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Author: Emmanuel Figueroa Rosado
Emmanuel Figueroa Rosado is a young writer from Puerto Rico. He's been writing about wrestling for four years now, specializing in Puerto Rican and Latin American wrestling. He also writes a weekly column for the Spanish wrestling magazine, Impacto Estelar, and for LWOS Life Magazine. The latter concentrating on scientific topics and reviewing science books. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in History of the Americas.
Per Super Luchas, Mascara Año 2000 has decided for a new wrestler to play Mascara Año 2000 Jr: Jesús Reyes, better known as Mascara Año 2000, announced that there will be a new luchador who will play Mascara Año 2000 Jr. since the previous gladiator stopped paying the character’s rent. Despite the fact that in 2006 the Son of Mascara Año2000 and Mascara Año 2000 Jr. appeared, the latter does not have a family connection with Chucho Reyes, since both rented the name they were using until this 2020. In an interview with Más Lucha, the father of more than…
Puerto Rican wrestling seemed to finally return this August. But, a recent surge in Covid-19 cases changed those plans. Puerto Rico is becoming one of the fastest-growing US territories with reported cases. The island, which previously had a modest report of cases, now is presenting a danger. Previously, it seemed that Carlos Colon’s World Wrestling Council could return soon. They were talking with public officials for a return in August. The Department of Sports and Recreation had asked WWC a grand venue in which, social distancing was possible. Moreover, this establishment had to be inspected by the government and by…
Wrestling in Mexico has found it hard during the pandemic. Just last week, Hechicero told ESPN that many Luchadors could not live off wrestling. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), even with its contact with the government, has not opened their historic arena in Mexico City. AAA had to move AAA TripleMania XXVIII, probably to 20201. Moreover, they will now try a new way of wrestling, called Auto Luchas (wrestling through a car). The independent wrestling scene in Mexico has tried various ingenious moves. DTU did a match in a private pool that featured Stucka Jr. For its part, Mas…
Per Super Luchas and FDT Lucha Libre, luchadors Golden Bull and Espiral Negro passed away during the pandemic. Espiral Negro is the father of Bull, he had passed away earlier these days. Bull is best remembered for his iconic cartoon in the Mexican version of Cartoon Network (MX). Furia de Titanes reports: Just 10 days after we reported the death of Espiral Negro, his son Golden Bull caught up with him in the Arena Celestial, as reported by his brother through social networks. Originally from Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Golden Bull made his way in the independent field under the guardianship of…
Mr. Iguana is one of the fastest rising stars in Lucha Libre. Famous in the independent Lucha Libre scene, Iguana is soaring through the ranks of AAA. Mr. Iguana sat down with ESPN Mexico to talk about his rise in AAA. Here’s are some of the comments by the young star: Santiago Ibarra Calderón, the man behind Mr. Iguana, has a degree in communication, and during his time as a student he was interested in this sport, that’s how he began training in his native Culiacán, nowadays he has accumulated 11 years as professional in wrestling. At the beginning of…
Lucha Libre star, Super Crazy will wrestle this weekend for Coastal Championship Wrestling (CCW). The company, headed by trainer Pablo Marquez, will run its second show during the pandemic. Super Crazy is arguably one of the best Mexican veterans alive in the international scene. Crazy, a former WCW and WWE superstar, has been all over the world in recent years, including Puerto Rico, Japan, Germany, among others. CCW has been known to bring fellow Latin American wrestlers into their show. Its previous event featured former WWE Tag Team Champions, Primo, and Epico Colon. The Puerto Rican duo won the CCW…
Ciclope is one of the fastest rising luchadors in the deathmatch genre. The Mexican independent wrestler was one of the main stars in the hardcore promotion, Destrucción Total Ultraviolent. In the last two years, Ciclope has wrestled internationally. He shipped his deathmatch innovation to the US in Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and in Japan. Ciclope no longer wrestles for DTU, but that hasn’t stopped him from developing as one of the favorites to US and Mexican fans. He debuted another alternative to deathmatch wrestling with Lucha Libre Vanguardia. This promotion had the support of Mas Lucha. He recently sat down…
Although Lucha Libre is on hold in Mexico City, Mas Lucha had a streaming show on Saturday. The show was on an undisclosed location in Mexico City. The streaming service featured a plethora of women wrestler, which included former CMLL star, Zeuxis, and notorious AAA star, Dulce Sexy. Heres the result of Mas Lucha Torneo Suprema by Lucha Blog: Mas Lucha (SAT) 07/18/2020 unknown location, México City, Distrito Federal [Lucha Central, MasLucha] 1) Sexy Dulce beat Baby Love [Torneo Suprema Mas Lucha, quarterfinal] 2) Lolita beat Reina Dorada [Torneo Suprema Mas Lucha, quarterfinal] 3) Zeuxis beat Diosa Quetzal [Torneo Suprema…
As we reported today, because of the pandemic in Mexico, AAA will not have TripleMania XXVIII in August or on a further date. Nevertheless, Dorian Roldan was thinking about new concepts to have events in Mexico during this crisis. Roldan proposed the same concept with an auto cine (watching movies inside a car) but for wrestling. The concept will be known as Auto Luchas, which fans can see wrestling, Lucha Libre, through their cars without much contact. Here’s the report by Lucha Blog: AAA will be trying different concepts to run shows between now and whenever normal shows can once…
AAA’s biggest show of the year, TripleMania XXVIII will not go further in August. The show was in limbo since the Covid-19 outbreak, now Dorian Roldan says that is uncertain for 2020. In a press conference on Monday, AAA and Dorian Roldan said that they hope that TripleMania XXVIII can be held in 2020. But, it seemed that 2021 could be the new date for the show. Super Luchas reported this Saturday that TripleMania XXVIII could be a two-day show in August – depending on the state of Mexico City and the pandemic. Here’s the report by Super Luchas: The…
