Overview
- AAA’s first WWE-controlled show takes place Jan. 17 at Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City with live streams: Fox Tubi and Fox One at 8 p.m. in Mexico and Central America, FOX’s YouTube at 9 p.m. in South America, and WWE/AAA YouTube and Facebook in the U.S. and elsewhere.
- The announced card lists three bouts: El Grande Americano vs. El Hijo del Vikingo in a No. 1 contender match for the Mega Championship, Flammer (c) vs. Lady Shani for the Reina de Reinas title, and Niño Hamburguesa, La Parka and Mr. Iguana vs. Abismo Negro Jr., Taurus and Histeria.
- Reporting notes that Dominik Mysterio currently holds the AAA Mega Championship, setting stakes for the contender’s bout between El Grande Americano and El Hijo del Vikingo.
- Coverage describes a shift to WWE-style production for AAA, including a streamlined card with potential in-show match announcements to build serialized storylines.
- Local outlets report AAA has a broader FOX agreement for weekly Saturday programming and major events, while the move also ends the promotion’s prior Space/HBO arrangement that concluded on Nov. 22.