By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
AAA Ola de Calor
Edinburg, Texas, at Bert Ogden Arena
Streamed live August 30, 2026, on YouTube
A subtitled intro aired that was themed around heatwaves…
Corey Graves, Rey Mysterio, and John Bradshaw Layfield were on commentary….
Arrival shots were shown of Dragon Lee, Pentagon Jr, Rey Fenix, El Grande Americano, Dominic Mysterio, and Dorian Roldan…
Entrances for the opening match took place…
1. Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, Lince Dorado, and Mini Abismo Negro vs. Axiom, Mr. Iguana, Noisy Boy, and Mascarita Sagrada. Wilde and Axiom started the match. Axiom dominated with rushing strikes. Toro and Noisy Boy tagged in with Noisy hitting Toro with a huracanrana and doing a superhero pose. The LWO team used quick tags to cut the ring in half on Noisy. Mascarita Sagrada tagged in, which popped JBL.
Sagrada took down Lince. Iguana tagged in and hit Lince with a springboard armdrag. Axiom’s team was dumped to rigside. the LWO team took turns hitting dives and flip dives on the pile of wrestlers at ringside. The LWO team cut the ring in half on Iguana. Abismo hit Iguana with power moves. Rey and JBL kept joking about how Abismo doesn’t look like a Mini. Rey said if Abismo was a mini, he can be a mini.
Iguana dodged Lince’s shooting Star Press and tagged in Sagrada. Sagrada chopped down Toro and sent him to ringside. Sagrada hit Wilde with an impressive Suplex. Sagrada hit Lince with a springboard shoulder tackle. Abismo caught Sagrada out of the air, but Sagrada adjusted into a huracanrana. Axiom hit Wilde with a dive. Noisy hit the pile of wrestlers with a Corkscrew Asai Moonsault after hitting Toro with a Poisonrana.
Sagrada hit Abismo at ringside with an impressive tightrope flip dive. Iguana avoided Cruz’s Phoenix Splash. Iguana hit Cruz with the Iguana plushie and then followed up with a hanging bulldog for the victory.
Mr. Iguana, Axiom, Mascarita Sagrada, and Noisy Boy defeated Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, Mini Abismo Negro, and Lince Dorado via pinfall in 9:47.
John’s Thoughts: A fun opener. I didn’t think they needed 8 wrestlers as there wasn’t enough time to showcase all of them. I would have pulled out Iguana and Lince Dorado to allow more luchadores to get some shine, especially Noisy Boy who we barely got to see, but was very impressive with what time he did get. Like JBL, I have always been a fan of Mascarita Sagrada going back to the El Torito days in WWE. I feel like he shouldn’t be relegated to just matches in the minis division as he’s so smooth in the ring.
An ad aired for AAA TripleMania…
AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Lady Flammer made her entrance to watch the upcoming match. A lady named Adelicious made her entrance. Lady Shani was out next…
2. Gauntlet Match to earn a Reina de Reinas Championship Match at TripleMania. The first match of the gauntlet was Adelicious vs. Lady Shani. Both women started the match with a stalemate. Shana got a takedown with a shoulder tackle. Adelicious did a matrix dodge and hit Shani with a huracanrana. Both women traded rapid rollups. Shani put the boots to Adelicious in the corner. Shani hit Adelicious with a Broski Boot.
Adelicious did a bunch of random flips and then hit Shani with a tackle and dropkick. Shani avoided a 450 and pinned Adelicious at around 3 minutes after a body scissors roll.
Lady Shani vs. Thea Hail was the next part of the gauntlet. Thea Hail went for some quick pins early on. Hail hit Shani with a huracanrana and Suicide Dive at ringside. Hail got a two count on Shani. Shani tripped up Hail and hit her with a basement dropkick for a nearfall. Shani put Hail in a Boston Crab, converted to a cradle swing. JBL and Corey Graves gave their best wishes to Konnan, hoping to see him back in AAA soon.
Hail stretched Shani with a armbar over the top rope. Shani went for the bodyscissors pin again, but Hail rolled her up for the pin at around 7:10.
Thea Hail vs. La Catalina was the next part of the gauntlet. Catalina used to wrestle under a mask in NXT and WWE’s main roster. Catalina rallied with strike early. Hail turned the tables with a spiringboard move and methodical offense. Catalina turned the tide with a diving crossbody. Catalina gave Hail a running knee to the back of the neck. Catalina put Hail in an Electric Chair. Hail came back with a shoulder breaker. Catalina shoved Hail into the buckle to break a Kimura. Hail put Catalina in a Kimura. Catalina converted the position into a Jackknife pin for the pinfall in around 11:40.
La Catalina vs. La Hiedra was the final part of the Gauntlet. The commentators noted that Hiedra is in the same faction as Flammer, Las Toxicas. Hiedra focused on the left arm that Thea Hail worked on. La Hiedra looked perplexed seeing that her stablemate might face her for the title. Hiedra worked on Catalina with methodical offense. Catalina dumped Hiedra to ringside and hit her with a high Crossbody Block. Hiedra slapped Catalina on the top rope. Hiedra hit Catalina with Iconoclasm.
Catalina rolled up Hiedra for a two count. Hiedra hit Catalina with a Wheelbarrow Slam for a good nearfall. Hiedra argued that the ref gave her a slow count. Hiedra tried to hit Catalina with a belt shot, but the referee stopped her. Catalina rolled up Hiedra for a good nearfall. While the referee was distracted doing something in the corner, Heiedra tried to hold Catalina in place for a belt shot by Lady Flammer, but Catalina ducked, causing Fammer to accidentally (?) hit Hiedra
La Catalina defeated La Hiedra via pinfall in 17:33 of total match time to win the Gauntlet Match and earn a Reina de Reinas Championship title shot at TripleMania.
Separate shots of the War Raiders and Los Americanos were shown as they were warming up backstage…
John’s Thoughts: I’m not up to date on the AAA storylines, so I’m not too familiar with a lot of the story dynamics at play. That said, it was a pretty fun gauntlet, particularly the 2nd half of the total gauntlet. I really like how La Catalina has reinvented herself since getting released by WWE. Best thing she ever did was drop the mask because she had a bit of a generic lucha look during her first WWE run. She sells very well and her expressions are very emotive and a strength of hers. I was actually shocked to see she’s only 26, meaning she was very young when she was in WWE. I actually look forward to the Catalina vs. Lady Flammer match and this match looked like it was planting seeds of dissent within the heel Las Toxicas faction.
Entrances for the tag team title match took place…
3. “The War Raiders” Erik and Ivar vs. “Los Americanos” Rayo and Bravo for the AAA Tag Team Championsips. Erik and Rayo started the match with Rayon landing a dropkick on Erik. Bravo and Ivar tagged, leading to the War Raiders cutting the ring in half on Bravo a bit. Bravo gave Erik with theatrical strikes. Bravo slapped his ass to mock Ivar. The Americanos did a wishbone spot on Erik into the ringpost. The Raiders used tags again to cut the ring in half on Rayo.
Rayo went for a Sunset Flip that was blocked, but Rayo avoided a Banzai Drop. JBL noted that Ivar has more ass than a donkey. Erik slammed Rayo for a nearfall. Rayo did a backflip to land on his feet on a suplex, which allowed him to tag in Bravo. Bravo peppered Erik with strikes and a flying clothesline. Bravo hit Erix with a body slam. Bravo hit Erik with a crossbody. Bravo hit Ivar with a Gamengiri on the top rope.
Bravo hit Ivar with a Frankensteiner. Rayo tagged in and barely hit a Swanton Bomb on Ivar for a nearfall. Ivar took out Rayo with one of his impressive Crescent Kicks. Erik suplexed Ivar on Bravo in the corner. Erik got a two count on Brav. Rayo blind tagged in. Bravo took down Ivar with a DDT. Rayo hit Erik with a finger break spot. Bravo hit Erik with Bop and Bang. The Americanos hit Erik with a Shoulder Tackle legsweep combo. Ivar broke up Bravo’s pin.
The Americanos hit Erik with dragonball punches. Bravo dodged Ivar’s Bronco Buster. Los Americanos both lifted Ivar. Erik dragged Rayo to ringside . Bravo hit Ivar with an impressive Helicopter Spin Michinoku Driver. Bravo went for a headbutt, but Ivar’s large body blocked the fact that he was holding the championship belt. Bravo gave the tag championship belt a top rope headbutt, which led to a pinfall win by Ivar over the knocked out Bravo.
The War Raiders defeated Los Americanos via pinfall in 10:19 to retain the AAA Tag Team Championships.
Erik got in the camera and said “by any means necessary”…
John’s Thoughts: A good tag team match between two teams that work against what their sizes are, War Raiders being very agile while the Americanos having their British Strong Style. It’s always fun to see Big Strong Boy Bravo (Tyler Bate) do his clean feats of strength. I would have liked to see these teams go five minutes more and that’s what this finish seems to set up.
Chris Carter was “already in the ring”.
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