A current champion has commented after making his WWE SmackDown debut in a title match on this week’s show.
The March 6 episode saw El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr answer Carmelo Hayes’ WWE US Championship Open Challenge.
This marked the AAA Latin American Champion’s first appearance on a weekly main roster TV show, following his previous showings for WWE on NXT and at Worlds Collide.
El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr has now taken to Twitter to comment on his appearance, writing:
“Thank you lucha libre for so much ❤️”
(Translated from Spanish)
The luchador also responded to Carmelo Hayes’ thank you message, tweeting:
🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
This marked Carmelo Hayes’ seventh title defense since winning the gold in December, with Hayes also defeating Johnny Gargano, Shinsuke Nakamura, Leon Slater, former champion Dragunov, Rey Fenix and Matt Cardona to remain US Champion.
El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr has been prominently featured by AAA since WWE’s acquisition of the promotion, having wrestled on NXT several times, and defended his Latin American Championship against WWE stars Ethan Page, Dragon Lee and JD McDonagh.
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