Lucha Libre returned to London December 6-9 with appearences by Hijo de Santo, Blue Demon Jr, Octagoncito, Mascarita Dorada, among others.  The events were held at The Roundhouse.  Check the links for more photos and show info. Photo courtesy The Roundhouse.

Lucha Libre London

The Roundhouse

Did you catch a show?  How was it?

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W.S. Thomason over at 411mania.com has a nice write up on the history of the Lucha Libre mask in Mexico, and its use in the US market.

From the article:

"Even the most casual wrestling fan understands that masks are iconic in Lucha Libre. The mask is far more than a gimmick in Mexico, with deep pop-culture roots reaching far back into the 20th century. The legendary El Santo is essentially a national folk hero, starring in movies, comic books, and other mainstream media from the 1940s through the early 1980s. His contemporaries The Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras achieved a similar status during the same period."

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Joking aside, Temple University Anthropologist Heather Levi takes an in-depth look at the world of Lucha Libre from behind the scenes in her latest book: The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity, Duke University Press.

From the Book Advertisement:

"The World of Lucha Libre is an insider’s account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican form of professional wrestling. Heather Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City. Not only did she observe live events and interview wrestlers, referees, officials, promoters, and reporters; she also apprenticed with a retired luchador (wrestler).

"Drawing on her insider’s perspective, she explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. Levi argues that the broad appeal of lucha libre lies in its capacity to stage contradictions at the heart of Mexican national identity: between the rural and the urban, tradition and modernity, ritual and parody, machismo and feminism, politics and spectacle."

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Guaranteed to be "100% mas milagroso" than any other religious statue on the market. Article

Blue Demon Jr. and El Dandy will put mask, hair and title belts on the line on November 15th at Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City.  Tick...

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You think you know your Lucha Libre? You should also know your Lucha Libre History, which is intertwined with the history of Mexico, mass media, and e...

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On the outside of the venue, the place was dump. Colonia Jamica is far from the tourist destinations in Mexico City.  But, once you got in to the...

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The Inagural Contra Series matches up two all-time greats from yesterday and today: Mistico and Fantasma.  Get these two masks at specially marked prices, but of course, supplies are limited...

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