Puerto Rico

Welcome to the 12th Puerto Rico Wrestling report from Last Word on Pro Wrestling. On this edition, we’ll preview the upcoming events slated for the island as well as a quick recap of WWC’s latest event. Let’s get right to it. Things are a bit more organized after the March 25th cluster of events as […]

Latin American Wrestling Entertainment. LAWE was a wrestling company that was incorporated officially on March 11, 2021 and unveiled officially in early July of the same year. At first, it was structured with the intention of being a governing body between various wrestling promotions. At the time of incorporation, the International Wrestling Association (IWA) and […]

World Wrestling Council (WWC) held their ‘La Hora De La Verdad’ (The Hour Of Truth) event in the Mayaguez Sports Palace last Saturday in front of an estimated 350 fans. It’s a small increase in attendance. However, it’s a 6,000-seat venue. The event made it very clear that WWC has many long-term booking plans in […]

Savio Vega has been a consistent figure in the world of wrestling since the mid 80’s, especially on the island of Puerto Rico. A figure that first exploded in popularity in 1990 as TNT, being just as popular as Carlos Colon before politics stopped him. He would find his way into the WWF where he […]

This past Friday, it was revealed that Jose Rivera passed away. The news was revealed by one of his sons. Jose Rivera may not be a well known figure to modern people But for the age of the territories of wrestling, Jose Rivera was key in establishing the island of Puerto Rico as a successful […]

Hurricane Fiona has halted several scheduled wrestling events in Puerto Rico. However, it’s very doubtful that the gap before events are back up and running will be as big as the one that came after Hurricane Maria in 2017. No wrestling venues suffered any damage and it all hinges on the status of Puerto Rico’s […]

Originally slated to wrestle in the main event of Orlando “Primo” Colón’s Puerto Rico-based promotion, Latin American Wrestling Entertainment, Santana’s status for the event fell into question following his participation in AEW’s Blood & Guts match last week. Originally, Santana was slated to defend the LAWE Championship against #1 Contender, Pedro Portillo III. Santana Not […]

Announced this past week during WWC’s weekly television program, ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair will be appearing at the company’s 49th Anniversary Event. The main event of the night will see Andrade El Idolo facing Carlito. As such, Ric Flair will be accompanying Andrade, his new son-in-law, at ringside as his second for the bout. […]

During Latin American Wrestling Entertainment’s latest big event, ‘Cima De Campeones’ (Peak Of Champions), one half of Proud N Powerful, Santana, won a tournament to crown the company’s first Heavyweight Champion. The event took place at the sold-out Mario Jimenez Recreation Center in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico in front of an estimated 1,000 fans. The event […]

As previously reported, the 76-year-old Puertorican pro wrestler, Manuel Huertas Gonzalez, better known as Invader #1 has defeated Manny Ferno to become the 80th IWA World Champion. This is his first time holding the championship after various stints with the company dating back to 2003. He has won the WWC Universal Championship in the past. […]

After weeks off due to circumstances out of our control, we’re back to recap what’s going on in the island of Puerto Rico. We have lots of legends coming back to the ring, new programs, and one promotion skyrocketing and being positioned as competition to Smackdown on TV in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Report #8 […]

July 17, 1988 was the darkest day in the history of Puerto Rican wrestling when The Invader #1, backstage at a World Wrestling Council show, allegedly stabbed Bruiser Brody with a knife and killed him. The trial failed to go through when witnesses were strangely summoned past the trial for it and José Huertas González, […]

We’re back to see how things are going on the island of Puerto Rico during the pandemic. On the island, it’s traditional to halt events just prior to Christmas before coming back prior to or on January 6th. The holiday is known as The Epiphany (El Día de Reyes). However, as the Omicron variant caused […]

On January 13, 2022, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) officially celebrates its 50 year anniversary as a pro wrestling company, founded on that day in 1972 by legendary puroresu great, Antonio Inoki. Inoki, one of the star pupils of the father of puroresu, Rikidōzan, created NJPW after departing Rikidōzan’s Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) in controversy the […]

World Wrestling League (WWL) keeps proving that they are the dominant wrestling company in Puerto Rico. WWL had their Destino Final show in Dorado in front of a sold-out crowd – their second this year – and a lot of things happened. Mike Mendoza Injured Destino Final featured three of the best wrestlers in the […]