Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.
On March 19th Lucha Libre World Cup: Guadalajara, MX 2023 is live! The event features the 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Women's Tournament and 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Men's Tournament. The first round matches for both women's and men's tournaments are already announced and you can check them below: 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Women's Tournament First Round Matches Team Mexico vs. Team Japan, Team United States vs. Team Rest of The World 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Men's Tournament First Round Matches Team Canada vs. Team Europe, Team United States vs. Team Japan, Team Mexico vs. Team Rest of The World, Dream Team vs. Team Latin America
On December 28, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide presented its “Noche de Campeones” event at the Arena GNP in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
A young man from Lima faces anxiety and depression in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic while trying to carry out the most ambitious project of his life: an experimental documentary in the style of the French New Wave about Peruvian wrestling, in which which will condense more than a thousand hours of footage that he has been recording for 4 years. The political and health crises that the country is going through, the confinement and the ghosts typical of someone who suffers from emotional problems will make this work more difficult. So he will cling to the enormous passion he has for cinema and for this beautiful sport that has fascinated him since he was a child.
On October 15th Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide presents Triplemanía XXX straight from Mexico City in Mexico.
On June 18th Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide presents Triplemanía XXX straight from Tijuana in Mexico.
On April 30th Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide presents Triplemanía XXX straight from Monterrey in Mexico.
At the dawn of the Second World War, Nazism was extending its grip over South America. The Golden Angel, a Mexican masked wrestler, was recruited by the Americans in order to flush out the spies of the Third Reich and put a stop to their nefarious schemes. The Golden Angel’s assignments, still classified Top Secret and therefore absent from the history books, even brought him to a pivotal confrontation with Hitler himself. Inspired by the spirit of classic mockumentaries such as Woody Allen’s ZELIG and Peter Jackson’s FORGOTTEN SILVER, the film takes viewers on a unique version of the fight against the Third Reich, joyfully erasing the border between fiction and reality for the viewers who, taken on this unique ride, can’t help but ask: did this really happen?
The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women - who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
Jose, an eleven-year-old luchador, retreats into a fantasy world until it is infiltrated by a tough 12-year-old girl. He uses his vivid imagination to make it through the toughest weekend of his life.
Between punches and jumps, the fighters of the team "Flecha Dourada" return to the ring after 50 years to relive the glorious era of wrestling in Santa Catarina, South of Brazil.
10-year-old Sophia sets out on the adventure into her world of fantasy and real life to become a masked wrestler by any means possible.
The extreme passion for Lucha Libre, leads a small group of Ecuadorian amateur wrestlers to face each other in a tournament to win a dream opportunity to fight in the Holy Land of Lucha Libre: Mexico.
James Wallace is a young American. To him Mexico was just another adventure in a life lived without any grand plans. A place to go where nobody knew who you were and nobody cared. A chance to drop out and get by within Mexico's flourishing underground economy. When he finds himself working as a 'surgeon' in Carlos Melgarejos' burgeoning organ trafficking ring things start looking up. But that was before he met Rosalita, a prostitute at the amateur lucha libre whose profound beauty shakes his insouciance. Suddenly there's more to life than cutting out kidneys south of the border. James wants out and he wants to take Rosalita with him. For Carlos this is more than just another headache in a life filled with niggling trespasses, this is personal.
The 70th anniversary of the birth of El Santo and the wrestling debut of his son mark the starting point for which El Hijo del Santo will take us into his story. His family history goes beyond the ring through personal memories and records, and brings us closer to his childhood with a father who had a double identity, to the discovery of the hero at home, and the reasons for wanting to continue this legacy.
The documentary portrays the life and history of Mexican wrestlers who for various reasons have decided to participate in this contact sport characterizing exotic characters. The exotic refers to the strange, the mysterious, the weird, the unusual. Particularly in wrestling exotic style refers to refined athletes in their clothing, well groomed, with a very special walk, occasionally thin effeminate. Not rude, not technical, but not rare height or size, these mannered gladiators have represented a third option within the Mexican rings, some shamelessly displaying their sexual preference and thereby defying the homophobic, or secretly homophily, mood of the wrestling fans.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Carlos Avila, this documentary program profiles three legendary wrestlers in a creative and imaginative exploration of the colorful, fascinating and mysterious world of lucha libre Mexican wrestling.