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!
Thass just loco my friend! My bass player is a masked wrestler too, but from not really Japan:
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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"!...
ReplyDeleteAieee! 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.
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome!
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