Lucha Libre discussion thread

[Leo C]

Hardy, Anderson and Galloway? They have to have pulled these names out of a hat lol

 

[Bort]

They took Drew back, he'll be in Team World.

 

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[Stopspot]

The ROH team is announced and is: ACH, Brian Cage (?) & Moose.

 

[Bort]

:burns:
Such a lucha thing to do. I guess they're setting up betrayals that way, impossible to deal with politics, lel.

 

[Bort]

thecubsfan

AAA held a press conference to announce the Lucha World Cup. Full final teams

• Mexico 1: Dream Team (Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Rey Mysterio Jr.)
• Mexico 2 (Hijo del Fantasma, Texano Jr., Psycho Clown)
• Mexico 3 (Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Solar)
• Japan 1: Team NOAH (Taiji Ishimori, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshihiro Takayama)
• Japan 2: Team AJPW (Kenzo Suzuki, Tiger Mask III, Masamune)
• USA 1: Team ROH/Lucha Underground (Moose, ACH, Brian Cage)
• USA 2: Team TNA/Lucha Underground (Matt Hardy, Ken Anderson, Johnny Mundo)
• Rest of The World (Angelico, El Mesias, Drew Galloway)

The format is single elimination. They did not announce first round matchups. They did announce special rules: all matches will have a 15 minute time limit. If there is no winner, there will be a sudden death 1v1 overtime that will last 5 minutes. (It’s unclear what would happen next – just a draw?)

Canek and the Hermanos Dinamitas (Mascara Ano 2000 at the press conference, not said if both Universo & Cien) will be part of a judging panel. They’ll decide the best match and best luchador.

The shows will air on iPPV, in English and Spanish. No price or website was reported. (I’m posting this before they’ve sent out a press release, so maybe more details in a little bit.) The Lucha Underground crew of Matt Striker & Vampiro will handle the English commentary. There’s no mention of the Spanish, but presumably it’ll be the usual AAA crew.

Dorian Roldan was asked about groups not here, specifically CMLL. He said they invited everyone, including CMLL, but CMLL turned them down. AAA would be happy to work with them in the future, which is always the case.

Edit: I thought they were done, but apparently not?

• first round matchups will be drawn on May 22nd, 2 days before the tournament.
• the hope is to make this an annual tournament

 

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[Prince Bálor]

This is going to be awesome!

 

[Bort]

Barbaro Cavernario in a single gif:

 

[Prince Bálor]

Barbaro Cavernario in a single gif:

Gotta love this crazy bastard. Hard to believe he is only 21.

 

[Bort]

Gotta love this crazy bastard. Hard to believe he is only 21.

CMLL has a SCARY good group of young guns: Cavernario, Dragon Lee, The Panther, Boby Zavala, Guerrero Maya, Sombra, Rush, Stigma, Titan, Hombre Bala Jr. etc.


P.S. Negro Casas in a single gif:

 

[Prince Bálor]

CMLL has a SCARY good group of young guns: Cavernario, Dragon Lee, The Panther, Boby Zavala, Guerrero Maya, Sombra, Rush, Stigma, Titan, Hombre Bala Jr. etc.

Dayumn, I really have to find more time to watch AAA and CMLL on a regular basis.

 

[Bort]

:woohoo:

 

[Bort]

Do people actually think LA Park isn't the best?