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Rey de Reyes
Promotional poster featuring various AAA and WWE wrestlers
Promotion	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Date	March 14, 2026 (Airing March 14–28, 2026)
City	Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico
Venue	Auditorio GNP Seguros
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The 2026 Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings") is an ongoing professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), in partnership with its parent company WWE. The event took place on March 14, 2026 at Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico, and is airing as a three-week event, airing every Saturday on episodes of Lucha Libre AAA from March 14 to March 28, 2026. It is the 29th Rey de Reyes show promoted by AAA since 1997, and the first Rey de Reyes to be held under WWE's ownership of AAA.

It featured the final of the 2026 Rey de Reyes tournament, won by El Grande Americano. For his victory, El Grande Americano earned a future AAA Mega Championship match.

Since 1997 and every year except 2020, the Mexican Lucha Libre, or professional wrestling, company AAA has held a Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings") show in the spring. The 1997 version was held in February,^[1] while all subsequent Rey de Reyes shows were held in March. As part of their annual Rey de Reyes event AAA holds the eponymous Rey de Reyes tournament to determine that specific year's Rey.^[2] Most years the show hosts both the qualifying round and the final match, but on occasion the qualifying matches have been held prior to the event as part of AAA's weekly television shows.^[3] The traditional format consists of four preliminary rounds, each a Four-man elimination match with each of the four winners face off in the tournament finals, again under elimination rules.^[1] There have been years where AAA has employed a different format to determine a winner.^[3] The winner of the Rey de Reyes tournament is given a large ornamental sword to symbolize their victory, but is normally not guaranteed any other rewards for winning the tournament, although some years becoming the Rey de Reyes has earned the winner a match for the AAA Mega Championship. From 1999 through 2009 AAA also held an annual Reina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but later turned that into an actual championship that could be defended at any point during the year, abandoning the annual tournament concept.^[4][5][6]

During Guerra de Titanes on December 20, 2025, AAA announced that Rey de Reyes would take place on March 14, 2026, in Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla at the Auditorio GNP Seguros.^[7] On the March 7, 2026 episode of Lucha Libre AAA, AAA announced that Rey de Reyes would air as three-week event on the weekly Saturday Lucha Libre AAA TV show from March 14 to March 28.^[8]

Rey de Reyes is featuring professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that play the part of the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they performed.^[9]

On the January 24 episode of Lucha Libre AAA, Penta announced the format of the 2026 Rey de Reyes tournament. It would consist of four fatal four-way qualifying matches. The winners of those matches would compete in a fatal four-way tournament final for an opportunity to challenge for the AAA Mega Championship. Penta will present the signature sword to the winner of the tournament. The tournament began on the January 31 episode where La Parka defeated Jack Cartwheel, Aero Star, and Apollo Crews.^[10][11] On the following episode, "The Original" El Grande Americano attacked El Grande Americano backstage and handcuffed him to take his spot in that night's qualifying match. He went on to defeat Octagón Jr., Dragon Lee, and Rey Fénix.^[12] On the February 28 episode, El Grande Americano accused "The Original" El Grande Americano of being a fake, citing the use of AI to appear to be able to speak Spanish. Pimpinela Escarlata confronted "The Original" El Grande Americano about El Grande Americano's claim, leading to Escarlata getting assaulted and unable to participate in that night's qualifier. Escarlata asked El Grande Americano to replace him, which he accepted. He went on to defeat Ethan Page, Omos, and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to earn the third spot in the Rey de Reyes tournament final.^[13] On the March 7 episode, Santos Escobar defeated Abismo Negro Jr., Mr. Iguana, and Psycho Clown to earn the final spot in the Rey de Reyes tournament final.^[14]

On the February 14 episode of Lucha Libre AAA, War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) defeated Los Americanos (Rayo Americano and Bravo Americano) and Money Machine (Garra de Oro and Colmillo de Plata) in a three-way tag team match to earn a shot at the AAA World Tag Team Championship.^[15] A match for the title between defending champions Pagano and Psycho Clown and the War Raiders at Rey de Reyes was made official on the February 21 episode.^[16]

Dominik Mysterio will defend the AAA Mega Championship against El Hijo del Vikingo. If Mysterio wins, Vikingo can't challenge Mysterio for the title anymore. If Vikingo wins, Mysterio must leave AAA.

At Worlds Collide on September 12, 2025, Dominik Mysterio won the AAA Mega Championship by dethroning El Hijo del Vikingo.^[17] Vikingo attempted to earn another shot at the title by competing in a triple threat match against Dragon Lee and El Grande Americano on AAA Alianzas on September 27, but he failed to win the match as Lee came out victorious.^[18] At Héroes Inmortales XVII on October 20, Vikingo and Americano had a confrontation that led to a brawl. Later that night, Mysterio defeated Lee to retain the title. After the match, Vikingo and Lee attacked Mysterio, but their attack stopped when Americano came out to help Mysterio. After Vikingo and Lee left the ring, Mysterio set up a tag team match between the two pairs.^[19] On AAA Alianzas on November 22, Mysterio and Americano defeated Vikingo and Lee.^[20] On the January 31, 2026, episode of Lucha Libre AAA, Vikingo defeated Americano and became the next challenger for the AAA Mega Championship. Mysterio revealed that he will defend his title against Vikingo in the main event of Rey de Reyes.^[21] On the February 7 episode, Vikingo proposed to have Mysterio's hair to also be on the line in their upcoming title match. He stated he will seek his answer in their contract signing two weeks later.^[22] At their contract signing on the February 21 episode, Mysterio stated that if Vikingo loses, he can never challenge Mysterio for the title. Vikingo added on to the stipulations by disregarding his previous proposal and stated that their match will be a No Disqualification match and if Mysterio loses, he must leave AAA forever.^[23]

The event opened with Rey Fenix, who introduced his brother Penta, and recalled that he was supposed to team up with Fenix at Guerra de Titanes back in December 2025, reformulating The Lucha Brothers, but that did not happened because of a shoulder injury that Penta sustained. Penta then hinted a future reunion of the team in AAA. After speaking about some names that won the Rey de Reyes tournament, Penta stated he would defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship at AAA, and was waiting for a challenger.^[24]

The first match was Flammer's open challenge for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship, which was answered by Bayley from WWE's Raw brand. Bayley gained the advantage with a dropkick, sending Flammer to the floor. Flammer retaliated with a leg sweep on the ring apron. Bayley regained momentum with a sunset flip that sent Flammer into the turnbuckle. Flammer took the opportunity to expose that turnbuckle. Bayley attempted the Roseplant but Flammer countered it. Flammer attempted a superplex, but Bayley hit a diving elbow drop instead. Lady Maravilla appeared to distract Bayley. La Hiedra then attacked Bayley while the referee was distracted. This allowed Flammer to drive Bayley into the exposed turnbuckle, following up with a codebreaker and a dropkick against the rope to retain her title.^[24]

The Rey de Reyes tournament final featuring "The Original" El Grande Americano, El Grande Americano, La Parka, and Santos Escobar followed. Parka gained the momentum after executing a moonsault from the top rope onto all three opponents at ringside. The "Original" Americano targeted Parka’s left arm and delivered a Northern Lights suplex to Escobar for a near-fall. El Grande Americano then applied a submission hold on Escobar while the "Original" Americano applied an ankle lock on Parka. Escobar broke the hold, sending the "Original" Americano into the other competitors. While the "Original" Americano and El Grande Americano fought into the crowd, Los Americanos (Rayo Americano and Bravo Americano) attacked the "Original" Americano, eventually handcuffing him to a railing. Escobar attempted to use a steel chair against Parka, but he was arrested by El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.. El Grande Americano delivered running headbutts to Parka and Escobar to secure the victory and become the winner of the 29th Rey de Reyes tournament.^[24]

Next, Domink Mysterio defended the AAA Mega Championship against El Hijo Del Vikingo (accompanied by Dorian Roldán) in a Lucha de Apuestas No Disqualification match. The match began with both competitors utilizing kendo sticks, chairs, and trash cans. Vikingo gained the advantage by landing a dive to ringside. Mysterio attempted a pinfall after hitting two-thirds of the Three Amigos, but Roldán broke up the referee’s count. Omos arrived, striking Mysterio with a trash can. Roldán handed the title belt to use as a weapon; however, Vikingo failed to hit Mysterio. As Mysterio attempted to hit the 619, Omos pushed Vikingo out of the way and then hit Mysterio with a chokeslam onto the ring apron and another one in the ring. Omos then set Vikingo on the top rope. Mini Vikingo appeared and hit Hijo del Vikingo with a Spanish Fly. After Omos was neutralized due to a low blow and a series of chair shots, Mysterio hit Hijo del Vikingo with the 619 and a frog splash to retain the title. Because Mysterio won, Vikingo can no longer challenge Mysterio for the title.^[24]