In a move that shocked no one paying attention to masked silhouettes and dramatic lighting, Rey Fenix is officially WWE-bound, which means flippy stuff just got a corporate upgrade. After weeks of vignettes that looked like a Marvel trailer and sounded like an EDM festival in a haunted cathedral, reports now confirm: Fenix has signed on the dotted line with the house that Paul Levesque built.
And where will this high-flying chaos merchant land? Why, SmackDown, of course—the brand currently hoarding blue ropes, bloodlines, and now… lucha legends.
🤼♂️ What We Know (So Far):
- Rey Fenix is in. Like officially. Fightful Select says pen has touched paper, and we’re now just waiting for the pyro budget to go boom.
- Medical clearances? Done.
- Mysterious vignette on SmackDown? Yeah, that was him. The one where everything was in slow-mo and possibly narrated by a guy who only speaks in riddles.
- Debut date? TBD. But if WWE creative has any sense of drama (and they do), this is headed for a WrestleMania Weekend “Who’s That Pokémon?” moment.
🤔 A Quick Recap of the Lucha Bros Divorce:
Rey Fenix and his brother Penta were once AEW Tag Champs, breaking tables, breaking physics, and occasionally breaking ankles. But sometime last year, the two began eyeing the bright lights and bigger paychecks of Stamford, Connecticut.
- Penta made the leap in January, debuting on Raw by defeating Chad Gable and proving that face paint travels well.
- Fenix tried too, but AEW CEO Tony Khan did the ol’ “Wait, wait—you’re injured, we’re extending your contract!” move.
- Eventually, Khan backed off (probably distracted by a lawsuit or a Ring of Honor taping), and Fenix was set free to cross enemy lines.
Now he joins a growing roster of ex-AEW talent who’ve migrated to WWE like it’s a retirement home with better catering: Ethan Page, Shawn Spears, Ricky Saints (a.k.a. “Ricky Starks, but make it sports entertainment”), and Penta himself.
Fenix coming to WWE isn’t just a win for the blue brand—it’s a high-flying, rope-running, corkscrew-shaped middle finger to the AEW talent vault. And with WrestleMania around the corner, don’t be surprised if he skydives off the Tron just to say hello.