Rey Fenix beat Laredo Kid on Saturday night in Arena Monterrey to win the title at AAA Noche del Los Grandes, ending a championship run that had stretched to 539 days. The loss came after Laredo Kid had tried to keep control with low blows and an exposed turnbuckle, but Fenix still came through.
The result gave the crowd at Arena Monterrey the night’s clearest change. Laredo Kid entered the opening contest as champion and left without the belt, while Fenix took over after a match that had already turned sharp and physical by the time the shortcuts came into play.
AAA had returned to Arena Monterrey on Saturday for Noche del Los Grandes, a show built around big matches and bigger stakes. The card was billed around the culmination of the rivalry between El Grande Americano and the Original El Grande Americano in a Mask vs. Mask match, but the title change involving Fenix and Laredo Kid became one of the night’s defining results.
The same show also put El Hijo del Vikingo in another championship fight, this time against El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. Dorian Roldan accompanied Vikingo to the ring, and Omos later made his way to ringside as the match developed. Roldan distracted the official before Omos shoved Wagner from the top rope, and Vikingo followed with a run of high-impact offense that included a running shooting star press, a running double knee and a 450 splash.
For Laredo Kid, the defeat closed a reign that had lasted 539 days and had carried him through a long stretch before Saturday night’s reversal. For Fenix, the win marked a title change on one of AAA’s biggest stages, in a building where the crowd knew exactly when the balance had shifted. The unresolved question is what title he now holds and when his first defense will come, because AAA has not yet said more than that he left Monterrey as champion.
The rest of the card gave the night even more weight. On May 2, El Hijo del Vikingo had lost to Mini Vikingo on AAA on Fox, and on May 7, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. had fallen to Galeno del Mal in a Three Way Dance that also included Octagon Jr. Saturday’s return to Monterrey tied those recent results to a larger event that produced a new champion in Fenix and ended Laredo Kid’s long run at the top.
