TripleMania XXXIII marks day one of WWE-AAA partnership

TripleMania XXXIII, held in Arena CDMX on a sweltering Saturday night, delivered a landmark milestone for the modern era of cross-promotional professional wrestling. streamed worldwide on WWE and AAA channels in both English and Spanish, the event drew more than 4.3 million views in the first 24 hours, peaked with a live audience of 614,000, and set new records for attendance, gate, and merchandise in AAA’s history. The show underscored WWE’s deepening involvement with AAA since the acquisition of the Mexican promotion, marking what executives described as “day one” of a continuing collaboration that blends lucha libre heritage with WWE’s global platform.

The live crowd of 19,691 at Arena CDMX represented the largest turnout for a Mexican lucha libre show this year and established an all-time gate record for AAA. In addition to the in-person success, TripleMania generated a surge of social engagement, with the event becoming the top trend on X in both the United States and Mexico and racking up hundreds of millions of views across AAA and WWE platforms. Merchandise sales also reached unprecedented levels for AAA, illustrating a robust fan response to the cross-promotional model...