Wrestling held a special spot for me as a child. In all of us who enjoyed making WrestleMania events with our friends, making Undertaker rise from his grave for the 80th time in a row to take the belt. I grew up during the 2000s era long after The Golden Age and Attitude eras which were among my favorites. The Rock is and always will be my favorite personality of wrestling. He always delivered and The People's Elbow was a simple yet effective finisher. I fell out of wrestling after 2007 or so after just coming to my senses and realizing that everything about it was a production. A manipulation to elicit reactions from the audience. Yes, this was long ago, before the idea of going into filmmaking became a twinkle in my eye.
So, I eventually fell out of the loop and wrestling left my life. Stories about it surrounded me though so I never truly escaped it. But listening to the Super Best Friendcast got me interested again through them speaking about Lucha Underground around fall last year. I didn't know how to find it to begin watching it (more like I was lazy) but I was loving what I was hearing. Finally, on March 15th of this year, Netflix began streaming the first two seasons of Lucha Underground and I had to jump on it. I'm in love with the story arc already even after just three episodes. There's already a heel and he's going on his rampage and my favorite character can be described as "if The Undertaker and Akuma fused". The manager of Lucha Underground, Dario Cueto, is a slimy and shady dude and I love it. I'm excited to see what he puts the wrestlers through and what feuds and alliances are born.
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This isn't really meant to be a review of anything but just a fun thing I wanted to talk about. I'm back into wrestling and it hasn't changed at all in the time I've been gone. It reminds me of watching Mucha Lucha actually and Saturday morning cartoons. It's campy and cheesy and corny but God, do I love it. I do want to say to check out Lucha Underground; it's awesome and maybe I'll see you ringside.
