WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025 6/7/2025

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025 6/7/2025

Pre-show notes: WWE bought AAA recently and announced it at Wrestlemania. They had a short time from Wrestlemania until now to put this together, so some talent is missing and we aren't getting the best WWE/AAA show possible. It's also worth mentioning that AEW is doing a show in Arena Mexico with CMLL. I have no doubt that this show was chosen to happen before that one on purpose and it really brings the AEW vs WWE war to a new battlefield.

We get a Rey Mysterio video in Spanish with clips of WWE buying AAA and various wrestlers. Rey says its your turn to carry the torch and take the legacy to new heights. Rey says lucha is more than a tradition it's a revolution and rebellion. He says it's their time on the world's stage and says to rise.

We see Rey Mysterio and various wrestlers arrive.

Corey Graves and Konnan are on commentary. Konnan says it's a historic day saying the world was introduced to various lucha stars 30 years ago and says we will see the present and future AAA stars. I think Latin Lover is behind the commentators.

Shawn Michaels, Laredo Kid, Marisela Pena, Blue Demon Jr., Pagano and Triple H are in the ring. Banners are held up for Antonio Pena and the other Pena who owned Triple A. The Mexican national anthem is sung. Lillian Garcia then does the US national anthem.

Rey Mysterio comes out. He talks in Spanish and talks about AAA World's Collide. He said he thought lucha would only be seen in Mexico and is proud to be part of the evolution of it.  

They have a white canvas with green/white/red ropes.

Latino World Order (Dragon Lee and Cruz del Toro) and Lince Dorado vs. Octagón Jr., Aero Star, and Mr. Iguana

Ig = Mr. Iguana

Ig crawls to the ring with his toy. Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan are in the front row.

Oct and Cruz go at it. Oct hammerlocks him and rolls with him. Cruz flying snapmares him. Oct sunset flips him then Cruz shoulders him over. They bridge up together and they armdrag each other. They legsweep each other then stand off. 

Ig and Lince get in. Lince arm flips him then armdrags him. Lince then headflips up and offers a handshake. Ig tries to lick the hand and gets kicked. Lince chops Ig and Ig does a weird sel for it. Ig tilt-a-whirl armdrags him. Ig grabs his toy and catches Lince's hand with it. Ig walks up the ropes and seated springboard armdrags him. Ig armdrags him then is armdragged. Ig then tries to pin Lince with his toy. Ig poses and Lince rubs his head. Lince then does a pose at the toy.

Lee side headlocks Aero then shoulders him over. Aero chops him then Lee flips out of his flying headscissors. Aero flips out of a snapmare. Lee gets kicked while on the 2nd rope then Aero tornillos him off the top. 

Lee is thrown over the top. Ig and Oct hit stereo flying headscissors then do stereo tope con hilos. Aero then topes Lee. Aero top rope splashes but Lee gets his knees up. Cruz bottom rope asai moonsaults Aero. Lince splashes Aero for 2.

Lince backcrackers Aero for 2. Lee pumping knees Aero and Aero dropkicks him. Ig and Cruz go at it. They trade forearms and chops. Cruz dropkicks him in the knee then rolls him with a la magistral for 2.

Ig bulldogs Cruz. Ig then walks up the buckles and diving headscissors Lee. Lince has Ig's toy stuck on him. Lince elbow drops and standing spanish flies the toy. Ig gets mad and sattelite spinning headscissors him. Ig hits his opponents with his toy. They all throw around the top then Ig takes a triple superkick. Lince hits a double handspring cutter. Ig is in tree of woe and takes a top rope double stomp. Lee tope con hilos Oct. Lince top rope ssp's Ig.

Oct is enzugiri'd up top. Lince top rope hurricanrana's Oct. Aero rolls into a cutter on Lince. Lee superkicks Aero. Ig does a headbutt on Lee and Cruz rope walk dropkicks Ig. Aero step up springboard dives Lee. Cruz walks up the buckles and tornillos out.

Lince and Oct trade chest forearms. Oct hits a top rope moonsault bodyslam on Lince and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good opener and was a good choice for the opener. We got lots of flying here and Mr. Iguana got over big and fast as expected. 

Dominik Mysterio gets on the mic after. He says the wrestlers are a big Rey fan but forget that he's a deadbeat and Dom is their champ. Oct comes up to Dom. Dom shoves him then Dom is pulled over the rail. Oct pounds on him and sends him into the ring where they fight. Refs try to break it up as Liv, Iguana and Aero get involved. Dom says he will see Oct at Money in the Bank and says he will make sure he puts the title on the line.

They do a video on the formation of AAA. Marisela Pena and Dorian Roldan talk about Antonio Pena and say he had a bold vision. They talk about his version of AAA with the focus being a spectacle and an alterntive to tradition.

We get clips of Mascarita Sagrada and Latin Lover, who are both at ringside.

Chuey Martinez of Evolve interviews Legado del Fantasma. Berto says they are ready for war. Angel talks about proving their legacy. Santos holds up a WWE patch and says it means something. He says lucha with WWE can only be represented by them. He says they are ready to prove who owns the lucha libre universe. 

We get a video on the girls match. Each of the girls talk about who they are.

Stephanie Vaquer and Lola Vice vs. Chik Tormenta and Dalys 

SV trips Dal and they mess up 2 spots in a row. SV sunset flips her. Dal has trouble doing an electric chair on her then drops her face first on the buckles. SV is lifted for a bulldog. Dal lariats SV then SV lriats Chik. SV 619's Chik. Lola axe kicks Chik.

Chik spinning forearms Lola then backrolls into a half crab on her. Lola flying headscissors Chik then spin kicks her in the gut. Lola hits a kick combo on Dal. Lola hits corner hip attacks on her opponents. Lola armbars Dal and Dal tries a pin off of it.

Dal dropkicks Lola into the ropes from behind and Chik lariats Lola on the floor. Dal sit out gordbusters Lola. Dal corner lariats Lola. Chik powerslams Lola. Chik pulls Lola's arms back.

Chik elbow slices her. Dal dropkicks Lola on the ropes. We see Negro Casas in the front row. Dal slams and elbow drops Lola. Lola cradles Dal for 2. SV is tagged in. SV top rope crossbodies Dal then hits soul foot on her. Chik's head is banged off the buckles. SV hits corner meteora's and dragon screws Dal while she's on the 2nd rope.

SV backdrops Dal. SV and Lola then do the devil's kiss together. Lola cannonballs Chik off the apron. SV rolls up Dal for 2. SV superkicks her then hits an SVB on Dal to win.

Thoughts: It was so-so as expected. Dal got off to a bad start here and they all had some different styles so it wasn't your typical lucha match.

SV and Lola are interviewed in the ring after by Vero Rodriguez. Lola talks in Spanish as does SV. 

Chuey Martinez interviews Chad Gable. Chuey calls this the lion's den and Chad says this is like a second home to him. He says the Mexican people love him and know he embraces the spirit of lucha. He says they are also embracing El Grande Americano. Chad says Grande will walk out with the briefcase tonight and he will walk out the AAA champ.

We get the same Legado del Fantasma vid from SD. Psycho Clown talks and mentions beating Santos for his mask. Pagano says they came to the house to make the party. Clown says they will ruin Santos' plans again. They say they are lucha and are warriors.

Chavo Guerrero is at the show as are The Street Profits. 

Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel, and Berto) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Pagano, and Psycho Clown

Hijo = El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Pag = Pagano

Legado have camoflague on. Konnan talks about Clown being from the Brazo family. Hijo and Berto start us off. Berto boots him. Hijo shoulders over Berto. Hijo flying headscissors Berto then armdrags him.

Hijo is bridged on the ropes and takes a butt drop on the gut. Clown top rope crossbodies Angel then pop-up euros him. Clown powerslams Angel then kicks him. Clown double germans Angel and Berto for 2.

Clown topes Santos between the buckles outside. Pag gets in and springboard double dropkicks Berto and Angel. Pag botches a double flapjack. Berto is thrown out. Pag slips on a tiger feint then lariats Angel over the top. Pag does a tope con hilo through the ropes but only lands on the floor.

Angel back elbows Pag. Pag takes a triple kick near the bottom rope. Berto slams Pag then backrolls into a standing moonsault for 2. Santos kicks Pag on the ropes. Santos stomps on Pag. Pag hits shots and running headhunters Santos. Clown hits forearms on Berto then pop-up powerslams him.

Angel is put in tree of woe and Clown basement dropkicks him. Clown code reds Berto for 2. Santos and Hijo trade. Hijo flying lariats him. Hijo headbutts Berto and dragon screws him. Angel then takes a dragon screw. Hijo's team poses then Pag tope con hilos through the ropes. Hijo and Clown then do a tope con hilo and a tornillo. 

The 6 hockey fight in the ring. Hijo falcon arrows Santos for 2. Hijo takes a double gorilla press slam from the 2nd rope. Clown air raid crashes Berto on the apron. Angel asai moonsaults Clown outside. Pag top rope plancha's Angel.

Hijo cannonballs Santos off the steps for 2. Clown sitout powerbombs Angel. Berto springboard kicks Clown. Pag 2nd rope diving codebreakers an opponent. Angel running headbutts Pag. Berto spears multiple people through the rail. Hijo flying knees Santos for 2. Santos top rope hurricanrana's Hijo for 2. Hijo rolls up Santos for 2. Santos flying knees him. Santos cradle shocks Hijo and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that great as expected. Pag and Clown aren't work rate guys and I find Hijo to be pretty average. It went longer than it needed to and Pagano did not look good, which is no surprise.

We get a video on AAA When World's Collide. Konnan says he never imagined the impact it would have. We see clips from it. Konnan says people see it as one of the best PPV's of all-time. They say it was a culture clash between AAA and WCW. Latin Lover says it was a great event and opened the doors for them. Konnan talks about the cage match with Perro Aguayo at the show. He says it helped him a lot in the US. He says that was an incredible night and this will be as well. He says the people in charge will not try to Americanize AAA. They say the show was a moment in time that showed lucha belongs on the world's stage. 

El Hijo del Vikingo is interviewed, but he only talks in Spanish. Vero then translates.

We see Savio Vega with Damian Priest in the front row. We also see Blue Demon Jr. in the front row.

WWE NXT North American Title - Ethan Page (c) vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Laredo Kid vs. Rey Fénix

Rey spin kicks Page then Page takes a double enzugiri and a dropkick out. Kid uses the ropes and Rey to armdrag Evans. Kid then springboard headscissors Rey. Evans facekicks Kid and Kid takes a lariat over the top. Evans teases doing a forearm on Rey but rolls him up.

Evans hits forearms then armdrags him off a hiptoss into the ropes. Rey walks up the ropes, does rope tricks and corkscrew armdrags Evans. Rey flying headscissors Evans but Evans headflips out. Rey is pushed into Evans. Page then stomps both. Kid flying headscissors Page.

Rey 2nd rope diving headscissors Kid. Page hurricanrana's Rey. Evans seated springboard headscissors Page then dropkicks him out. Rey spin kicks Evans. Kid top rope moonsaults Page and Evans outside. Rey then tornillos outside.

Rey tornado ddt's Page off the bottom rope for 2. The crowd chants that they want tables and Konnan wonders why they want that in a match like this. Page 2nd rope slams Rey onto Evans. Page then top rope splashes Evans for 2. Page yanks Evans into a slam and Rey breaks the pin up.

Kid spin kicks Rey. Kid michinoku drivers Rey and hits a corkscrew moonsault off the 2nd rope. Kid flipping ddt's Rey. Kid tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Evans. Kid is crotched up top and put in tree of woe. Evans seated springboards into a german on Page from the bottom rope. Evans then suicide dive's Page and they go over the commentary table with it.

Evans hits a van terminator variation on Kid then corkscrew kicks Rey off the ropes. Evans os cutters Rey for 2. Evans grabs Page by the hair and pounds on him. Evans is sent into Kid in tree of woe. Rey rope walk kicks Page. Rey springboard diving armdrags Kid into a double stomp.

Rey hits kicks on Evans. Rey hits an emerald flowsion variation on Evans. Evans springboard lariats Page. Rey top rope spanish flies Kid. Page razors' edges Rey for 2 with Evans breaking it up with a springboard splash. Evans forearms Kid then superkicks Page. Evans double jump cutters Kid. Evans is thrown out onto Rey. Page cutters Kid and wins.

Thoughts: It was your usual 4-way with lots of flying. There was a bit of a delay between spots and the crowd didn't have consistent heat here. There also wasn't a ton of selling, but some cool spots. Evans' suicide over the commentary table was wild and I think we saw the first flipping ddt/canadian destroyer ddt on WWE TV here. 

Marisela Pena says Triplemania is the World Cup of lucha. They talk about the history of it and put over how big of an event it is. We see clips from Triplemania 1. They say Triplemania will continue every year into the future and says the next one is in August. 

We get a video on Vikingo vs Gable. Gable says Vik rose the stakes by winning the AAA Mega Title. He says Vik will become the shortest reigning Mega champ of all time. Vik says Chad is a small man pretending to be big. He says Chad does headlocks and he does magic in the air. Vik says he is AAA and he held the title last for 833 days. He says lucha isn't a show but is blood, family and honor. Vik says Chad will learn to respect lucha and them. 

AAA Mega Title - El Hijo del Vikingo (c) vs Chad Gable

Vik = El Hijo del Vikingo 

Chad wristlocks him. Vik cartwheels and headflips out. Vik armbars him then wristlocks him. Chad bridges and headflips then trips him. Vik ties up Chad's arms and legs and lfits. Chad rolls him up for 2. Chad fireman's carries him into an armlock. Vik backslides him and they stand off.

Chad double knuckle locks him. Vik bridges then trips Chad and gets on top. Chad holds Vik with a bridge. Vik does an armbar variation and is put in the ankle lock. Vik rolls him off. Chad double throat thrusts him. Chad backdrops him for 2. Chad misses a corner spear and goes into the post. Vik top rope dropkicks him. Vik boots him out of the corner and gets stuck in the corner upside down. Vik corkscrew headscissors Chad.

Vik meteora's Chad through the ropes. Vik rope walk 630's Chad on the back outside. Vik tries to running ssp him off the apron but Chad gets his knees up. Chad throws Vik into the steps. Chad grabs a table from under the ring. Vik superkicks Chad then is lariated on the floor. Chad hits mounted forearms on Vik in the ring. Chad monkey flips Vik for 2. Chad abdominal stretches him and Vik rolling kicks him to escape. Chad germans him for 2.

Vik is thrown gut first on the ropes then takes a running boot for 2. Chad is sat on the top rope then he hanging armbars Vik. Chad comes off the top and is caught with a codebreaker. Chad is put on the 2nd rope and Vik springboard dropkicks him as he hangs for 2. Vik outside to inside 2nd rope phoenix splashes him for 2. Chad dominators/over the shoulder ddt's him. Chad misses a top rope moonsault. Chad hits a top rope sitout powerbomb for 2 with Vik taking a nasty bump.

Vik outside to inside 2nd rope phoenix splashes him for 2. Chad dominators/over the shoulder ddt's him. Chad misses a top rope moonsault. Chad hits a top rope sitout powerbomb for 2 with Vik taking a nasty bump.

Chad is crotched on the top rope and Vik springboard dropkicks him. Vik ring post diving canadian destroyers him on the apron and of course it's only worth a 2. Vik is pushed off the top. Chad top rope moonsault through a table outside. 

Vik misses a corkscrew kick and Chad ankle locks him. Vik top rope twisting poisonrana's him. Vik corner meteora's Chad. Vik hits a top rope 630 and wins.

Thoughts: Vik winning was the smarter move to help out AAA and act in good faith. I didn't like the match though. It was your usual Vikingo style match with both guys doing way too much, though they did try to sell it. I thought it went long and there was just no great story here when there could have been.

The AAA wrestlers then pose with Vik after and hold him up.

Overall thoughts:  We only had 5 matches here. All of them got enough time, some got too much time. I didn't have the highest expectations from this one as the AAA roster is not as good as it used to be and WWE didn't have their best wrestlers in this one. Some of AAA's best also weren't on this either due to various issues likely revolving around visa's and WWE not wanting to use certain talents.The opener was good and maybe the best thing on the show. The women's match wasn't that good as expected. The Legado match was so-so as people like Pagano and Clown are not top flight workers and I thought it got too much time. The 4-way had cool spots and lots of flying but not a lot of selling and had some dull moments between spots. The main was the usual Vikingo match - an indy style match where Vikingo does a ton of big moves that ultimately end up being meaningless. I was hoping Chad could reign him in but Vikingo ended up bringing him down.

I think WWE did a decent job with this one considering the limited amount of time they had for it and due to most of the roster not being known. I also thought they did a nice job of talking about the history of AAA and they were respectful. I thought WWE not having some of the announcements in English was disrespectful and I thought them doing some of the interviews without any subtitles or announcers speaking English was also disrespectful. I would have understood it if this was only an AAA show, but this was an AAA and WWE show and a lot of people were going to be left out on some of that. And that's not really something a fan should feel when the show is happening in their own country.

I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. It was a solid attempt and the framework was there but the talent and build wasn't. Nothing was must see here but if your curious, the opener is the one thing you'd want to see. I can't really say I'm dying to see second version of this show as things currently stand.