![]() ![]() He trained with CMLL in Mexico (the other largest promotion) before joining WCW Nitro in the 90s. Vampiro was a natural fit for the show in both talent and backstage capacities. This high level of fan appeal can be credited to the rich history of luchadores and the insane men and women who play its roles both inside and outside the ring. One reviewer wrote, “This is the future of professional wrestling.” Feel free to check IMDB for its near-perfect rating. Lucha Underground has quickly became smashing success. The reaction from both newbie wrestling fans and long-time American devotees was extremely positive. (The fourth season will premiere in 2018.) Fan Approval This species of the sport completed its transition into the mainstream in 2017 when Lucha Underground inked a deal with Netflix to stream their first two seasons. While lucha libre has been kept in the shadows of American entertainment for half a century, it wasn’t until AAA (“Triple A”), one of Mexico’s largest wrestling promotions and part owner of Lucha Underground, sought to bring the high-flying, crowd-igniting, bigger, badder style of pro wrestling to Texas in the early 90s. Moreover, he’s not just any professional wrestler, but a luchador.Ĭurrently a main announcer, luchador and Head of Talent Relations at El Rey Network’s Lucha Underground, it’s unbelievable the Canadian-born Hodgkinson, who nearly became a pro hockey player, found a life and career in Mexican wrestling or as it’s known, lucha libre. Better known by his death-metal pseudonym, Vampiro, Hodgkinson has choke-slammed and power-bombed his way through Japan, Mexico, the U.S. Trash what you think you know about professional wrestlers and forget you ever heard the name John Cena, because you don’t know shit until you’ve seen lucha libre and met the luchadores behind the masks.Īt 50, Ian Hodgkinson has chronic arthritis in 85 percent of his body is no surprise considering that by 2020, he’ll have been wrestling for over four decades.
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