Results
- Omos def. Mr. Iguana, Abismo Negro Jr., Histeria, Mascarita Sagrada, Taurus, El Fiscal, Laredo Kid, Mecha Wolf, La Parka, Dinamico, Texano Jr., Chris Carter, Nino Hamburguesa (2026 Copa Bardahl) (22:47)
- La Catalina def. Flammer (AAA Reina de Reinas Championship) (10:25)
- El Carnicero def. Psycho Clown (Mexican Street Fight) (8:22)
- Rey Fenix def. Nathan Frazer, Jack Cartwheel & Mini Vikingo (AAA World Cruiserweight Championship) (14:22) (Recommended)
- El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno def. Erik & Ivar (AAA World Tag Team Championships Open Challenge) (5:51)
- El Grande Americano def. Dominik Mysterio (AAA Mega Championship) (17:33) (Recommended)
Omos goes back-to-back with the Copa Bardahl
The second night of this year’s AAA TripleMania festivities took place live from Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. Two nights after a Las Vegas card that did little more than set the table for a bigger show, tonight’s lineup looked to have many more high-stakes matchups, including the top men’s and women’s titles on the line.
The first match of the night was AAA’s annual Copa Bardahl match. For the uninitiated, the Copa Bardahl (Bardahl is a petroleum company which sponsors AAA) is a yearly Royal Rumble-style match. In fact, it’s arguably a little more similar to NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom Ranbo, as eliminations can come via pinfall or submission, as well as through the traditional over-the-top rope form. What does the winner of the Copa get? Bragging rights, and… Well, actually, that’s it. A yearly supply of Bardahl products would’ve maybe been a nice touch.
Mr. Iguana got a strong pop as entrant #1 and battled with Abismo Negro to get this one started. Abismo Negro Jr.’s tag partner Histeria appeared next. Mascarita Sagrada followed, then The Beast Mortos- wait, no sorry- Taurus, got into the match.
El Fiscal came in and eliminated rival Abismo Negro Jr. Despite being out of the match, Abismo Negro Jr. got back into the ring and tossed Fiscal over the top rope to eliminate him as well. They brawled to the back.
When Mecha Wolf hit the ring, JBL plugged that he competed in another TKO brand, Power Slap, earlier this year (no mention of that win getting overturned after he failed a drug test). A big pop occurred when La Parka showed up.
AAA vet El Mesias, who has been working dates for the promotion recently but not making TV appearances, also got a big reaction from the crowd. El Mesias had a back-and-forth with El Texano, battling one decade after they faced off for the Mega Championship.
Omos, two days off his big win over Rey Mysterio, entered next with the hope of winning the Copa two years in a row. Omos went on a run of eliminating a large share of the match’s competitors.
Nino Hamburguesa was the final entrant, marking his return to AAA after months out of the company. Hamburguesa was cut from the brand in early 2026 after a video showed him physically getting into it with an attendee at a local event. Fast-forward six months later, AAA has seemingly forgiven the fan favorite, giving him a return in a big spot.
Omos got on the ring apron late thanks to Mascarita Sagrada, but was able to recover and then eliminate Hamburguesa to win the match in 22 minutes. This was a tighter Copa Bardahl than many years before (last year’s was 26 minutes; it has gone 30 minutes and deeper before). There were some fun little fanfare spots early on, but the result of Omos winning for the second year in a row felt a little lame. I’m not sure they know what to do with him, much like how they have felt for most of his time in the company, now that his feud with Rey Mysterio has wrapped.
La Catalina ends Flammer’s historic reign
Up next, La Catalina challenged AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Flammer, who entered this weekend on a record-setting run of more than 1,100 days. This was the culmination of the first feud for La Catalina, who has arguably been one of, if not the biggest signing for AAA since the WWE era started. La Catalina is a huge babyface star riding the momentum of a strong CMLL run, and it seemed clear that she was going to walk away with the title here.
The fight went to ringside early on, where Catalina caught Flammer with a hard spear. The challenger came flying off the barricade with a crossbody moments later. Back in the ring, Catalina jumped off the top with a basement dropkick then a hip attack in the corner for a near fall.
Flammer got back in control of the match and tried for a top-rope Swanton Bomb, but Catalina escaped. Catalina came off the top with a huge crossbody. It looked as though there was some disconnect as to whether Flammer had put her knees up to counter the move or not.
Flammer connected with a Codebreaker than a gnarly dropkick which sent Catalina through the ropes. Flammer kept looking toward the stage as though she was expecting some help at ringside from the rest of Las Toxicas.
Flammer climbed to the top for a move but was slammed out of the corner by Catalina. The challenger scored a hip attack against the ropes, finally connecting with a move that was dodged twice earlier in the bout, then scored a Busaiku Knee for the pinfall in 10 minutes. This match had some hiccups at points and at 10 minutes felt a little too short for the moment it was meant to deliver. I had higher expectations for this one.
Side note: Corey Graves’ voice was giving out bad during this broadcast. I felt bad for him, as he started to have issues on the mic during the first match and it only got worse as the show progressed.
Pagano turns against Psycho Clown, El Carnicero wins Street Fight
A Mexican Street Fight was up next, as El Carnicero went one-on-one with Psycho Clown. Carnicero was so upset before his match against rival Psycho Clown that he started beating up personnel at ringside. Psycho Clown got the jump on Carnicero with a tope suicida to get the match started.
After utilizing a kendo stick and a chair, Psycho Clown put Carnicero through a table with a top-rope frogsplash. Surprisingly, this wasn’t enough for the pinfall victory. Psycho Clown ripped off the front layer of his mask and started to kick things into an upper gear, but this delay allowed Carnicero to climb back into the match.
Carnicero got Psycho Clown tied up in the ropes and was about to use a toolbox on him… But then Pagano hit the ring! It looked as though Pagano, holding a kendo stick, was about to stop Carnicero from attacking his tag partner. But instead, Pagano got out of the way and let Carnicero put away Psycho Clown with a toolbox shot to the head for the pinfall win in eight minutes.
Pagano’s turn on partner Psycho Clown, which they have been teasing for ages, finally happened. The finish here felt a little wacky. I get that they wanted to have a dramatic turn with Pagano, but there’s no real way to explain why he came out here. He ran to the ring, stared at Carnicero, then let him carry on with what he was doing? It just seemed a little goofy. This was otherwise a fine, albeit short, plunder match.
Rey Fenix retains in hectic four-way, Perros del Mal crash post-match
Octagon Jr., who has been out since suffering a scary neck injury in June, was shown at ringside taking in the event.
In a match I pinned as one of the bigger bouts of the weekend, AAA World Cruiserweight Champion Rey Fenix looked to retain the his in a four-way featuring Jack Cartwheel, Nathan Frazer, and Mini Vikingo.
Each of the challengers had a brief spotlight early in this match. 18-year-old Mini Vikingo impressed with his run of moves, which included a huge top-rope torneo to the floor. Back in the ring, he got a two-count after giving champ Fenix a Poisonrana.
Fenix dropped Mini Vikingo with a head kick at ringside, then came out of the corner with a moonsault to the floor. Back in the ring, Fenix got a two-count off Frazer with another moonsault.
Frazer met Fenix at the top rope and connected with an avalanche Spanish Fly for his first near fall of the match. With all three opponents down at ringside, Frazer hit a trio of dives to keep his momentum going.
Fenix connected with a German Suplex out of the corner to Frazer. The champ came charging at Frazer with a follow-up move but instead ran into a superkick. Cartwheel got back into the match with a crafty roll-up pin on Frazer.
Frazer tried for another dive to the outside, but landed face-first on the English commentary desk after both Vikingo and Cartwheel avoided the move.
Vikingo came off the top with a vicious Crucifix Driver to Fenix. Cartwheel took out Vikingo then gave Fenix a Corkscrew Shooting Star Press. A follow-up pin was stopped by Frazer, who got back into the ring.
After a striking sequence featuring all four men, it came down to Fenix and Cartwheel in the ring. Fenix scored a Muscle Buster to Cartwheel, but a pin attempt was broken up by a huge top-rope moonsault by Mini Vikingo.
Fenix wobbled Vikingo with a superkick. As Fenix gave Vikingo a muscle buster out of the corner, Frazer powerbombed Fenix at the same time. Frazer hit Fenix with a Phoenix Splash, but the champ survived.
Cartwheel got back into the match and sent Frazer flying into a set of turnbuckles with a release Exploder Suplex. After taking out Vikingo and Fenix at ringside with a Sasuke Special, Cartwheel scored his Jack Arrow finisher to Frazer. Surprisingly, Frazer kicked out!
Fenix dropped Cartwheel with his Goodbye, Amigo head kick. Vikingo tossed Fenix out of the ring and gave Cartwheel a top-rope Phoenix Splash. Not allowing Vikingo to steal his spotlight, Fenix got back into the ring and gave him a muscle buster for the pinfall win to retain in 14 minutes. This match was electric, with all four involved showing out. Did they go a little too crazy with the near falls? That’s what I thought after the Jack Arrow rendered a two-count. But, this was by far the best match of the night up to this point.
Backstage, we saw Perros del Mal insisting the production truck play their music. The group came to the ring and wiped out the hurt cruiserweights as part of the match. They got on the mic and flaunted in front of a red-hot crowd to end the segment.
Wagner Brothers take tag titles off Viking Raiders in open challenge
The co-main event saw AAA World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders defend their titles in an open challenge. Who ended up answering their challenge? El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno, the Wagner Brothers! I was much more excited about this than the Arena CDMX crowd, it seemed.
Viking Raiders scored a huge double-team chokeslam to Wagner at the five-minute mark, but had a pin attempt broken up by younger brother Galeno. He sent Erik and Ivar out of the ring and delivered a Tope con Hiro. Back in the ring, Erik was given a Wagner Driver then a top-rope frogsplash from Galeno for the pinfall win in just under six minutes.
This was a decent match, but way, way too short. Nonetheless, nice to see the brothers get a big moment.
It was announced on the broadcast that newly-crowned WWE Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer will be on tomorrow’s Raw.
El Grande Americano ends Dominik Mysterio’s Mega title run following wild No DQ showdown
The main event saw top babyface star El Grande Americano attempt to begin his first-ever title reign in the company, challenging AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio. While this was originally billed as a normal singles match, it was revealed earlier in the broadcast that the promotion upgraded it to a no disqualification bout (coincidentally, STARDOM did the same thing with their top title match yesterday).
Americano had a hot start to the match, immediately swarming Mysterio with punches and kicks. Mysterio was sent to ringside early for a tope suicida. Americano set Mysterio up for a piledriver on top of a steel staircase early on, but delayed the move after getting distracted by Mysterio ally Dorian Roldan.
This distraction allowed Mysterio to trip up Americano, causing him to take a nasty back bump onto the staircase. As the fight went back to the ring, Mysterio unloaded with a series of steel chair shots to Americano’s back.
Americano tried getting into the fight, but had his momentum stopped after Mysterio gouged his eyes. Roldan took off his belt and handed it to Mysterio to use as a weapon. Americano was given some pretty serious lashings from Mysterio with this weapon; welts became visible across his back moments later.
Americano tried again to make a comeback, getting a two-count after dropping Mysterio with a head kick. He grabbed the belt and used it against Mysterio, then connected with a rolling senton and a running head kick for another near fall.
Americano applied La Cavernaria to Mysterio while using a belt as a weapon. This submission was released after Roldan and JD McDonagh appeared on the ring apron. Americano walked up to McDonagh, seemingly forgetting that this was a no-DQ match, and got dropped with a headbutt. Mysterio connected with a 619 but it wasn’t enough for the win.
Rayo and Bravo Americano came to ringside to jump McDonagh. They brawled up the ramp, where Bravo scored a huge crossbody dive off the top of the stage (a seriously huge dive). Back in the ring. Americano connected with an Air Raid Crash for another two-count.
Omos was next to come out, wiping out Bravo and Rayo with an attack at ringside. Americano tried to take him out with a tope suicida, but the move did nothing to Omos. The Mysterio helper beat up Americano around the ring. He tried for a chokeslam through the commentary table, but Americano escaped by gouging Omos’ eyes then kicking him in the groin! Americano was able to bring Omos down to a knee after a flurry of steel chair shots.
Omos powered back up and attempted to take out Americano with a spear. The challenger dodged the attack, sending Omos through a barricade and taking him out for the rest of the match. Back in the ring, Americano came running off the ropes with a headbutt to Mysterio for a two-count.
Americano climbed to the top rope but was tripped up by Liv Morgan, who came charging down the ramp to interfere. Mysterio scored another 619, this time with the top-rope frogsplash follow-up, but it still couldn’t end the match.
Americano tried for a headbutt to Mysterio but instead hit the referee. With the ref down, Morgan slid Mysterio the Mega title to use as a weapon (This was no-DQ, so really nothing was preventing her from doing this earlier).
Americano avoided the title shot blow to the head, then came running off the ropes with a flying headbutt. He went for the pin, but nobody was there to count it! AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio, wearing a neck brace following his loss to Omos on Friday, came running down to the ring with a referee outfit on. He jumped into the ring and counted three, giving Americano the pinfall win in 17 minutes. A new AAA Mega Champion has been crowned.
This was a traditional AAA TripleMania main event, meaning it was an overbooked mess full of run-ins. It was over the top and even silly at times. But, despite all of this, it was hard for me to hate it. There’s something charming about how campy AAA can get with its booking at times, utilizing half a dozen characters for run-ins in a title match. Plus, the atmosphere of this crowd, which was absolutely loving every moment, elevated it significantly.
A band appeared down the ramp and played Americano out. The crowd knew the song they were performing and sang along as the show went off air – an undeniably cool image to end the show on.
Final thoughts
Night 2 of TripleMania was definitely much more notable than Friday’s Vegas card, as we saw three title changes and many surprises. A major flaw on this card was the lack of match runtime prior to the main event. WWE’s format of trying to make this a tight 2.5-hour show, while also including loads of time allotted for commercial breaks, made it so that two of the title changes shared a combined 15 minutes of match time, hurting them both significantly.
If you want to see some wild in-ring action, check out the four-way cruiserweight bout. If you want to see an over-the-top epic packed into 17 minutes, check out the main event. Those were the two highlights of the night, per my observations.
