Just in time for tonight’s Smackdown! taping at the Rose Quarter, the New York Times pens a pretty damn good article about Nacho Libre and Mexico’s lucha libre culture.

In recent years lucha has also become an example of rasquachismo, an essentially indefinable term that describes underdog art containing elements borrowed from other cultures. As an illustration, Professor Martinez mentioned a luchador whose headgear features Aztec and Louis Vuitton designs. There are also luchadores who perform under names like Destructor Nazi (complete with swastika armband), Robot R2 and Ultraman. “Lucha,” Professor Martinez said, “is really an assemblage of a lot of international influences, but the ritual that goes along with it is very Mexican.”