Any fans of Pro Wrestling around?

Kuma 2021-05-22 23:04:40 UTC #1

Are there any fans of pro wrestling around in Tapas? Are there any wrestling-themed comics/novels you can recommend if there are some?

I'm a fan of wrestling and I also wrestle in my country Local Scene

thedude3445 2021-05-23 01:45:20 UTC #2

I never had any real encounters with wrestling as a kid, but as an adult I really appreciate the high theater soap opera aspect of the whole thing. I can't say I'm a fan, but I really do enjoy it whenever I come across it these days.

GumshoeComix 2021-05-23 02:21:48 UTC #3

my bf got me into wrestling within the past few years
I love the theatre aspect of it and the stuff that happens behind the scenes is always really fascinating to me (if you've seen dark side of the ring, some of that shit is bonkers)

its also super cool that you wrestle as well as make comics

LCT_m_a_d 2021-05-23 02:42:52 UTC #4

@skicoak ahem

Kuma 2021-05-23 02:50:13 UTC #5

I love Dark Side of the Ring, I need to catch up with the new season, I only watched the Brian Pillman one.

skicoak 2021-05-23 03:00:31 UTC #6

Hey, former indy wrestler here too!

Where you from?

Also I suggest HEADLOCKED... Excellent book...gets better and better with each graphic novel.

https://headlockedcomic.com/

GumshoeComix 2021-05-23 03:02:50 UTC #7

same, im glad his son is wrestling now
I'm looking forward to the North Korea episode,

Kuma 2021-05-23 03:17:45 UTC #8

I feel like rewatching New Jack's episode after his recent passing.

Kuma 2021-05-23 03:22:49 UTC #9

I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. We have a small but blossoming amateur indie scene that takes influences from a mixture of Mexican, American and Japanese wrestling.

I did this small article talking about the current state of wrestling in Argentina
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/ltr8qx/the_current_argentine_wrestling_scene/

I also have an instagram account with highlights from current wrestling in my country.
https://www.instagram.com/lomejordelaluchaarg/

And my own instagram for my heel character
https://www.instagram.com/kuma.cooking.wrestling/

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll read it!

GumshoeComix 2021-05-23 03:38:09 UTC #10

been watching old interviews on youtube with my bf, half the time its just him ranting.
NewJack was quite the character, and I'm glad he was sober married with kids when he died and not still doing drugs the way he used to. I hate to say it but the way he abused drugs it was inevitable

dewarcomics 2021-05-23 13:23:26 UTC #11

Wow! at least a couple of wrestlers! I wish the express my admiration! I haven't watch wrestler much recently but as a kid I used to watch it a ton with my brother. Eddie Guerrero was my favorite guy. AEW seems to be bringing what I liked about wrestling back.

Kuma 2021-05-23 13:41:57 UTC #12

AEW is pretty solid, apart from some hardware malfunctions. I barely don't watch any WWE except for NXT.

oshirockingham 2021-05-23 17:42:19 UTC #13

I only know one.

MK_Wizard 2021-05-23 17:49:31 UTC #14

I love it! It's fun and I like the root for the good guys. When I was younger, my whole family was really into it. Ah, memories.

R.n.P 2021-05-23 17:51:00 UTC #15

Adam Cole..............BABAY
NXT is the best promotion currently in my opinion

Kuma 2021-05-23 17:51:34 UTC #16

So you wouldn't root for me then XD

I play a heel, a kind of sociopathic gourmet that might or might not be a cannibal and behaves like a real-life shitposter.

Kuma 2021-05-23 17:52:00 UTC #17

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll sure to check it out

skicoak 2021-05-24 16:11:19 UTC #18

How interconnected is the South American scene? I have a friend and former trainee that occasionally manages guys in Peru.

Thought of a few other recommendations... Whoa Nellie from Jaime Hernandez and I hear good things about La Mano Del Destino from J. Gonzo but haven't read it yet.

Kuma 2021-05-24 20:41:15 UTC #19

Not a lot. Argentina is pretty isolated mostly because the old guard is too enamored with a glorious past most of them weren't even part of. There is a couple of high profile Wrestlers from Argentina that went to Peru (One of them even wrestled against Zack Saber Jr.)

In South America I think that the Juggernauts in wrestling are Peru and Chile. Bolivia has their own promotions.

Hopefully the current generation in Argentina will break through the chains of the past holding the whole business back. We recently had a large scale event that involved wrestlers from three promotions called "Torneo Condor" (Condor Tournament)

It wasn't a high budget affair, but it's unmatched when it comes to sheer number of wrestlers involved, the editing was pretty solid and the fight level was consistent. It had some variety from some comedy matches (I was involved in arguably the funniest with spots focused on Covid) some hard hitting matches and some spot fests. The final match was pretty impressive.

There is also Zona de Lucha a more fictionalized version of a wrestling show with an overarching narrative, a low budget more cinematic Lucha Underground almost

hpkomic 2021-05-24 21:23:03 UTC #20

I love pro wrestling, especially Lucha Libre. I have been toying with a comic idea about a luchador who is abducted by aliens and must wrestle in an alien promotion. Just never got around to doing it.