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	LUCHA LIBRE LINKS - compiled by Fwak! Animation, creators of Mucha Lucha
		Lucha Libre: Life Behind the Mask is a new documentary set in So Cal featuring local wrestlers.
		CMLL and AAA are the largest lucha libre federations in Mexico.
		Lucha Mascarada (published in Japan) is a great book with photos of luchadores and masks.
	www.fwakanimation.com.au /luchalibrelinks.html (1173 words)

	[QHQ] Mexican Lucha Libre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lucha is an art unto itself, with it's own psychology, it's own set of moves, and a cast of characters that are often difficult for pro-wrestling fans to appreciate.
		The history of lucha libre is deep and complex, and when introduced to an audience that understands neither the depth nor the complexity of it; that audience tends to reject it readily.
		Lucha libre is a form of wrestling that never strays from the familiar pairing of technico (or cientifico) against rudo.
	members.aol.com /lmquackenbush/mexico.htm (1305 words)

	Lucha Libre Wrestling \| Mexicana \| Wrestlers \| Masks \| Glossary \| Action Sports \| Pictures \| Photos \| WWE \| Luchadores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lucha Libre means "freestyle fighting" in Spanish and is a Mexican form of professional wrestling.
		Lucha libre wrestlers are known more for their high-flying maneuvers and quick sequences of holds than for some of the power slams and suplexes you see in the WWE.
		Lucha Libre wrestlers are also famous for their masks which are colorfully designed with images of animals, gods or ancient heroes.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p6817.htm (354 words)

	Lucha libre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lucha libre is a phrase used in almost every Spanish country which could mean professional wrestling or freestyle wrestling.
		A Lucha Libre perfomer is known as a luchador, the plural of which is luchadores.
		In modern Lucha Libre, masks are colorfully designed to evoke the images of animals, gods, ancient heroes, and other archetypes, whose identity the Luchador takes on during a performance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucha_libre (1707 words)

	SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Viva la lucha libre!
		Lucha libre is all over the country; whether you're in Baja California or on a street corner in Mexico City, some aspect of it can be found.
		Lucha libre is second only to soccer as the country's national sport and it's safe to say that seven nights a week across the country, a wrestling event is going on.
		During lucha libre's golden age in the '50s and '60s, the CMLL was the place to be.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2004/09/08/620727.html (1223 words)

	Lucha libre mexicana
		En 1934 presenció por primera vez un encuentro de lucha libre y de esta manera comenzó fungiendo como réferi durante 25 años.
		Una de las dudas más comunes acerca de la lucha libre es saber la propia opinión de los que la llevan a cabo, para esto realizaremos una entrevista a 2 luchadores activos para conocer su punto de vista en relación a la actividad que desempeñan.
		La actitud del público, quien aparentemente es un ciudadano tranquilo y sereno, en los momentos cumbres de la lucha, se transforma en un ser que gritan, insulta, se ríe, llora, se exalta y que finalmente, después de 2 o 3 horas de espectáculo, regresa a su hogar a continuar con su rutina diaria.
	html.rincondelvago.com /lucha-libre-mexicana.html (3657 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Mexican Wrestling Works"
		You might not know that lucha libre (the Mexican term for their form of wrestling) has a strong tradition going back decades, that popular Mexican wrestlers become film and TV stars, and that the lucha libre tradition is actually tied to significant social and political issues.
		Lucha libre wrestling is characterized by many aerial moves, acrobatic maneuvers and intricate combinations, following one after the other in rapid-fire succession.
		Lucha Va-Voom, a variation on lucha libre, enjoyed great popularity in the United States in recent years, These events were held every few months at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles from 2002 to 2005 (there may be more in the future).
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /mexican-wrestling.htm (937 words)

	About Lucha Libre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lucha Libre Recordings is an independant label based out of Fargo ND specializing in noise and
		Lucha Libre originated as the brainchild of Brady Daley (of Dwyer) as an "imaginary" record label
		Lucha Libre as a label with releases formed in 2000 in Fergus Falls MN, as an outlet for the
	www.luchalibrerecordings.com /about.html (186 words)

	The Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Masked Wrestlers
		Lucha Libre consists mostly of colorful masked men, a pervasive tradition based on the popularity of such stars as EL SANTO and BLUE DEMON in the 1950's.
		Lucha libre has several different weight classes, many catered to smaller agile fighters who can start in the Ring in their early to mid teens.
		Santo was the Elvis of lucha libre in the 50's and 60's.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/masks2.html (1011 words)

	La Lucha/The Struggle
		Many of the greatest stars of Lucha Libre have chosen to cover their face with a mask, hiding their identity, in the interests of creating a character that is larger than life.
		La Lucha, the seminal documentary on this topic, explores the larger world of Lucha Libre through the touchstone of the WPW league and school, where the tradition is being carefully preserved.
		Lucha Libre is particularly unabashed when it comes to gays in the ring.
	www.artpig.com /lucha/la_lucha_the_struggle.html (1105 words)

	Lucha Libre - Aggielife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Professional wrestling, known as Lucha Libre, was largely the inspiration for the World Wrestling Federation, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
		But unlike in other countries, wrestling's impact reaches far beyond the ring in Mexico, where Lucha Libre is influenced by the country's mystical Aztec and Mayan roots.
		Lucha Libre is not an exclusive, corporate-dominated world of cable-TV celebrities.
	www.thebatt.com /news/2006/06/15/Aggielife/Lucha.Libre-2087269.shtml (482 words)

	Oaxaca Times Article: Lucha LIbre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Every fight is another chapter in the Lucha Libre's Leyenda (Legend), a history on which promoters rely to hype grudge matches in the future.
		The violence of the Lucha Libre is crucial to the myth.
		The crowds at the Lucha Libre consist of school children and their parents.
	www.oaxacatimes.com /html/lucha.html (962 words)

	Viva La Lucha Libre Dot Net...1000% Guapo!
		Lucha libre's finest are captured in giant photos, with in-depth interviews with each.
		Lucha Loco is the artistic result of Venville’s quest to find and capture the essence of these masked gladiator-like showmen throughout many different trips to Mexico City in 2005.
		Venville says, “Lucha Loco represents something that is missing from life in the western world since the disappearance of the circus and vaudeville.
	www.vivalaluchalibre.net /home.htm (500 words)

	Luche Libre History & Cartoon Fun from Brownielocks
		Lucha Libre also has a weight class called Cruiserweight, which originates from boxing and is sort of between Heavy and Light weights.
		For example, on December 14, 1980 Selene I was crowed "Queen of Lucha Libre 1981." All the Mexican wrestling superstars attended, and it was quit a glitzy event.
		But her most prized trophies from her love of Luche Libre were actual locks of hair from the cabelleros and signed masks (often bloody that she'd clean later when she got home) of the luchadores.
	www.brownielocks.com /luchalibre.html (2866 words)

	Jack Black does lucha libre - El Universal Online - Miami Herald
		Lucha libre is a longtime fixture of Mexican pop culture that reached its commercial and creative zenith between the 1940s and early 1980s.
		("Nacho Libre" takes place in lucha libre´s 1970s heyday.) Several of these flicks were camp masterpieces, and their melodramatic plots frequently involved a more or less heartfelt element of personal struggle as the heroic luchador battled evil adversaries and fickle fate.
		And although "Nacho Libre´s" lead role is being played by a non-Latino who estimates his Spanish vocabulary at 40 words, the filmmakers say their movie takes a respectfully knowledgeable, if humorous, view of Mexican popular culture.
	www.eluniversal.com.mx /miami/16731.html (1126 words)

	Masked marvels
		"The lucha mask is a symbol of strength and empowerment in the Mexican and Chicano culture," said Michelle Martinez of the Department of Chicano Studies at Arizona State University.
		The lucha culture spoofed in Nacho Libre approached its peak in the 1950s with the ascendancy of El Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata (Santo, the Silver Masked Man), the greatest star of the Mexican ring.
		Lucha may appear to be pop-culture kitsch, but its adherents take it seriously.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0611luchalibre0611.html (1180 words)

	Lucha Libre \| Planeta
		Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask, written and illustrated by Xavier Garza, is wonderful enough to send me off in search of the author.
		Not only is the kids' cartoon 'Mucha Lucha!' sure to be endlessly available in repeats and on DVD, but comic actor Jack Black also is supposed to be starring in a movie soon as a priest who moonlights as a masked wrestler to keep an orphanage from closing.
		He remembers going to see lucha libre as a boy up but stopped when he was in middle school.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/border/crossings/lucha.html (915 words)

	Lucha Libre Movie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Next to soccer, lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) is the most popular sport in Mexico.
		Lucha Libre, Life Behind the Mask explores the unique world of Lucha Libre through the stories of three luchadors continuing the tradition in Los Angeles.
		Dinamic, who has been wrestling for thirty years, is approaching the end of his time in the ring, Kayam, the son of a famous luchador, carries on the tradition, and Principe Unlimited, a first generation luchador just starting his career.
	www.luchalibrefilm.com /synopsis.html (213 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- L.A. production is a Latino hybrid of wrestling, theater and comedy
		Lucha VaVoom is the latest example of Latino lifestyle being embraced by the multicultural mainstream.
		Lucha VaVoom fans are a mix of colors and cultures and many wear – with their business suits or cocktail dresses – the trappings of the
		Lucha VaVoom's ring announcer, Gazparín, introduces the luchadores in Spanish and a DJ plays their mariachi, norteño and rock en Español entrance themes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20031226-9999_1c26lucha.html (1413 words)

	For the Love of Lucha Libre \| theledger.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Now lucha is attempting to put its moves on the mainstream with "Nacho Libre," opening Friday, a film loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta.
		You want the people who perform lucha to get their dues and make their money and be more accessible, even to you.
		With their visual images of wrestlers dressed in crisp business suits and candy-colored lucha masks, the films are high camp mixed with impressive physicality.
	theledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060614/NEWS/606140333/1326 (907 words)

	'Nacho' macho men: Lucha Libre inspires film
		It's a Tuesday night and one of the world's oldest wrestling rings is packed with businessmen, tattooed youths, feisty grandmas and their rambunctious grandchildren, all watching as the "tecnicos" -- fighters dressed as saints, priests and other noble figures -- battle the "rudos" -- wrestlers representing corrupt cops, drunkards and mobsters.
		Such stories are abundant south of the border, where masked men in leotards have rallied for presidential candidates and fought for low-income housing and clean drinking water, always appearing as superheroes of the common man.
		That's why Hess chose Mexico's Lucha Libre and not the WWF as the basis for his film.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/273277_libre09.html (860 words)

	SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Lucha Libre 101
		Lucha Libre is the dominant style of pro wrestling in Mexico.
		Under Lucha rules, both members of a two-man team must be pinned for the match to end.
		But the biggest differentiator between McMahon's wrestling empire and the world of Lucha Libre is the masks that hide the identities of the performers.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/17/1638198.html (558 words)

	The History of Lucha Libre
		Lucha Libre, which translates literally as Free Wrestling or Free Fight, is a Mexican passion that hails from at least as far back as the 1930s.
		Lucha Libre never strays from the familiar pairing of technico (or cientifico) against rudo.
		Lucha Libre events are important places for people to vent frustrations.
	www.bongo.net /papers/lucha.htm (2127 words)

	LUCHA LIBRE - le site réservé aux Katchos !
		La Lucha Libre (lutte libre) et ses “luchadores” masqués réunissent ici un collectif d’artistes de bandes dessinées, un jeu online pour gagner des tonnes de cadeaux, une communauté totalement déjantée et toute l’actualité sur ce phénomène incontournable.
		Après une gloire phénoménale et internationale, Lucha Libre, comme n'importe quel mag de crétins, sort lui aussi son numéro "spécial été".
		Avis à tous les fans et amateurs avertis, un blog spécial fan art Lucha Libre vient de s'ouvrir (...) + d'infos...
	www.luchalibre.fr (282 words)

	Lucha! Behind the mask \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		But his favorite is lucha libre, which literally means "free fight." People familiar with wrestling say lucha is the most beautiful form.
		Lucha's sequences of leaps, flips, and violent arm drags buoyed by the ropes - like a pas de deux on steroids - make it appear both balletic and barbaric.
		Lucha story lines tend to pit good against evil, and it's common for entire families to gather for an evening of populist entertainment and allegory.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0623/p11s01-alsp.html (1081 words)

	Kayam Introduces the Real Lucha Libre on Courttv.com
		I'm happy to talk about my business, lucha libre, which is the most important thing in my life -- and to share it with an audience is wonderful.
		In Mexico, it's basically the same, and I have a lot of respect for the ladies, because they work just as hard as we do, but it's not as respected, because lucha libre is family oriented, and sometimes women are not comfortable with seeing the female wrestling.
		In Mexico, the lucha libre is 100% effective - it's not fake - it's very competitive, it takes a lot of athleticism.
	www.courttv.com /onair/shows/hollywood_heat/articles/chattranscripts/060620libre.html (995 words)

	Long before 'Nacho,' Austin was eating up lucha libre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Long before the tenacious star of "Nacho Libre" donned a mask and tights for the silver screen, Santo, the legendary masked Mexican wrestler (luchador), was saving the world from monsters and aliens.
		In some parts of the country, Mexican wrestling might be foreign to folks, but in Austin, Santo and the lucha libre images are old hat, er, mask.
		That's a strong appeal of lucha libre, she says.
	www.austin360.com /movies/content/movies/stories/2006/06/16lucha.html (517 words)

	Behind The Mask Of Lucha Libre, Mexican-Freestyle Wrestling Enjoys Popularity Explosion In States - CBS News
		The "Lucha" is for Lucha Libre, Mexican-freestyle wrestling where the combatants wear masks.
		Not so long ago Lucha Libre north of the border was kind of like that small ring, not so exciting.
		Rich Walton witnessed the Lucha Libre explosion while making a documentary about the sport, "Life Behind the Mask." He recently invited all his masked friends to a red carpet premier in Long Beach.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/07/02/sunday/main1773852.shtml (1180 words)

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