WWE Hall of Famer JBL has announced that he will be making a surprise appearance at AAA’s biggest event of the year, TripleMania XXXIII, this coming Saturday. In a groundbreaking announcement, he revealed that he will be joining the commentary team alongside WWE’s Corey Graves and the legendary Konnan for the broadcast, which will stream live and for free on YouTube.
This move is one of the most significant yet in the burgeoning partnership between WWE and the iconic Lucha Libre promotion. Having a WWE Hall of Famer and a current Raw lead announcer on the call for TripleMania elevates the event to a new level for the international audience and signals a deep level of collaboration between the two companies.
“Groundbreaking News”
Speaking on the latest episode of the Something to Wrestle With podcast with Conrad Thompson, JBL broke the news himself. He expressed his immense excitement for the opportunity and his love for the AAA product and its rich history.
“I’m proud to announce, Conrad, that I’m going down to Mexico City this weekend. I’ll be doing commentary with Corey Graves for the entire Triplemania. I may not be your favorite commentary commentator, but this is the first announcement. This is groundbreaking news. I’m going to Mexico City. I just got the deal from WWE, not a deal. They asked me to come out with new commentary. Some of you call that a deal or not. It’s an engagement, it’s an appearance, whatever you want to call it. But I’m very excited to go be a part of TripleMania.”
A Lifelong Love for Lucha
JBL has a long and storied history with wrestling in Mexico, dating back to the early 1990s when he first worked for AAA. He recounted his history with the promotion and his excitement to be working with its current leadership and top stars.
“I didn’t either. I got a call, and I don’t know who all I can say names about, so I don’t want to, you know, say names without permission. But I got a call from, you know, people down there and talked with, and I just text with Jeremy Borash this morning, and he said, go ahead and announce it. It’s fine. Got a call last week. Said, would you come down to do commentary? And I said I would absolutely love to so I love Corey… Conan, of course, legend of Lucha Libre… I’ve been going down there ever since, since I’ve been working some with AAA. I love Dorian Roldan down there. I mean, it’s the Antonio Pena, the whole legacy of everything that is Triple A. And then I didn’t know if I was coming back, you know, because of the WWE buying Triple A and then they give me a call last week say, ‘Hey, would you come do commentary for the show?’ And I said, that doesn’t take but a nanosecond, yes, yes, absolutely.”
In summary, JBL will be joining the commentary team for AAA TripleMania XXXIII, a major development in the WWE/AAA partnership. The event is scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th, and will stream live for free on AAA’s official YouTube channel. The full interview with JBL is available on the latest episode of the Something to Wrestle With podcast.
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