Hello folks. I have once again watched a concerning amount of lucha libre from across the Mexican indies (and occasional US indies) to bring you, many moons late, the best in lucha libre from the month of March. There was a lot of great stuff, including one of the best runs of IWRG shows I’ve […]
It’s a long time coming, but as punishment I tried to watch almost anything that made footage from the month. How much footage could February have anyway? Enough to feature several long Daga singles matches that unsurprisingly do not appear in this column. Black Terry vs. Mascara Ano 2000 vs. Negro Navarro vs. Solar I […]
I’ve had this 99% done for a few weeks, and then I got hit hard with life. Apologies for the most delayed column in history getting more delays. Abismo Negro Jr. vs. El Fiscal (XLL, 1/18) You can be forgiven for being underwhelmed by the words “inferno match.” Most wrestling fans will envision pyrotechnics surrounding […]
As the winter air chills us, we need a little bit of summer to give us warmth. That is the reason this piece is here now. That and only that reason. Hijo de Fishman vs. Macuarro (Zona 23/Lucha Memes, 8/18) – IWTV The main event match from Zona 23 and Lucha Memes’ Junkyard Mania show […]
It’s October. October is spooky season. And what’s scarier than being three months late on a monthly column? Macuarro vs. Paymon (Zona 23, 7/7) – IWTV Macuarro’s match with Sobredosis headlined my first lucha roundup for this site. At the time, he seemed like a novelty. Look at this strange middle-aged looking janitor with a […]
I’m painfully aware that this is being posted a week into the month of August. In honor of how dated this article is at this point, I have compiled a list featuring middle aged and senior citizen wrestlers for your enjoyment. Freelance & Virus vs. Heddi Karaoui & Mistico (Lucha Memes, 6/16) – IWTV It’s […]
I know it’s almost July; let’s not talk about it. Judas El Traidor vs. Xelhua (Lucha Memes, 5/19) – IWTV I’m not a huge CMLL fiend, so my knowledge of the Puebla guys and the super-youngsters isn’t much. I’ve seen clips of Xelhua and know that he has quite a few fans for someone who […]
Hechicero vs. Heddi Karaoui (Lucha Memes, 4/21) – IWTV This tops Heddi Karaoui’s llaves match with Avisman from February. Heddi and Hechicero start the match trading holds, and as the match goes on you can see that Hechicero gets sicker and sicker that this guy keeps having an answer for his moves. The mat is […]
Every month, I choose five matches from Mexico to highlight some of the best lucha matches of the year. The focus is to shine light on some lesser seen matches, so CMLL/AAA matches are not considered unless they are co-promoted shows with indie promotions. Last month I was busy with the Violent People 100 rollout, […]
Trauma I vs. Wotan (AVE, 2/3) – Available on IWTV The title match leading up to this apuestas match was covered in last month’s roundup, so I thought it was only right that we started this month’s with what is sure to be one of the biggest indie lucha matches of the year. The show […]