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Viva La Lucha Libre.Net, your gateway to the wacky world of mexican wrestling.
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Poster for next week's Tijuana lucha show!
Special thanks to El Mortal de Tijuana for the event posters and results!
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This week, Vince McMahon stunned the wrestling world when he
introduced his one time rival, Eric Bischoff, to WWE television.
The image of the two of them hugging on the set of Monday Night Raw was
something that most wrestling fans thought they would never see in a
million years. Sorry to break it to ya' Vince, but the most
surreal moment in wrestling eludes you this week, as the boys in Tijuana
have trumped you. It was announced last Friday that AAA would be in returning to the Auditorio de Tijuana this week, as they are known to do now and again. Usually, these shows are headlined by the 'stars' of AAA, with many of the TJ regulars thrown in to the mix. Although the lineups are 
normally lackluster at best, the AAA booking committee was
able to book a main event that is even
more peculiar than the McMahon/Bischoff
connection. Nicho El Millonario, who rose to lucha superstardom in
the 90's as the eccentric Psicosis will team with AAA mainstays Heavy
Metal and Mascara Sagrada to face Hector Garza, Rey Misterio,
and the man that was given the Psicosis gimmick when Nicho left
Mexico to wrestle in America. AAA has
been historically bashed by internet fans
for reusing gimmicks of established stars (Psicosis, La
Parka, Octagon, etc.), but one has to wonder the type of animosity one
of the originals has for his low budget doppleganger. Knowing
this, the TJ crowd will undoubtedly be eagerly anticipating the moment
Nicho and Psicosis get tagged in by their respective teams. Just
seeing these two standing face to face in the middle of the ring should
be worth the price of admission, and the moment that they begin trading
blows will be historic.Politics often seem to water down the more controversial aspects of lucha libre (especially in recent weeks), and it has even been speculated that the initial meeting backstage between the two Psicosis' will be more brutal. UPDATE: Nicho's team was awarded victory, but only after his teammate Heavy Metal turned on the tecnicos. The four rudos began stomping the shit out of their opponents until the insane luchadore, Super Crazy, hit the ring to save Nicho and Mascara Sagrada. Nicho promised revenge afterwards, and challenged the team of the fake Psicosis and Rey Misterio to face himself and Super Crazy in the near future. The following photos were taken by premeire lucha photographer, Aledesp. Check out hella' photos from Friday's show, as well as a boss collection of lucha photography over at his groovy site. |
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Hehehe. La Parka stickers really seem to send you monkeys
into a frenzy. I got a ton of e-mails from frustrated sticker
hunters, so  perhaps
I hid it a little too well. I'm sorry if I caused any permanent
trauma. Only one person nailed it, and ironically enough, he found
it in the first place he looked. J.D. Fox was able to spot
the sticker in the Viva La Lucha
Libre! article in the music section. I'll
leave it there as a everlasting reference to this stupid
contest, so check it out if you need some closure. Thanks to
everybody who participated. Viva la lucha
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