AAA presents Guerra de Titanes live from Guadalajara, Mexico, at the Arena Guadalajara in the final show of the year for the promotion. The show capitalizes on several long-term and short-term programs headlined by the ‘family feud’ tag team match main event between Dominik Mysterio and his partner El Grande Americano, taking on Rey Mysterio Jr and Rey Fenix.
The combination of specific WWE talent with that of NXT, blended with the high-octane action provided by AAA’s roster of luchadores, delivers a unique product that bridges two fandoms from different wrestling cultures.
REY MYSTERIO JR & REY FENIX VS DOM MYSTERIO & EL GRANDE AMERICANO—Tag Team
The main event was supposed to reunite the Lucha Bros after they cut a promo on Dom and El Grande Americano. Unfortunately, Penta was injured and unable to compete with his brother Rey Fenix—adding further anticipation to their eventual reunion. When word reached Mysterio that Penta was out, he jumped at the chance to team with Fenix—a superstar that the lucha legend has known since he was a child.
Rey Fenix’s fandom of Mysterio is well-documented, and ‘Dirty Dom’ paid his own homage to his uncle Rey Misterio Sr, who passed a year ago on this day, by utilizing his gear for tribute. Dom’s success in AAA has been timely for WWE/TKO, as he represents a youthful connection to a dual-lingo crowd.
The match was a banger, as Rey pushed it harder than we have seen since his return from injury, and he showed he still has it. Penta ended up coming out to help his fam remove a foreign object from Americano’s trunk. That nullification allowed Rey Mysterio to pick up the pinfall victory over Dom.
In the post-match, the crowd was chanting for El Grande Americano, who has gotten over as a face in his time in AAA, and we got an official face turn from the masked man that was once Chad Gable. The crowd was ecstatic to see EGA shaking hands with the faces Rey, Rey, and Penta. He dipped out of the ring as Canelo’s son joined Mysterio and the Lucha Bros strut in front of the crowd in the middle of the ring.
DRAGON LEE VS EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO
This was a violent affair from the jump as Lee aggressively beat Vikingo into the corner before responding with a lariat that added a couple of octaves to JBL on commentary. We are used to seeing Vikingo do the unbelievable, and Dragon Lee is one of the most consistent performers from bell to bell in wrestling today.
As graceful as these offensive sequences were, both superstar luchadores put a little hot sauce on each move in hopes of doing more than defeating their opponent. An example of this was when Dragon Lee dove violently to the outside and onto Vikingo on the commentator’s desk.
Lee was forced to dig into the darker side of his style to keep up with Vikingo’s precision, high-risk spots, and methodical offense. At one point, Vikingo landed a ridiculous ‘Crucifix Driver’ at a rate of speed that made it difficult to understand right away—it was like the brain took a couple of seconds to keep up with Vikingo’s offense.
The other half of the WWE tag team champions, Lee, paid homage to his partner with a ‘Styles Clash,’ but it did not keep Vikingo down as he would moments later pull in official Darryl Sharma to take Lee’s dive to the outside. With the ref down, Vikingo hit a lowblow on Lee, and everyone was down for the time being.
That is when Omas, the Nigerian-born wrestler who stands 7’3”, came down to the ring and power bombed Lee to set up Vikingo to hit his 630 splash for the win. After the match, Dorian Roldan came out to celebrate with Vikingo and Omas—the newest alliance that cut a post-match promo.
LAREDO KID(c) VS JE’ VON EVANS VS JACK CARTWHEEL—AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Triple Threat Match)
FightsATW.com predicted this would be the show-stealer of the night and, oh boy, was it ever. Specifically, Je’Von Evans has been the MVP of TKO in the final quarter of the year, pulling double duty on both RAW and SmackDown in brief stints while being an active NXT wrestler that helped showcase the promotion’s talent on and against TNA. It was huge for Evans when he was entered into the ‘Last Time is Now’ tournament to face John Cena, and even though he lost to the tourney winner Gunther, he forced the former HW and IC champion to go life and death.
The match was highly innovative as a mixture of high-risk and precision striking elevated each athlete’s performance. Laredo Kid has developed a reputation for being one of the best active performers in the sport today, and that was exactly what he displayed tonight with his corkscrew dive from the outside onto both opponents—barely.
Cartwheel has had a huge 2025 in terms of exposure, making the most of the increase in eyeballs. Still, it was Cartwheel that took the biggest bumps of the night, first from Evans when Cartwheel got caught in a cutter after attempting a crazy high-risk maneuver. This match was like watching Tony Hawk hit the 900 for the first time.
The finish came when Laredo Kid hit Cartwheel with ‘backwards Spanish Fly’ (not even Corey Graves knew what to call it) for the pinfall victory in a successful defense.
THE WYATT SICKS VS LOS PSYCHO CIRCUS—Carnival of Carnage Match
This entire match was chaos from the Wyatt Sicks cinematic walkthrough, leading to this spooky carnival of surprises that looked like it was hosted by Art the Clown. The feud for this match began at the November show, weeks ahead of Survivor Series, and it initially seemed like a match perfect for the multi-man elimination-style tag matches.
However, this match was perfect for this spot on this night and would never have been as fun as it was tonight on any other platform.
Mascarita Sagrada was the first surprise out the gate, delivering a kendo stick beat down to Uncle Howdy, that was until Gacy took him out with a big boot. Pagano was put through a table when Rowen delivered a devastating powerbomb from atop a stage, but this match was all about surprises, and next up was famous exotico Pimpinela Escarlata.
Pagano eventually made his way back to even the odds back up, and that allowed for Los Psycho Circus to pick up the victory over Wyatt Sicks.
EL HIJO de DR WAGNER JR(c) VS ETHAN PAGE— AAA Latin American Championship
This match was a product of the longest-running program since “Worlds Collide” between WWE/NXT and Triple A talent this past May. Long-term booking is tricky to pull off, but the benefit of intra-promotional programs keeps the rivalry fresh and, in cases like this, can be a feud that shows the higher-ups you’re capable of bigger and better things.
It could be argued that, in the case of Ethan Page and El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr., the promoters let it marinate for too long, and fans of both superstars and their respective promotions lost interest. What could have been a showcase for a potential main roster spot in 2026, Page did well despite his opponent falling flat in certain spots.
The program between these guys went off the rails a while back, so it was fitting for shenanigans to determine the finish. Ethan Page managed to strike El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr in the ribs with a foreign object, which allowed him to pick up the pinfall victory to become the new champion.
However, Mr. Iguana apparently doubles as an official in the ‘review booth’ because he ran down to the ring and downloaded the ref to what transpired. The ref, taking Mr. Iguana at his word, restarted the match, and the champ quickly picked up the pinfall victory to successfully defend his title—this time, for real.
NINO HAMBURGUESA & MR IGUANA VS BRAVO AMERICANO & RAYO AMERICANO VS CRUZ DEL TORO & JOAQUIN WILDE VS LA PARKA & OCTAGON JR— 4-Way Tag Team
If fans in the states have learned anything about AAA cards, it is that they will have at least one match with more than a half dozen luchadores squaring off against each other in an all-out athletic fest where the rules are damned. That match was first out the gate tonight, designed to light the crowd’s fuse on the evening.
This 4-way ‘tag match’ eventually morphed into a tornado tag match with all of the spots. There was the tame by comparison 4-way Tope Suicida, but it paled in comparison to Joaquin Wilde being springboarded by Mr. Iguana and his Iguana (another wrestler helped out a little) from the middle rope to the outside onto several superstars roughly 50ft from his launching point.
While Mr. Iguana continued to sell his million-dollar gimmick with little risk, Bravo Americano lifted the +300-pound Hamburguesa on top of his shoulders in the ‘torture rack’ position before delivering a ‘helicopter spin,’ much to fans’ delight.
In the end, LA Parka picked up the win for his team and celebrated with dancing—come to think of it, he was dancing while setting up his finisher. A mini–LA Parka, a child cosplaying in an LA Parka mask, and a Penta bodysuit were invited into the ring to celebrate.
When the child was returned, there was another fan in an LA Parka mask who would reveal himself to be Saul “Canelo” Alvarez—Mexico’s favorite boxer and current cash cow of the ring despite suffering a UD12 loss to Terrence ‘Bud’ Crawford this past September. Canelo is from Guadalajara, and the surprised crowd busted into a “CA-NEL-O” chant in appreciation for their hometown hero.
LAS TOXICAS VS NATALYA, FABY APACHE & LOLA VICE— 6-Woman Tag
This was positioned between the banger triple threat match and the world title tilt before the main event, so it was a tough place to be ‘in the lineup.’ Still, the women did well in the match and took advantage, for the first time on one of these cards, of not being in a mixed tag scenario.
Despite not having as much time as the rest of the card, the team of Natalya, Apache, and Vice was able to produce a cohesive effort on their way to victory over Las Toxicas.
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