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Lucha Libre hits the LBC
Lucha libre is a Mexican wrestling style that evolved from a Greco-Roman wresting and has been popular in Mexico since as early as the 1930's. Lucha libre means "free wrestling" in spanish, and from watching a fight or two, you can see that this wrestling style is about as free as you can get. Don't get it mistaken for that WWE Thursday night yawnfest, this wrestling style might be a bit too intense for younger viewers.
While it is pretty obvious that, like the WWE, lucha libre is an act, the matches are as engaging as any UFC match. Lucha libre has always had a hero vs. villain aspect which they destinguish; "tecnicos" are always more clean and rule abiding fighters and "rudos" are dirty fighters that are willing to do just about anything to win. For some reason, the ref's are on the rudos' side, but this just adds to the theatrics of a match.
Friday night, The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) hosted an event called En La Noche which had tequila tasting, museum tours, a photo booth, and a full sized wrestling ring. This event was put together with a colaboration between Suja Lowenthal, the 2nd district councilwoman, and the LA County Arts Commission.
The crowd was a diverse bunch with a lot of them wearing masks and being involved in the matches as the high flying acrobatics forced "ooo's and aaahh's" from them. Some of the wrestlers looked like they we're slightly less than athletic, but this didn't stop them from jumping off the top rope or spinning around their opponent
in some impossible manner.
"I have never been to one of these live before, I wish a lot more people would have come check it out. I hope they have more nights like this," said Richard Gomez as he took a sip from his Corona.
These little events go on all over Long Beach, and the atmosphere at the MoLAA was electric; when the fights were over, I was wanting more. The MC of the whole night had a heavy accent but this just added to the authentic feel of the event, he even made fun of the fact that someone forgot to bring a bell so he had to say "ding ding" to open each match.
Have you ever seen a lucha libre match? Do you think there's a difference between the wrestling you might watch on TV and this style? What do you think would make events like this more appealing to the community?
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Comment by Bgarcia on June 22, 2011 at 3:10pm -
MoLLA is such a great museum. They hold so many events. Friends bands have played on these Thurs. night events before. They have so many family friendly events. This is just a great one too. Thanks for covering Jesus!!
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Comment by EFREN LUNA on June 20, 2011 at 10:42pm -
@JulsnMatt1028 I know for a fact it wasn't. My friends at Luchalords.com made the original and they told me that the MOOLA flyer was a ripoff! On the positive end the promotion of lucha libre culture is what I support. I will definitely try to make the next event!
@The Man I agree more Lucha Libre events should be held in the LBC at Moola would be ideal.
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Comment by JulsnMatt1028 on June 20, 2011 at 3:08pm -
The flyer might have actually been done by the same person too... LB needs more wrestling!
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Comment by The Man on June 20, 2011 at 9:27am -
Man I saw photos from this event on Facebook. It looked tight. There's a guy on the site that does wrestling. They should make monthly matches at MOLAA. Plus, MOLAA is the ideal place to have one of these events.
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Comment by Jesus Hernandez on June 19, 2011 at 6:31pm -
P.S. That was a straight ripoff! haha
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Comment by Jesus Hernandez on June 19, 2011 at 5:10pm
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Man I am super down to go to another event with luchadores, this was my first one but it won't be my last. I grew up watching all those movies with El Santo, Blue Demon, Rey Misterio, El Tinieblas, and the list goes on and on. I'm glad I'm not the only lucha libre nerd on here
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Comment by EFREN LUNA on June 19, 2011 at 4:59pm
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This was an event I really wanted to see! Unfortunately it was during the night of my niece’s graduation ceremony. So, maybe next time they are in the LBC I’ll get to see them. I have seen luchadores Lestat and Steve in action before and I can image it was a super nice event.
I have been fortunate in the past to have curated several art shows with the theme of lucha libre. One art show in particular I’m very proud to have curated was LuchaManiaUSA, last year at Pico Revera Sports Arena. All the Mexican superstar luchadores including El Hijo del Santos and Blue Demon JR where part of along with LA underground luchadores such as the one at the MOOLA event.
I have to mention that several artists and curators have been promoting the lucha libre cultura through art exhibition events. Artists such as Ray and Cora from Gallery Azul, Steven Amado from Chatismo 101 and LUCHALORDS have been organizing lucha libre theme art shows and in essence promoting the cultura of lucha libre.
BTW the flyer for the MOOLA show was a total rip-off of my friends’ flyers from Luchalords.com see the image below.
http://luchalords.com/flyers/STEVEvsLESTAT/StevevsLestat2_web.jpg
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