The Mascarita Sagrada / Espectrito feud even made it to WWF PPV as they faced off in a six-man tag team match at the 1998 Royal Rumble where Max Mini, Nova, and Mosaic defeated El Torito, Tarantula, and Battalion. the Minis did not appear on WWF television until the federation created their WWF Super Astros show, targeting the Latin American demographics. At first the storyline between Nova and Max Mini and El Torito and Battalion, but then the story turned towards tension building between Nova and Max Mini. They faced off in a match to settle their differences in the ring, but Nova cheated to win. Subsequently, Nova teamed with longtime rival Battalion to face Mini and El Torrito. Then finally on May 30, 1999 Nova faced Max Mini in a Lucha de Apuestas ("Bet fight") where both men put their masks on the line. Max Mini won and for the first and only time in his career Nova was unmasked in public.