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So - mainly through my interest in B-Movies - I have discovered the weird, weird world of Mexican wrestling.

It all sounds rather interesting, but there's something I'm interested in and it's not the silly masks!

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Outside of the USA, American wrestling is often ridiculed for the fact that it's
more choreographed than a Broadway musical. Does the same apply to wrestling "South Of The Border."
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:So - mainly through my interest in B-Movies - I have discovered the weird, weird world of Mexican wrestling.

It all sounds rather interesting, but there's something I'm interested in and it's not the silly masks!

Thing is:
Outside of the USA, American wrestling is often ridiculed for the fact that it's
more choreographed than a Broadway musical. Does the same apply to wrestling "South Of The Border."
Possibly... what little I've seen of it seems to be just as much a soap opera as the US version.
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Simon H.Johansen wrote: Outside of the USA, American wrestling is often ridiculed for the fact that it's more choreographed than a Broadway musical. Does the same apply to wrestling "South Of The Border."
I've watched some Luche Libre on tv and its not even close to being trumped up like the WWE. Sure the Mexicans have angles and some storylines to keep things interesting but they don't do any hillbilly marriage angles or kiss my ass scenes.
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From what I've seen on Mexican wrestling, the fighters actually seem to be trying to defeat each other instead of just playing some stupid rehearsed silliness.
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i watch that stuff on TV all the time,, and I dont care what them people are saying (i cant speak spanish) but Its FUN! much better than WWF.
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:So - mainly through my interest in B-Movies - I have discovered the weird, weird world of Mexican wrestling.

It all sounds rather interesting, but there's something I'm interested in and it's not the silly masks!

Thing is:
Outside of the USA, American wrestling is often ridiculed for the fact that it's
more choreographed than a Broadway musical. Does the same apply to wrestling "South Of The Border."
It appears that an actual fight is a requirement for wrestling in South America, though whether this makes it more or less cheesy is hard to discern.
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Darth Fanboy wrote:i watch that stuff on TV all the time,, and I dont care what them people are saying (i cant speak spanish) but Its FUN! much better than WWF.
That's not saying very much however. I don't think I've ever seen any real Mexican wrestling, what station, network in the US carries it?
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In Canada, telelatino carries some mexican rasslin' from time to time. I'd suggest you look for the nearest channel with latino programming and go from there.
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Next of Kin wrote:In Canada, telelatino carries some mexican rasslin' from time to time. I'd suggest you look for the nearest channel with latino programming and go from there.
Problem is - I live in Denmark, and I none of the channels have latino programming. :(
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Next of Kin wrote:In Canada, telelatino carries some mexican rasslin' from time to time. I'd suggest you look for the nearest channel with latino programming and go from there.
Problem is - I live in Denmark, and I none of the channels have latino programming. :(
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