BIENVENIDOS fellow wrestling enthuasists. Welcome to the month of Octobre, where we celebrate the spookiness of wrestling. And nothing is more spooky than lucha libre, isn't that right Octobre wrasslin' spokesman?
The chairman himself finds inspiration in Dia de los Muertos. Antonio Pena's obsession with monsters would lead to the creation of one of the most popular luchadors of all time! So naturally, keep doing it! A lot of luchadors have mined the depths of not only the afterlife, but the spiritual and horror realms for characters. Before we get to the current going ons of the wrestling world, let's take a look at the wacky world of lucha libre!
El Satanico
The Satanic one himself! Just listen to his theme!This gimmick ranged from him just being an otherworldly technician to him having magical powers and turning luchadors rudo through magick! Because lucha! Lucha is bananas. But Satanico himself had some great matches (real good bloody matches) and his legacy will probably ultimately be as one of lucha's greatest trainers. He is CMLL's head trainer and has trained the likes of Gran Metallik, Andrade Almas and Volador Jr. But really, his best thing will always be this amazing video of Satanico using his magic powers to power up Rencor Latino and turn him into Averno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlwcvQFqko
MONSTERS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjLfrY280Xo
This was played before a major event to hype a trios match feauturing Espectro Jr, El Wolfman and Karis La Momia (who at one point played by La Parka!)
But for a good time, go find the El Santo movies on youtubes. They're actually pretty great and do some fun pulpy things
ORIGINAL GIMMICKS
And by original i mean the non union Mexican equivalent! I just wanted a section to highlight Chucky and these videos of him being bullied which are hilarious
Technicos kick around Chucky's backup mask
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKz4TqVIibc"]Chucky gets punished for terrorizing Cuije
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHIWAKjgEE"]Chucky gets ditched because he's not that interesting
[/URL][/URL]Heres a video of Chucky being great though harassing an interviewer
There's a lot more to the insanity. If you want more please consult youtube or just ask in the thread. There's still a lot of wrestlers carrying the wacky world of horror and the supernatural in lucha, said as Los Psycho Circus, Hechicero and the god-king himself, Mil Muertes,who has comeback from death many times before (this is still the greatest vignette in lucha libre history)
Now time to move on to current happenings. First the wall of shame!
WWE
Raw - Seth Rollins continues on his quest to impress Bret Hart or something? I dont know?
Smackdown - THE FACE THAT RUNS THE PLACE
NXT - Look, like only 6 of you watch the weekly show. You only care about Takeovers at this point
TNA
Everyone else
Evolve has two fun events coming up
AAW is throwing a tourney!
NJPW
Throws theirs annual Kings of Pro Wrestling card en route to Wrestle Kingdom
SO there you have it folks. Have a safe and sane Octobre!
The chairman himself finds inspiration in Dia de los Muertos. Antonio Pena's obsession with monsters would lead to the creation of one of the most popular luchadors of all time! So naturally, keep doing it! A lot of luchadors have mined the depths of not only the afterlife, but the spiritual and horror realms for characters. Before we get to the current going ons of the wrestling world, let's take a look at the wacky world of lucha libre!
El Satanico
The Satanic one himself! Just listen to his theme!This gimmick ranged from him just being an otherworldly technician to him having magical powers and turning luchadors rudo through magick! Because lucha! Lucha is bananas. But Satanico himself had some great matches (real good bloody matches) and his legacy will probably ultimately be as one of lucha's greatest trainers. He is CMLL's head trainer and has trained the likes of Gran Metallik, Andrade Almas and Volador Jr. But really, his best thing will always be this amazing video of Satanico using his magic powers to power up Rencor Latino and turn him into Averno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlwcvQFqko
MONSTERS!
Lucha libre has a rich history of having people dressed up as classic monsters! Or wrestling classic monsters! Who can forget the adventures of El Santo and Blue Demon fighting the mummies of Guanajuato? Or Dracula and the Wolfman? Just watch this total nonsensical video to see what a total obsession Antonio Pena had with monsters in lucha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjLfrY280Xo
This was played before a major event to hype a trios match feauturing Espectro Jr, El Wolfman and Karis La Momia (who at one point played by La Parka!)
But for a good time, go find the El Santo movies on youtubes. They're actually pretty great and do some fun pulpy things
ORIGINAL GIMMICKS
And by original i mean the non union Mexican equivalent! I just wanted a section to highlight Chucky and these videos of him being bullied which are hilarious
Technicos kick around Chucky's backup mask
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKz4TqVIibc"]Chucky gets punished for terrorizing Cuije
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHIWAKjgEE"]Chucky gets ditched because he's not that interesting
[/URL][/URL]Heres a video of Chucky being great though harassing an interviewer
There's a lot more to the insanity. If you want more please consult youtube or just ask in the thread. There's still a lot of wrestlers carrying the wacky world of horror and the supernatural in lucha, said as Los Psycho Circus, Hechicero and the god-king himself, Mil Muertes,who has comeback from death many times before (this is still the greatest vignette in lucha libre history)
Now time to move on to current happenings. First the wall of shame!
WWE
Raw - Seth Rollins continues on his quest to impress Bret Hart or something? I dont know?
Smackdown - THE FACE THAT RUNS THE PLACE
NXT - Look, like only 6 of you watch the weekly show. You only care about Takeovers at this point
TNA
Everyone else
Evolve has two fun events coming up
The Last Battle Of Orlando - EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match
Losing Team Must Split Up!
Drew Galloway & DUSTIN defend vs. Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams
EVOLVE 57 Rematch
Matt Riddle vs. Chris Hero
Special Challenge Match
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Fred Yehi
Grudge Match
EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Drew Galloway vs. Matt Riddle
Special Challenge Match
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tracy Williams
AAW is throwing a tourney!
The Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament looks fun and theyre real great at putting things on VoD unlike some other promotions
NJPW
Throws theirs annual Kings of Pro Wrestling card en route to Wrestle Kingdom
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji
- Tokyo Dome Contract: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly
- Special 8-Man Tag: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA & Jay Lethal vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI)
- IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Ricochet & David Finlay
- NJPW vs. NOAH Special 8-Man Tag: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi & Masa Kitamiya
- Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Bobby Fish vs. CHAOS (Toru Yano, Rocky Romero, Beretta & Gedo)
- CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Pre-show TV Anime "Tiger Mask W" Special Crossover Match: Tiger Mask W vs. Red Death Mask
SO there you have it folks. Have a safe and sane Octobre!
