Lucha Britannia

Lucha Britannia is a British professional wrestling promotion based in Bethnal Green, London since 2006. It is known for popularizing the lucha libre wrestling style in the UK.

History Lucha Britannia was created by Garry Vanderhorne in 2006 from Rock & Metal Wrestling Action (RAMWA), as an alternative form of physical theatre, music, cabaret, comedy and professional wrestling. In 2007, Lucha Britannia held the first of its six sell-out shows at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club. By November 2007 The promotion had outgrown the Working Men's Club and moved to SeOne, a large nightclub beneath London Bridge station. In December that year they were listed by Time Out in their (London) top five Best alternative nightlife of 2007.Time Out (London), Clubs: Best alternative nightlife of 2007, 19 December 2007

In the summer of 2008 Lucha Britannia featured on the BBC's coverage of the Reading and Leeds festivals and in October that year they co-hosted the inaugural Bizarre Ball in conjunction with Bizarre Magazine.Bizarre Magazine (online), Bizarre Ball: 2008 In 2009, Lucha Britannia became the first UK based wrestling promotion to feature on live British television in twenty-five years when they featured in their coverage of the Brit Awards after-party at Earls Court hosted by Rufus Hound. Later that year they returned to co-produce and host the second Bizarre Ball again for Bizarre Magazine.Bizarre Magazine (online), Bizarre Ball: 2009

During 2011, Lucha Britannia put on seventeen events in London and around the UK. In 2016 the promotion increased to hosting semi-monthly shows called Lucha Underground at the Resistance Gallery in Bethnal Green, East London on Friday nights.

Events continued at the Resistance Gallery until 2020 when it briefly closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It triumphantly returned in April 2023 at Village Underground in Shoreditch where there are now regular shows.

Style Lucha Britannia combines the Mexican lucha libre style of wrestling that is characterized by the wearing of colourful masks, rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, tag-teams and "high-flying" with the traditional British technical style, and Japanese puroresu wrestling format. Aside from wrestling, Lucha Britannia events also include risqué cabaret performances, comedic interludes and side acts.

All the characters and performers in Lucha Britannia loosely fit into a fantastical narrative called the "RetroFutureVerse" wherein a fractious band of outlawed prize-fighters (known as the "United Resistance Movement") battle for justice and dignity against the dastardly representatives of tyrannical rulers (known either as "The State" or "The Yankee Boche") in an ornately cruel, futuristic dystopia.

The promotion runs regular monthly shows from the Village Underground – a venue in Shoreditch in London's East End. Lucha Britannia spawned the London School of Lucha Libre, Lucha Britannia's own professional-wrestling training academy,The Prisma (Online), Lucha Libre in London, 3 July 2011 BBC News, Mexican Wrestling takes hold in UK, 21 May 2011 as well as hosting a variety of other events.

Lucha Britannia has also been an attraction on television and at major UK festivals including the Glastonbury Festival, Download Festival, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival and The Brit Awards.BBC News (Derby), Photos: Download Festival 2010, 14 June 2010 Download Festival 2009 (Online), The Village: Events Listing

Regular events include immersive theatre with many elements of wrestling, comedy, and sinister cabaret in their shows.

World Championship As only months are known, each reign is listed as beginning on the first of the month although this may not be true. +KeyNo.Overall reign numberReignReign number for the specific championN/AThe information is not available or is unknown+Current reign is changing daily ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesDateEventLocationReignDays1Leon Brittannico20 January 2012Lucha BritanniaLondon, England12Santeria19 October 2012Lucha BritanniaLondon, England13Metallico15 March 2013March MadnessLondon, England14Dark Brittanico31 May 2013The Super Lucha Summer ExtravaganzaLondon, England15Metallico18 October 2013October FrightmareLondon, England2<16Santeria18 October 2013October FrightmareLondon, England27Anteios29 November 2013I Was Santa's Love SlaveLondon, England18The Bengal Tiger21 March 2014Lucha BritanniaLondon, England19Dark Britannico16 May 2014Lucha BritanniaLondon, England210Glamsexico20 June 2014Lucha BritanniaLondon, England111Leon Britannico15 August 2014Lucha BritanniaLondon, England112Santeria31 October 2014Lucha BritanniaLondon, England313Freddie Mercurio16 January 2015Lucha BritanniaLondon, England114Santeria17 April 2015April’s AtonementLondon, England415Cassius19 June 2015Lucha BritanniaLondon, England116Fug20 November 2015Lucha BritanniaLondon, England117Cassius18 December 2015Lucha BritanniaLondon, England218Freddie Mercurio8 January 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England219Cassius15 January 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England320La Diablesa Rosa18 March 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England121Lord Reginald Windsor19 August 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England122Jerry Bakewell21 October 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England123Malik18 November 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England124Cassius16 December 2016Lucha BritanniaLondon, England425La Diablesa Rosa20 January 2017Lucha BritanniaLondon, England226Hombre Del Rocka21 April 2017Lucha BritanniaLondon, England127La Diablesa Rosa16 June 2017Lucha BritanniaLondon, England328Pavo Real18 August 2017Lucha BritanniaLondon, England129La Diablesa Rosa19 January 2018Lucha BritanniaLondon, England430Jerry Bakewell20 July 2018Lucha BritanniaLondon, England231Fug21 September 2018Lucha BritanniaLondon, England232Triffidos15 February 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England133El Ray Anansie1 June 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England134Triffidos1 June 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England135El Ray Anansie27 July 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England236Triffidos28 July 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England237Hanuman16 October 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England138Cara Noir (Pava Real)15 November 2019Lucha BritanniaLondon, England239Disco Diablo17 January 2020Lucha BritanniaLondon, England140Bradford W. Bush13 July 2023Lucha BritanniaLondon, England1First match after the Pandemic41Marduk Malik23 November 2023Lucha BritanniaLondon, England242Bullito22 March 2024Lucha BritanniaLondon, England1Champion for only eight minutes!43La Diablesa Rosa22 March 2024Lucha BritanniaLondon, England5La Diablese Rosa retired because she was pregnant.44Patito Peligroso16 July 2026Lucha BritanniaLondon, England0+

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