WWE’s Undertaker Says Goal With AAA Is To ‘Wrap A Story Around’ Lucha Libre Style
Since AAA's sale to WWE last year, the public face of the lucha libre promotion has become The Undertaker, a man who's lucha libre experience is limited to all the times he wrestled for WWE events in Mexico. But so far, Taker has been well received in the role, particularly following the El Grande Americano mask match at AAA Noches de las Grandes. And while chatting with Rey Mysterio on "Six Feet Under," Undertaker offered his thoughts on why the match worked so well; because it allowed lucha libre to incorporate storytelling into the mix.
"It's not just high-flying now," Undertaker said. "What I can see happening and what we're trying to do is have that lucha style and then also wrap a story around it. Instead of it just being a spectacle and having these two dudes do incredible moves, if we can wrap a story inside of it, make all that make sense, I think it's gonna be a win-win and a huge growth opportunity for people."
Undertaker's AAA will have plenty of opportunities to wrap stories around lucha libre over the rest of 2026. The WWE subsidiary will have their next big event, Verano de Escandalo, on July 25 from Aguascalientes. That show will be followed by two nights of TripleMania XXXVIV, the first of which will take place on September 11 in Las Vegas Nevada, while the second night will take place two days later in Mexico City. It will be the first TripleMania to be run in the United States since TripleMania IV-A in Chicago, Illinois in 1996.
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Since it happened, I have sat back and watched the glowing reaction to the El Grande Americano mask match and barely been able to contain my anger towards it. I get it; it was a high quality match. But sometimes match quality is less important than what the match represents, and what that match repr
