WWE X AAA Triplemanía 34 Night 1 Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights

For the first time, WWE and AAA presented a two-night Triplemanía card on Friday night from the historic MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

A high-stakes match-up between AAA general manager Rey Mysterio and resident giant, Omos, headlined the first night of action, in which all but one match had implications on the second night of action, this Sunday night in Mexico City.

What happened, how did each match grade out, and what did it mean for the second-half of the annual extravaganza?

Announced in advance of Friday's show were:

Match to Determine If Omos Will Get Reinstated or Leave AAA Forever: Rey Mysterio vs. Omos

AAA Latin American Championship Triple Threat Match: La Parka (c) vs. Mr. Iguana vs. Laredo Kid

AAA World Trios Championship Match: Los Psycho Circus (c) vs. Los Perros del Mal

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship No. 1 Contender's Fatal 4-Way Match: Nattie vs. Faby Apache vs. La Hiedra vs. Roxanne Perez

Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match: Fraxiom vs. Los Americanos vs. Tokyo Bad Boys vs. The LWO

Six-Person Mixed Tag Team Match: Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Vikingo & Adelicious vs. Jack Cartwheel, Mini Abismo Negro & Lady Shani

Last Time in Action: Mini Vikingo fought Nathan Frazer and Jack Cartwheel to a time-limit draw (AAA, August 30); Mascarito Segada won a tag team match (AAA, March 22) ; Mini Abismo Negra lost a Mixed Tag Team Match (AAA, March 8); Adelicious and Lady Shani lost a No. 1 Contender's Gauntlet (AAA Ola de Calor; August 30)

Faced with the unenviable task of overcoming an early injury to Lady Shani that absolutely affected the match, the six combatants in Friday's opening Six-Person Mixed Tag Team Match saw Mini Vikingo, Mascarito Segada, and Adelicious pick up the victory over Shani, Jack Cartwheel, and Mini Abismo Negra.

The match featured some great athletic feats and a crowd that was into the action, but was little more than that.

A nice warmup for the rest of the show, it was carried heavily by Vikingo and Cartwheel.

Adelicious, Vikingo, and Adelicious defeated Mini Abismo Negra, Cartwheel, and Shani

Unfortunately, Adelicious appeared to rock Lady Shani early on, taking her out of action due to injury.

The talent should be commended for holding this thing together because there was a spot or two where it easily could have fallen apart. It still was not a particularly great match, but it still proved to be fun.

Teams involved: LWO's Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde, Fraxiom's Nathan Frazer and Axiom, Los Americanos Rayo and Bravo, and Tokyo Bad Boys' Kento & Nobu San

Los Americanos survived the challenge of Fraxiom, LWO, and the Tokyo Bad Boys in a stellar four-way tag team elimination bout.

While the latter two teams shone during their time in the match, it was the back stretch involving Los Americanos and Fraxiom that captivated fans with high-flying, dramatic near-falls, a great miscommunication spot from Frazer and Axiom, and a satisfying conclusion with the fan-favorite tandem going over.

As a party match tasked with delivering great, high-energy in-ring action, this match more than succeeded and set the bar nearly impossibly high for any other match on this show to surpass.

The talent involved here is extraordinary. At least six of the eight stars involved easily could have been utilized as singles stars to great success. That says a lot about the overall quality of the AAA roster.

del Toro's coast-to-coast was an incredible spot, executed perfectly. LWO's elimination so early on was somewhat surprising.

This could have been even better than it already was had it just been Los Americanos vs. Fraxiom.

"That could be the Bitter End for Nathan Frazer," Corey Graves said, with a subtle nod to Rayo Americano's real identity, Pete Dunne.

<strong>AAA Reina de Reinas Championship No. 1 Contender's Fatal 4-Way Match</strong>

Last Time in Action: Nattie lost to Jaida Parker (NXT, August 30); Roxanne Perez lost to Stephanie Vaquer (Raw, August 24); La Heidra lost to La Catalina (AAA Ola de Calor, August 30); Faby Apache and Joaquin Wilde lost to La Hiedra and Laredo Kid (AAA, July 11)

Reina de Reinas Champion Lady Flammer watched from the commentary table as four top contenders battled for the right to challenge her and her historic reign with the gold.

Submissions were the name of the game, with all four competitors uncorking their trademark holds in the name of victory. At one point, Nattie trapped Perez in the Sharpshooter, only for Apache to break the hold up.

La Hiedra appeared to have the victory in hand. A miscommunication saw her collide with Flammer, knocking her to the floor. Perez capitalized on the momentary distraction and delivered Pop Rox for the win.

After the match, the Las Toxicas teammates were visibly upset with each other.

Perez defeated Nattie, Apache, and Hiedra

This was a strong match with some great in-ring action and a finish that played up the mounting frustration and dissension within Las Toxicas.

Perez's victory has the potential to propel her to championship gold in Chicago at World's Collide, thus adding another title to a Judgment Day faction brimming with it.

AAA Latin American Championship Match: Mr. Iguana vs. La Parka vs. Laredo Kid

Last Time in Action: La Parka defeated Damian Priest, El Fiscal, and El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. (AAA Ola de Calor, August 30); Laredo Kid lost to Penta (Raw, August 10); Mr. Iguana won an Eight-Man Tag Team Match (AAA Ola de Calor, August 30)

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion Kid soared over the ring post at one point in Friday's match, wiping out both Iguana and La Parka in pursuit of more gold for around his waist.

It was not enough to keep his opponents down.

La Parka delivered a super Spanish Fly to his opponents, but Iguana recovered and delivered Get Green. The reigning champion broke up the pinfall, then capitalized on a conveniently positioned Iguana to deliver the Doomsday Device off of Kid's shoulders.

Moments later, the champion downed Kid to retain his title in a grueling match.

La Parka defeated Kid and Iguana to retain his title

The chemistry here was great, with all three styles meshing well and resulting in a strong in-ring product.

La Parka is such an enduring character that there are legitimately two or three generations of fans who have been rooting some incarnation of the Superstar on for the last four decades.

The raw emotion on Iguana's face after the match seemed to hint at frustration over how close he came to winning the title before La Parka pulled him out of the ring. A heel turn seems unlikely, but a match between the two for the title, one-on-one, could be the solution.

AAA World Trios Championship Match: Los Psycho Circus vs. Los Perros del Mal

Las Time in Action: Los Psycho Circus defeated Bestia 666, Halloween NG, and Hijo de Rey Misterio (AAA, August 15); Los Perros del Mal lost to Penta, Rey Fenix, and Dragon Lee (AAA, August 30)

With Panic Clown out of action, Psycho Clown rejoined Los Psycho Circus to defend the AAA World Trios Championship against the dangerous Daga, Berto, and Angel of Los Perros del Mal, accompanied by Karmen Petrovic.

Despite the heels' determination to end the clowns' historic reign with the gold, the champions rolled late. That is, until El Carnicero appeared and attacked Dave the Clown, drawing the ire of Psycho Clown, who fought the massive force of nature out of the arena.

The heels benefited from a numbers game in their favor, and Los Perros del Mal downed the massive Murder Clown to score the win and the titles.

Los Perros del Mal defeated Los Psycho Circus to win the titles

This felt like the foregone conclusion match of the night, with the heels ready to explode into the main event stratosphere. They wrote an important chapter in this current run with their victory, with the gold potentially serving as a power chip.

Carnicero interfering made sense and left the babyfaces without Psycho Clown, who Dave and Murder Clown will likely blame for abandoning them in the high-stakes match-up.

Last Time in Action: Rey Mysterio lost a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match to Bron Breakker (Raw, September 7); Omos fought Galeno to a no contest (AAA, August 15)

Accompanied to the squared circle by Dorian Roldan and AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio, Omos fought for his future in AAA against the brand's general manager, Rey Mysterio, in Friday's main event.

Seeking to be reinstated, the Nigerian Giant overpowered and pummeled Mysterio, going as far as to hoist him in a gorilla press slam and flatten him in front of the 2023 Hall of Famer's wife, Angie.

The heel dominated until Mysterio trapped him in the ropes and teed off on him. Dirty Dom got involved but suffered a beatdown at the hands of El Grande Americano, who had been at ringside with the Hall of Famer.

Mysterio utilized a steel chair, sent him into the top turnbuckle with a hurricanrana, then added multiple 619s designed to target the lower limbs of his opponent. One last one to the head left the big man stunned.

A top-rope splash should have done it for the babyface but Omos kicked out at two. Dirty Dom attacked Americano with a steel chair, battering his top contender's body.

Omos recovered, flattened the babyface with a big boot, and put him down with the chokeslam for the win.

After the match, Omos delivered a sickening chokeslam to Mysterio, who had been left on a stretcher, onto the unforgiving announce table.

Mysterio wore a modified, updated version of his iconic Phantom -inspired gear from Halloween Havoc 1997. That original gear remains one of the best in pro wrestling history.

The crowd's reaction to Omos and everything he did, including audible "oooo" when he got his hands on Mysterio, really helped elevate this one and tell the story.

This was a strong way to end the show, from the standpoint that it had direct influence on Sunday's championship defense from Dirty Dom, against El Grande Americano. Now, the challenger faces a scenario where he will be forced to overcome the numbers game, almost certain to include Omos. That babyface victory should be an all-time moment in AAA's rich history.

The tag team match earlier in the show remained the best match on the card, with nothing surpassing what Fraxiom and Los Americanos performance. They were athletic, energetic, and had the fans feeling what they were cooking. The result was an extraordinary match-up that had fans completely invested.

This show was better than we have consistently seen from WWE, booked and written by The Undertaker.

With that said, this felt like a setup for Sunday's show. There were hints of major creative happenings on the horizon and more importantly, it set up El Grande Americano to go it alone against Dominik Mysterio and the considerable backup he has at his disposal.

A good show with some strong wrestling, this one falls short of an "A" but is still a damn fun way to spend a few hours.