the ring, wedges one in the turnbuckles, OG recovers to give him a German suplex, both men have a chair in hand, EGA ducks a swing, then hits the chair in OG’s hands to knock him down, and covers for 1-2-NO as Los Americanos Hermanos pull EGA out the ring and shove him into the barricade! Julio clears off the announce table, Bruto brings EGA over, they slam EGA onto the table, Julio pulls him back up, and puts EGA through the announce table! EGA is thrown back into the ring, OG is on the top rope, hits the DIVING HEADBUTT, covers, and gets the 1-2-KICKOUT! Rayo and Bravo run down to even the odds and they battle with Julio and Bruto up the ramp, then Rayo hits them with a kendo stick! Bravo hops up onto a ledge in the background, Rayo brings them into position, and Bravo lands onto all three with a huge diving crossbody!! “¡Esto es lucha! ¡Esto es lucha!“
OG looks over at the blind comedian Ojitos in the front row, grabs him like he did last time, but Ojitos fights back hitting OG with his walking stick, then EGA hits OG with a blockbuster off the apron! EGA hugs Ojitos, throws OG back into the ring, gets on the apron, OG hits him with the rolling Liger Kick, then someone wearing a mask is in the ring behind OG and hits him in the head with a guitar!! It’s PIMPINELA ESCARLATA getting a huge ovation!!! Pimpi gives OG his comeuppance! EGA gets back in the ring to hit the running headbutt, covers, and gets the 1-2-KICKOUT!! The crowd loudly chants Pimpi’s name. EGA checks under the ring, pulls out a bullrope, but before he can use it OG kicks him with a lowblow, and now he whips him with the bullrope. OG lays a chair in place, pulls him back with the rope, stomps his face into the chair, and covers for 2.9!
OG chokes him with the bullrope while in the ropes, and ANDREA BAZARTE makes her way through the crowd to the front row to cheer on EGA and motivate him! Andrea and the crowd chant “Sí se puede” for EGA to help him believe that he can do it. OG releases the rope and exits the ring to chastise and taunt Andrea that she was fired, but she shows him that she has a ticket to be here just like the rest of the fans since she’s still behind the barrier. EGA attacks OG from behind, whips him with the bullrope, they get back in the ring, EGA hits the swinging DDT onto the steel chair, covers, and gets 2.99! “¡Esto es lucha! ¡Esto es lucha!” They trade punches to “BOOs” and “YAYs” from the hyped and excited crowd until it turns into a hockey fight. OG gives him a overhead belly-to-belly throw into the turnbuckles, goes up top, connects with the DIVING MOONSAULT, and covers for 2.99!!
OG wraps EGA’s leg around the ringpost, smacks his leg with a steel chair across the steel steps, gets back in the ring, applies the ANKLE LOCK, EGA rolls through, and applies the submission LA CAVERNARIA! OG flips over, goes back to the ANKLE LOCK, and grapevines his legs for more pressure. EGA is in trouble, he’s close to tapping, he escapes the hold, delivers a release belly-to-back suplex, takes the straps down, runs the ropes, but his leg buckles from the pain, OG sees this, takes his own straps down, delivers the CHAOS THEORY, and bridges for the 1-2-NO! Both men are spent at this point as the crowd chant “¡Vámos Grande! ¡Vámos Grande!” Both men stand in opposing corners, EGA ducks a charging OG who crashes into the ringpost shoulder-first, both men exhausted, EGA runs the ropes fighting through the pain, hits the RUNNING HEADBUTT, and covers for the 1-2-3!!!!!! WINNER: EL GRANDE AMERICANO!!
El Grande Americano – the beloved superstar in Mexico, the representative of Mexican culture, friend of Pimpinela Escarlata, the hero of Ojitos, and the savior of Andrea Bazarte – has won the most anticipated and grueling battle in a “Match of the Year” candidate in the heart of Monterrey to the adoration of every one of his fans! Rayo, Bravo, Pimpi and Andrea are all in the ring to celebrate El Grande Americano’s victory. The Original El Grande Americano steps in the ring for the unmasking and to discover who is under the mask. (Wink-wink.)
OG Americano has something to say. “Please, allow me a few moments to says a few things, please. I put on this mask to go on a quest to learn the art of lucha libre to defeat all the luchadors that I hated, hated, hated! And in that process on my journey I learned everything there is to know about lucha libre, about Mexico, about AAA, the Mexican people, and the Mexican culture. And I’m man enough to admit, I stand here in front of you, not as a mask, but as a man. And it pains me to say this, it hurts me bad, but with all the honor in the world I’ll say that tonight I could not overcome the Mexican spirit. But understand this, I will always be the original El Grande Americano. But tonight, I’m looking you right in the eye and saying that from now on, YOU are the ONLY El Grande Americano.” OG salutes his family standing in the ring with him, takes his mask off… and Chad Gable is finally unmasked. The crowd cheers and loudly chants “GABLE! GABLE! GABLE! GABLE!” That is the ultimate respect fort he man himself and his ring work. “Mi nombre es Chad Gable. I was born March 8th, 1986 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States of America. I wrestled in the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman Wrestling and I’ve been a professional wrestler for 13 years. This is my beautiful family, my wife and my three lovely children. Mark my words, I don’t know when and I don’t know how, but Chad Gable will be BACK in AAA! Gracias!” Chad Gable hands El Grande Americano his mask. “From now on, this is yours.” The crowd chants “Thank you Gable” as he steps out with his family. El Grande Americano celebrates in the ring as el unico alongside Rayo and Bravo, gets a big hug from Andrea, and she plants him a sweet kiss on the lips, and they dance in the ring as “Cielito Lindo” plays from the band. El Grande Americano limps his way up the entranceway and up the ramp alone to close out the event.
This was a spectacular event and a great finish to an amazing show!
