When asked if he considered his win over Cena the craziest moment of his in-ring career, Dominik admitted that he didn’t. Instead, “Dirty Dom” pointed to his Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide debut, which took place on July 25, 2025 in Mexico City.
“I think the wildest one for me was showing up in AAA for the first time,” Dominik said. “Obviously, winning my IC Championship at WrestleMania, insane. Beating John Cena Survivor Series, insane. WrestleMania against my deadbeat dad [Rey Mysterio], two hours from San Diego, insane. The thing is all of those were very large open stadiums, like massive crowds. Juan de la Barrera, AAA, people weren’t expecting me.”
“I think the show was on a Saturday. The show started at 8. I got to the arena at like 8:15, so no one knew I was coming. I showed up, it was insane. This could all be bulls***, but I was told this allegedly when they were recording, it was so loud that the speakers blew out. The cameras couldn’t capture the full audio of it because it was so loud. It gave me goosebumps.”
According to Dominik, one of his long-time goals was wrestling in Mexico for AAA. And in his follow-up appearance at AAA Triplemania XXXIII on August 16, he achieved that. For his initial outing, though, Dominik attacked Dragon Lee and then-AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo.
Dominik went on to dethrone Vikingo as Mega Champion at WWE x AAA Worlds Collide in September, with his reign still running strong to this day. Most recently, Dominik successfully defended the title against Vikingo at the 2026 Rey De Reyes show on March 14. Coming out of it, he was reportedly put under concussion protocol, and of now, has yet to be medically cleared.
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