Lucha-Libre
Dictionary
Lucha Moves
- Plancha: (Iron Board) - Any kind
of splash, including flying body presses, top
rope splash, etc.
- Tope: A headbutt. Any move where
you use your head to hurt your opponent.
- Suicida: Adjective used to
describe a move that you perorm to the
outside of the ring. (eg. Tope Suicida: A
suicide dive, head first.)
- Centon: - (blanket) A splash using
your back.
- Guillotina: - Any kind of leg
drop.
- Rana: (frog) - Pinning position,
in which you hold the opponents shoulders on
the mat with your legs. (like a victory
roll, or a sunset flip)
- Huracan-Rana: - A rana pin
position after a front headscissor takedown.
(Made famous in the States by Rey Mysterio
jr)
- Tornillo: (screw) - A top rope
plancha with a full corkscrew twist
("invented" by Hector Garza)
Lucha Terms
- Lucha-Libre: - Free Fighting
(wrestling)
- Luchador: - Fighter (wrestler)
- Lucharan: - They will fight
- Battala: - Battle (match)
- Campeon: - Champion
- El Cuadritatero: - The ring
- Mascara: - Mask
- Rudo: - "Brutal Person" (heel)
- Tecnico: - "Craftsman" (face)
- Parejas: - Tag-team
- Trios: - Thee man team
- Atomicos: - four man team
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