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Friday, November 14, 2008

El Halcon #167 - Mil Mascaras y Amigos

In the early and mid-70s i was a devoted Houston Wrestling viewer. The Houston Colisseum had matches every Friday & Saturday night and they were also televised on UHF Channel 39, hosted by the legendary Paul Boesch, a charming man credited with(among other things)inventing Mud -Wrestling! Anyway, imagine my joy when i started finding issues of El Halcon at our local grocery store's magazine rack! I saw Mil Mascaras on HW before i ever saw a Lucha Libre film, speaking of which...
I'm always having trouble deciding what i'm going to post next, so i often look to my fellow blogger's blogs for inspiration. So you & i both can thank Tenebrous Kate's Champions of Justice review for this one!






Ultraman?...



Ultraman!

4 comments:

Mr. Karswell said...

Thass just loco my friend! My bass player is a masked wrestler too, but from not really Japan:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=412424561

Prof. Grewbeard said...

i love it when these guys wear suits and ties(or turtleneck sweaters)with their masks! it's just the epitome of cool! oh, and i saw a recent newspaper article with Blue Demon Jr. declaring himself as "Metrosexual"!...

Tenebrous Kate said...

Aieee! The at-home shots and the skull-n-crossbones mask are giving me AWESOMENESS-induced heart palpatations!!! Thanks for bringing this goodness to light, Professor.

Prof. Grewbeard said...

you're welcome!

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