More Details on WWE’s Acquisition of AAA, Note on Alberto El Patron

WWE have acquired Lucha Libre AAA, and a new report has some notes on the deal. As noted, it was announced on Saturday that the company had acquired the Mexican wrestling company with NXT Worlds Collide taking place in Los Angeles on June 8th. Fightful Select reports that talent in AAA said that there have been discussions about the company having new partners, equipment and such for reveal years and that there was a lot of talk about a possible partnership with WWE following the WWE-UFC merger into TKO.

The report goes on to say that there had been talks between the two sides for some time and that sources in WWE said that the deal itself was kept largely quiet, though they believed it was finalized after AEW and CMLL announced Grand Slam Mexico for June 18th.

The report said that some in AAA were “even skeptical of the announcement” and said it is difficult for them to imagine that the Roldan family would give up all power of AAA. There are still not many details of the acquisition at this time.

On a more talent-related note, Alberto El Patron is the current AAA Mega Champion. Patron has long had a contentious relationship with WWE and the company has given a “hard no” for years on the notion of working with him despite Patron having said for years that discussions had taken place between the two sides. Sources close to Patron have said that he has said otherwise and that the two sides have talked about possible appearances, claiming that the relationship is no longer “contentious.”

WWE has not yet addressed Patron’s potential future with them or AAA following the acquisition.