Everything you need to know about GLLI
Nov 23, 2018 0:08:18 GMT -5
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Bienvenido
Thank you for checking us out, even if you ultimately decided that the world of lucha libre is not for you. Together is a full outline of all the information you need to know about us and how things will work around here, whether you wish to join us as a handler or just simply be a fan.
In Brief
Grupo de Lucha Libre del Imperio (GLLI) is not the WWE, Impact, Lucha Underground, New Japan, or AAA. GLLI is an independent cross border wrestling promotion that runs in El Paso in the United States and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. There are no big budgets in GLLI and the focus of the shows is on what happens in the ring. The promotion is a hybrid of traditional Lucha Libre with an American, southern style flavor. Shows normally draw between 400-1000 with bigger shows set to take place in larger venues. Shows will run ever three to four weeks. If you wish to compare us to a real promotion then IWRG or CMLL’s Monday shows in Puebla would be the most fitting.
What Is Lucha Libre?
Here are a couple of guides if you really don’t know anything about Lucha Libre .
theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/the-lucha-libre-a-brief-guide-to-mexican-wrestling/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre
How Does It Work?
GLLI is a roleplay promotion, with a heavy focus on participation. That being said we all have lives here at GLLI and therefore we will be similar to a micorofed where there will be a word limit on roleplays (600 words typically). You may post as many roleplays as you wish but only the score from the best will count.
When we say that there is a focus on participation, this is not just roleplays. We encourage people to help write towards our ‘story’, whether that be news articles, in character interviews or house show results. The idea is that we all work together.
You may sign up, up to three wrestlers, hence making a Trio, an important part of GILL. Please do not apply using real wrestlers, we only take original characters.
Shows
GLLI host sporadic shows typically but not always every three to four weeks. The idea of this is to ensure that we get the most participation from everyone. And should people be unavailable we are flexible at moving or adding dates. The shows that take place air late night on Televisa Juarez.
Ahead of big shows or when we see fit there me a preview show called ‘Lucha Revisión’ which is a magazine style talk show.
During the period where there are no televised shows we may hold sporadic house shows, using members of the roster and local talent. These are purely for amusement and to ensure that there is continued activity.
How Do I Join?
Head over to the Roster board and copy and paste this into a new thread. Ideally we'd like as many masked Mexican/Hispanic wrestlers as possible. But we don't let that stop you if you have a killer character you'd like to bring to GLLI.
Officials
The Gutierrez Brothers, José and Paco | Owners
Jose and Paco are are both former wrestlers, who grew up in El Paso butt wrestled mostly in Mexico. Since leaving the wrestling world they own a small chain of garages while Jose has trained many wrestlers that frequent the local scene both in Mexico and USA. They are rarely if ever seen on camera but they do get mentioned in articles and sometimes by the announce team. They are part of the Programming Department that is responsible for match making.
El Hijo del Mariscal | Head of the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Chihuahua
The retired Luchador is the Head of the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Chihuahua. His official role is to ensure that all luchadors are fully licenced and that the events and matches are ran in the accordance of the Commissions rules. In reality he turns up to shows, collects a fee from the promotion and poses with the championship belt before a title match begins. Due to the Commissions jurisdiction only including the state of Chihuahu he does not have any power when GLLI run events in other parts of Mexico or in the United States.
El Hijo del Mariscal is in his late 50’s, a short and rather plump man his head is scarred from many battles in the ring.
Manual Lozano | Color Commentator
Lozano is a commentator and a former Lucha journalist. He previously hosted radio shows and wrote for various magazines. He will often take the side of the Rudo but will not shy away from acknowledging the work of the Technicos.
Javier Alex Cano | Play by Play
A well known sports commentator, JAC as he is often referred to does not directly work for GLLI but is employed by the broadcaster Televisa Juarez. He is the lead voice of GLLI. When not commentating on the lucha libre he will be seen reading the sport in the evening news.
Mini Apestoso | Barber
Mini Apestoso is the official barber of GLLI. At 4’6 he was a regular on the Minis circuit but suffered a severe leg injury on a show and was forced to retire in 2007. Since then he has stayed involved in the business in various different roles, most recently becoming the official barber of GLLI. It is his job to shave the head of any losers in any cabellera contra cabellera (hair v hair) matches. He wears a pink and black mask with a very loud pink suit.
Dávid Marquez | Senior Referee
Marquez is the mainstay of the championship matches and is the most trusted referee for GLLI. He will be in the middle for all the big matches and is respected by both Rudos and Technicos. In his 40’s he has plenty of experience inside the ring.
Zapatillas Rosa | Rudo Referee
Zapatillas Rosa is one of the senior referees in GLLI. He has been officiating lucha libre in Northern Mexico for more than thirty years. As a Rudo referee he can, at times frustrate the technicos with his slow counts or accidently missing the cheating or interference from the referees. He has been warned many times by the Commission for his antics although much to the dislike of the true lucha fans has neve been fined or suspended.
Luis Antonio | Referee
Antonio is one of the younger referees on the GLLI roster, he can often be seen in the opening matches and is frequently man handled by the Rudos.
Maria Yepes | Backstage Interviewer
Maria Yepes will sometimes be seen on shows talking to the luchadors backstage. She is a young lady looking to break into television, with limited knowledge of lucha libre.
Championships
The biggest fueds in GLLI will eventually lead to Mask v Mask, Hair v Hair or Hair v Mask matches, but that being said Championships will still play an important part. Weight limits are not always inforced, blame the commission there.
GLLI Trios Championship
GLLI Heavyweight Championship (214lbs and up)
GLLI Middleweight Championship( 192lbs to 213lbs)
GLLI Welterweight Championship (160lbs to 1921lbs)
Arenas
Gimnasio Josué Neri Santos | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
8,000 Capacity
This is the largest venue that GLLI would use in Juarez and would only be used on special occasions due to the size. It is an indoor arena that is mostly used for Basketball.
Arena el Bombero Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
Capacity 700
Arena el Bombero is an outdoor lucha venue with bleachers and standing room. There are no mats, just dirt. One of the most popular features of Arena el Bombero is that the bar is 10 feet from the ring.
Arena Kalanka | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
500 Capacity.
A mainstay of Lucha Libre in Juarez where matches have been taking place on Saturday nights for many years. Arena Kalanka is a small and basic room with chairs close to the ring. The atmosphere is loud and it is a very intimate venue. Like most lucha venues the attendance can go up and down depending on the card. Many of the top stars of Lucha Libre have performed here over the years.
20-30 Boys Club, El Paso, Texas, USA
400 Capacity
Very different from the rapid lucha venues on the other side of the border, GLLI will often run shows at the 20-30 Boys Club, a small youth club which is a bit more similar to where many US indy promotions would run.
El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, USA
5,250 Capacity.
A multi purpose venue which will hold larger GLLI events when in the United states. It was opened in the 1940’s and housed everything from MMA to livestock and rodeo shows.
Disco Neon, El Paso, Texas, USA
1,000 Capacity
A nightclub that is great for live events, it is dark, can be lit well and the atmosphere is always great. There are a limited number of seats near the ring but many spectators stand on the balconies and look down on the action.
GLLI Glossary
Box y Lucha – A popular magazine that covers lucha libre
Cabellera – Hair, if a wrestler has no mask then he may wager his hair in a contest
Campeonato - Champion
Cuadrangular – Four Way Match
Faul - a low blow
Lightening Match/Match Relámpago – a ten minute one fall match.
Lucha de Apuestas – Either a hair v hair match, hair v mask match or mask v match. A match where there is something at stake.
Lucha en Jaula – Cage match
Mano a Mano - Singles match
Martinete – A piledriver or a tombstone piledriver. They are banned in GLLI and most of Lucha Libre. Wrestlers will be DQ’d and suspended for using one. They always result in a stretcher job.
Máscaras – Mask, what most luchadors wear, incredibly important to their identity and culture.
Pareja – Tag partner
Pescardo – Slingshot bodyblock
Plancha – Any move when the attack connects chest to chest like a splash or cross body.
Programming Department – This is the team of officials that put together the matches and decide who will face who. They are referenced on television although the members of it are not often discussed.
Réferi – Referee
Relevos atómicos – 4 v 4 match
Relevos australianos – Six man tag match (3 v 3)
Relevos increíbles – (Incredible teams match) Match in which both teams are composed of wrestlers from both sides (rudos and tecnicos) or bitter enemies.
Rudo – Similar to a heel in American wrestling although a Rudo is acknowledged more as a style of wrestling, a rough, brawler, who is willing to break the rules.
Super Libre – No DQ match.
Techico – The opposite of a Rudo, someone who wishes to wrestle a technical match and abide by the rules of the contest.
Tercia – Trio
Torneo Cibernético - Elimination match in which two teams face each other until all the members from a team are eliminated. Similar to a survivor series match but the luchadores have to tag in a particular order.
Triangular - Three way match.
Tope - Any move in which the attacker hits his opponent with his head.
Tope con Giro - Literally, Tope with a twist.
Tope Suicida - Tope to the outside.
Trío – Team consisting of three wrestlers
Thank you for checking us out, even if you ultimately decided that the world of lucha libre is not for you. Together is a full outline of all the information you need to know about us and how things will work around here, whether you wish to join us as a handler or just simply be a fan.
In Brief
Grupo de Lucha Libre del Imperio (GLLI) is not the WWE, Impact, Lucha Underground, New Japan, or AAA. GLLI is an independent cross border wrestling promotion that runs in El Paso in the United States and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. There are no big budgets in GLLI and the focus of the shows is on what happens in the ring. The promotion is a hybrid of traditional Lucha Libre with an American, southern style flavor. Shows normally draw between 400-1000 with bigger shows set to take place in larger venues. Shows will run ever three to four weeks. If you wish to compare us to a real promotion then IWRG or CMLL’s Monday shows in Puebla would be the most fitting.
What Is Lucha Libre?
Here are a couple of guides if you really don’t know anything about Lucha Libre .
theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/the-lucha-libre-a-brief-guide-to-mexican-wrestling/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre
How Does It Work?
GLLI is a roleplay promotion, with a heavy focus on participation. That being said we all have lives here at GLLI and therefore we will be similar to a micorofed where there will be a word limit on roleplays (600 words typically). You may post as many roleplays as you wish but only the score from the best will count.
When we say that there is a focus on participation, this is not just roleplays. We encourage people to help write towards our ‘story’, whether that be news articles, in character interviews or house show results. The idea is that we all work together.
You may sign up, up to three wrestlers, hence making a Trio, an important part of GILL. Please do not apply using real wrestlers, we only take original characters.
Shows
GLLI host sporadic shows typically but not always every three to four weeks. The idea of this is to ensure that we get the most participation from everyone. And should people be unavailable we are flexible at moving or adding dates. The shows that take place air late night on Televisa Juarez.
Ahead of big shows or when we see fit there me a preview show called ‘Lucha Revisión’ which is a magazine style talk show.
During the period where there are no televised shows we may hold sporadic house shows, using members of the roster and local talent. These are purely for amusement and to ensure that there is continued activity.
How Do I Join?
Head over to the Roster board and copy and paste this into a new thread. Ideally we'd like as many masked Mexican/Hispanic wrestlers as possible. But we don't let that stop you if you have a killer character you'd like to bring to GLLI.
Officials
The Gutierrez Brothers, José and Paco | Owners
Jose and Paco are are both former wrestlers, who grew up in El Paso butt wrestled mostly in Mexico. Since leaving the wrestling world they own a small chain of garages while Jose has trained many wrestlers that frequent the local scene both in Mexico and USA. They are rarely if ever seen on camera but they do get mentioned in articles and sometimes by the announce team. They are part of the Programming Department that is responsible for match making.
El Hijo del Mariscal | Head of the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Chihuahua
The retired Luchador is the Head of the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Chihuahua. His official role is to ensure that all luchadors are fully licenced and that the events and matches are ran in the accordance of the Commissions rules. In reality he turns up to shows, collects a fee from the promotion and poses with the championship belt before a title match begins. Due to the Commissions jurisdiction only including the state of Chihuahu he does not have any power when GLLI run events in other parts of Mexico or in the United States.
El Hijo del Mariscal is in his late 50’s, a short and rather plump man his head is scarred from many battles in the ring.
Manual Lozano | Color Commentator
Lozano is a commentator and a former Lucha journalist. He previously hosted radio shows and wrote for various magazines. He will often take the side of the Rudo but will not shy away from acknowledging the work of the Technicos.
Javier Alex Cano | Play by Play
A well known sports commentator, JAC as he is often referred to does not directly work for GLLI but is employed by the broadcaster Televisa Juarez. He is the lead voice of GLLI. When not commentating on the lucha libre he will be seen reading the sport in the evening news.
Mini Apestoso | Barber
Mini Apestoso is the official barber of GLLI. At 4’6 he was a regular on the Minis circuit but suffered a severe leg injury on a show and was forced to retire in 2007. Since then he has stayed involved in the business in various different roles, most recently becoming the official barber of GLLI. It is his job to shave the head of any losers in any cabellera contra cabellera (hair v hair) matches. He wears a pink and black mask with a very loud pink suit.
Dávid Marquez | Senior Referee
Marquez is the mainstay of the championship matches and is the most trusted referee for GLLI. He will be in the middle for all the big matches and is respected by both Rudos and Technicos. In his 40’s he has plenty of experience inside the ring.
Zapatillas Rosa | Rudo Referee
Zapatillas Rosa is one of the senior referees in GLLI. He has been officiating lucha libre in Northern Mexico for more than thirty years. As a Rudo referee he can, at times frustrate the technicos with his slow counts or accidently missing the cheating or interference from the referees. He has been warned many times by the Commission for his antics although much to the dislike of the true lucha fans has neve been fined or suspended.
Luis Antonio | Referee
Antonio is one of the younger referees on the GLLI roster, he can often be seen in the opening matches and is frequently man handled by the Rudos.
Maria Yepes | Backstage Interviewer
Maria Yepes will sometimes be seen on shows talking to the luchadors backstage. She is a young lady looking to break into television, with limited knowledge of lucha libre.
Championships
The biggest fueds in GLLI will eventually lead to Mask v Mask, Hair v Hair or Hair v Mask matches, but that being said Championships will still play an important part. Weight limits are not always inforced, blame the commission there.
GLLI Trios Championship
GLLI Heavyweight Championship (214lbs and up)
GLLI Middleweight Championship( 192lbs to 213lbs)
GLLI Welterweight Championship (160lbs to 1921lbs)
Arenas
Gimnasio Josué Neri Santos | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
8,000 Capacity
This is the largest venue that GLLI would use in Juarez and would only be used on special occasions due to the size. It is an indoor arena that is mostly used for Basketball.
Arena el Bombero Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
Capacity 700
Arena el Bombero is an outdoor lucha venue with bleachers and standing room. There are no mats, just dirt. One of the most popular features of Arena el Bombero is that the bar is 10 feet from the ring.
Arena Kalanka | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX
500 Capacity.
A mainstay of Lucha Libre in Juarez where matches have been taking place on Saturday nights for many years. Arena Kalanka is a small and basic room with chairs close to the ring. The atmosphere is loud and it is a very intimate venue. Like most lucha venues the attendance can go up and down depending on the card. Many of the top stars of Lucha Libre have performed here over the years.
20-30 Boys Club, El Paso, Texas, USA
400 Capacity
Very different from the rapid lucha venues on the other side of the border, GLLI will often run shows at the 20-30 Boys Club, a small youth club which is a bit more similar to where many US indy promotions would run.
El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, USA
5,250 Capacity.
A multi purpose venue which will hold larger GLLI events when in the United states. It was opened in the 1940’s and housed everything from MMA to livestock and rodeo shows.
Disco Neon, El Paso, Texas, USA
1,000 Capacity
A nightclub that is great for live events, it is dark, can be lit well and the atmosphere is always great. There are a limited number of seats near the ring but many spectators stand on the balconies and look down on the action.
GLLI Glossary
Box y Lucha – A popular magazine that covers lucha libre
Cabellera – Hair, if a wrestler has no mask then he may wager his hair in a contest
Campeonato - Champion
Cuadrangular – Four Way Match
Faul - a low blow
Lightening Match/Match Relámpago – a ten minute one fall match.
Lucha de Apuestas – Either a hair v hair match, hair v mask match or mask v match. A match where there is something at stake.
Lucha en Jaula – Cage match
Mano a Mano - Singles match
Martinete – A piledriver or a tombstone piledriver. They are banned in GLLI and most of Lucha Libre. Wrestlers will be DQ’d and suspended for using one. They always result in a stretcher job.
Máscaras – Mask, what most luchadors wear, incredibly important to their identity and culture.
Pareja – Tag partner
Pescardo – Slingshot bodyblock
Plancha – Any move when the attack connects chest to chest like a splash or cross body.
Programming Department – This is the team of officials that put together the matches and decide who will face who. They are referenced on television although the members of it are not often discussed.
Réferi – Referee
Relevos atómicos – 4 v 4 match
Relevos australianos – Six man tag match (3 v 3)
Relevos increíbles – (Incredible teams match) Match in which both teams are composed of wrestlers from both sides (rudos and tecnicos) or bitter enemies.
Rudo – Similar to a heel in American wrestling although a Rudo is acknowledged more as a style of wrestling, a rough, brawler, who is willing to break the rules.
Super Libre – No DQ match.
Techico – The opposite of a Rudo, someone who wishes to wrestle a technical match and abide by the rules of the contest.
Tercia – Trio
Torneo Cibernético - Elimination match in which two teams face each other until all the members from a team are eliminated. Similar to a survivor series match but the luchadores have to tag in a particular order.
Triangular - Three way match.
Tope - Any move in which the attacker hits his opponent with his head.
Tope con Giro - Literally, Tope with a twist.
Tope Suicida - Tope to the outside.
Trío – Team consisting of three wrestlers