LuchaWorld Podcast

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #89 (1/24/18)

 

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #89!!! Kurt & Fredo make their returns in 2018 to discuss more lucha libre!!! We discuss our failed attempt to attend a lucha show featuring Hechicero! Konnan's latest faction in Mexico! NJPW/CMLL 1/19 FantasticaMania show! Numerous CMLL matches over the last several weeks and the many changes that are suppose to happen in CMLL this year! The amount of good talent in CMLL. Kurt and Fredo also debate CMLL's women's division and how to improve it. Plus Kurt talks about retiring from his real job, we plan out attending an upcoming Bar Wrestling show, and so much more! 

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[FREE PREVIEW] Lucha Clasica Ep. 13: Box y Lucha 1967 Annual

Free Preview of Lucha Clasica Ep. 13 with Kurt Brown & Fredo Esparza covering Box y Lucha Annual 1967 which recapped 1966. Full episode is available at patreon.com/LuchaWorld as a $3 or more reward! We look back at Rene Guajardo, Ray Mendoza, Jerry London, Black Shadow, Mil Mascaras, women's wrestling in Mexico, the newcomers and much more from 1966! 

You can subscribe to the show via our patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/luchaworld at the $3.00 per month reward option. Here is this podcast link:

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/lucha-clasica-ep-15742494

 

Topics include:

• The best of 1966
• Rene Guajardo & Karloff Lagarde
• Jerry London's amazing 1966 and what happened to him after his time in Mexico.
• The formation of the Dr. Wagner & Angel Blanco tag team
• Black Shadow turns rudo and revives his classic feud with El Santo!
• The top 10 tecnicos and rudos of 1966
• Quotes from Ray Mendoza
• Chucho Villa, El Solitario and Anibal's first year in EMLL!
• Mil Mascaras becoming a superstar
• Writers critquing luchadores
• History of women's wrestling! How it started in Mexico, the Mexico City ban & how it got unbanned in Mexico City!
• Plus tons more!

Fun episode as we look back at 1966! 90+ minute show!

 

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #88 (11/5/17)

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. 88! This week a recap of Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha Tres (the best and ok of the 4 shows), Dario's murder, CMLL's Leyenda de Plata & Rey del Inframundo, FantasticaMania, Naito & Hiromu heading to Mexico for 1 show, Nueva Generacion Dinamita, Volador Jr. invades The Crash, Jack Evans loses his hair match, Ricky Marvin quits AAA, news from the AAA 11/3 show and tons more! 

Lots of news and some recent gossip that's come up from Mil Mascaras, Estrellita, and Mini Poseidon! 

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Aerostar interview (10/22/17)

Aerostar was in town on October 22nd to wrestle on Steve Pain's House of Pain wrestling show. He gave us some time for an interview before he wrestled. We discussed Lucha Underground, Aerostar's time traveling character in LU, starting with AAA, how he sees AAA right now, thoughts on high-flying lucha libre, the importance of training and much more. Fun interview. 

Interview is in Spanish, but you can see a translation of the interview on the following link: 

http://www.luchaworld.com/?p=79352

 

[FREE PREVIEW] Lucha Clasica Ep. 12

Free preview of Lucha Clasica Ep. 12 covering Lucha Libre issue #1160 (4/27/1986). Preview is the first 15 minutes of show. Full episode available at patreon.com/Luchaworld as a $3 or more reward! 

You can subscribe to the show via our patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/luchaworld at the $3.00 per month reward option. Here's the podcast link:

• Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/posts/lucha-clasica-ep-15062174
  

Full Show Topics include: 

• Sangre Chicana matches & we find out why he shows up late to shows! 
• Martin Lucero's other job!
• La Fiera & Mocho Cota turn tecnico & we hear from some of their rivals and not from them despite being on this issues cover! 
• Some fan mail from that era! 
• Negro Casas, Blue Panther, Super Raton & El Salvaje interviews! 
• El Solitario's passing with family giving details at a press conference.
• Comando Ruso shares a teenage love story! 
• Rey Misterio Sr info & how he would later impact the Tijuana lucha scene. 
• Emilio Charles Jr. not allowed back home since turning rudo! 
• Plus we talk about the monstrous Box y Lucha 1967 annual that will be featured on our next show & preliminary discussion on a new podcast show. 

[FREE PREVIEW] Lucha Clasica Ep. 11

Free preview of Lucha Clasica Ep. 11 remembering Ruben Juarez & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Full episode available at patreon.com/Luchaworld as a $3 or more reward! In this preview we talk about the Juarez-Ladd feud in L.A. 

Full episode is 90 minutes!

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LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #87 (9/21/17)

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. 87! Kurt & Fredo return to talk about CMLL's 84th Anniversary show, the recent earthquake in Mexico, Rey Celestial & Ruben Juarez passings, Heroes Inmortales preview & Kurt compares Sexy Star to Brute Bernard!

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LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #86 (8/28/17)

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. 86! This week we're joined by thecubsfan, Rob Bihari, Dylan Harris & MicromanFever to discuss everything that happened at Triplemania XXV! Dr. Wagner Jr's unmasking, Sexy Star's conduct, Triple Crown match, Aerostar dive, Torneo Triplemania mess, La Llave a La Gloria and much more! Plus our thoughts on Rush & Pierroth working The Crash shows!

Be sure to follow our guests on twitter:

• thecubsfan - https://twitter.com/luchablog
• Rob Bihari - https://twitter.com/RobViper & https://twitter.com/LuchaGifs
• Dylan Harris - https://twitter.com/DylanZeroSky
• MicromanFever - https://twitter.com/MicromanFever

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LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #85 (8/22/17)

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #85! L.A. lucha legend Superboy returns to the podcast to talk about his career, his father's (El Moro) career, the importance of training, drug use in wrestling, & shares stories from his time in pro wrestling.

Some topics:
- Remembering some of the past names who wrestled in Los Angeles like Joe Teran, Great Chicano, Terremoto Quintero, Buddha Khan & Gran Coloso
- training at Gil's Gym in Los Angeles
- His father, El Moro, as a wrestler, promoter (in Guadalajara and in Los Angeles) and matchmaker.
- The "Becoming a Luchador" web series
- lack of training leading to injuries in pro wrestling
- The importance of training to become a good wrestler & how much time must be dedicated to it.
- Superboy's old Tijuana tag partner Alas de Oro who later became Violencia in CMLL.
- Thoughts on Mr. Niebla, Shocker & Felino!
- Heat with Pirata Morgan & El Satanico.
- Drug use in pro wrestling.
- the good and bad side of Victor Quiñones & almost becoming The Headhunters manager.
- Why he didn't go to ECW as part of the Michinoku Pro match at Barely Legal.
- Thoughts on Konnan, Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Bobby Blaze and Super Dragon
- Plus, we talk about how we all started watching wrestling and finding friends that had cable.

Almost 2 hours!

The photo included is from an infamous legit fight that Superboy and the late Abismo Negro got into at a show in L.A. That story was mentioned in LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #31. 

 

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LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. #84 (8/17/17)

LuchaWorld Podcast Ep. 84! Fredo Esparza goes solo to discuss the CMLL 84th Anniversary announcements, Sam Adonis vs. Blue Panther, the Sam Adonis Univision special, Triplemania XXV update, La Llave a La Gloria news, Lucha Underground and more! 

Some of the topics on this episode:

• CMLL 84th Anniversary news (Zeuxis vs. Princesa Sugehit & Niebla Roja vs. Gran Guerrero mask matches, plus Flip Gordon CMLL debut)
• CMLL Gran Prix and 84th Anniversary on iPPV
• Sam Adonis vs. Blue Panther hair match.
• The hilarious Sam Adonis Univsion Special that featured some strange choices in actors playing Sam, Negro Casas, and Rush.
• Recent good CMLL matches
• the latest Triplemania XXV news
• La Llave a la Gloria winners
• Some great Lucha Underground matches worth watching.
• Alberto El Patron is stripped of GFW title.
• The Crash on Impact Wrestling
• Blue Demon family member suing Televisa over the Blue Demon TV Series

All that plus much more! One-hour episode!

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