Pro-Wrestling On My Mind

I've been MIA recently, but with good reason. I'm on Spring Break! The school year has ended in Japan, so I have about 1.5 to 2 weeks off waiting for it to start again. And yes, one might think that would mean I would have more time for writing. However, I have a rather large backlog of games I need to play, and that has been taking up all my waking moments. Just yesterday I completed Insomniac's "Spiderman 2," which was fantastic. This game continued the great storytelling and characterization from the previous two entries in the series, improved combat and sidequests, and made swinging (and flying!) around NYC even more fun. There are also, of course, lots of references to Spiderman's expansive history. This is one of my favorites that I came across: The Masked Challenger Gaze with Miles at this lovely lucha libre mural. Spiderman's origin is directly tied to pro-wrestling, and I was glad to see the game giving multiple nods to the fact.

Finished season one of "Lucha Underground," and I am left with one burning question: Seriously, what IS that?  Who remembers Gak? Part of me really wants to know, but, deep down, I think there are some mysteries better left unsolved. So onward to season two!

Had a realization today. The minimal amount of Spanish I know comes from 3 sources: 1) Pro-wrestling 2) Dora the Explorer 3) Ricky Ricardo I took French in high school. My bad. Fortunately, rewatching "Lucha Underground" is a nice refresher course for the Fantastica Mania show I'll be attending at the end of the month.  Also, even though my Spanish is minimal at best, I am pretty sure at this point that Chavo Guerrero translates to "traitorous whore" in English. Such a weaselly little bastard. Great villain. Not as punchable as Eustace Winner, but close.

It's missing "Lucha Underground" hours in my household. Deep in my heart, it is always missing "Lucha Underground" hours because, damn, I loved that show. With Penta's WWE debut though, the feeling is stronger than usual as it's bringing back a lot of memories (and a lot of clips to Instagram). "Lucha Underground" was the last TV show I truly cared about, that made me feel excited for the next episode and that I would actually tune in to watch as soon as I could. It wasn't perfect, of course, but it was so very, very good. My favorite style of wrestling from an unbelievable roster in terms of talent and star power; I was destined to love "Lucha Underground." It's unfortunate how it ended, but I'm glad we got as much as we did. And thank God for the internet so I can re-watch it again and again. In fact, I think it's time for a marathon... To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, I miss "Lucha Underground" like an idiot mis...