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91-472: The show consisted of eight matches including a Lucha de Apuestas , or "Bet match" between Cibernético and El Hijo del Perro Aguayo where both men wagered their hair on the outcome of the match, a five-way match for the vacant AAA World Tag Team Championship , a match between Blue Demon, Jr. and El Mesías for the vacant AAA Latin American Championship , an eight-person Atomicos match, and

182-515: A ladder match on the 20 May episode of Lucha Underground , and against DelAvar Daivari and Big Ryck , & Cage , on 3 June episode. On 29 July, at Ultima Lucha Part 1 , they lost the championships to The Disciples of Death ( Barrio Negro , Trece and El Sinestro de la Muerte), due to interference from Catrina . They regained the title on 22 November. They would later lose the titles once again due to Angélico suffering an unfortunate injury and Son of Havoc and Ivelisse being forced to defend

273-522: A luchador and luchadora respectively. In 2000, the all-female promotion company Lucha Libre Femenil (LLF) was founded. Lucha Libre has a division called the "Mini-Estrella" or "Minis" division, which unlike North American midget wrestling , is not just for dwarfs but also for luchadores that are short. The maximum allowable height to participate in the Mini division was originally 5 feet, but in recent years wrestlers such as Pequeño Olímpico have worked

364-453: A luchador code of honor. For instance, a luchador who has lost a wager match would prefer to endure the humiliation of being unmasked or having his head shaved rather than live with the shame that would come from not honoring his bet. Rudos have also been known to make the transition into técnicos after a career-defining moment, as was the case with Blue Demon , who decided to become a técnico after his wrestling partner, Black Shadow ,

455-434: A 4-way Elimination match against Argenis , Aero Star and Cage . Later on, he exchanged victories with Ivelisse and Son Of Havoc . On 8 February, Angélico, Ivelisse and Son of Havoc won a tournament to become the inaugural Lucha Underground Trios Champions . During the time Angélico, Havoc and Ivelisse held the championships, they defended and successfully retained them against The Crew ( Cortez , Cisco and Bael ) in

546-555: A Mexican luchador named El Superbeasto. The Main Antagonist of the animated film Despicable Me 2 , El Macho, sports a costume resembling that of a luchador, consistent with his theme of Mexican culture. Television shows have also been inspired by lucha libre, especially animated series such as ¡Mucha Lucha! Cartoon Network also produced an animated miniseries based on the luchador El Santo. The WB television series Angel episode entitled " The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco " told

637-571: A box, labeled with the date, to be treasured. Female wrestlers or luchadoras also compete in Mexican lucha libre . The CMLL World Women's Championship is the top title for CMLL 's women's division, while the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship is a championship defended in an annual tournament by female wrestlers in AAA. AAA also recognizes a World Mixed Tag Team Championship , contested by tag teams composed of

728-559: A challenge to El Texano Jr. for the AAA Mega Championship he never actually wrestled a single match for AAA, much less a championship match against Texano Jr. Instead Texano Jr. moved on to a storyline with Los Psycho Circus . Over the fall on 2013 the storyline began to focus on a feud between Texano Jr. and Psycho Clown , leading to a successful Mega Championship defense at Héroes Inmortales VII on October 18, 2013. Texano Jr. won due to help from Los Perros del Mal , leading to

819-495: A folk hero and a symbol of justice for the common man through his appearances in comic books and movies , while the sport received an unparalleled degree of mainstream attention. Other legendary luchadores who helped popularize the sport include Gory Guerrero , who is credited with developing moves and holds which are now commonplace in professional wrestling; Blue Demon , a contemporary of Santo and possibly his greatest rival; and Mil Máscaras (Man of A Thousand Masks), who

910-587: A four-way match to become the new AAA World Tag Team Champions . At Triplemanía XXII , both Angélico and Evans were part of a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Fusión and AAA Cruiserweight Championships . On 7 December 2014, at Guerra de Titanes Angélico and Evans lost the AAA World Tag Team Championships to Joe Líder and Pentagón Jr. in a three-way tag team match that also included Fénix and Myzteziz . Angélico and Evans regained

1001-421: A large number of them will be unmasked. Sometimes, a wrestler slated for retirement will be unmasked in his final bout or at the beginning of a final tour, signifying a loss of identity as that character. Sometimes, losing the mask signifies the end of a gimmick with the wrestler moving on to a new gimmick and mask. The mask is considered sacred to a degree, so much so that fully removing an opponent's mask during

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1092-472: A match for the AAA World Trios Championship and the 2013 Guerra de Titanes show where Los Psycho Circus defeated Texano Jr., Hijo del Fantasma and Silver King . At the subsequent Rey de Reyes show Psycho Clown, Cibernético and Electroshock defeated a La Sociedad team of Texano Jr., Jeff Jarrett and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. The victory led to Psycho Clown getting another match for

1183-494: A match is grounds for disqualification. During their careers, masked luchadores will often be seen in public wearing their masks and keeping up the culture of lucha libre, while other masked wrestlers will interact with the public and press normally. However, they will still go to great lengths to conceal their true identities; in effect, the mask is synonymous with the luchador . El Santo continued wearing his mask after retirement, revealing his face only briefly in old age, and

1274-570: A national pop-culture phenomenon. In 1942, lucha libre would be forever changed when a silver-masked wrestler, known simply as El Santo ( The Saint ), first stepped into the ring. He made his debut in Mexico City by winning an 8-man battle royal . The public fell in love with the mystique and secrecy of Santo's personality, and he quickly became the most popular luchador in Mexico. His wrestling career spanned nearly five decades, during which he became

1365-502: A priest-turned-luchador was inspired by the story of Father Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez, a real-life Catholic priest who wrestled as Fray Tormenta to make money for his church. The documentary feature Lucha Mexico (2016) captured the lives of some of Mexico's well known wrestlers. The stars were Shocker , Blue Demon Jr. , El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Último Guerrero . Directed by Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz. Rob Zombie 's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto stars

1456-522: A real-life vampire invasion of New York. The Fox Kids live-action series Los Luchadores (2001) starred a trio of masked wrestlers consisting of Lobo Fuerte, Maria Valentine, and Turbine who not only participate in wrestling tournaments but also fight to protect their home of Union City from numerous threats (both natural and supernatural). Lucha libre is a recurring motif in nearly every game directed by Suda51 , starting from his directorial debut Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout . Most prominently,

1547-522: A rematch. The next day he and Ricochet unsuccessfully challenged War Machine for the WCPW Tag Team Championships. On 8 May 2019, it was reported that Angelico had signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He would reform his team with Jack Evans , now known as The Hybrid2. The team made their debut at AEW's inaugural pay-per-view event Double or Nothing on May 25, losing to Best Friends ( Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor ). At Fight for

1638-432: A result, the tag team formula and pacing which has developed in U.S. tag matches is different from lucha libre because the race to tag is not a priority. There are also two-man tag matches ( parejas ) and "four on four" matches ( atomicos ). Masks ( máscaras ) have been used dating back to the beginnings of lucha libre in the early part of the 20th century, and have a historical significance to Mexico in general, dating to

1729-656: A result. Los Mexican Powers would end up holding the AAA World Tag Team Championship for 124 days and had a successful title defense against Daga and Psicosis in August 2013. On October 18, 2013 the Héroes Inmortales VII show the Mexican Powers put their championship on the line against Aero Star and Drago, La Secta ( Dark Escoria and Dark Espíritu ) and Los Güeros del Cielo ("The Sky Blondes"

1820-471: A retired luchador character called Angel de la Plata (The Silver Angel), played by Joaquin Cosio . In the storyline, Angel de la Plata (probably based on El Santo ) was a major masked wrestling star in Mexico, appearing both in the ring and in a series of movies in which his character battled all manner of foes including vampires. A knee injury ended his career but he is called upon to use his fighting skills against

1911-482: A singles match between Chessman and Heavy Metal , with the winner earning a shot at El Texano, Jr. 's AAA Mega Championship later in the event. In addition to airing on regular pay-per-view, the event was also scheduled to become AAA's first ever internet pay-per-view (iPPV). However, due to technical difficulties Ustream was unable to air the event, leading to the company offering refunds to all those who had purchased it through its site. On June 18, 2013, AAA posted

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2002-442: Is Dos Caras Jr. Lucha Libre has crossed over into popular culture, especially in Mexico, where it is the second most popular sport after soccer . Outside of Mexico, lucha libre has also crossed over into popular culture, especially in movies and television. Depictions of luchadors are often used as symbols of Mexico and Mexican culture in non-Spanish-speaking cultures. The motion picture Nacho Libre , starring Jack Black as

2093-455: 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 belts. Of these three members, one member is designated the captain. A successful fall in a trios match can be achieved by either pinning the captain of

2184-467: Is an illegal move in wrestling and grounds for immediate disqualification, although some variants are legal in certain promotions; or when he hits his opponent in the groin (foul); when he uses outside interference; when he attacks the referee; or when he completely rips off his opponent's mask. Most matches are two out of three falls, which had been abandoned for title matches in North America and Japan in

2275-480: Is credited with introducing the high flying moves of lucha libre to audiences around the world. He achieved international fame as one of the first high-flyers, something he was not considered in Mexico, where he fell under the mat-power category. Luchadores are traditionally more agile and perform more aerial maneuvers than professional wrestlers in the United States , who more often rely on power and hard strikes to subdue their opponents. The difference in styles

2366-505: Is due to the independent evolution of the sport in Mexico beginning in the 1930s and the fact that luchadores in the cruiserweight division ( peso semicompleto ) are often the most popular wrestlers in Mexican lucha libre. Luchadores execute characteristic high-flying attacks by using the wrestling ring 's ropes to catapult themselves towards their opponents, using intricate combinations in rapid-fire succession, and applying complex submission holds. Rings used in lucha libre generally lack

2457-467: Is known as "Catch". Lucha libre wrestlers are known as luchadores (singular luchador ) and often come from extended wrestling families who form their own stables. One such line integrated to the United States professional wrestling scene is Los Guerreros . In 2018, Mexican lucha libre was declared an intangible cultural heritage of Mexico City . The rules of lucha libre are similar to American singles matches. Matches can be won by pinning

2548-470: Is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form of the genre, characterized by colorful masks , rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, and "high-flying" maneuvers , some of which have been adopted in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere. The wearing of masks has developed special significance, and matches are sometimes contested in which

2639-621: The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship in 1992, making it the oldest Minis championship still in existence today. Minis are often patterned after "regular-sized" wrestlers and are sometimes called "mascotas" ("mascots") if they team with the regular-sized version. In 1994, AAA promoted the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view in conjunction with the U.S. promotion company World Championship Wrestling (WCW). When Worlds Collide introduced U.S. audiences to many of

2730-534: The French Intervention in Mexico , when Enrique Ugartechea, the first Mexican wrestler, developed and invented Mexican lucha libre from Greco-Roman wrestling . In the early 20th century, professional wrestling was mostly a regional phenomenon in Mexico until Salvador Lutteroth founded the Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( Mexican Wrestling Enterprise ) in 1933, giving the sport a national foothold for

2821-776: The Toryumon promotion. His Mexican debut took place on 14 December 2008, losing to Satoshi Kajiwara in the torneo cibernetico final of the Young Dragons Cup , an annual tournament in Toryumon showcasing the students of Último Dragón. On 1 March 2009, in a six-man tag team match, he defeated Loco Max, Shigeo Okumura & Skandalo. At Toryumon's Dragonmania IV event on 22 August 2009, he won his first dragon scramble. On 18 October 2009, he teamed with Solar I and Último Dragón to defeat Juventud Guerrera, Negro Navarro and Trauma I . On 20 December 2009, Angélico challenged unsuccessfully for

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2912-609: The WWE 's WrestleMania being the biggest show of the year. The 2013 Triplemanía was the 21st year in a row AAA held a Triplemanía show and the 26th overall show under the Triplemanía banner. AAA booked the Arena Ciudad de México venue for the event, an arena with of 22,300 seats. AAA also announced that Triplemanía XXI would be the first AAA show to be available via internet- pay-per-view (iPPV) as well as Mexican PPV. The streaming internet PPV

3003-402: The luchador is uncommon: months can pass without it happening, because fans are the toughest of critics, booing the luchador if they are not pleased with their performance. Booing may happen regardless of the perceived virtuousness of the luchador's persona. The luchador , after receiving such an act of honor, will pick up the money and save it as a symbolic trophy, putting it in a vase or

3094-473: The ring name Angélico ( / ɑː n ˈ h ɛ l ɪ k oʊ / AHN -heli-coh ), is a South African professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his work in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Underground and World Wrestling Professionals (WWP). Bridle started his career in 2007 in the short-lived Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa promotion which

3185-734: 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 complex and spectacular. Técnicos tend to have very formal combat styles, close to Greco-Roman wrestling and martial arts techniques, whereas rudos tend to be brawlers. Técnicos playing

3276-579: The "bad guys") or faces ( técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On October 7, 2012 the makeshift team of Vampiro and Joe Líder defeated La Legión Extranjera ( Abyss and Chessman ) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship as part of AAA's 2012 Héroes Inmortales ("Immortal Heroes") show. The duo never actually defended

3367-415: The "good guy" role, and rudos playing the "bad guy" role is very characteristic of Mexican lucha libre, which differs from U.S. professional wrestling, where many technical wrestlers play the role of heels (e.g., Kurt Angle ), and many brawlers play as "faces" (e.g., Stone Cold Steve Austin & The Rock ). Although rudos often resort to using underhanded tactics, they are still expected to live up to

3458-517: The 1970s. A unique rule in lucha libre applies during team matches (i.e., when a team's legal wrestler touches the ground outside the ring, a teammate may enter the ring to take his place as a legal competitor). Since the legal wrestler can step on the floor willingly, it is not necessary to tag a teammate to enter the match. This often allows for much more frantic action to take place in the ring than would be possible under standard tag rules. The antecedents of Mexican wrestling date back to 1863, during

3549-865: The 2012 Yamaha Cup. Angélico joined IWRG in 2009 and was trained by Negro Navarro and Black Terry, primarily in the art of submissions. 18 April 2009 saw Angélico face two of his trainers in a tag team match when he teamed with Super Astro to defeat Negro Navarro and Black Terry. On 25 June 2009, Angélico teamed with Negro Navarro and Bobby Lee, Jr., losing to Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud Guerrera and Ricky Cruz by disqualification. On 7 January 2010, he teamed with Solar I and Ultraman Jr. to beat Negro Navarro, Trauma I and Trauma II. One week later on 14 January 2010, he teamed up with El Pantera and Solar I, defeating Negro Navarro, Bomber Infernal and El Hijo de Pirata Morgan shortly before he would challenge for Negro Navarro's South American Light Heavyweight Championship. He beat his teacher Negro Navarro on 21 January 2010, to become

3640-451: The AAA Mega Championship at the Verano de Escándalo show a few months later. That match saw Texano Jr. once again defend the championship. To end the long running feud between the two they met at Triplemanía XXII with Psycho Clown risking his mask and Texano Jr. risking his hair in a Lucha de Apuestas or bet match. In the end Psycho Clown pinned Texano Jr. and forced him to be shaved bald as

3731-753: The Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball team started doing promotions involving lucha libre. A luchador mask in Diamondback colors was a popular giveaway at one game. In 2013 a Diamondbacks Luchador was made an official mascot, joining D. Baxter Bobcat. The first 20,000 fans at the July 27 game against the San Diego Padres were to receive a luchador mask. In Spain , professional wrestling has commonly been called catch (from catch-as-catch-can wrestling ) and pressing catch . In Peru ,

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3822-661: The Fallen on July 13, The Hybrid2 competed in a three-way tag team match against Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus and The Dark Order ( Evil Uno and Stu Grayson ), which the Dark Order won. At the All Out "Buy In" pre-show on August 31, The Hybrid2 lost to Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen). Angélico obtained his first win in AEW on the October 8 episode of AEW Dark , teaming with Evans and

3913-579: 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 . 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

4004-469: The Minis division despite being 1.69 m (5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) tall. The Minis division was first popularized in the 1970s with wrestlers like Pequeño Luke and Arturito (a wrestler with an R2-D2 gimmick) becoming noticed for their high flying abilities. In the late 1980s/early 1990s CMLL created the first actual "Minis" division, the brainchild of then-CMLL booker Antonio Peña . CMLL created

4095-568: The NWE Cruiserweight Title held by Juventud Guerrera on a Toryumon card. On 17 December 2010, Angélico returned to Mexico, after a nine-month stint in Europe, taking part in Toryumon's 2010 Young Dragons Cup. After surviving the torneo cibernetico portion of the tournament, Angélico defeated Trauma I in the finals to win the Cup. On 27 February 2010, Angélico took part in Toryumon's Yamaha Cup at

4186-525: The Sala del Armas Magdalena Mixhuca del Distrito Federal, teaming with Hijo del Fantasma . In the semi-finals, Angélico and Fantasma defeated Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Platino to advance. In the finals of the tag team tournament and one of Angélico's biggest matches to date, they beat Los Guerreros del Infierno ( Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero ), with Angélico going over Bucanero after executing an armbar submission. On 12 March 2012, Angélico and Último Dragón won

4277-594: The Spanish EWE against the Mexican AAA . He defeated Luka Scott, went to a double count-out with Red Devil, and was defeated in a tag team match pairing with Octagón against Pirata Morgan and Red Devil. Angélico's final match with NWE before becoming a mainstay in Mexico came on 2 November 2008, losing to Vito . On 21 February 2009, he lost to Jason Steele in one of his biggest matches in WWP. One of his most notable feuds

4368-849: The U.S. on the Spanish-language cable networks Galavisión and LA TV. Lucha Underground is a television series produced by the United Artists Media Group which airs in English on the El Rey Network and in Spanish on UniMás . It features wrestlers from the American independent circuit and AAA. AAA also owns a percentage of Lucha Underground. The series, which is taped live in Boyle Heights, California, finished season 4 finale. In 2012,

4459-613: The World Tag Team League 2016, they end with 1 wins and 2 losses failing to win the tournament. In May 2017, Angelico win the wXw Shotgun Title against Rey Fenix, Penta El Zero M and the champion Emil Sitoci. He lost the championship in July against David Starr in a triple threat match that also includes Emil Sitoci. Angelico then participated in Shortcut to the Top 2017 failing to win the match. In October 2018, Angelico and Jeff Cobb entered

4550-476: The World Tag Team League 2018, they end with 1 wined and two losses failing to win their block. Angelico made his debut for WCPW on 21 July defeating Drake. Angelico then qualified for the Pro Wrestling World Cup by defeating Icarus in the first round and Morgan Webster in the final. At the tournament, Angelico was defeated by Ricochet in the first round. On 28 August, Angelico was defeated by Drake in

4641-526: The championship after Héroes Inmortales nor did they even team together. On May 22, 2015 AAA announced that the championship had been vacated due to the fact that the champions never defended the championship. They later announced that they would hold a five team elimination match to determine the new champions. AAA announced that the AAA teams of Angélico and Jack Evans , Drago and Fénix , Los Mexican Power ( Crazy Boy and Joe Líder ) and Los Perros del Mal ( Daga and Psicosis ) would all be in

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4732-682: The character Mask de Smith from killer7 is a playable lucha libre wrestler, featuring a mask and cape. The popular video game franchise Pokémon introduced the Fighting/Flying-type Pokémon Hawlucha, which is a hawk-like humanoid creature with elements of a lucha libre wrestler. The masked Luchador fighter and chef El Fuerte was introduced to the Street Fighter franchise in Street Fighter IV . Ang%C3%A9lico Adam Bridle (born 7 May 1987), better known by

4823-497: The collective name of Angélico and Jack Evans). The match ended with Los Güeros winning the match and the championship from the Mexican Powers. In 2014 Joe Líder turned on Crazy Boy and joined Los Perros del Mal . Lucha de Apuestas Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Lucha libre ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlutʃa ˈliβɾe] , meaning " freestyle wrestling " or literally translated as "free fight")

4914-412: The contract: Octavio Gaona would have to put his hair on the line. Octavio Gaona won the match and Murciélago unmasked, giving birth to the tradition. The following match types are variants of Luchas de Apuestas matches with different types of wagers. Since lucha libre has its roots more in Latin American professional wrestling than North American professional wrestling, it retains some of the basics of

5005-457: The days of the Aztecs . Early masks were very simple with basic colors to distinguish the wrestler. In modern lucha libre, masks are colorfully designed to evoke the images of animals , gods , ancient heroes and other archetypes , whose identity the luchador takes on during a performance. Virtually all wrestlers in Mexico will start their careers wearing masks, but over the span of their careers,

5096-403: The entire event for free on YouTube . In early 1992 Antonio Peña was working as a booker and storyline writer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's largest and the world's oldest wrestling promotion, and was frustrated by CMLL's very conservative approach to lucha libre . He joined forced with a number of younger, very talented wrestlers who felt like CMLL was not giving them

5187-418: The first time. The promotion flourished and quickly became the premier spot for wrestlers. As television surfaced as a viable entertainment medium during the 1950s, Lutteroth was then able to broadcast his wrestling across the nation, subsequently yielding a popularity explosion for the sport. Moreover, it was the emergence of television that allowed Lutteroth to promote lucha libre's first breakout superstar into

5278-508: The gimmick has recently attained a more flamboyant outlook. Luchadores , like their foreign counterparts, seek to obtain a campeonato (championship) through winning key wrestling matches. Since many feuds and shows are built around luchas de apuestas (matches with wagers), title matches play a less prominent role in Mexico than in the U.S. Titles can be defended as few as one time per year. The two biggest lucha libre promotions in Mexico are Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which

5369-403: The importance placed on masks in lucha libre, losing the mask to an opponent is seen as the ultimate insult, and can at times seriously hurt the career of the unmasked wrestler. Putting one's mask on the line against a hated opponent is a tradition in lucha libre as a means to settle a heated feud between two or more wrestlers. In these battles, called luchas de apuestas ("matches with wagers"),

5460-762: The loser must permanently remove his mask, which is a wager with a high degree of weight attached. Tag team wrestling is especially prevalent in lucha libre , particularly matches with three-member teams, called trios . Although in English the term specifically refers to the Mexican style of theatrical professional wrestling, in Spanish it can refer to other kinds of wrestling, including competitive freestyle wrestling ( es:lucha libre olímpica ) and professional wrestling in general ( es:lucha libre profesional ) in addition to Mexican professional wrestling in particular ( es:lucha libre mexicana ). However, in Spain (as with other non-Anglophone European countries) professional wrestling

5551-482: The match as well as Los Mamitos ( Mr. E and Sexy B) representing the Puerto Rican World Wrestling League (WWL) promotion as AAA and WWL had a working agreement at the time. The Five-way elimination tag team match for the vacant AAA World Tag Team Championship was contested under special rules that allowed both members of a team in the ring at the same time and teams alternating in and out of

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5642-536: The new South American Light Heavyweight Champion. On 28 February 2010, Angélico was part of a multi-man Steel Cage elimination match where the loser among the final two participants would have to face Chico Che in the main event. Angélico was the second to be eliminated, with 911 beating El Hijo del Diablo to win the match. He would lose the South America Light Heavyweight Championship to Trauma I in his first defense on 11 March 2010. In

5733-422: The opponent to the mat for the count of three, making him submit, knocking him out of the ring for a predetermined count (generally twenty), or by disqualification. Using the ropes for leverage is illegal, and once a luchador is on the ropes, his opponent must release any holds and he will not be able to pin him. Disqualifications occur when an opponent uses an illegal grab or move, such as the piledriver , which

5824-439: The opposing team or by pinning both of the other members. A referee can also stop the match because of "excessive punishment". He can then award the match to the aggressors. Falls often occur simultaneously, which adds to the extremely stylized nature of the action. In addition, a wrestler can opt to roll out of the ring in lieu of tagging a partner or simply be knocked out of the ring, at which point one of his partners may enter. As

5915-480: The pile. Moments later Mr. E, the only man not in the pile, surprised Jack Evans to pin him and eliminate the team of Evans and Angélico. Los Mamitos were eliminated next after a double stomp off the top rope from Drago and Fénix. Crazy Boy pinned Psicosis to eliminate Los Perros del Mal leaving only two teams. In the end the Mexican Powers won the match and the vacant championship when Líder pinned Drago. Mexican mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Érik "Goyito" Pérez

6006-531: The recognition they deserved and decided to split from CMLL to create Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as "AAA" and then Lucha Libre AAA World Wide . After making a deal with the Televisa television network AAA held their first show in April 1992. The following year Peña and AAA held their first Triplemanía event, building it into an annual event that would become AAA's Super Bowl event, similar to

6097-471: The ring name "Backpacker Joe", teamed with El Hijo del Pantera and Lin Byron in a six-person tag team match, where they defeated Josh O'Brien, Takuya Kito and Yusuke Kodama , with Bridle pinning O'Brien for the win. Following the match, Bridle reintroduced himself as "Adam Angel", starting a partnership and a romance storyline with Lin Byron. Angel and Byron were victorious in intergender tag team matches against

6188-401: The ring without a traditional tag between competitors. Early in the match the team of Jack Evans and Angélico managed to pile up Drago, Fénix, Daga, Psicosis, Crazy Boy, Joe Líder and Sexy B in the middle of the, followed by Jack Evans performing a standing shooting star press onto the pile, followed by Angélico leaping off the top rope, performing a double stomp on the back of the man on top of

6279-497: The semi-finals of the AAA Fusión Championship tournament. Since returning, Angélico often teams up with Jack Evans under the team name Los Güeros del Cielo ("The Sky Blondes"). Their first PPV match came at AAA's biggest show of the year, Triplemanía XXI , in a five-way elimination tag team match for the vacant AAA World Tag Team Championship . On 18 October 2013, at Héroes Inmortales VII , Angélico and Evans won

6370-525: The show AAA posted a message stating it was an ustream problem, not an AAA one. Ustream later refused that it was a problem on Ustream's part. AAA later offered a full refund to anyone that bought the PPV and made the entire Triplemanía XXI show available in HD on their official YouTube channel. Adam Martin of WrestleView commented that he would not buy the next PPV that AAA offered as an iPPV. While Rey Mendoza Jr. made

6461-1006: The spring supports added to U.S. and Japanese rings; as a result, lucha libre does not emphasize the "flat back" bumping style of other professional wrestling styles. For this same reason, aerial maneuvers are almost always performed on opponents outside the ring, allowing the luchador to break his fall with an acrobatic tumble. Lucha libre has several different weight classes, many catered to smaller agile fighters, who often make their debuts in their mid-teens. This system enables 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

6552-676: The start of 2012, Angélico and Dinamic Black participated in the El Protector tournament losing to Centurion and Negro Navarro in the quarter-finals. On 29 April, Angélico and Los Traumas won the Triangular de Tercias, defeating Eterno , Factor and Spartan in the final. On 21 March 2011, Angélico made his debut for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), competing in a six-man tag team match, where he, Argenis and Fénix defeated Dark Dragon, Polvo de Estrellas and Tito Santana. In March 2013, Angélico began working regularly for AAA, making his return in

6643-743: The story of a family of luchadores called "Los Hermanos Números" who also fought evil. Angel must help the remaining brother, Numero Cinco, defeat the Aztec warrior-demon that killed his four brothers. In the British TV show Justin Lee Collins : The Wrestler , Colins competes as the rudo El Glorioso , or The Glorious One, against the exótico Cassandro in The Roundhouse , London, ultimately losing and being unmasked. The book and television series The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan , features

6734-528: The teams of Sonoko Kato and Takuya Kito, and Mio Shirai and Takuya Kito, before suffering their first defeat at the hands of Akira and Syuri on 22 September. On 26 October, Angel entered the WNC Championship tournament , but was eliminated in his first round match by Akira. Afterwards, Angel announced that the match signaled the end of his first tour of WNC. Angélico made his television debut on Lucha Underground on 14 January 2015 broadcast in

6825-403: The term cachascán (from "catch as can") is used and the wrestlers are called cachascanistas . In Bolivia , wrestling Cholitas – female wrestlers dressed up as indigenous Aymara – are popular and have inspired comic books . Some lucha libre wrestlers had careers in various mixed martial arts promotions, promoting lucha libre and wearing signature masks and attire. One of the most famous

6916-578: The title from Líder and Pentagón Jr. in a three-way match, also involving Daga and Steve Pain , on 4 October 2015, at Héroes Inmortales IX . They vacated the title on 22 January 2016, due to Angélico suffering a leg injury. On 17 July 2016, Angélico and Evans won the AAA World Tag Team Championship for the third time. They lost the title on 28 August 2016, at Triplemanía XXIV against Drago and Aerostar. On 24 November 2017, Angélico announced his departure from AAA and Mexico altogether. Bridle made his Japanese debut on 30 August 2012, when he, working under

7007-713: The titles on their own. After a lengthy absence, Angélico made his return at Ultima Lucha where he attacked Johnny Mundo. On 11 April 2018 Angélico announced his departure from the Lucha Underground. Angelico made his debut for PWG on 24 July at Threemendous IV teaming with Jack Evans unsuccessfully challenging the Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship . The first night of Battle of Los Angeles 2015 he and Jack Evans defeated The Inner City Machine Guns ( Ricochet and Rich Swann ). He then entered

7098-590: The top luchadores in Mexico at the time. In recent years, several luchadores have found success in the United States. Notable luchadores who achieved success in the U.S. are Eddie Guerrero , Chavo Guerrero , Rey Mysterio, Jr. , Juventud Guerrera , L. A. Park , Super Crazy , Alberto Del Rio , Psicosis , Místico , Kalisto , Aero Star , Drago , Andrade El Idolo , Pentagon Jr. , Fenix , El Hijo del Fantasma , Bandido , Flamita , Puma King , Rush , Soberano Jr. , Dragon Lee , Guerrero Maya Jr. and Stuka Jr. CMLL lucha libre shows are broadcast weekly in

7189-410: The tournament being eliminated by Jack Evans in the first round. The next day Angelico alongside Fénix , Ricochet and Rich Swann were defeated by Mount Rushmore 2.0 (Young Bucks, Roderick Strong and Super Dragon ). Angelico debuted for wXw entering the 16 Carat Gold 2016, he defeated Trevor Lee in the first round but lost to Drew Galloway in the quarter-finals. Angelico and Jack Evans entered to

7280-420: The true identity of a person losing his mask is previously unknown, it is customary for that person to reveal his real name, hometown and years as a professional upon unmasking. The first lucha de apuestas was presented on July 14, 1940, at Arena México. The defending champion Murciélago (Velázquez) was so much lighter than his challenger ( Octavio Gaona ), he requested a further condition before he would sign

7371-399: The wrestlers "wager" either their mask or their hair. In a lucha de apuesta (betting match), wrestlers make a public bet on the outcome of the match. The most common forms are the mask-against-mask, hair-against-hair, or mask-against-hair matches. A wrestler who loses his or her mask has to remove the mask after the match. A wrestler who loses their hair is shaved immediately afterward. If

7462-752: Was co-owned by Booker T . He debuted under the name Adam Crow before changing it to Angélico , going by the nicknames The Blonde Superman and The Spanish Sensation . When PWA:Africa folded in 2007 due to internal problems, Angélico joined World Wrestling Professionals, a promotion with nationally broadcast television shows in South Africa and India. He toured with WWP and has participated in two of their television shoots, in WWP Thunderstrike and 100% De Dhana Dhan . Angélico spent six months wrestling in Spain working for numerous independents, including Nu Wrestling Evolution (NWE). His first link to lucha libre

7553-673: Was eventually buried wearing his silver mask. More recently, the masks luchadores wear have become iconic symbols of Mexican culture. Contemporary artists like Francisco Delgado and Xavier Garza incorporate wrestler masks in their paintings. Although masks are a feature of lucha libre, it is a misconception that every Mexican wrestler uses one. There have been several maskless wrestlers who have been successful, particularly Tarzán López , Gory Guerrero , Perro Aguayo and Negro Casas . Formerly masked wrestlers who lost their masks, such as Satánico , Cien Caras , Cibernético and others, have had continued success despite losing their masks. With

7644-498: Was founded in 1933, and Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). One characteristic practiced in Mexico is with fans honoring wrestlers by throwing money into the wrestling ring after witnessing a high-quality match. With this act fans honor the luchador in a symbolic way, thanking the luchador for a spectacular match demonstrating they are pleased with their performance, showing the match is worth their money and worth more than what they paid to witness such an event. This act of honoring

7735-541: Was originally scheduled to accompany Octagón for the seventh match against the Lucha Libre Leyendas team, but was forced to withdraw from the show due to an injury. The Leyendas team was accompanied by Dorian Roldan, who interfered in the match and was hit by Electroshock near the end of the match to the delight of the crowd. During the Triplemanía XXI AAA played videos to pay homage to Abismo Negro who

7826-422: Was supposed to be available to the fans outside of Mexico as well as in Mexico, with AAA working with Ustream as their broadcasting partner for the show. The Triplemanía XXI show featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines . Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray

7917-508: Was supposed to be the first iPPV held by AAA in collaboration with Ustream, but the show never aired live on the Internet. Initially the Ustream site was simply listed the channel the PPV was supposed to be on as "offline", later on while it was "live" did not actually show anything. AAA mentioned issues with the Ustream site twice during the show and held a quick press conference after the show. During

8008-401: Was that year's hall of fame inductee. Abismo, real name Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González, died in 2009 from drowning. The show also paid tribute to wrestler Héctor Garza , real name Héctor Solano Segura, who had died from cancer in late May, 2013. Prior to his match against Cibernético , El Hijo del Perro Aguayo dedicated his match to Garza who was a lifelong friend. While Triplemanía XXI

8099-400: Was unmasked by the legendary Santo . Tag teams are sometimes composed of both rudos and técnicos in what are called parejas increibles (incredible pairings). Parejas increibles highlight the conflict between a luchador ' s desire to win and his contempt for his partner. A staple gimmick present in lucha libre since the 1950s is exótico , a character in drag. It is argued that

8190-471: Was with WWP wrestler Ananzi throughout 2008 and 2009, and on 22 November 2009 he took part in a ladder match that was edited heavily due to the network, Colours TV , considering most of the match to be too violent for primetime television. On 10 January 2010, he was awarded the previously-vacant WWP Cruiserweight World Championship , becoming the fourth champion in the title's history. Angélico received training from Último Dragón in 2009 and subsequently joined

8281-585: Was working with Último Dragón and Super Nova in NWE. In his NWE big show debut on 13 July 2008, Angélico lost to NWE World Champion Orlando Jordan . On 18 July 2008, he lost to Orlando Jordan in a handicap match teaming with El Nazareno. He lost to Juventud Guerrera on 20 July 2008 with Annie Social as his new valet. At an Eventos de Wrestling Europeos card on 26 July 2008, Angélico lost to LSK in an NWL Spanish Championship match. On 13 September 2008, Angélico wrestled three matches on an inter-promotional event pitting

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