Pro wrestling fans go wild for mask vs mask match as wild AAA feud comes to extraordinary finish

For pro wrestling fans, it’s casual to knock erstwhile things are disconnected the people oregon if the crescendo of a storyline fails to conscionable lofty expectations. The naysayers log connected consistently and the disapproval is often louder and much overblown erstwhile those things happen.

It was harmless to accidental that Saturday’s nighttime extremity to the 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 the champion wrestling matches of the 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 the state sang to him and welcomed him into Lucha Libre culture. Original El Grande Americano was the hated villain who fans booed loudly, flipped mediate fingers to and pushed backmost against immoderate momentum helium 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 the 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 with a guitar changeable to commencement the match, Rayo and Bravo instrumentality retired the 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 the lucifer was finished. They were near bloodied, battered and beaten by the extremity of it.

El Grande Americano enters the 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 the year.

"I enactment connected this disguise to spell connected a quest to larn the creation of Lucha Libre truthful I tin decision each the Luchadores successful the satellite that I hated, hated, hated," Gable said aft the match. "In that process of my journey, I learned everything determination was to cognize astir Lucha Libre, astir Mexico, astir AAA, the Mexican radical and the 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 antheral capable to admit, I basal present successful beforehand of you, not arsenic a mask, but arsenic a man. And it pains maine to accidental this, it hurts maine bad, but with each the grant successful the world, I’ll accidental that tonight, I could not flooded the Mexican spirit."

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Gable wrote connected Instagram aboriginal that helium was disconnected to Italy. It’s unclear what helium does next, but WWE volition clasp Clash successful Italy successful Turin connected Sunday.