3.) I went to Las Luchas Libres (the free fights) with two other girls from the program and the American parents of one of them. Las luchas are like the Mexican version of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the U.S., but they are so much cooler here! It’s basically a stage show of these ridiculously dressed wrestlers throwing each other around the wrestling ring. The do crazy tricks! Most of them wear masks so you can’t see their true identities. It’s a big deal to keep their face covered. Sometimes, if they lose, the other team will try to take off the mask of the loser. If they succeed the loser does everything he can to keep his face covered and his teammates give him a towel or something to put over his head to leave the ring without the audience seeing his face.
The fights themselves are ridiculous, but what makes it even crazier is the crowd. People of all ages go, from little kids, to grandparents. We got lucky because when we got there, this boy I met on the bus one day recognized us, so we got to sit with him and his buddies. It turned out that they are like the official fan club for the “Rudos” one of the wrestling teams. They are the rowdiest group of fans and we got to learn all the cheers and “groserías” (vulgarities) that they were yelling. Everyone in the audience cheers and boos and basically cusses the entire time, at the wrestlers, at the fans of the other team, and at random other people in the audience. It’s so ridiculous, and everyone knows it, that it’s fun. No one is really angry or hostile towards anyone else; they’re all just having a great time yelling vulgarities at everyone else. It’s quite the experience.
After the fights, we waited around outside for the Rudos fighters to come out. Lauren, the other girl from Smith, and I got pictures with all the best fighters. It was awesome!
1.) Las Luchas
2.) Lauren and I with some of the Rudos fans and the luchador "Atlantis" after Las Luchas.
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