AAA Rey de Reyes 2026
March 14, 2026
Auditorio GNP Seguros
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, México
Watch: YouTube
AAA’s 2026 Rey de Reyes airs this Saturday.
And next Saturday.
And maybe the Saturday after that, too, I’m not really sure.
The awkward adjustment of AAA to the TKO umbrella continues in Puebla. The mega championship match will definitely conclude the first major feud of the WWE-owned era, while the Rey de Reyes final will set up the next. There are fewer matches announced than typical for an AAA major show, but it’s as clear as ever what you’ll be getting out of this show.
AAA Rey de Reyes airs Saturday night. In Mexico, fans can watch on Fox at 8 pm or on Tubi (delayed). Elsewhere in Latin America, it’s available on Fox’s YouTube at 8 pm Mexico City time. US and international viewers can tune in on WWE’s YouTube (English) or AAA’s YouTube (Spanish). Mexico does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so the live US Eastern start is 10 pm from now until November.
The transition to AAA on Fox is a mixed bag. It’s far better for international viewers—that’s mostly for non-Fox viewers—and the free English version WWE is doing that AAA never could make happen. It’s better for Latin American viewers, who can also get the show for free on a different YouTube channel. It’s not better for fans in Mexico. You really have to pay for cable to see full AAA episodes. The YouTube uploads appear to be region-blocked in Mexico, and there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to watch on demand. There’s a free option on Tubi, but those start times change every week, as if they’re fulfilling a promise to include it while discouraging anyone from using it. A Mexican fan either has to be paying for cable or survive on clips and highlights. Maybe this will get smoothed out over time.
We have a pretty good idea of what this version of AAA is. 2026 AAA is WWE Mexico; there’s no arguing it. They also found an audience that is very happy to watch WWE Mexico and is willing to pay higher prices to do so. Rey de Reyes sold out days in advance. The biggest stars are the WWE transplants; the biggest possible matches for that audience are WWE-versus-WWE. The AAA logo (and Antonio Pena) is still all over the shows, but this promotion exists as a Vichy AAA. There are nods to the history, but the promotion is generally aimed at an audience that found out AAA existed and needs Dorian Roldan to explain his name and his connection to the promotion, so they can catch up. My personal favorite bit is that AAA social media appears not to be allowed to make match announcements unless a WWE account has already broken the news. (AAA social media is now some live tweets, some generic show reminders, and cutting up the previous week’s episode for 30 short videos.) The best place to find out what matches are happening on a taped AAA show is a weekly English-language post on WWE.com. There’s little news to report about this promotion outside of what happened each week; they don’t generate much, and the reporting on it mostly comes from WWE people commenting on something they don’t seem totally locked in on.
The AAA tapings are now mini-marathons held three times a week. One episode airs live, and the remaining matches are split across two additional episodes. This means more live shows, though also more taped matches. There’s been a lot of variance with show length. They’ve got plenty of time for matches on the weeks where the non-commercial time is an hour, and they barely have any ring time on the forty-five-minute shows. The matches themselves have tended to be more singles matches than traditional lucha libre (or at least tradition past the 80s trios boom), which means fewer people wrestle on each episode. There’s a definite caste system, with the WWE transplants and a few AAA figures getting character development on top. A larger group of AAA wrestlers (and a few WWE people) is employed as enhancement talent; not necessarily losers, but there to fill out spaces in matches. (This was Nino Hamburguesa’s land, which made him very easy to cut when he screwed up.) There’s a third group of AAA wrestlers who don’t make TV, and it’s unclear if they’re really still under contract. That mix has caused a few episodes to feel like they’re mostly outsiders – but then again, those outsiders are now the actual insiders. My feelings on all of this aren’t hard to decipher, but the AAA ticket buyer generally is really pleased with how things are going and strongly credits the Undertaker for all of it.
Only four matches have been announced for Rey de Reyes, which is actually more than usual. Mexican wrestling practice is to announce the full card whenever possible. That’s one of the many customs thrown out by the new crew; only the matches airing live are typically advertised, along with a vague idea of which stars might be there. It’s part of the greater transition from a live sporting event – which old AAA, even with all of its weirdness, still saw itself – to being a scripted television show. AAA announced three matches to air this Saturday. One more match is definitely airing next week, and a second was strongly hinted at during the show. It’s unclear whether the third week of TV in Puebla will be part of Rey de Reyes or already considered a separate event. It’s also a big question how the fans in Puebla will treat this card, where the biggest matches are happening in the live first episode – it’ll be AAA’s task to convince them to stick around through a lot of less interesting stuff.
Those matches airing this weekend:
Hijo del Vikingo vs Dominik Mysterio for the AAA Megachampionship
The stipulation for this match is “we’re definitely not going to run this match again any time soon.” This is Vikingo’s last chance at Mysterio and this title during this reign. Mysterio will have to leave AAA forever if he loses. The WWE “Forever” stipulation has the same zero cash value as the bills the Money Machine tosses around during their entrances, but the feud that started with AAA’s first WWE run taping last year has run its course. Mysterio is a rudo, but also his interactions with fellow recently turned rudo Vikingo are muddying the waters, and the characters are best interacting with more people.
Dominik Mysterio being kicked out of AAA “forever” in 2026 would be one of the more illogical decisions possible. He’s the character most beloved by the fans; he’s the character the AAA fans identify with the most. He is currently to AAA what Hangman Adam Page is to AEW, and you can easily figure out where you stand with this version of AAA once you accept that. If they book Mysterio to lose – if the finish here is a vengeful Finn Balor costing Mysterio the title – the entire AAA fan focus will be about figuring out how they’re going to get out of that stipulation. My concern was that WWE would need Mysterio more on Raw or other programming and eventually want to exit him from this promotion. In reality, Mysterio has worked two out of the four tapings this year, sending in videos for the others. One trip to Mexico every six weeks seems sustainable.
Vikingo/Mysterio should be fine. The Vegas match was generally fine, though it relied a lot on the usual set of run-ins and interference. The crews have changed or changed sides, but a lot of near falls that don’t matter until the parade of run-ins is what this will be as well. Rudo Vikingo plays the character well, but has cut down a lot of the flying that made him pop out of the screen in the first place. That change was inevitable, but I will forever prefer what we had before to what we have now. I guess that applies to a lot here.
La Parka vs Original Grande Americano vs Grande Americano vs Santos Escobar for the Rey de Reyes sword
The winner of this tournament will receive a shot at the Megachampionship at an undetermined time in the future. AAA had used a similar approach in prior years. Winning this tournament was generally intended to position someone for a main event match or a major apuesta match. This stipulation is WWE instilling structure to a typically loose AAA concept. Penta will present the sword to the winner and may also set up a match.
The new booking crew seems to love spots in multi-man matches where someone in the match wanders off to brawl with someone not in the match. That’s probably Escobar and El Hijo del Dr. Wagner. It’s otherwise about picking the challenger who best fits Dominik. Gable Americano doesn’t really make sense against Dominik – or again Vikingo, even though that was logically supposed to be the big match when WWE took over. A lot has changed. Parka lost the lead-up match, and so standard 50/50 booking means he’s winning here, but the non-speaking Parka character doesn’t fit in the box that this AAA wants their top guys to inhabit. Kaiser Americano versus Dominik Mysterio is the biggest match this version of AAA can book right now, though there’s a question about whether they want to book it. Kaiser is my pick, but I think it’s going to be weird.
Flammer open challenge to non-AAA wrestlers for the Reina de Reinas championship
The bit here is that Flammer pointed out she’s the longest-running champion in all of WWE. It’s not a particularly successful run; it’s a byproduct of old AAA not caring much about this title and WWE taking over right when AAA seemed ready to do a title change. Flammer says she’s beaten everyone in AAA, so she’s looking for a challenger outside of AAA – specifically from the WWE roster. The reality seems to be that the new AAA is very reluctant to put nearly any of the AAA women in matches, especially live ones, so they’re looking outside for help.
AAA’s last set of tapings included a yet-to-be-aired match in which Flammer defended this title against Sussy Love. That’s a strong hint that the opponent here is someone in WWE whom WWE doesn’t mind losing in their third-tier group. Maybe that’s Chelsea Green, if she’s cleared. Maybe that’s her cohort, Alba Fire. This would be a good time to make a shock title change to signal a new direction. They can always just not air the taped match, but they remain cautious about taking too many titles off the carryover AAA roster too soon. It’d have to be a big star on the WWE level of star power for WWE to pull the trigger. (The Bayley AAA run seems like it’s happening at some point, but probably not when she’s involved in WrestleMania stuff.)
Next week’s taped episode will include Psycho Clown and Pagano versus the War Raiders for the AAA World Tag Team Championship. Erik and Ivar won a #1 contenders match in Queretaro, but they’re just the latest WWE guys with nothing to do in WWE proper. Psycho and Pagano as champs require matches that aren’t sticking to any sort of rules, and the War Raiders seem like they can work with that.
AAA seems to be doing a slow burn to Pagano and Psycho Clown splitting up. The other members of Psycho Circus have been mysteriously taken out one by one, and Pagano attacks suspiciously every time. It is WWE storytelling, so a slow burn might mean a breakup here or a breakup in 2028. It’s also possible for Psycho Circus to reveal they weren’t really ever taken out and turn heel with Pagano. It wouldn’t make much sense, but it would keep with WWE storytelling. Psycho versus Pagano & the Psycho Circus is probably the best for everyone involved: they’re all better off having (WWE) hardcore matches, and they can be cordoned off to fight each other. Psycho and Pagano have been surprisingly OK as a team, but they work better as opponents, and it’s been a long time since they’ve done that feud. Pagano as a heel would not work when AAA was traveling to places like Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana, where he’d be cheered, but this AAA isn’t going near those locales. (They’ve cut Mexico down to five acceptably secure cities: Puebla, Mexico City, Monterrey, Queretaro, and Guadalajara.) I’m less certain if they’ll pull the trigger here, or if there’s another WWE act that’ll come by to pick up the tag team titles later.
At some point in these tapings, AAA appears to be taping a match where TJ Perkins, Dragon Lee, and Jack Cartwheel challenge Laredo Kid for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship. This match was set up for TV, and no date has been announced yet. TJP won a #1 contenders match in January, then was pinned by Laredo when the ref missed Perkins’ hand on the ropes. (He reacted badly, beating up Laredo.) Dragon Lee won a subsequent #1 contender’s match, though Perkins argued he should still be first in line. Cartwheel lost that #1 contenders match but was the last man standing in a brawl, and I guess that counts the same. Cartwheel fits AAA like a glove, but I can’t believe anyone put his story down on paper without realizing how dumb it is.
New AAA has put greater emphasis on having at least One Good Match on each show, though that usually translates into a multi-man match with a lot of high spots. This is the match on this show. These are the right people to do it, though I’d still rather see pretty much any of these combinations in singles matches. Laredo Kid, bless his heart, is trying to social media-promote a feud with Dragon Lee into existence. I’d love to see it. It also feels like Dragon Lee competing for a secondary AAA title is way beneath his current station. It’s something that only makes sense happening if current management doesn’t trust any of the leftovers in the spot, or if Dragon Lee’s going to win this title for something they’ve gotten coming up.
This Rey de Reyes should be plenty good enough for the WWE fans who’ve added AAA into their wrestling diet over the last few months. The major matches look to be storyline-heavy, and those viewers are going to get big news in the stuff they’ve followed for months. I think the more casual AAA fan could fairly skip the first hour in a busy wrestling week, then jump in for whatever week that Cruiserweight title match airs. That first episode should be fine, might be good, but the priority in it (and AAA in general) is telling stories over matches, and this looks like a very story night.
