Every luchador is here
because of me.
¡Arriba la raza!
They are all Mexican
diversity hires.
¡Orale!
Me—fifteen-year-old white kid—
would fasten just the top button
of my brother's grunge-days flannel
and bounce in front of the television
before mocking, first my father,
then Keith who always materialized
for Monday Night Nitro, loc'd out.
We didn't know a word of Spanish,
but we were
Bowdy, bowdy and
rowdy, rowdy!
As real as it gets,
we were dripping machismo.
Chris Dolan is the reigning editor in chief of One Fall Review. Logan Garrels and Chris would call each other every Monday night when Konnan made an appearance and scream Spanish words at each other.
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