Lucha Libre Mexicana Finds Home In San Antonio

It was a night of Superheroes, Technicos & Rudos at Sociedad Cruz Blanca Friday May 26th. The weather was quite pleasant as the crowd enjoyed 5 matches in the traditional Lucha Libre style. The referee for the evening was el Mano Negra. The show began with two wrestlers who are very familiar to local fans of both American style wrestling and Luche as Dragon X faced Virus. The pair exchanged impressive series of chain wrestling moves as the crowd cheered on. Eventually Virus took control and seized the victory from the masked Dragon X.

In the second match Brindis faced El Ilegal. The big rudo demonstrated an array of underhanded tactics on the smaller masked technico who put up a gallant fight, even seizing the advantage before El Ilegal deliberately got himself disqualified with a blatant low blow. The third match featured veteran Santana Express and A masked man called Aquaman. The match was fast paced and over quickly, virtually before the crowd could figure out who was the rudo and who was the technico. In a flash, Santana Express scored the pin.

The Semifinal was perhaps the best match of the evening as Lemus II faced Spiderman in a traditional two falls out of three match. The two luchadores battled back and forth before the masked superhero gained the first pinfall. In the second fall, Lemus II took control by slowing the action down and focusing on a series of submission holds primarily aimed at Spiderman's right leg. Eventually the abuse proved too much and Spiderman submitted to the leg lock. The third fall appeared to be headed in the same direction as the masked man from East LA continued to focus on submission wrestling. The crowd of young fans seemed to inspire Spiderman however, who reversed a hold and managed the pin in the third and deciding fall.

The Main Event, or Lucha Estrella, was scheduled to be a Mixed Tag match pitting the team of Batman & Yoko against El Boricua & Miss Shocka. However, when El Boricua came to the ring, Miss Shocka was nowhere to be seen. Instead Boricua's partner turned out to be Mr. Muerte. The team of Batman & Yoko weren't to be deterred and stepped up to the challenge. Despite losing the first fall, the Technico's came back to win two straight falls and gain the victory in an entertaining match that followed a traditional Lucha story, pitting the forces of good vs. evil, facing adversity before triumphing in the end.

The Sociedad Cruz Blanca is a non-profit organization of senior women who sponsor monthly dances for their members, bingo games on weekends and other community activities. This was the second successful evening of Lucha Libre at the hall. Plans are set to hold shows every other Friday through the summer, with the next event scheduled for June 9th.

Lucha Libre Mexicana
Sociedad Cruz Blanca
Friday May 26th

Match 1 - Dragon X vs. Virus (win)
Match 2 - Brindis (win) vs. El Ilegal
Match 3 - Aquaman vs. Santana Express (win)
Match 4 - Semifinal Match - 2 falls out of 3
Lemus II vs. Spiderman (win 2 falls to 3)
Match 5 - Main Event - Tag Match 2 falls out of 3
Batman & Yoko (win 2 falls to 3) vs. El Boricua & Mr. Muerte