WWE announces acquisition of AAA before WrestleMania 41 begins

WWE made a big announcement before the WrestleMania 41 launched on Saturday night.

The company acquired Mexican professional wrestling promotional Lucha Libre AAA and held a joint event with NXT in Los Angeles in June, known as World’s Collide.

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The announcement sent shockwaves into the world of professional wrestling as WWE is confident of the signatures of Penta and Ray Phoenix and the push of the so-called El Grande American masked wrestler and 99.9% certainty.

WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Lebasek spoke about the company’s decision to acquire AAA at a Postrest Tourmania 41 press conference after Seth Rollins defeated Rome’s rule and CM Punk in a wild main event.

Levesque told reporters that the intention to “foster Lucha Libre” pointed to the impact that wrestling style had on Central and South America and parts of the United States.

Paul Heyman turns on CM Punk and Rome’s reign to deliver Seth Rollins’ victory in the epic WrestleMania 41 match

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“I think it’s Mexico. AAA. I think Lucha Libre wants to grow in Lucha and everything else and grow beyond that, not just to become the biggest.

“We’re not trying to take away from that culturally important product. We want to give it an opportunity to strengthen it, grow it, grow it bigger, grow beyond it, grow it, become a more global celebrity, in contrast to some genre.”

One of the AAA’s top start, El Hijo del Baikinkyo was attending WrestleMania 41 after seeing the El Grande American defeat Phoenix.

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Worlds Collide is set for June 7th at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.