Awesome Lucha Sequence

Nothing like some fun, fast paced action to top off a day in classic Lucha land. Super Astro reverses the Irish Whip, sending Blue Panther into the corner. However, Astro runs into Panther's boots. Undeterred, Astro backflips out of the corner, tricking Panther into charging in at him. Astro dodges the attack, and sends Panther to the floor with a nice Headscissors. Panther runs for cover as Astro comes at him with a Tiger Feint Kick.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Super
• Astro
• Blue
• Panther
• Headscissors
• Tiger
• Feint
• Kick
• 619
• Asistencia
• Asesoria
• Administration
• AAA
• Triple
• Mexico
• Pro
• Wrestling
• Lucha
• Libre
• Legends

[UnstableProtagonist]

From the looks of things, Super Astro must've been an overlooked gem in the realm of Lucha Libre.

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Indeed. His match with Blue Panther(where this clip is from) is an unsung classic, in my eyes. Astro was ahead of his time, and for a man his size, could fly just as easily as someone half his size.

[tool26]

A few questions :

1) Which year is this video from ?

2) Let's say we compare 80's Lucha Libre and today's Lucha Libre. What changed ? Because it seems to me that nothing seems to change in Lucha Libre. Obviously I don't have that much knowledge of Lucha Libre, compared to WWE-WCW-ECW, but I'm curious about what changed.

[TheSuicidalDragon]

1992

As with most wrestling, Lucha has changed over the years. Moves have evolved, and some of the companies have shifted toward "sports entertainment" style storylines every now and again. That said, some of the wrestlers these days pull out some incredible dives and aerial moves.

[JaitsuStudios]

amazing but i gotta say, lucha libre wrestlers have put on weight in recent years.

and people make fun of V1 for his weight.

still, that was an amazing tiger feint!

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Super Astro and Valiente are probably the bulkiest of the Lucha high flyers, and they fly like someone half their size, which is insane.

[jasall18]

its okay, nothing special

[Patrickshe2eyME]

Backflip, arm drag, head scissors, fake dive, arent you overlooking this?

[chivoxtrereme]

@TheSuicidalDragon haha have u seen valiente recently looks like a mini gronda exept with a real 6 pack haha he really focused on losing the weight

[realofficialuzumaki]

@tsolfan69 you make a good point sir or mam

[tsolfan69]

Mexico's fat guys are better than our American fat guys???:p

[CAWGregoryBlack]

@MrD6M6K6 Yes, I am aware of the leagues you mentioned and I watch them when I can.