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Dominik Mysterio Makes Shocking AAA Appearance, Added To Huge Title Match

By John Canton • Published Jul 26, 2025 08:30 EDT
Dominik Mysterio on WWE red carpet

Dominik Mysterio made his presence felt at an AAA show, and it led to him being added to a major championship match as well.

It was announced during WrestleMania 41 weekend that WWE had acquired AAA. Since then, WWE superstars have been appearing on AAA shows, and the two brands even did a Worlds Collide TV special in June in Los Angeles.

Dominik Mysterio has also successfully defended the WWE Intercontinental Title against Octagon Jr. at Money in the Bank as well.

At the AAA Alianzas event on July 25th, the AAA Mega Champion Hijo Del Vikingo issued an open challenge for the massive AAA Triplemania XXXIII event on August 16th. WWE’s Dragon Lee answered the challenge. However, WWE’s El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser in a mask) also interrupted, and Grande fought with Dragon.

As the segment continued, a wrestler in a hoodie knocked Lee down, and Vikingo bumped out of the ring. The hooded wrestler punched Lee repeatedly. The man in the hoodie was WWE’s Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio, who was booed heavily by the crowd. Dominik was wearing the Intercontinental and holding the AAA Mega Championship. Grande attacked Vikingo outside the ring.

Dominik Mysterio went on to do a promo in Spanish about how he was the King of the Luchadores. It was announced that Dominik had been added to the TripleMania match.

At AAA TripleMania XXXIII on August 16th, El Hijo Del Vikingo will defend the AAA Mega Championship against El Grande Americano, Dragon Lee and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match.

Dominik Mysterio Defending Intercontinental Title At WWE SummerSlam Sunday

Before Dominik Mysterio gets to TripleMania, he will put the WWE Intercontinental Title on the line against future WWE Hall of Famer AJ Styles at SummerSlam. Dominik has held the IC Title since WrestleMania 41 and rarely defended it, so it will be a tough test for Dirty Dom.

Since SummerSlam is two nights on August 2 & August 3, WWE announced what matches will be on each night. It was confirmed that the Mysterio-Styles match will be on SummerSlam Sunday, August 3rd. The lineups are below.

Saturday, August 2nd Matches

  • World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. CM Punk
  • Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships – Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Sunday, August 3rd Matches

  • WWE Championship Street Fight: John Cena (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
  • Women’s World Championship: Naomi (c) vs. Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley
  • Intercontinental Championship: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. AJ Styles
  • United States Championship Steel Cage Match: Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Women’s Intercontinental Championship (No Countouts, No Disqualifications): Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria

The biggest TLC match in WWE history was also announced for SummerSlam as well: WWE Tag Team Championships TLC Match: Wyatt Sicks (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Street Profits vs. #DIY vs. Andrade & Rey Fenix vs. Fraxiom.

That match hasn’t been assigned a date yet, but it makes sense to schedule it for Sunday, as it has five matches, while Saturday has six matches.