AAA on Fox 5/9/2026

We are back and ready to serve up a hot helping of Lucha Libre action on tonights episode of AAA on Fox! WWE made a big announcement about Triplemania earlier during Backlash, so we’ll see how often that comes up tonight.

In the meantime, there’s two great looking matches and a whole bunch of Clown drama on the docket tonight, so let’s not waste any more time!

Triple Threat Match: Lince Dorado vs. Octagón Jr. vs. Cruz Del Toro

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This is one of those matches where I think to myself “who cares why this is happening, I’m just stoked that it is!” because it’s just that awesome.

Off the bell, everyone took a second to see who could make the crowd cheer more. Dorado seemed to be the winner but ended up on the outside first. Cruz and Octagon fought in the ring with Octagon nailing him with a tornado shoulder block. Cruz popped back up though and put Octagon in a leg lock, complete with spin move.

Dorado then rejoined the fray and broke it up, trying to grab a pin on Octagon, but Cruz did the breaking up this time. Octagon took a powder and Dorado hit an around the world DDT on Cruz. Cruz countered with an attempted baseball slide, but Dorado leapt onto the ropes to avoid it. He then flipped onto Cruz on the outside.

Dorado pulled Cruz back into the ring and put him in an armbar, but Criz powered out of it with a, well, a power bomb. Octagon showed back up with a twisting dive from the top turnbuckle and all three fought in the ring, with Octagon taking out Cruz with a head scissor.

Things were moving fast and furious as Octagon hit Cruz on the outside with a crossbody from the ring post. Tossing him back in the ring, Octagon hit a tornado splash, but Dorado broke up the pin. He started trading chops with Octagon, then hit a handspring stunner on Octagon off the ropes. Cruz broke up that pin.

All three started spamming superkicks until Octagon hit a cutter on Cruz. Then Dorado took him out, but Cruz was there to take Dorado out. As Corey Graves put it, “this was an all out sprint from the bell!”

Octoagon hit a moonsault slam on Cruz from the top rope, but Dorado was there to break up the pin just in time. Octagon dragged Cruz into position for a high move, but Croz pulled him off the ringpost, set him up in a tree of woe and then went coast to coast with a dropkick.

Dorado then snuck in with a shooting star press on Octagon. Cruz grabbed Dorado, but Dorado countered into a brain buster and got the pin to win the match.

Match Result: Lince Dorado defeated Octagón Jr. and Cruz Del Toro

La Catalina vs. Jesse Jackson

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Catalina has been gunning for 1000+ day Reina de Reinas Champion Flammer of Las Toxicas. She gets a warmup tonight against someone who is neither a civil rights activist or an auxiliary member of the Jackson 5.

Before the match could begin, Flammer came down to the ring. She joined the Spanish announce team (or as they are known in lucha libre, the announce team) and the bell rang.

They locked up to begin, with Catalina shoving Jackson into the ropes. They traded wristlocks until Jackson bounced Catalina’s head off the canvas. Catalina returned the favor with an arm drag, sending Jackson into the corner.

Jackson dodged the charge though and Catalina had to think fast and hit her with a dropkick, sending Jackson to the outside. Cataline then dropped a leg on her from the apron and then said hi to Mrs. Roldan at ringside.

Back in the ring, Jackson hit Catalina in the face with an axe handle, then followed up with a meteora, but Catalina kicked out of the cover. Jackson started throwing punches, but Catalina wouldn’t stay down. Jackson sent her to the corner for some chops but Catalina fed her a big boot.

Catalina came off the top with a vicious missile dropkick and then a hip atack, but Jackson kicked out at two. Catalina went for a dropkick, but Jackson dodged it and countered with a running elbow. Jackson came out of the corner, but Catalina was waiting with a high knee.

Catalina went up top, but Jackson cut her off, pulling her down and bouncing the back of her head off the turnbuckle. Jackson then hit a knee and went for a cover, but Catalina kicked out. Jackson went for a suplex, but Catalina countered into a superkick.

She dumped Jackson in front of the ring post and went up top. Catalina hit a splash from the top and that was it. Catalina made the pin and got the victory in her AAA debut.

Match Result: La Catalina defeated Jesse Jackson

After the match, Flammer and Catalina talked trash until the other members of Las Toxicas ran down to beat up Catalina. They held her while Flammer kicked Catalina in the gut and smashed her with forearms. They were laying in a 3-on-1 beating when Lola Vice ran down to make the save. However, she was taken out by the damn numbers game, but who should show up to even the odds? Bayley!

Bayley, Vice and Catalina cleared the ring of Las Toxicas, sending them running up the ramp while they celebrated with the crowd. If this isn’t a six-woman match at Noche de los Grandes, I will be very disappointed.

Speaking of Noche de los Grandes, it was announced that El Hijo De Vikingo will take on El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr for the AAA Latin American Championship on May 30th.

Psycho Clown Calls Out Pagano

Normally, a promo or interview segment instead of a match to end the night would bum me out, but I don’t think you understand how excited I am for this face off.

To bring you up to speed: Pagano and Psycho Clown are currently the AAA Tag Team Champions. They are also part of the Psycho Circus group that includes Panic Clown, Murder Clown and Dave… The Clown. Someone has been taking out the clowns (not sending them in) one by one over the last few months. Pagano and Psycho have been trying to figure things out while defending their tag titles, leading to the questioning of their co-existence. So

On the April 23rd episode of AAA, Psycho had a match against Ivar of the War Raiders. As one would expect, Erik got involved and Psycho fell to the 2-on-1 advantage. Pagano ran down to help, but was way too late to stop Ivar from winning. This lead to a backstage argument between Pagano and Psycho. Pagao stormed off and Psycho went into the locker room to discover that Murder Clown had been beaten unconscious! Psycho rushed to help his brother-in-clowning only to discover a telltale bandana at the scene. A bandana belonging to Pagano!

So tonight, they will try and hash things out clown-to-clown in an effort to get to the truth of what’s been happening in the Psycho Circus.

Best. Story. In. Wrestling. Right. Now. Maybe. Ever.

Psycho stood in the ring as a recap of the last few months played. He grabbed a mic and addressed the crowd (with Rey Mysterio translating, thanks Rey!). He said he can’t ignore what’s been going on and called Pagano to the ring.

Pagano came down to his version of Sol Ruca’s music and got a mic of his own. Psycho said that they were brothers and their other brothers have been taken out one by one. He then asked Pagano what he had to say about it. He then confronted Pagano with the bandana.

Psycho asked Pagano what was going on. Pagano said that after all they have been through together, how could Psycho believe that he could do something like this? Pagano said that someone was trying to destroy them.

Pagano said that he understands why Psycho would accuse him, but maybe he should take a look at himself in the mirror, because it wasn’t Pagano. He said he would never turn his back on his family and went in for a hug, but Psycho shoved him off.

Psycho threw down his mic and left the ring. Pagano called him back saying when the truth comes out, Psycho will find out that Pagano was innocent.

Suddenly the War Raiders appeared and jumped Psycho from behind. Pagano rand down to help and drove the War Raiders off. Psycho and Pagano then stared each other down and exited through different sides of the entrance as the show came to an end.

Drama! Intrigue! Clowns!!

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