Mr. Iguana Heading To The WWE Main Roster? (WWE News)

Mr. Iguana says he's heading to the WWE main roster.

by Andrew Pollard
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Having received major praise for his work at WWE x AAA Worlds Collide last weekend, could Mr. Iguana be set to become a part of the WWE main roster? Seemingly so...

Speaking to Linea Directa TV (via Fightful), Iguana revealed that he's already been told he's WWE main roster-bound.

"Literally, I was in the Performance Center yesterday and they told me, 'You're not going through NXT. You're heading straight to the main roster.' I was literally taking pictures with Shawn Michaels, and they told me, 'They need you here, because your shirt is the top seller in WWE and you're also the fastest-rising star when it comes to action figures and trading cards.' Being in WWE is the dream of every child, and I will have all the time in the world for my city because, thanks to them, and thanks to being culichi, I would not be where I am today."

Such a mark did Mr. Iguana and La Yesca - that'd be his iguana puppet - make at Worlds Collide, he was shown at WWE Money in the Bank later that same day, received a video package on this week's Raw, and was also in attendance for this week's NXT episode.

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Reports note how WWE management has been massively impressed with Mr. Iguana and that he's been described as a "pleasure" to work with, with the company eager to do more with the current AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion and capitalise on his buzz-generating Worlds Collide outing.

In terms of Worlds Collide, Iguana teamed with Aero Star and Octagon Jr. to pick up a win over Dragon Lee, Cruz Del Toro, and Lince Dorado. El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Chad Gable may have been the Worlds Collide main event - and a really great match, for that part - but Mr. Iguana was the name on most people's lips by the time that crossover special came to a close.

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As for what's next for Mr. Iguana, some fans are speculating that he could well make a surprise appearance on next week's Raw. There, as part of the King of the Ring qualifiers, we have Sheamus, Rusev, Bronson Reed, and a mystery opponent facing off in a fatal four-way. Could Mr. Iguana be that mystery opponent? Stranger things have happened.

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