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 Have you been caught in the grip of Masked Wrestling mania yet? Well it’s only a matter of time, as the Lucha Libre phenomenon is all set to slam you on the mat!
Join Rikochet at the Foremost World Renowned International School Of Lucha where he and his best friends, Buena Girl and The Flea have enrolled to learn the way of the Masked Wrestler. Rule number one – never remove your mask. Rule number two – get an awesome ‘signature move’ to whup the competition.
The daily routine of a masked wrestler is one filled with discipline...and doughnuts. Rikochet's exhausting schedule includes fending off the terrifying headmistress out to strike him a ‘fall’, surviving encounters with deranged school friends and wedgie-waging thugs from the rival Hairy Knuckle Academy and using any spare time to study and live by the bulging Code of the Masked Wrestling Bible. This barely leaves him energy at the end of the day to indulge in his beloved doughnuts!
Guided by the motto, ‘Honour, Family, Tradition… and Doughnuts!’ young Rikochet burns to be a Mucha Lucha Champ hotter than a mouthful of Tabasco. Impatient to develop his masked wrestling skills Rikochet’s only capable of learning through his mistakes and at the rate he gets into trouble that’s a pretty steep learning curve.
Whether searching for his mask, creating that all-important signature move or piling on the weight to fight three masked wrestlers at once, Rikochet is determined to show the ‘Foremost World Renowned School Of Lucha’ he’s got what it takes to be a major masked wrestler like his hero El Ray. Unfortunately this usually involves biting off more than he can chew and recruiting fellow students The Flea and Buena Girl to untangle the mess. Luckily, behind the mask Rikochet’s a resourceful little Luchador with a sense of sportsmanship, fair play and best of all, a butt-slamming signature move – ‘The Pulverising Pinball!’
Freakiness is the norm at the School of Lucha but The Flea still stands apart on a bold new frontier of weirdness. With a signature move just too disgusting for words it’s clear The Flea doesn’t know the meaning of the word Fear… or the words ‘personal hygiene’ and ‘fresh underwear’.
Hanging onto reality by the tips of his dirty little fingernails The Flea’s a twitching bundle of nerves, flying off into his own fantasy world at the slightest provocation. Though in his fractured mind he’s the most dependable, trustworthy friend Rikochet or Buena Girl could wish for, in reality he’s often as helpful as a wet tissue water bottle. However due to his loyalty Rikochet considers The Flea the cleanest dirty wrestler there is; plus with him around there’s always something to laugh at.
‘Everything’s Buena!’ Whilst Rikochet’s guided by machismo and The Flea dances to his own loco Flamenco, Buena Girl is by comparison the level-headed brains of the gang; helping make Rikochet’s crazy plans a reality. Buena Girl’s studiously memorised every commandment from the Code Of Masked Wrestling, and with killer moves such as ‘The Buena Bulldozer Of Truth’ woe betide anyone who breaks them. Buena Girl also loves reading (about wrestling), talking (about wrestling) and working out (in preparation for wrestling). All in all she’s a streamlined Masked Wrestling machine focused on maximum efficiency. So what’s she doing with Rikochet and The Flea?
When other kids are listening to their hearts Rikochet’s forced to endure the over zealous gung-ho rants of El Rey, a six inch plastic action figure of the greatest Masked Wrestler that ever donned spandex. Making his home in Rikochet’s magical backpack El Rey appears on the young wrestler’s shoulder in times of trouble, unhelpfully screaming, “You’re a DISGRACE!” in Rikochet’s ear at full, wax-busting volume. |
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