Maestros: literally, teacher (and sometimes master), a maestro is a luchador that trains other wrestlers. Sometimes (though) not always a maestro will be a retired luchador, who wishes to still be active in the world of lucha libre without actually wrestling. Most maestros own or work at a gimnasio (gym). The term maestro can also be given to an active luchador who has been wrestling for many years, and trained luchadores "on the ring," but does not necessarily owns or works at a lucha libre school. In any case, maestro implies that the person has "mastered" lucha libre.
| Maestro Skayde and his students |
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Editor's Note: The lucha libre school used to be co-run by "El Satanico" and "El Gran Cochisse" another one of "El Diablo's" student, but sometime in 2010, "El Gran Cochisse" was fired. He now runs his own lucha libre school off of the Arena Roberto Paz. During my time in Mexico, I trained in both schools and met both men. There were many rumors why "Cochis" left and "El Sata" stayed (as they were nicknamed).
Some luchadores told me that it had to do with la Arena Coliseo's new manager Shocker's father, Ruben "El Pato" Soria, but since Soria was the one who replaced Cochis, his new position was probably an effect rather than a cause. A fellow trainee, whose father was a close friend of Cochis, told me that he was let go because many student were getting injured in his watch. There is some truth to this, in my case, the worst injury I got was during my training with Cochis, but I doubt that this was the reason why he was fired, in any case, this may be the story Cochis is sharing with his friends (his version of the story). Another source, a luchador who was fired under Cochis's management, but returning now that El Sata was running things, told me that Cochis was too nosy and would often get involved in luchadores' personal lives, while over looking the mistakes of his own son, Saturno. I don't know how much truth there is to this version of the story, although he was the one who shared the most amount of details, he also had a grudge against Cochis for firing him (and probably altered some of the events for his benefit).
The version I tend to believe the most, is that Cochis was veering off El Diablo's philosophy of training, training luchadores in luchas de cuerdas and lucha aerea without first cementing a strong background in ras de lona wrestling. The were rumors that his students were not as proficient in this kind of training coming from management in La Arena Mexico (where students from Guadalajara once they've trained in El Diablo's school). Based on my own observations, I can say that this is true. At least when it came to ras de lona wrestling, the students at El Diablo's school were much better than the ones from la Arena Roberto Paz. One of my maestros, Virgo, who strongly believe in El Diablo's philosophy, often complained the the people training cuerdas were not very good at ras de lona wrestling (many of these were students of Cochis).
Side Note: My maestros in Mexico included: El Satanico, Gran Cochisse, Virgo,and Silueta (not to mention countless luchadores who gave me tips everyday and stayed with me after class to teach me cool candados.
Side Note: My maestros in Mexico included: El Satanico, Gran Cochisse, Virgo,and Silueta (not to mention countless luchadores who gave me tips everyday and stayed with me after class to teach me cool candados.
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