Lucha Libre

Lucha libre is billed as wrestling, but it is actually a choreographed gymnastic event that requires skill, strength, and energy, as well as clever acting. Very sophisticated teams have been compared to the Cirque du Soleil. The La Paz competitors were good...and entertaining.


The action takes place both in the ring and outside, sometimes involving the audience in the tussle. For the first event, we watched the tag-team of Sacrilegio take on two wrestlers billed as the Anticristo (Sacrilege vs. the Antichrist). I can't remember which one won. It is all geared to last three rounds, no matter what, and there didn't seem to be any one team dominating. They took turns tossing each other, and themselves, around the ring.