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| I watch wrestling. It should be pretty obvious at this point. I watch all the "sports entertainment" the WWE throws at me. I watch WWE's main competition (little as it may be), TNA. I even watch Lucha Libre every weekend on Galavision, despite not having a functional ability to speak Spanish. Granted, I took four years of Spanish in high school, but I still can't keep up with the bulk of the dialogue in a standard Lucha Libre show. However, whether it be CMLL or AAA, I watch it. So, from my point of view, here are some things about Lucha Libre that strike me as odd. |
| He is one odd guy. He's one of the on-air announcers, but also the ring announcer. Often, he sings along with wrestlers' entrance themes or starts cheers while on the house mic. However, the oddest thing that he does is he meows. Yes, like a cat, he meows. He does it constantly. I've put up the closed caption, and it says plain as day: "miao". That's Spanish onomatopoeia for meow. For the life of me, I have no clue why the hell he meows. I wish someone would explain this to me. |
| They are completely, and insanely over. One is a dancing skeleton that comes out to Thriller, and the other is a dancing overweight mini that comes out to the Looney Tunes theme. Both are about average in their ring abilities, but have the crowd completely in the palm of their hands. As a viewer of American pro wrestling, it is very odd to see the dominant nWo-like heel stable, Secta Cibernética, feuding legitimately with overly gimmicked characters. |
| What is the deal with Luchadors breaking into dance? La Parka and Super Porky I've already mentioned, but there are many more. There's Latin Lover, Intocable, Alan Stone, and the godawful mishmash of 70 gimmicks that suck: Elegido. They dance for no reason... wtf? |
| What is his gimmick? I've seen the 1000% Guapo signs and shirts, and he lead a group in AAA called the Guapos, so I'd figure he thinks he's good looking or something. Sometimes he wears a full Nazi uniform, though. So, he's a good looking Nazi? However, his name is Shocker! What does that have to do with anything? Here's the real "shocker": he's not friggin' guapo! Neither is fellow "Guapo" Scorpio Jr. Is that the joke? Also, how did that Ewok he had with him in CMLL fit in with the whole gimmick? Then, after he jumped to AAA, why did the Ewok, who is already in a full body Ewok suit, put on a mask OVER the Ewok mask? |
| Speaking of confusing gimmicks, there's Gronda. Gronda is a big, red, jacked-up guy with horns who has outlines painted around his muscles. Why is the character that appears to be Satan a technico (face)? Furthermore, how can Satan get his ass kicked so effortlessly week after week? |
| If you have only seen Konnan's bad ass, straight out of the barrio style gimmick in the states, then you would be completely blown away by his gimmick south of the border. He comes to the ring dressed as a straight up pimp, in a robe that Ric Flair would say was a bit fruity. Then, after he takes off the robe (and matching hat), his singlet has tassles off it... y'know, this description just doesn't do it justice. You just have to see it. |
| There actually appears to be a tranny division in AAA. By division, I simply mean that there are a lot of them and they are obviously classed separately. The language barrier and lack of a complete knowledge of Lucha history keeps me from being sure, but I don't think there has ever been a specifically tranny title. Anyway, you'll see mixed matches where each team will have some combination of one woman, one midget, one normal male wrestler, one Nancy boy, and one tranny. Watching Pimpi trying to sexually assault refs may be one of the creepiest things about Lucha Libre. |
| The way that they end each of the AAA shows is by pumping Queen's "We Are the Champions" over the arena sound system and showing clips from the show before, on the last clip, freeze framing and grayscaling it as if that luchador had died and that episode was dedicated to them. All it is missing is "Octagon: 19xx-2006". We actually have a running joke where we wonder "who will die this week at the end of Lucha Libre"? That's pretty morbid, isn't it? Wow, I need to go think about my life... |
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