Es bueno ser El Grande Americano.
The official video of the AAA wrestling event “Noche de los Grandes” on the WWE YouTube channel has drawn over 1.8 million views at the time of this publishing, while AAA’s full video of the event has over 436,000 views for a combined total of 2.24 million views. The event streamed live on May 30, meaning the impressive total has been racked up in less than four days.
The event, which took place in Monterrey, was headlined by a mask vs. mask match between El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) and The Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable). The match was the payoff to a year-long storyline that began when Gable suffered a number of losses to luchadores. He disappeared from WWE television for a time, only to re-emerge as the masked El Grande Americano, a villainous heel.
Gable continued to perform as the character in both WWE and AAA until June 2025 when he underwent surgery on his shoulder. Kaiser then began appearing in both organizations as El Grande Americano, where he won over the Mexican audience with his Spanish-speaking abilities and embracing the culture and traditions of lucha libre.
The match between Kaiser and Gable culminated in Kaiser winning, forcing Gable to unmask and abandon his claim to the El Grande Americano name. The match has received near universal praise from fans and professionals alike, who touted the emotional storytelling and the physical punishment both men endured to a rapturous reaction from the crowd in Monterrey.
The successful matchup comes roughly one year after WWE acquired AAA, one of the biggest professional wrestling promotions in Mexico, from Mexico-based sports and entertainment holding company Fillip.
