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For pro wrestling fans, it’s easy to knock erstwhile things are disconnected nan people aliases if nan crescendo of a storyline fails to meet lofty expectations. The naysayers log connected consistently and nan disapproval is often louder and much overblown erstwhile those things happen.
It was safe to opportunity that Saturday’s nighttime extremity to nan storyline betwixt El Grande Americano and Original El Grande Americano astatine AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide’s Noche de Los Grandes surpassed expectations and fermented itself arsenic 1 of nan champion wrestling matches of nan year.
The hype was palpable. El Grande Americano appeared connected WWE and AAA programming and became a instrumentality favourite successful Mexico. Pro wrestling fans successful nan state sang to him and welcomed him into Lucha Libre culture. Original El Grande Americano was nan hated villain who fans booed loudly, flipped mediate fingers to and pushed backmost against immoderate momentum he would gain.
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El Grande Americano faces disconnected against El Grande Americano during WWE's Royal Rumble astatine Riyadh Season Stadium successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, connected Jan. 31, 2026. (Joe Maher/WWE)
It each culminated into an bonzer lucifer Mask vs. Mask lucifer successful Monterey successful beforehand of a jammed arena. In nan end, El Grande Americano defeated Original El Grande Americano successful a bloody contest. Original El Grande Americano was forced to region his mask, revealing himself to beryllium WWE prima Chad Gable.
It was a drawn-out matter that featured Gable assailing El Grande Americano pinch a guitar changeable to commencement nan match, Rayo and Bravo return retired nan Creed Brothers and El Grande Americano putting Gable done a table.
Both men pummeled each other, trying to portion disconnected each other’s masks earlier nan lucifer was finished. They were near bloodied, battered and beaten by nan extremity of it.
El Grande Americano enters nan CHI Health Center successful Omaha, Neb., accompanied by Rayo Americano and Bravo Americano during Monday Night RAW connected May 4, 2026. (Georgina Dallas/WWE)
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Pro wrestling fans universally agreed that it was 1 of, if not the, champion lucifer of nan year.
"I put connected this disguise to spell connected a quest to study nan art of Lucha Libre truthful I tin conclusion each nan Luchadores successful nan world that I hated, hated, hated," Gable said aft nan match. "In that process of my journey, I learned everything location was to cognize astir Lucha Libre, astir Mexico, astir AAA, nan Mexican group and nan Mexican culture.
Original El Grande Americano makes his entranceway during Monday Night RAW astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected March 16, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)
"I’m man capable to admit, I guidelines present successful beforehand of you, not arsenic a mask, but arsenic a man. And it pains maine to opportunity this, it hurts maine bad, but pinch each nan grant successful nan world, I’ll opportunity that tonight, I could not flooded nan Mexican spirit."
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Gable wrote connected Instagram later that he was disconnected to Italy. It’s unclear what he does next, but WWE will clasp Clash successful Italy successful Turin connected Sunday.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
