This past Saturday night, live from the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico, AAA’s biggest pay-per-view of the year, TripleMania, took place. This was the first time the event was broadcast globally via WWE’s YouTube channel as WWE had acquired AAA a few months ago. One of the English commentators on the show was WWE Hall of Famer JBL.
While speaking on the most recent episode of the Something to Wrestle podcast, JBL shared his thoughts on the pay-per-view. He mentioned that WWE did not get involved in the show to compete against AAA Lucha Libre. He also emphasized that WWE wanted to work along with AAA and elevate the Mexican Wrestling promotion.
“WWE didn’t come down there to have WWE vs. AAA. They came down there to have AAA. And that’s a big freaking difference… It was just AAA, and that’s incredibly important. That’s terrific foresight by these guys to come down there and maintain the culture and the heritage. And it’s not about WWE talent that’s coming down to show that they’re better. It’s WWE talent coming down to be part of AAA. And that’s a huge different paradigm than what has happened so many times when you have companies working with other companies… This is the WWE guys that are down there now as part of AAA trying to make a name for themselves in AAA as a AAA combatant, not as a WWE person coming down there to fight AAA people. It’s a huge difference,” JBL said. [H/T WrestlingNews.co]
Did you enjoy AAA’s TripleMania this past weekend?
