i thought this quite odd, wapo has a story on

Mexican pro wrestlers keep drug-trafficking culture out of the lucha libre ring

By William Booth

Washington Post Staff Writer  

It is another rowdy fight night at the Arena Mexico as burly combatants in bikini briefs and colorful masks are flung from the ring amid a rain of insults from the crowd. Mexican professional wrestling, known as lucha libre, is pure entertainment. Like its steroidal cousin to the north, it is as funny as it is phony, but the Mexican style is less talk, more aerials. .........

 

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Like its steroidal cousin to the north, lucha libre is as funny as it is phony, but the style is less talk, more aerials. "The Mexicans are not as good of fakers as the Americans, but they're better acrobats," said Jorge Chabat, a world-renowned expert on drug cartels and lifelong lucha libre fanatico.

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