By now, some of you who have been reading my blog might have noticed a common theme among the blogs. And no it's not the influence of lucha libre on American wrestling (that would be easy theme to recognize). No, the theme is that all the blogs involve wrestlers from the WWE.
Now, for those who primarily read this blog just to see my thoughts about lucha libre and American wrestling, I have to inform you that there is another major company out there -- TNA Wrestling. The reason why I have not written anything about wrestlers from this company is because I simply do not know much about it. It's not that I don't like the product, it mostly has to do with the fact that it doesn't appeal to me (but that's a totally different subject and blog post). But the underlying reason why I have not written anything from TNA is there is not much talent that has ties to lucha libre, until I looked at there website recently.
Earlier today I took a look at their website, mainly because I was trying to find something to write about in today's post, and came across one wrestler who has ties to lucha libre. And that wrestler is Sarita.
She is originally from Canada but moved to Mexico to improve her skills as a wrestler, according to her wikipedia page (gotta love wikipedia haha). In early part of her career, she wrestled under the name of Dark Angel, and wore a mask in the Lucha Libre Femenil. She would eventually lose her mask in a match before she departed for the Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración. However she left the wrestling company because she was put to work as one of the card girls, instead of wrestler.
She then headed to the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, the rival promotion of the AAA. In the CMLL, she has competed in many matches, including winning the women's championship and the bodybuilding championships for five straight years. She still a part of the company despite being a wrestler for TNA Wrestling.
In her short time in TNA, she has won the Knockout Tag Team championship twice; once with Taylor Wilde (pictured right) and with her on screen cousin Rosita (currently hold right now). FYI: the knockout division is what they call their women's division of wrestling.
Sarita, who's real name is Sarah Stock, is starting to leave an influence of her lucha libre career in TNA. Her wrestling skills are not the only things that have lucha libre ties, but her knowledge of the Spanish language (see video below). With her being able to communicate with the lucha libre culture, she is able to reach a different demographic and expand the viewership of the wrestling company. And chances are these two factors will prolong her career that much more in the wrestling world.
-Christopher J. Valverde
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*Photos from TNA Wrestling website and information comes from her wikipedia page*
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