Hola a todos!
This blogger has now done Lucha Libre en Sudamerica for two months now. It has been done with total integrity, without favoritism. and sharing things the way this fan or blogger sees it.
As a fan of close to 60 years now, I'm well aware of things that go on with wrestling promotions, wrestling shows, etc. For the most part, this blogger gets along well with wrestlers in every promotion that I've covered except one.
I've posted plenty of posts with this one promotion. They see what is written here as well as on their Facebook messenger. You wonder if anyone there is reading it. It appears that someone does.
It's not that I don't get along with this promotion, but the promotion and I don't really communicate. It's not from a lack of trying, nor is it a language barrier. Let's just leave it at that.
I'm a little annoyed with one particular wrestling promotion right now in WAR Lucha Libre Ecuador. The annoyance somewhat hit a fever pitch last night (Saturday) in a stream that I watched on Instagram. This blogger will go on record in thanking WAR for showing it on their reel. It appeared they did the whole show. They didn't have to do it but they wanted to share it with wrestling fans locally and around the world. At one point, I believe there were 15 people that saw it or a part of it.
The annoyance began with no response from them on Facebook messenger back in 2025 before this blog ever got started. A positive message in both English and Spanish was posted and didn't get a reply. This happened several times with the group.
The blogger understands that people are busy with their lives. However, just two words would make this person feel that they would acknowledge what was written, and that is Thank you or Thanks!
Of all the promotions that I've done in two areas of the world (South America and Southeast Asia), this blogger finds WAR Ecuador rather lazy in their show's approach. The announcers are good. The wrestlers are definitely talented and this blogger credits them for that. However, the referees are too much of the show and not the wrestlers themselves.
I've seen exactly that over four matches in their last two shows. I have helped out in promoting a show several years ago in another continent. Though the referee is an integral part of the match, he or she is NOT the match! Laziness, and what has been pointed out, is the problem. A wrestling referee has told me himself "that a match is far better off when you don't know the referee is there to call it."
To top this off, a recent reel in a WAR World Title Match clearly does not tell the whole story, and I'm annoyed with that! The latest reel showed the very end of the match and not what happened before. If you were someone who saw that, you would have thought the match was one sided. It was far from that.
The referee, in the match, turned out to be clueless what was going on. The backup, from the outside didn't help matters either. It was a total screwup all around and I'm not afraid to share it. That is telling it the way it is and not throwing in a finish that makes one wrestler look bad!
I've seen other numerous you tube and streaming promotions with all the other promotions. They are not nearly close to what WAR is doing, not even close.
When doing this blog, I vowed never to criticize a promotion for what they do. I totally understand what WAR Ecuador was doing in the WAR World Title Match. However, let's not make the laziness, referees being the story and "not showing the full story on reels" be the norm. That is what is happening, particularly in the last two shows. It's cheating the fans who pay their ticket to watch.
I'm certain that WAR's response will be a strong one and maybe they will communicate!
In the meantime, hopefully, this message gets through loud and clear.
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