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Por: Aramis Lim\u00f3n Vel\u00e1zquez\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decidir entre no cenar y lanzarme al centro de Pachuca<\/strong>, y por pura casualidad \u2014al cumplea\u00f1os de un amigo\u2014 termin\u00e9 en la Arena Afici\u00f3n<\/strong>, buscando no tanto comida, sino un respiro. Algo que tragar.<\/p>\n

Y ah\u00ed estaba: un martes cualquiera a las ocho de la noche, con la lluvia todav\u00eda cayendo y la gente empapada aferr\u00e1ndose a entrar al recinto. \u00bfLa raz\u00f3n? Una funci\u00f3n que ya parec\u00eda hist\u00f3rica, al menos para Pachuca: luchadores que estaban a punto de despedirse de M\u00e9xico para irse a la WWE. En la cartelera brillaban nombres que ya son casi leyenda: Mr. Iguana, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner, Ni\u00f1o Hamburguesa y Psycho Clown.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lo primero que sorprende en la Arena Afici\u00f3n<\/strong> no es el ring ni las luces ni las butacas (muy dif\u00edcilmente te van a sorprender), sino el p\u00fablico. La energ\u00eda no se queda en las butacas, se desborda. Gritan, insultan, se meten en el rol como si tambi\u00e9n cobraran por actuar. Una familia entera pintada como Mr. Iguana consigui\u00f3 la foto so\u00f1ada<\/em><\/strong>, mientras los ni\u00f1os imitaban movimientos en el ring vac\u00edo antes de cada pelea. Era martes, s\u00ed, y hab\u00eda escuela al d\u00eda siguiente, s\u00ed, pero el entusiasmo que sent\u00eda no entend\u00eda de horarios.<\/p>\n

El momento m\u00e1s simb\u00f3lico lleg\u00f3 cuando al final, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner y Psycho Clown<\/strong> llevaron la pelea fuera del ring. El primero, como buen villano, romp\u00eda carteles, aventaba refrescos y se mentaba la madr<\/em><\/strong>e con cualquiera que estuviera cerca. El segundo, como el \u201ch\u00e9roe\u201d, intentaba calmar el caos regalando playeras, haciendo payasadas y sonrisas forzadas. Todo estaba coreografiado y, al mismo tiempo, era aut\u00e9ntico: la despedida de dos \u00eddolos que sab\u00edan que esa noche hab\u00eda que darlo todo.<\/p>\n

Pero la joya fue Mr. Iguana. Un luchador muy corporal, casi un acto art\u00edstico<\/strong>. Con contrato firmado rumbo a WWE, podr\u00eda haberse sentido intocable. Pero no: cuando la gente lanz\u00f3 monedas al ring \u2014una tradici\u00f3n reservada para los que empiezan o los que tal vez nunca llegar\u00e1n\u2014 \u00e9l las recogi\u00f3, fingi\u00f3 que una le pegaba en la cabeza y agradeci\u00f3 con humor humilde. El gesto no era chiste, era declaraci\u00f3n: recordar de d\u00f3nde viene, aunque el destino apunte, yo que se, a Las Vegas<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No fueron menos los amateurs o las luchas iniciales: cada lucha fue divertida, con esfuerzo real. El Peque\u00f1o Gok\u00fa<\/strong>, con todo y parodia, el Hachita de Guerra<\/strong>, el Jaguar Azteca<\/strong>, un wey que se llamaba Capibara, todos ellos solo eran carcajadas y aplausos, al menos con los amigos con los que iba. La Arena Afici\u00f3n se sinti\u00f3 viva otra vez, despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de estar apagada.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Y si, la lucha libre mexicana<\/strong> est\u00e1 regresando. Ll\u00e1menle moda si quieren, pero no es poca cosa que una tradici\u00f3n tan arraigada vuelva a juntar familias enteras, ni\u00f1os disfrazados y adultos que por tres horas se permiten gritar<\/strong> lo que callan constantemente. La lucha libre es, al final, una forma de visibilizar el M\u00e9xico que somos: ca\u00f3tico, teatral, sarc\u00e1stico, con h\u00e9roes, villanos y un p\u00fablico que siempre participa. Y bueno se me antojaron uno tacos, pero ya era tarde y ten\u00eda sue\u00f1o. Hab\u00eda tragado cultura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Y ah\u00ed estaba: un martes cualquiera a las ocho de la noche, con la lluvia todav\u00eda cayendo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,35],"tags":[287,288,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-5045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minuto-a-minuto","8":"category-opinion","9":"tag-aramis-limon-velazquez","10":"tag-arena-aficion","11":"tag-buscando-que-tragar"},"yoast_head":"\nArena Afici\u00f3n - El Cardinal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elcardinal.com\/?p=5045\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arena Afici\u00f3n - El Cardinal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Por: Aramis Lim\u00f3n Vel\u00e1zquez\u00a0 Decidir entre no cenar y lanzarme al centro de Pachuca, y por pura casualidad \u2014al cumplea\u00f1os de un amigo\u2014 termin\u00e9 en la Arena Afici\u00f3n, buscando no tanto comida, sino un respiro. 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