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Giovanni Vinci Thinks El Grande Americano Is ‘Killing It’ In WWE

April 23, 2026 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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Giovanni Vinci may or may not have some familiarity with the second El Grande Americano, and thinks that the man behind the mask is “killing it” right now. The second Americano (who is definitely not Ludwig Kaiser) has found quite a bit of success in WWE and AAA, and Vinci was asked about him in his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet.

Vinci also recalled his match alongside Kaiser against John Cena and Seth Rollins for the WWE Superstar Spectacle in India in 2023. You can see the highlights below:

On El Grande Americano:

“I think he’s killing it at, whatever he’s doing. I think he has a good feel for what the people want to see and what people want to get out of it, and the reaction speak for themselves.”

On Imperium’s Match With John Cena and Seth Rollins:

“Man, was such a surreal moment. It was announced that Cena was going to be on that show in India. It was kind of last-minute. It was kind of thrown together, or was announced that Seth and Cena against Ludwig and I at the time, and I tell you, that was the loudest reaction I’ve ever heard in my life. That building of the floor was vibrating. It was shaking when we were standing there. He did his entrance, and then it was one of those. It’s almost like you wear a real-life VR, you know, those virtual reality things. Because he was my brother’s favorite wrestler. Growing up in 2004 2005 obviously watched him my whole life myself, and then he gets a tag, and I get a tag, okay, wrestling John Cena now, crazy moment. Obviously you want to still be professional like 99%, but that 1% in the back of your mind is like, Oh, this is cool. This is very cool.”