El Grande Americano Beats Dominik Again, New Challengers Loom for AAA Mega Title

El Grande Americano has solidified himself as AAA’s top babyface, successfully defending the AAA Mega Championship against Dominik Mysterio on Sunday, October 25 at Heroes Immortales. It was a rematch of their TripleMania night two main event, where El Grande originally dethroned Dominik to capture the title in a landmark moment for the masked star.

The rubber match at Heroes Immortales didn’t come without controversy. Rey Mysterio, Dominik’s father and AAA’s General Manager, got directly involved at ringside, using a steel chair to take out Omos and swing momentum El Grande Americano’s way. With Omos neutralized, El Grande was able to put Dominik away once more and walk out still holding the Mega Championship.

With Dominik seemingly dealt with for now, the AAA Mega Championship picture opens up — and there’s no shortage of looming threats for El Grande Americano to deal with next.

The most obvious name is Omos himself. The towering big man has spent recent weeks feuding with Rey Mysterio, even picking up a win over him at TripleMania to force his way back onto the roster after Rey had suspended him. Given Rey’s direct hand in costing Omos and Dominik the title match at Heroes Immortales, Omos now has every reason to come after both the Mysterio family and the champion. A program between Omos and El Grande would give AAA a monster showdown befitting a title defense.

Then there’s Daga, whose faction Los Perros Del Mal reunited in AAA by targeting El Grande Americano from the jump. Daga, Angel, Berto, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic laid El Grande out when the group first came together, though Nima has since departed for WWE’s 946 faction on Raw. The remaining members of Los Perros Del Mal are currently AAA Trios Champions, and the singles showdown between Daga and El Grande that their original attack seemed to be building toward has still never happened. It remains one of the more obvious dangling threads in the Mega Championship picture.

The wildcard is Damian Priest. AAA announced Priest’s arrival back in July, and he competed in a four-way for the vacant AAA Latin American Championship at Ola de Calor in August — a match La Parka ultimately won. Priest hasn’t been seen in AAA since, but his heel turn on WWE’s main roster, where he betrayed R-Truth, opens the door for him to return to AAA with a very different edge and set his sights on the Mega Championship.

AAA has a major show scheduled for January 2, and a promotion building toward a card like that typically wants marquee names attached to its top title picture. Whether it’s Omos settling a score, Daga finally getting his long-teased singles opportunity, or Priest reappearing as a fresh heel threat, El Grande Americano’s reign is about to be tested from multiple directions. For now, the babyface champion can enjoy having gotten past Dominik Mysterio — but AAA’s roster is stacked with reasons that celebration won’t last long.