{"id":2426,"date":"2023-08-11T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T23:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T23:39:19","slug":"lucha-libre-cancun-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/lucha-libre-cancun-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucha Libre, Cancun Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lucha Libre&nbsp;is a peculiarly Mexican, over-the-top form of wrestling that recalls the WWF in the United States. Only it\u2019s even weirder, with lycra-clad&nbsp;luchadores&nbsp;wearing colorful masks to hide their identity, raucous crowds,&nbsp;and a macho-man atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lucha Libre, Cancun Style\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R5GluRHHmtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The name literally means \u201cfree wrestling,\u201d and the sport has been around since the late 1800s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to see a show in Cancun while we were visiting. It wasn\u2019t as loud or crowded as the ones we attended in 2019 in Guadalajara, but it was still fun. To really understand Lucha Libre, you might want to see the 2006 sports comedy film Nacho Libre, starring Jack Black as a would-be Mexican wrestling star. It was filmed in Oaxaca, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LINKS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3381920861287488177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucha Libre in Cancun<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3381920861287488177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucha Libre general info<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3381920861287488177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Film Nacho Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3381920861287488177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Map for Arena Cancun Lucha Libre TWS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucha Libre&nbsp;is a peculiarly Mexican, over-the-top form of wrestling that recalls the WWF in the United States. Only it\u2019s even weirder, with lycra-clad&nbsp;luchadores&nbsp;wearing colorful masks to hide their identity, raucous crowds,&nbsp;and a macho-man atmosphere. The name literally means \u201cfree wrestling,\u201d and the sport has been around since the late 1800s. We went to see a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/lucha-libre-cancun-style\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lucha Libre, Cancun Style&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,13,211],"tags":[603,626,612,610,27,4,9,261,262,622,625,616,611],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-mexico","category-videos","tag-cancun","tag-luchalibre","tag-maya","tag-mayan","tag-messysuitcase","tag-mexico","tag-retirement","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-ulama","tag-wrestling","tag-yucatan","tag-yucatanpeninsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/2427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}