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AAA NEWS: Late Friday Night Reports - El Hijo del Perro Aguayo dies post-619 mishap

Mar 21, 2015 - 4:04:00 AM

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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

*** Information available as of Friday night/Saturday morning via news reports in Mexico ***

One of the top stars in Mexico, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, died early Saturday morning after a match he wrestled Friday night in Tijuana, Mexico. He fell limp and motionless over the middle rope in the midst of Rey Mysterio's 619 sequence. He had taken a bump to the floor, then returned to the ring, was met with a standard dropkick by Rey, and then took the standard bump chest-first over the middle rope where he was expected to remain until being hit by Rey's 619. When Rey executed the 619 leg swing, Aguayo didn't lift his head and chest as is standard. Rey realized at that point something wasn't right. The match continued to a finish a couple minutes later. Medics then came to his aid.

According to initial news reports, El Hijo took the 619 in the trachea trying to avoid the move, causing severe whiplash. Video released later from a fan in the stands shows Rey never landed the 619, but perhaps contact from the dropkick or his bump onto the middle rope caused some sort of trauma.

El Hijo was placed on a backbrace by paramedics and taken out of the Municipal Auditorium arena to Del Prado hospital.

The Zeta publication initially reported that El Hijo was stabilized at the hospital after losing consciousness. However, local news outlet El-Mexicano.com reported that El Hijo was pronounced dead around 1:00 a.m. local time. Zeta followed up with a headline story also reporting that El Hijo died early Saturday morning.

AAA issued a brief statement early Saturday on Twitter. The translation: "The grief overwhelms our hearts. Rest in peace, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo."

Rival promotion CMLL also tweeted a statement early Saturday morning joining the lucha libre community in mourning El Hijo's death.

El Hijo main-evented AAA's "Rey de Reyes" PPV in a tag match against Mysterio just two days earlier. It was Mysterio's first match since leaving WWE.

A short time before Mysterio's match Friday night in Tijuana, Mysterio tweeted about his scheduled WrestleMania Weekend appearance at "WaleMania" in California this coming week.