Ladies, gentlemen, and cold-blooded creatures of all kinds — we may be entering the Iguana Era.
Following the wild, genre-bending, lucha-heavy chaos of Worlds Collide, one name has left WWE executives green with admiration and possibly envy: Mr. Iguana. That’s right — the lucha lizard with a tail full of charisma and a head full of kayfabe just sunned himself into WWE’s mainline programming plans.
According to Fightful Select, the backstage reaction at WWE to Iguana’s crowd response was less “Oh that’s neat” and more “Give him a segment, a cape, and his own Funko Pop.” So impressive was the pop he received, Triple H reportedly gave him a standing ovation — or, in corporate terms, he nodded twice.
The reaction backstage was so overwhelming that officials scrambled to sneak Iguana into the crowd at Money in the Bank, just to see if the public would react with equal absurdity. Spoiler: they did. A source within NXT described the experiment as “a win,” although one unnamed superstar simply said: “He has lizard magic. I don’t know what else to tell you.”
But it wasn’t just the fans who wanted selfies. WWE talent apparently lined up like a WrestleMania meet-and-greet to get photos with the dapper dragon. Iguana, ever the professional, took it in stride — despite reportedly having a “very busy Saturday,” which, for reptiles, usually means napping on rocks. But not our guy. He was making the rounds, shaking hands, kissing babies, selling T-shirts, and, according to insiders, being “an absolute pleasure to work with.” WWE hasn’t been this charmed since Bad Bunny agreed to bump.
And here’s where things get really spicy: merch. While Ron Killings’s return merch drop broke the Internet and several cash registers, Mr. Iguana was a close second. And now, in true corporate fashion, talks have begun to expand his merchandise line. Think plushies, foam tails, luchador masks with little googly eyes — the possibilities are as endless as a Vince McMahon rewrite.
If WWE has its way, your kids’ next favorite bedtime buddy might just be a lime-green lucha legend with a gimmick too wild for biology class.
And honestly? We support it.