As you all know from previous posts I have always been a fan of wrestling. I don't watch it often now due to time but if I'm having a lazy Saturday morning or not slept in till late I will watch some Raw or Smackdown. Now, I am known as being a rather girly girl and high maintenance regarding certain things. However, I have the side which loves a bit of boyish banter and fun. I attribute this to having brothers growing up. It was always rough and tumble. My nickname was 'Bash'...I think that says it all really!
Miss Faux Fur is also a bit of a wrestling fan- can you see another reason why we're friends now? So before my birthday she forwarded me an email about a wrestling event in the city where we live. This was a Lucha Libre festival. A good blogging friend of mine, El Grande, has made me a lot more aware of Lucha Libre wrestling so this event seemed even more appropriate to attend!
Now I hope I don't get any of this wrong El Grande... Lucha Libre is spanish for 'free wrestling' and this type of wrestling is characterised by the use of masks, good and bad identities as well as high flying moves. It is gaining popularity in lots of countries but generally became popular in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries. If you watch wrestling I am sure you have came across the Luchadores Rey Mysterio and the newer (to the WWE anyway) Sin Cara.
Myself and Miss Faux Fur were a bit apprehensive as it wasn't under a wrestling name as such, but part of ¡VAMOS! , a Latin festival in the area which I live. I had been assured however that the luchadores who were to attend were good. We both thought it would be really fun and also, a bit of a different birthday celebration. What can I say about it? iT surpassed fun and was AWESOME!!
We had such a fun night and after both being incredibly stressed with work etc lately it was a great way to just have a good time. The wrestlers were pretty spectacular and the show itself was fab!
We weren't allowed to take pictures but of course I had to do it for my blog land friends to share and also to remember such a good night (plus after quite a few sneaky shots, lots just openly stood to take photos in the final 3v3 match)!! So here are a selection of snaps:
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| Is that Sir Reginald on Blue Demon Jr's head?! |
As you can see the masks and costumes are a huge part of this sport. The whole sport has such a great art feel to it to. There are Technicos (good guys) and Rudos (bad guys) which gets the crowd going and sets up a great atmosphere. Personally I was more of a fan of the rudos however the Technicos did some pretty spectacular moves!!!
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Some fantastic wrestlers and photo fun after the show! |
I did purchase a mask. I had too, I wanted something to remind me of the show and thought what better than a mask? Myself and Miss Faux Fur had great fun with it... I even managed to get some random fellow masked visitors to pose for pictures after the event. Would you believe one was actually Mexican and had came over for the event and to visit friends. The whole night was a success and would definitely be something that we'd go to again!
Myself and Miss Faux Fur just HAD to have some fun with the mask...
*Just to note- I did not drive with that mask on, we just thought it would look funny!!
Take a look at some of these masks and costumes!!
Have you been to something which was even more fun than you thought it would be?
