It's a Thursday evening in Los Angeles and people are jammed in line to see masked men and women, both massive and diminutive in the sold out show "Lucha Vavoom," the hottest ticket in town. "I've ...

Installation view of Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas at Arizona State University Art Museum, October 2022–May 2023 (photo by Tim Trumble) Since the first luchadores put on their masks in the early ...

is your neighborhood reporter for the Westside. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Here in the Coastal Bend, the legacy of the luchadores is still alive. Lucha libre is a form of freestyle wrestling that ...

Ten professional wrestlers from yesteryear are being honored in Juárez, where the treasured history of Mexico's iconic lucha libre dates back to seeds planted in the Borderland over 90 years ago.

In the basement level of the Mayan theater early Friday evening, performers are getting ready for the night’s festivities — Lucha VaVoom will kick off in just a few hours. Wrestlers stretch for their ...

is an international referent of Mexican culture. The cultural performance is a sophisticated and dynamic show that combines sports, theater, rituals, and TV show’s characteristics which have made it ...

On a trip to Mexico City last October, I went to a Lucha Libre match at Arena México. It was an incredible spectacle that blew away my already high expectations. It doesn't matter if you're into ...

A look at the Nacho Libre luchador, Silver King, who wowed audiences in Mexico, Japan, and the United States before ...

Lucha libre masks may not be the most culturally sensitive way to encourage attendance at college football games, a Latino student organization says. A livid chapter of Movimiento Estudiantil ...

Across the Los Angeles River, in a warehouse of ghosts and corrugated steel, King Cuerno fastens his mask and strides bare-chested past girders and broken windows toward the ring, where wrestlers spin ...

In a youth center’s parking lot in Mexico City’s Tacuba neighborhood, Baha Men’s iconic song “Who Let the Dogs Out” blares through a pair of large speakers. As the infectious melody reaches a crowd of ...