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Rey Fenix has announced a new tournament to find his next challenger for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship, and wrestlers from WWE and other promotions can take part.
AAA released a video on Tuesday with Fenix announcing the first Rey Fenix World Cruiserweight Tournament. The tournament will have four triple threat matches over the next few weeks, with the four winners moving on to a fatal four-way final at Guerra de Titanes on December 19 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The winner of that final will get a shot at Fenix and the title on January 2, 2027, in Acapulco.
Fenix said the tournament is open to cruiserweights from Raw, SmackDown, NXT and AAA, and wrestlers from other companies can take part as well.
“We will have four triple threat matches, of those four matches, we will have four finalists and those four will face-off at Guerra de Titanes in Guadalajara, Mexico, December 19,” Fenix said. “The tournament is open to all the cruiserweight luchadors from Mexico and the entire world.”
Fenix is in his second reign as AAA World Cruiserweight Champion, after beating Laredo Kid to win the title at Noche de Los Grandes in May. The 12 wrestlers in the tournament have not been announced yet, and neither have the dates of the four opening matches.
Fenix is also in line for a title shot of his own in WWE. On Raw on November 9, he beat Chad Gable and Big Cass in a triple threat match to become the number one contender to Ethan Page’s Intercontinental Championship. Page won the title from Gable the week before, and no date has been set yet for the match with Fenix.
What is confirmed is the tournament, the final date and the title match on January 2. What is not confirmed is who the 12 wrestlers will be, or when Fenix gets his shot at Page’s Intercontinental Championship.
