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LAS VEGAS – Pro wrestling fans will descend connected Las Vegas for days of action up of WrestleMania 42 this week, but WWE is hardly nan only crippled successful town.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), 1 of Mexico’s astir celebrated pro wrestling promotions, is group to clasp its first solo show successful nan U.S. successful its 92-year history. CMLL has produced galore legendary pro wrestlers and immoderate of its apical stars presently are making important waves successful different awesome North American promotions for illustration All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH).
The institution has collaborated pinch AEW and ROH connected plentifulness of occasions pinch immoderate pro wrestlers successful nan second promotions signing dual contracts allowing them to compete connected each other’s shows, including Místico and Thunder Rosa. CMLL is group to put together an intriguing paper that will showcase Lucha Libre style of pro wrestling that nan mean instrumentality mightiness person ne'er seen before.
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CMLL prima Flip Gordon performs a dive extracurricular of nan ring. (CMLL)
Flip Gordon, who is nan National Wrestling Alliance's world historical middleweight champion, is among those participating successful matches astatine nan historical CMLL show. He said for CMLL to person its ain show successful Las Vegas underscored nan unthinkable momentum nan institution has put together.
"I deliberation it's very significant. Last year, we sold complete a cardinal tickets successful Arena Mexico, which nary different institution has ever done successful nan history of master wrestling," Gordon told Fox News Digital. "CMLL is connected a basking streak correct now. We're trading retired shows near and right. I deliberation this twelvemonth we're gonna break nan grounds for astir sold retired shows successful our 92-year history. This show is very important because this is nan first clip that we are crossing nan separator into nan United States arsenic a company. We are bringing our talent to Las Vegas to put connected nan champion show we tin to show what Lucha Libre is. CMLL is nan creator of Lucha Libre. Now it's our chance to show precisely what Lucha Libre is and we're very excited."
He added that fans are successful for a dainty arsenic galore notable names are going to beryllium connected nan card.
"Oh, this show is stacked," Gordon said. "So, we got, successful nan main event, we sewage Místico (and Templario) versus Hechicero (and Ángel de Oro) successful a champion versus champion match. We person Claudio Castagnoli versus Atlantis Jr. … Atlantis, Jr., obviously, 2nd procreation superstar. He's a immense star. He's having a breakthrough twelvemonth correct now, he's in AEW arsenic good arsenic CMLL.
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Mistico and Ultimo Guerrero compete during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling CMLL Fantastica Mania arena astatine Yoyogi National Gymnasium successful Tokyo connected Feb. 18, 2026. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
"Then we person my match, I'm tagging pinch Capitán Suicida. We're going against 2 of nan brightest young stars successful each nan master wrestling, not conscionable Mexico, each complete nan world, successful Máscara Dorada and Neón. That one's gonna beryllium a really fun, fast-paced match. I deliberation that one's, a batch of group are gonna beryllium very willing successful seeing that match. And past we sewage a bunch of others.
"We sewage Persephone defending her women's title (against Tessa Blanchard). We sewage different trios match. We person a legends match. We person Blue Panther versus Último Guerrero, which is gonna beryllium phenomenal. Blue Panther, I judge he's successful his 60s, and he's still astatine nan apical of his game. So if you've ne'er seen Blue Panther, this is simply a must-see show because he's gonna spell crazy, particularly against Último."
Gordon, who is from Massachusetts, said that he’s relishing nan opportunity to beryllium connected nan paper because he’s an American who gets to correspond his adopted location of Mexico astatine specified a pivotal moment.
He added that he hoped to showcase nan different style of pro wrestling that CMLL has to offer.
"I'm very honored to beryllium a portion of this paper because, obviously, I'm a foreigner, I'm surviving down present arsenic a foreigner," Gordon told Fox News Digital. "My woman and my family, I person 2 daughters, they're Mexican, they were calved here.
Atlantis Jr. enters nan ringing during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling and CMLL Fantastica Mania arena astatine Yoyogi National Gymnasium successful Tokyo connected Feb. 18, 2026. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
"So, to beryllium portion of nan show arsenic a overseas but representing Mexico, representing CMLL, it's a existent grant for maine because I get to correspond nan state I love, nan institution I emotion and It's gonna beryllium breathtaking to show a different style, because a batch of nan fans person ne'er seen maine do Lucha Libre. They've only seen maine successful American style. So I'm very excited to show really overmuch I've grown arsenic a master wrestler, really overmuch I've grown arsenic a person, and it's gonna beryllium really nosy to spot immoderate acquainted faces."
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CMLL is 1 of a fistful of companies participating successful Slam FestSlam Fest, joining Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Stardom, Maple Leaf Pro and House of Glory. Each institution will big their shows astatine nan Pearl Theater successful Palms Casino Resort.
The CMLL arena is group for Thursday astatine 3 p.m. PT.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
