"Each weight class has an official upper limit, but examples of wrestlers who are technically too heavy to hold their title can be found. The following weight classes exist in Lucha Libre, as defined by the ""Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F."" (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission), the main regulatory body in Mexico: ""Luchadores"" are traditionally divided into two categories, ""rudos"" (lit. ""tough guys"", who are ""bad guys"", or ""heels""), who bend or break the rules, and ""técnicos"" (the ""good guys"", or ""faces"", literally ""technicians""), who play by the rules and their moves are much more"
"Francisco Flores and Benjamin Mora Jr., started a competing federation known as Lucha Libre Internacional, S. C., which has since become known as the Universal Wrestling Association(and the eventual home of longtime champion El Canek). Salvador Lutteroth Jr. retired in 1987; and his grandson Paco Alonso has since taken control of EMLL, which remains the world's oldest wrestling federation while continuing to compete with the UWA and Antonio Peña's AAA promotion. With its fast-paced, athletic style, Lucha Libre is now entrenched among Mexico's top attractions, ranking with soccer and baseball as its most popular pastimes. Moreover, in recent years, Mexican"
"Universal Lucha Libre Universal Lucha Libre (Universal Pro-Wrestling until 1991; Federación Universal de Lucha Libre afterward; UWF and FULL used as acronyms) was a professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1990 to 1995. The name Universal Lucha Libre is used to differentiate the promotion from the Japanese UWF, which presented a very different style of professional wrestling. The promotion was the first in Japan to be based around the Mexican style of professional wrestling, known as ""Lucha Libre"" (free fighting). Although since 1956 some Mexican wrestlers had appeared in Japanese promotions, their style was mixed with the American-originated standard, and"
"World Wrestling League The World Wrestling League (WWL), or Liga Mundial de Lucha Libre, is a wrestling promotion based out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2012 by businessman Richard Negrín with the cooperation of established wrestling figures such as Hugo Savinovich, the company developed a global scope, establishing alliances with over a dozen international promotions and holding shows throughout the Americas. In line with the traditional model of professional wrestling, WWL's shows do not feature legitimate sporting contests. Instead, its programs feature storyline-driven combat sport matches with predetermined outcomes and acrobatic and grappling maneuvers that are worked, which"
"de Lucha Libre and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide promotions and has been touted as the fastest growing ""lucha libre"" company in the world. The promotion uses wrestlers from the Mexican and American independent circuit, notably wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. On April 6, 2018, The Crash held its first independently promoted show in the United States at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Crash Heavyweight Championship () is the top championship of the promotion. The first champion was Rey Mysterio, while Willie Mack is the current champion. The Crash Women's Championship (""Campeonato Femenino de The Crash"" in Spanish)"
"macho. Lucha libre (Hispanic freestyle wrestling) is a blend of art and sport that involves various fighting techniques such as judo, jujitsu, grappling and kickboxing. It’s a world of masked ""luchadores"" (enmascarados), flying little people and flamboyant costuming, one filled with acrobatics and athleticism, all mixed with drama, pageantry and a physical comedy that is uniquely Latino origin. Everything that a ""luchador"" says, does, and wears is essential to their character and their performance. There are different kind of ""luchadores"" who represent good and evil, ""técnico"" or ""rudo""/heel, and queers. ""Lucha Libre"" is a space in which the macho-maricón (heterosexual-homosexual"
"to become major stars in both the Japanese major promotions and the independents. Among Universal Lucha Libre alumni, they include: Among the few foreigners of American origin who competed for the promotion were Lightning Kid and Jerry Lynn. Universal Lucha Libre Universal Lucha Libre (Universal Pro-Wrestling until 1991; Federación Universal de Lucha Libre afterward; UWF and FULL used as acronyms) was a professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1990 to 1995. The name Universal Lucha Libre is used to differentiate the promotion from the Japanese UWF, which presented a very different style of professional wrestling. The promotion was the first"
"Luta Livre Luta Livre (, lit. ""freestyle fighting""), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira, is a Brazilian martial art created by Euclydes Hatem. in Rio de Janeiro. Primarily a mixture of catch wrestling and judo, there is also striking with the hands, feet, knees and elbows. Notable practitioners include Marco Ruas, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, Johil de Oliveira, Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Renato Sobral, Darren Till and José Aldo. There are two styles: ""esportiva"" (""sporting"") and ""vale tudo"" (""anything goes""); both styles are no-gi. In ""esportiva"" competitions, grappling techniques are the only techniques allowed to subdue the opponent. Consequently, it is"
"first 20,000 fans at the July 27 game against the San Diego Padres were to receive a luchador mask. In Peru the term ""cachascán"" (from ""catch as can"") is used. Wrestlers are called cachascanistas. In Argentina, in addition to lucha libre, professional wrestling is also referred to as ""catch"" (as in many non English speaking countries in Europe) or ""catch as catch can"". In Bolivian Lucha Libre, wrestling Cholitas – female wrestlers dressed up as indigenous Aymara – are popular, and have even inspired comic books. Some lucha libre wrestlers had careers in various mixed martial arts promotions, promoting loucha"
"sign the contract: Octavio Gaona would have to put his hair on the line. Octavio Gaona won the match and Murciélago unmasked, giving birth to a tradition in lucha libre. Since Lucha Libre has its roots more in Latin American professional wrestling than North American professional wrestling it retains some of the basics of the Latin American version such as more weight classes than professional wrestling in North America post World War II. Like ""old school"" European (especially British) wrestling, some Japanese wrestling and early 20th century American wrestling, Lucha Libre has a detailed weight class system patterned after boxing."
"the time. Professional wrestling has been a generational tradition in ""Lucha libre"" since its inception early in the 20th century, with a great deal of second or third generation wrestlers following in the footsteps of their fathers or mothers. Several ""lucha libre"" promotions honor those traditions, often with annual tournaments such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's ""La Copa Junior"". The Naucalpan, State of Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) created the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship in 2011, a championship where only second or third generation wrestlers are allowed to challenge for it. In addition to legitimate second"
"almost all of their major wrestling shows in Arena Naucalpan, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, an arena owned and operated by the Moreno family who also owns and operates IWRG. The most prestigious match type in ""lucha libre"" is the ""Lucha de Apuestas"" (literally ""Bet match"") where each competitors ""bets"" either their wrestling mask or their hair on the outcome of the match. The ""Lucha de Apuestas"" format was created in 1940, with the first match of its type held on July 14, 1940 where the unmasked Octavio Gaona defeated the masked El Murciélago Enmascarado (""The Masked Bat""), forcing El"
"by Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico. Lutteroth would later become known as ""the father of Lucha Libre"" . A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September. Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest"
"generational tradition in ""lucha libre"" since its inception early in the 20th century, with many second- or third-generation wrestlers following in the footsteps of their fathers or mothers. Several ""lucha libre"" promotions honor those traditions, often with annual tournaments such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's La Copa Junior. The Naucalpan, State of Mexico-based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in 2011 created the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship, a championship where only second- or third-generation wrestlers are allowed to wrestle for it. In addition to real-life second- or third-generation wrestlers there are a number of wrestlers who are presented as"
"most popular wrestlers in Mexican lucha libre. Wrestlers often execute high flying moves characteristic of lucha libre by utilizing the wrestling ring's ropes to catapult themselves towards their opponents, using intricate combinations in rapid-fire succession, and applying complex submission holds. Lucha libre is also known for its tag team wrestling matches, in which the teams are often made up of three members, instead of two as is common in the U.S. The style of Japanese professional wrestling (puroresu) is again different. With its origins in traditional American style of wrestling and still being under the same genre, it has become"
"Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico. Lutteroth would later become known as ""the father of Lucha Libre"" . A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September. Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show"
"concept of Lucha Libre quickly became very popular, so much so that the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show drew a sell out crowd of 5,000 paying fans. In 1934, an American wrestler debuted in Mexico under a black, leather mask, and Lutteroth dubbed him ""La Maravilla Enmascarada"" or ""The Masked Marvel"". In the United States the concept of the masked wrestler was more of a mid-level attraction, but the reaction to ""La Maravilla Enmascarada"" led to Lutteroth and the EMLL officials to introduce more masks, starting with a wrestler known simply as ""El Enmascarado"" (""the Masked Wrestler"") and late on El"
"dynamic high-flying ""luchadores"" such as Rey Mysterio, Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Super Crazy and ""Místico"", to develop years of experience by their mid-twenties. A number of prominent Japanese wrestlers also started their careers training in Mexican lucha libre before becoming stars in Japan. These include Gran Hamada, Satoru Sayama, Jushin Thunder Liger, and ""Último Dragón"". Lucha libre is also known for its tag team wrestling matches. The teams are often made up of three members, instead of two as is common in the United States. These three man teams participate in what are called "" trios"" matches, for tag team championship"
"use the premier National Arena, Lutteroth rented out the smaller Modelo Arena, that became the first true home of Lucha Libre. Fans soon began to catch on to the idea of professional wrestling in Mexico; and by the first anniversary of the EMLL, Lutteroth was promoting to gates upwards of 5,000 fans. In 1934, an American wrestler debuted in Mexico under a black, leather mask, and Lutteroth dubbed him ""Maravilla Enmascarada"" or ""The Masked Marvel"". Soon after, Lutteroth incorporated the use of other masked wrestlers into Lucha Libre, creating real-life super heroes and villains for the audience to identify with."
"Lucha Libre (CMLL). In late 1995 Adolfo Moreno decided to create his own promotion, creating a regular roster instead of relying totally on wrestlers from other promotions, creating the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as ""Grupo Internacional Revolución"" in Spanish) on January 1, 1996. From that point on Arena Naucalpan became the main venue for IWRG, hosting the majority of their weekly shows and all of their major shows as well. While IWRG was a fresh start for the Moreno promotion they kept the annual Arena Naucalpan Anniversary Show tradition alive, making it the only IWRG show"
"Jr. /Black Warrior. professional wrestling has been a generational tradition in ""Lucha libre"" since its inception early in the 20th century, with a great deal of second or third generation wrestlers following in the footsteps of their fathers or mothers. Several ""lucha libre"" promotions honor those traditions, often with annual tournaments such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's La Copa Junior. The Naucalpan, State of Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) has held a Legado Final (Spanish for ""Final Legacy"") on an almost annual basis since 2011, with the 2017 show marking the sixth time they used the name."
"Skayde Jorge Rivera Soriano (born September 2, 1964) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for Lucha Libre. He has been a ""tecnico"" throughout his wrestling career. He is currently training wrestlers at Arena Xalapa, different states of Mexico and the United States. Rivera started wrestling in 1987 under the names of ""Porsche"" and ""El Seminarista"". As El Seminarista, he won a Luchas de Apuestas (bet match) against a young Super Crazy for his mask. He later wrestled as ""La Flecha"" between 1988 and 1993. His breakout year was when he went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in"
"professional wrestling has been a generational tradition in ""Lucha libre"" since its inception early in the 20th century, with many second- and third-generation wrestlers following in their parents' footsteps. Several ""lucha libre"" promotions honor those traditions, often with annual tournaments such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's ""La Copa Junior"". In addition to actual second- and third-generation wrestlers, ""lucha libre"" also has a number of wrestlers who are presented as second- and third-generation wrestlers by the promoters without actually being a second- or third-generation wrestler. These are normally masked wrestlers promoted as ""Juniors"", on a few occasions billed as ""El"
"are Rey Mysterio, Mankind, Kane, Edge & Christian as 'Los Conquistadores' & Owen Hart as 'Blue Blazer'. It is a common misconception that masks in Lucha Libre spring from the Aztec, Inca or Mayan tradition but the mask, or ""Máscara"" in Spanish, was first introduced in Mexico when promoter saw American wrestler ""Cyclone"" McKey working in Texas and decided to bring McKey to work for his promotion, Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL). The Mexican fanbase quickly took to the mystery of the masked man and soon after Mexican wrestlers themselves started wearing masks, becoming ""Enmascarados"". Early masks were"
"""Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre"" (CMLL) started out under the name ""Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre"" (""Mexican Wrestling Company""; EMLL), founded by Salvador Lutteroth in 1933. Lutteroth, inspired by professional wrestling shows he had attended in Texas, decided to become a wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico. Lutteroth would later become known as ""the father of Lucha Libre"" . A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that"
"Shamrock was among the first Americans to compete in shoot style competition in Japan, starting out in the UWF and later opened Pancrase with some other Japanese shootfighters. As a result of the introduction of lucha libre into Japan, major Mexican stars also compete in Japan. The most popular Mexican wrestler to compete in Japan is Mil Máscaras, who is credited with introducing the high-flying moves of lucha libre to Japanese audiences, which then led to the style called lucha-resu, later embodied by Tiger Mask. Foreign wrestlers from diverse backgrounds have earned huge followings, sometimes greater than those of Japanese"
"Lucha Libre"" (Spanish for ""World Wrestling Council""; CMLL) has held a show in March each year to commemorate the passing of CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth who died in March 1987. For the first three years the show paid homage to Lutteroth himself, from 1999 through 2004 the show paid homage to Lutteroth and El Santo, Mexico's most famous wrestler ever and from 2005 forward the show has paid homage to Lutteroth and a different ""leyenda"" (""Legend"") each year, celebrating the career and accomplishments of past CMLL stars. Originally billed as ""Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth"", it has been held under the"
"their original camps and went instead to the Jiu-Jitsu camps hoping for success in a fighting career. Hugo, Johil De Oliveira, and Eugenio Tadeau are amongst the most notable representatives of that era for the Luta Livre style that was famous for opposing against Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in the Vale Tudo events held in Brazil. Despite their overall losses against Jiu-Jitsu, Luta Livre seems to be making a resurgence in mixed martial arts. Luta Livre Luta Livre (, lit. ""freestyle fighting""), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira, is a Brazilian martial art created by Euclydes Hatem. in Rio de Janeiro."
"wrestling promoter and held his first show on September 21, 1933, marking what would be the beginning of organized professional wrestling in Mexico. Lutteroth would later become known as ""the father of Lucha Libre"" . A year later EMLL held the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show, starting the annual tradition of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows that have been held each year ever since, most commonly in September. Over the years the anniversary show would become the biggest show of the year for CMLL, akin to the Super Bowl for the National Football League (NFL) or WWE's WrestleMania"
"United States, but their respective styles were popular in countries like Mexico, Canada and particularly Japan. The trio would face off repeatedly, forcing them to spend a lot of time together. Their matches were usually considered to be so good that they were frequently booked in the same matches again and again. They caught the attention of Philadelphia-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling's (ECW) booker and promoter Paul Heyman. Heyman was keen to introduce the Mexican ""lucha libre"" style to the United States professional wrestling fans, and he saw Guerrero as an ideal example of this. He also loved the purist,"
"older are the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows (started in 1934), the Arena Coliseo Anniversary Show (first held in 1943), and the ""Aniversario de Arena México"" (first held in 1957).= In ""Lucha libre"", the Mexican version of professional wrestling the ""Ruleta de la Muerte"" (""Roulette of Death"") is a type of Professional wrestling tournament where the loser or losers of a match would advance in the tournament instead of the winners. The finals of a ""Ruleta de la Muerte"" tournament featured the losing team wrestle each other under ""Lucha de Apuestas"", or ""bet match"" rules, where the loser"
"wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Hombre Bala Jr.s full name is not publicly known, which is traditionally the case in Lucha Libre when a wrestler has never been unmasked, but it is known that his paternal last name is Ortiz, revealed when his father Aurelio Ortiz Villavicencio was unmasked. Ortiz is a part of the ""Ortiz wrestling family"", sometimes referred to as the ""Pirata"" family. As his ring name indicates he is the son of Hombre Bala, Aurelio Ortiz Villavicencio who also competed as Monsther and a number other ""enmascarado"""
"investor Benjamin Mora, Jr. to break away from EMLL to form their own company and challenge EMLL's dominance in Mexico. With the impending change of management in EMLL many wrestlers who had previously been loyal to Lutteroth decided to leave with Flores, Mendoza and Mora including Mendoza's close friends Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde and a number of young wrestles, frustrated with the lack of opportunities in EMLL. They formed the company ""Lucha Libre Internacional"", which would later be known as the Universal Wrestling Association and held their first show on January 29, 1975 creating the first true rival for"