El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Reflects On Making WWE SmackDown Debut

Andrew Thompson,Luis PulidoMarch 7, 2026, 7:03 pm

Wagner Jr.’s debut.

The March 6th edition of Friday Night SmackDown featured Carmelo Hayes hosting an open challenge for his WWE United States Championship.

Answering the call was the reigning AAA Latin American Champion, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Despite coming up short, Wagner Jr. expressed his gratitude about the experience in a post on social media (translation via Fightful’s Luis Pulido):

Thank you for so many messages, for so many posts, stories, and comments on social media.
Also thanks to those who give their opinion or judgment; in the end, only one truly knows what goes through their mind, their body, their heart, and their soul.

The first time I did my tryout, I was 20 years old. It took 15 years to finally step into that ring, in one of the company’s main brands: SmackDown, in WWE, the world’s largest professional wrestling company, also representing my home AAA as Latin American Champion.

Thank you for believing in me.

Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. That long name is me. It is my lineage, my heritage, and my legacy.
With my debuts in Arena Azteca Budokan, passing through IWRG, Pro Wrestling NOAH, The Crash, AAA, NXT, and WWE.

Mariachi Rockero is the theme I chose because I love it and it makes me happy.