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More And More Wrestling Fans Are Wondering Why Wrestlers Don't Have A UnionOn Monday, one of the biggest non-WWE stars in pro wrestling—if not the biggest—tweeted something that could, if you squinted and tilted and hoped a little bit, be read as a call to arms....

Hopes and Fears published a really fun story about a lucha libre community in the Bronx, and the regular people involved who lead double lives. Be sure to scroll through the gorgeous photos. [Hopes and Fears]...

Mexican Wrestling Star Perro Aguayo Jr. Dies After In-Ring Accident Mexican wrestling star Perro Aguayo Jr. has died at 35 years old after an in-ring accident in a match last night in Tijuana. According to f4wonline.com, he hit the ring ropes after taking a dropkick from Rey Mysterio Jr., as seen in video of the full match, and was injured either then or when his ...

Sometimes ESPN is alright. Friend of the program Eric Nusbaum writes about gay and transgender Mexican wrestlers and the people who play them, and it's wonderful. "The beso is the ultimate expression of the exótico's differentness in the ring—the pinnacle of lucha libre as slapstick comedy." [ESPN]...

Just Put Your Lips Together And Blow

Our man Eric Nusbaum has a fun piece on the Lucha Libre star wrestler Maximo over at ESPN:...