During WrestleMania weekend, WWE announced the purchase of Lucha Libre AAA. The two promotions came together in June for WWE x AAA Worlds Collide.
AEW had an established relationship with CMLL, and worked with AAA in past years.
Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Kenny Omega briefly commented on the WWE-AAA partnership when discussing the different styles of wrestling.
"[Having complete cards] is the most exciting part of our show and our program right now. We have a lot of young guys that can do some incredible things. We have some bigger dudes on our roster, too, which we sort of had a lack of. Now we have the Bobby Lashleys, Powerhouse Hobbs, Samoa Joes. We have those boxes ticked. We have the Will Ospreays and Swerves and Hangman's, who are just at their physical peak right now. Takeshita is another one of those guys. Now we're implementing a lot of the luchador style as well. I feel AEW has really become, even now, especially with, I don't know if you'd call it a merger, probably not the best technical term, but AAA working with WWE, they are introducing a little more lucha libre to their stuff as well too, which I think it's great to see. In a perfect world I would love to show the various styles of pro wrestling so that people can develop an appreciation for it and if it isn't what you like, there's a chance that throughout that card, there is something that you are going to like because it's not just going to be the same thing over and over again," he said.
AEW traveled to Mexico for the first time ever in June, holding AEW Grand Slam Mexico at Arena Mexico.
Elsewhere during the interview, Omega clarified his comments on "ADHD wrestling." You can find his remarks here.
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