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Konnan becomes the first luchador to mint his own NFT
One highlight of the Stadium Stampede main event at Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view was the surprise appearance from Konnan.
It marked his AEW debut, and the moment was executed perfectly. Tully Blanchard and FTR had outnumbered Santana and Ortiz in a bar fight, when suddenly the DJ—Konnan—evened the odds for his former protégés. Konnan worked with Santana and Ortiz in Impact as part of LAX, and the duo reached entirely new heights with him as their mentor, both on screen and off.