Reports that El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, one of the Mexico's top stars, died earlier this morning due to injuries he sustained during a match on Friday night, has been confirmed by the Mexico-based AAA and CMLL professional wrestling promotions.
Aguayo's death comes after competing in a match on Friday night against former WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio. According to news reports, during the match, Aguayo ended up getting hit in his trachea, which caused severe whiplash after trying to avoid Mysterio's 619 maneuver. Aguayo was then placed on a backbrace and was stretchered out of the Municipal Auditorium before being taken to Del Prado Hospital for treatment.
Aguayo was initially reported to be in stable condition despite being unconscious, it was then reported that Aguayo later died at 1:00 AM local time.
AAA later confirmed the news on their official Twitter page, with AAA tweeting "The grief overwhelms our hearts. Rest in peace, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo."
La pena embarga de nuevo nuestros corazones. Descansa en paz, Hijo del Perro Aguayo.
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— Lucha Libre AAA (@luchalibreaaa)
March 21, 2015
Rival promotion CMLL also tweeted a statement early Saturday morning joining the lucha libre community in mourning El Hijo's death.
El CMLL se una a la pena que embarga a la comunidad luchistica por el sensible fallecimiento del Hijo del Perro Aguayo
— CMLL Lucha Libre (@CMLL_OFICIAL)
March 21, 2015
Prior to his death, Aguayo also competed in a tag team match against Mysterio at the AAA Rey de Reyes event, which was Mysterio's first match since leaving WWE.
On behalf of everyone at Cheap-Heat.com, we would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo.
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