Lucha Britannia

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Lucha Britannia
AcronymLB
Founded2006
Style Lucha libre
Vaudeville
Headquarters Bethnal Green, London
Founder(s)Garry Vanderhorne
Owner(s)Garry Vanderhorne
Website http://www.luchabritannia.com/

Lucha Britannia is a British lucha libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Bethnal Green, London since 2006.

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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. [1]

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 . [2] 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. [3]

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 Pandemic. It triumphantly returned in April 2023 at Village Underground in Shoreditch where there are now regular shows.

Style

Lucha Britannia combines the 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, North American and Japanese Puroresu wrestling format. Aside from wrestling, Lucha Britannia events also include risqué cabaret performances, comedic interludes and side acts. [4]

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. [5]

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, [6] [7] 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. [8] [9]

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.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Leon BrittannicoJanuary 20, 2012Lucha Britannia London, England 1273Defeated Bradford W. Bush to become inaugural champion. [10]
2SanteriaOctober 19, 2012Lucha Britannia London, England 1147 [11]
3MetallicoMarch 15, 2013March Madness London, England 177 [12]
4 Dark Brittanico May 31, 2013The Super Lucha Summer Extravaganza London, England 1140 [13]
5MetallicoOctober 18, 2013October Frightmare London, England 2<1 [14]
6SanteriaOctober 18, 2013October Frightmare London, England 242 [14]
7AnteiosNovember 29, 2013I Was Santa's Love Slave London, England 1112 [15]
8The Bengal TigerMarch 21, 2014Lucha Britannia London, England 156Defeated Santeria for the vacant title. [16]
9 Dark Britannico May 16, 2014Lucha Britannia London, England 235 [17]
10 Glamsexico June 20, 2014Lucha Britannia London, England 156 [18]
11Leon BritannicoAugust 15, 2014Lucha Britannia London, England 177 [19]
12SanteriaOctober 31, 2014Lucha Britannia London, England 377 [20]
13Freddie MercurioJanuary 16, 2015Lucha Britannia London, England 191 [21]
14SanteriaApril 17, 2015April’s Atonement London, England 463This was a three-way match, also involving Metallico. [22]
15CassiusJune 19, 2015Lucha Britannia London, England 1154 [23]
16FugNovember 20, 2015Lucha Britannia London, England 128This was a three-way match, also involving Santeria. [24]
17CassiusDecember 18, 2015Lucha Britannia London, England 221 [25]
18Freddie MercurioJanuary 8, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 27 [26]
19CassiusJanuary 15, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 363 [27]
20La Diablesa RosaMarch 18, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 1154 [28]
21Lord Reginald WindsorAugust 19, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 163
22Jerry BakewellOctober 21, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 128 [29]
23MalikNovember 18, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 128 [30]
24CassiusDecember 16, 2016Lucha Britannia London, England 435 [31]
25La Diablesa RosaJanuary 20, 2017Lucha Britannia London, England 291
26Hombre Del RockaApril 21, 2017Lucha Britannia London, England 156
27La Diablesa RosaJune 16, 2017Lucha Britannia London, England 363
28Pavo RealAugust 18, 2017Lucha Britannia London, England 1154
29La Diablesa RosaJanuary 19, 2018Lucha Britannia London, England 4182
30Jerry BakewellJuly 20, 2018Lucha Britannia London, England 263
31FugSeptember 21, 2018Lucha Britannia London, England 2147 [32]
32TriffidosFebruary 15, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 1106
33El Ray AnansieJune 1, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 10
34TriffidosJune 1, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 156
35El Ray AnansieJuly 27, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 21
36TriffidosJuly 28, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 280
37HanumanOctober 16, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 130
38Cara Noir (Pava Real)November 15, 2019Lucha Britannia London, England 263
39Disco DiabloJanuary 17, 2020Lucha Britannia London, England 11,273
40Bradford W. BushJuly 13, 2023Lucha Britannia London, England 1133First match after the Pandemic
41Marduk MalikNovember 23, 2023Lucha Britannia London, England 2120
42BullitoMarch 22, 2024Lucha Britannia London, England 10Champion for only eight minutes!
43 La Diablesa Rosa March 22, 2024Lucha Britannia London, England 581+

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