MetaFilter posts tagged with luchadores

¡Luchadores y más luchadores!

cog_nate — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:03:36 -0800

Perhaps most famous luchador of all time is El Santo (aka Samson), who starred in, amongst many other things, the MST'd Samson Vs. The Vampire Women (Google Video). He even had his own photo comic and bag figure. However, even El Santo himself would gasp at the phenomenal athleticism of today's luchadores. Skeptical? Well check out some highlights here, here and here (YT + Warning: obnoxiously rawkin' music) and then decide.

Mexican wrestlers

nickyskye — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:58:02 -0800

Striking photographs of the masked wrestlers of Mexico, Lucha Loco by Malcolm Venville. [via the amazing everlasting blort] [more inside]

First there was Santo and the Blue Demon

kingmissile — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:40:11 -0800

First there was Santo and the Blue Demon, now a new star is born in the the world of Mexican wrestling. His name? El Serpento!