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¡Mucha Lucha! is an American animated television series created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin. Set in the fictional Southern California town of Luchaville, a location so heavily influenced by lucha libre that nearly every resident has their own mask, costume, and signature move, the series follows young adolescents Rikochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea and their studies at the Foremost World ...
Los Luchadores is a live-action children's television series that aired on Fox Kids in 2001 produced by Saban Entertainment and Shavick Entertainment. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide , which also includes Saban Entertainment .
¡Mucha Lucha! (subtitled Gigante during its third and final season) is an American animated television series that aired on the Kids' WB block on The WB from August 17, 2002, to February 26, 2005. [1] It was created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin and produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
Known for embracing camp, silliness and an element of awe, the indie lucha libre company Lucha VaVoom rings in two-plus decades of high-flying fun with a pair of Valentine's Day shows.
She says the most popular masks tend to be outlandish characters like Nacho Libre and L.A. Park — one a comedic take on a luchador, the other a luchador so comedic he’s a meme.
Toxin (born January 27, 1997), previously known by his ring name Toxin Boy, is a masked Mexican professional wrestler (luchador enmascarado in Spanish). He is known for his time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as a freelancer and the independent circuit in Mexico and the United States.
With the importance placed on masks in lucha libre, losing the mask to an opponent is seen as the ultimate insult, and can at times seriously hurt the career of the unmasked wrestler. Putting one's mask on the line against a hated opponent is a tradition in lucha libre as a means to settle a heated feud between two or more wrestlers.
The Luchador mask, known as a mascara in Spanish, “draws from Mexican history in which Mayans and Aztecs warriors would complete for superiority”. [4] The style of the masks represent “animals, gods, mythological figures and other elements of Mexican folklore”. [5] "The mask is the luchador's identity, both in and out of the ring.