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Once is an event, twice is a coincidence, and the third time is a new institution in professional wrestling. Tonight, the talent rosters of All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, which have already gotten comfortable with each others these past few years, will once again battle, this time sharing the stage with visitors from World Wonder Ring Stardom (NJPW's sister joshi promotion), and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Yours truly will have difficulty posting during the show because I'LL BE THERE LIVE. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Jun 30, 2024 - 0 comments

Gael García Bernal stars in a biopic of the openly gay luchador Saúl Armendáriz, whose drag queen''exotico'' character Cassandro was known as "the Liberace of Lucha Libre." The movie follows his rise from low-level amateur to international fame, and his relationships along the way. 91/85 at RT, streaming at Amazon Prime and in theaters. Director Roger Ross Williams had previously directed a 14-minute documentary about Cassandro for the New Yorker, available here. [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Sep 28, 2023 - 5 comments

When the Legends hear that Mona has let a fugitive go, they must head to 1961 Mexico City to clean up her mess. Meanwhile, Nate and Zari go on a recon mission to find out what Hank might be hiding from everyone. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 1, 2019 - 10 comments

Angel de la Plata is introduced; Fett says "boom boom" and means it; a TV reporter files their most memorable report yet; and this episode's ambitious cold open of B-movie footage is both a send-up and fond depiction of the vampire genre. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Aug 3, 2015 - 10 comments