El Grande Americano Draws Thunderous Reactions in Mexico as Wrestling World Raves Over Mask vs Mask Match

"This entrance was f*cking surreal. El Grande Americano is the most over wrestler in WWE right now. Holy sh*t." - Wrestling Pics & Clips wrote on X.

"WHAT AN OVATION" - Roman Reigns SZN exclaimed in all caps with a fire emoji.

"El Grande Americano just arrived with one of the greatest wrestling entrances of all time for the Mask vs. Mask Match in Mexico. The biggest babyface in all of Mexico. PURE GOOSEBUMPS."

Everything played out so well on Saturday night, that ESPN's Andreas Hale admitted he was wrong about Mask vs. Mask needing to take place at the 'Showcase of the Immortals' this year.

"Doing it at AAA in Mexico was the perfect culmination of one of the best angles of the year," Hale wrote on social media.

There was only one possible outcome for Mask vs. Mask

Given his megastar status in AAA, there was no way that Kaiser could have lost on Saturday. After a half-hour-long, chaotic, no-holds-barred spectacle, the right booking decision was made.

El Grande Americano went over the OG Americano with a running headbutt, and the crowd inside
Arena Monterrey nearly blew the roof off the facility.

"[Steve] Austin pop. Gable attacking the mat like that on the final bump too… Great stuff," our own Jon Alba wrote on X.

"On God , Mexico needs a WrestleMania. Look at that pop," Kazeem Famuyide proclaimed.

Deonte DDJ called Mask vs. Mask "GENERATIONAL" during his reaction video.

Mask vs. Mask proves that WWE still has its fastball

There's been a great deal of talk ahead of Sunday afternoon's Clash in Italy Premium Live Event about WWE leveling off creatively, or even flatlining, when compared to that product that rival AEW is producing right now.

The culmination of the Chad Gable and Ludwig Kaiser rivalry in Lucha Libre AAA is proof that WWE can still produce some of the best wrestling content in the world, and Mask vs. Mask is receiving high praise from the critics.

"If you haven't watched the Chad Gable vs. Kaiser match, you really should stop whatever you are doing and watch it now. One of the great match presentations of all-time," the Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer wrote.

"It’ll be extremely difficult for anything on today’s Clash in Italy card to top last night’s Mask vs. Mask match. That bar has been set exceptionally high heading into today. If anything manages to come close, it’ll go down as one hell of an in-ring weekend for WWE," WrestleVotes said on their social media accounts.

"El Grande Americano vs. El Grande Americano OG was easily one of the best matches of the year! Even one of the best stories of the year!" Joey Karni wrote. "Kayfabe aside: Chad Gable & Ludwig Kaiser having a main event like that was not on my 2026 bingo card. Bravo boys!"

As of this writing, it appears that Mask vs. Mask is receiving top marks across the board. Cory Hays of False Finish has pointed out that Gable and Kaiser currently have the 19th-highest rated match of all-time on Cagematch.

In his first public comment since revealing his true identity to the world, Chad Gable said that the mask may have died for him, but he suddenly feels more alive than ever.

If you don't believe the hype, you can go check out the match for yourself. It's available to stream on all WWE and Lucha Libre AAA social channels.