AAA on Fox live results: Three title matches, Penta makes an announcement
AAA presents its second show on Fox tonight.
The show was taped on the same night as last week’s live episode in Mexico City. It will feature three championship matches and a segment featuring Penta.
The AAA World Tag Team Championships will be on the line as champions Pagano & Psycho Clown defend against The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) and Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento & Takuma) in a three-way match.
The AAA Latin American Championship will also be defended tonight, with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. facing Mecha Wolf.
AAA World Cruiserweight Champion Laredo Kid will defend his title in a three-way match against Octagon Jr. and Mini Vikingo.
It was revealed on last week’s episode that Penta will have a special announcement tonight. Penta was pulled from AAA’s Guerrera de Titanes show on December 20 due to injury. He had been scheduled to reunite the Lucha Bros with Rey Fenix against El Grande Americano and Dominik Mysterio.
Our live coverage will begin at 10 p.m. Eastern.
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Hey! I was just in Montreal for Saturday Night’s Main Event and now I’m in Mexico for AAA on Fox! Crazy! Tonight’s show features a trio of championship matches, each with more people in it than the last, so let’s get into it!
The biggest change in AAA since WWE bought is the addition of the show-starting footage of wrestlers arriving to work. The major announcement from Penta was teased and we were off to the races.
AAA Cruiserweight Championship Match: Laredo Kid (c) vs. Octagón Jr. vs. Mini Vikingo
Mini Vikingo is just that, a small viking. He looked like he was about 17 years old, so seeing how he fared against veterans like Laredo Kid and Octagon Jr. would be very interesting.
Vikingo exploded out of the gate, taking down both other wrestlers. His lightness was a factor as Octagon tossed him around, but ended up on the outside. Vikingo then tried a dive, but Laredo interrupted. Octagon and Laredo then got together for a Doomsday Device on the outside.
Laredo went for the cover, but Octagon broke it up. Vikingo rolled out and Octagon hit a tornado crossbody on Laredo. He then took him down with a headscissor, but Octagon countered with one of his own. He went to leap over the ropes, but Vikingo rolled him up for a two count.
Octagon then hit some truly brutal powerbombs and drivers on Vikingo, sending him to the outside. Laredo took down Octagon but Octagon tried to pull him off the top rope. Octagon got shoved away, but Vikingo scrambled up and tried to hit a headscissor but missed and landed on his head, causing Rey Mysterio to scream out “Jesus!” on commentary.
Octagon hit a cutter on the outside on Vikingo after Vikingo nailed Laredo with a corkscrew dive. Vikingo and Octagon moved back into the ring and Octagon sent him flying from the top turnbuckle with a headscissor. Somehow, Vikingo kicked out at two.
Laredo then hit a destroyer DDT on Octagon, but left himself open to a poisonrana from Vikingo. Vikingo set up Laredo in the corner, but Laredo dodged the meteora. He hit a big Forearm on Vikingo and set him up on the top turnbuckle for one of the best Spanish Flys in wrestling history. Laredo pinned Vikingo to retain his title.
Match Result: Laredo Kid defeated Octagón Jr. and Mini Vikingo
AAA Latin American Championship Match: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr (c) vs. Mecha Wolf
Last week, Santos Escobar made his return to AAA by taking out Wagner. So this week, Wagner is getting revenge by defending his title against <checks notes> a mechanical werewolf.
LUCHA LIBRE!
Wagner got a big boot onto Wolf off the top and sent him to the outside. Wigner followed but ate a superkick and Wolf rang back into the ring to dive out on him. Wolf dragged him back into the ring and began laying hands.
Wagner powered up and returned the shots, sending Wolf back against the ropes. He hit Wolf with a few shoulder tackles and then dropped him with a belly-to-back suplex. Wolf rolled out of the ring to collect his thoughts and Wagner hit him with a dive.
Wagner dragged Wolf back in for a pin, but only got a two-count. Wagner lifted him up in an electric chair position and slammed Wolf back to the mat for another two count. Wagner scooped up Wolf, but Wolf got free and hit him with a running knee. Wolf went up top, but Wagner met him there and Wolf bit him on the mask.
Wolf dove after him, but Wagner dodged and bounced off the ropes with a discus lariat. He scooped up Wolf for a Wagner Driver and that was it.
Match Result: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr defeated Mecha Wolf
After the match, Wagner grabbed a mic and called out Santos Escobar. Rey Mysterio translated for those of us at home, letting us know that Wagner was telling Escobar that he hasn’t forgotten him.
-Next, Penta was shown in a pre-taped interview. He talked about the injury he suffered in December and how hard the road back has been so far. He talked about how he loves the lucha libre fans and in the year since his RAW debut he’s done a lot that he wouldn’t even have imagined, but the best is yet to come.
Then the announcement: Penta will be at the Rey De Reyes tournament ten years after he won the whole thing. The winner gets a shot at the AAA Mega Championship and the chance to wield a ceremonial sword, which will be presented by Penta. They then introduced who would compete in the first qualifying 4-way: Jack Cartwheel, Aerostar, Apollo Crews and La Parka. That match will be next week.
AAA Tag Team Championship Match: Psycho Clown & Pagano (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Tokyo Bad Boys vs. NGD
So, even before this match started, it was pretty obvious that it was going to be very chaotic. Under Lucha rules, anyone can be in the ring pretty much any time, but the match kicked off with Psycho Clown taking on Kento of the Tokyo Bad Boys. Alex Shelley of the Machine Guns then tagged himself in against Forestero of the NGD.
Shelley took control until he was knocked into Pagano who counted that as a tag. He took on Takuma of the Bad Boys who gave up about 50lbs to Pagano. Pagano hit a gruesome blockbuster, but could only get a two count as Shelley broke it up.
Pagano hit a cutter on Takuma, sending him careening into Chris Sabin of the Machine Guns. Sabin traded blows with Sanson of NGD but he managed to get knocked into Psycho Clown on the outside, which tagged him in against Sabin.
Shelley came in to help Sabin, which brought in Pagano. They all headed out of the ring and a brawl broke out. People were getting chopped everywhere and suddenly footage of a beaten up Panic Clown in the back was shown.
Back in the ring Sanson took out Takuma and Kento. NGD hit a double flapjack and dropkick on Kento, but could only get a two count out of him. Forestero leapt from the top turnbuckle to stomp the arm of Kento. He hoisted him up, but Kento got free and shoved him at Takuma who kicked him in the face.
Kento body slammed Sanson and Takuma hit a shooting star press, but Sanson kicked out. Takuma shot him off the ropes, but Shelley came back in to break it up. Takuma tagged in Kanto and they tried a double team. Shelly fought them off though and Sabin tagged in. The Machine Guns double teamed everyone, taking everyone out and trying a pin for two on Kento.
Kento fought back and hit a back suplex on Sabin. Psycho Clown tagged in and hit a Psycho Elbow on Kento. He brought in Pagano and they hit a double blockbuster on the Tokyo Bad Boys. NGD came in and the Clown and Pagano double teamed them right back out.
Pagano tried to pin Sanson, but he was deemed not the legal man. That let Kento get the drop on Pagano until Shelley got a blind tag. The Machine Guns double teamed Kento until NGD came in and tried to throw them over the ropes. MCM dodged it and tossed them out instead. Sabin got both in a dive, but Clown took out Shelley.
Pagano and Psycho Clown hit duelling Psycho Drivers on the Tokyo Bad Boys and got the pin to retain their titles.
Match Result: Psycho Clown & Pagano defeated Motor City Machine Guns, Tokyo Bad Boys and NGD
Aftre the match, Pagano and Psycho Clown ran to the back just in time to see Panic Clown loaded into an ambulance. The many, many clowns in AAA all wailed in horror at seeing one of their own in such condition as the show ended.
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