From El Negro Casas 40 Year Anniversary Show
With all eyes focused on WWE/NJPW these days, people forget about CMLL down there nonchalantly being the second biggest company in the world...
I'm not disagreeing with your Meltzer trickle-down theory at least as far as international stuff goes (although I think certainly PROGRESS and to a degree wXw, WCPW, and RevPro have done an excellent job without too much help from Dave), but I also think that the major reason that Lucha and WWC don't get talked about by Amero-Canadians anywhere near as much as puro/joshi is the language barrier... or, more specifically, the fact that most Japanese promotions book in such a way that don't need to know any backstory at all to understand a match, whereas Lucha (and WWC) place a lot more emphasis the histories of the characters and their related gimmicks and familial connections.Bob-O wrote: ↑Aug 4th, '18, 15:51 It's a shame Meltzer doesn't give them the time of day. Wrestling awareness in America is 90% trickle down from whatever Dave is on about that week, and I'd really like to know more about this!
They put the Arena Mexico shows on YouTube for free from what I understand, so I'm going to give it a try.
Cero, do they do English or am I going to need to brush up on my Spanish for this adventure?
CMLL is actually the one and only promotion that Meltzer pays the most attention. Clash and AAA are only mentioned by him when either shit hits the fan or some big debut/angle happens.Bob-O wrote: ↑Aug 4th, '18, 15:51 It's a shame Meltzer doesn't give them the time of day. Wrestling awareness in America is 90% trickle down from whatever Dave is on about that week, and I'd really like to know more about this!
They put the Arena Mexico shows on YouTube for free from what I understand, so I'm going to give it a try.
Cero, do they do English or am I going to need to brush up on my Spanish for this adventure?
Haha! Nice.
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