{"id":1510,"date":"2025-09-26T11:53:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:41:47","slug":"mistico-and-machamp-go-head-to-head-in-a-pokemon-themed-lucha-libre-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/mistico-and-machamp-go-head-to-head-in-a-pokemon-themed-lucha-libre-extravaganza\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistico and Machamp go head to head in a Pok\u00e9mon-themed lucha libre extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crossover we didn\u2019t fully expect to see in 2025 is a Pok\u00e9mon x CMLL lucha libre wrestling event &#8211; but we\u2019re here for it, and it got the crowd going. To celebrate the upcoming Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A, the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre promotion joined forces with GameFreak to bring our favorite \u2018mons into traditional Mexican wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, we saw the reveal of Mega Hawlucha, which Pok\u00e9mon followed up with the announcement of the CMLL collab event in Mexico City on September 25. You can see the full stream below, which we highly recommend, as it&#8217;s a really fun time.<\/p>\n<p>The roster of wrestlers features some impressive names &#8211; all kitted out in Pok\u00e9mon-themed masks and outfits. One of the best luchadores out there, Mistico, made his grand entrance not only decked out in a Hawlucha-themed outfit, but also wearing his classic wings, and striding out to the Halo theme song. Truly excellent vibes all over, if you ask me. He went head-to-head with Hechicero, who chose to represent Machamp &#8211; another very fitting fighting Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on Pocket Tactics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/pokemon-legends-z-a\/cmll-event\">Mistico and Machamp go head to head in a Pok\u00e9mon-themed lucha libre extravaganza<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crossover we didn\u2019t fully expect to see in 2025 is a Pok\u00e9mon x CMLL lucha libre wrestling event &#8211; but we\u2019re here for it, and it got the crowd going. To celebrate the upcoming Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A, the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre promotion joined forces with GameFreak to bring our favorite \u2018mons into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/1511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}