Lucha Libre -- Not Your Common Diversion

People usually suppose of professional wrestling as American because of the ever popular World Wrestling Entertainment and its long line of celebrated wrestlers like The Rock, Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Hulk Hogan. But have you got any idea that Mexico has its own technique of this purported sports entertainment (Thank you for the term, Mr. Vince McMahon.) and they are calling it Lucha Libre or "free fighting".

If you've seen the movie "Nacho Libre" with Jack Black, you might have spotted that it's almost akin with its American counterpart except for a few things. One observable variation is the constant wearing of masks of the participants. From simple fusion down to detailed designs, wearing them is a must for all "luchadores" or Mexican wrestlers early in their career but will eventually have to take away them some time before retirement and doing so may even result in a huge pay from the promoter.

But with the entry of the late Eddie Guerrero and the newly retired Ray Mysterio into the WWE, Mexican wrestling styles have been included into standard American professional wrestling, and these include high-flying maneuvers and stunts, weight classing similar to boxing, and the fair fighter against rough player script. So if somebody cites pro-wrestling, keep in mind that the whole affair is not American at all but also Mexican.