On Saturday, WWE announced its acquisition of Lucha Libre AAA. This announcement followed an initial report by WrestleVotes and coincided with WWE’s official reveal of Worlds Collide, a cross-promotional event between NXT and AAA scheduled for June 7th.
Fightful Select reports that they contacted talent who indicated that discussions regarding potential new partners and resources for AAA had been ongoing for years. According to Fightful’s sources, “once the WWE-TKO merger happened, there was a lot of discussion about that partnership being with WWE. There had been conversations between the two sides for quite some time.”
Sources speaking with Fightful suggested that “while the acquisition itself was closely guarded, they believe it was finalized after AEW and CMLL announced their Arena Mexico show.” This timing implies a potential strategic element to WWE’s move in response to the AEW/CMLL collaboration.
However, some talent within AAA expressed skepticism regarding the announcement. Their primary concern stemmed from the perceived unlikelihood of the Roldan family relinquishing complete control of the promotion. As of the report, detailed information regarding the specifics of the acquisition remains scarce.
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