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The Universal Wrestling Association ( UWA ) was a Mexican " Lucha Libre " or ___MASK7___ based in Naucalpan , Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995 . The name of the actual promotion was Lucha Libre Internacional ( LLI ) (" International wrestling ") but outside of Mexico it is generally referred to as the UWA as it was the name of the fictional international sanctioning body that in storyline terms oversaw all championships promoted by the UWA . The company was founded by wrestler and trainer Ray Mendoza , promoter Francisco Flores and investor Benjamín Mora , Jr . as when they broke away from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre to form their own promotion . The company had working agreements with wrestling promotions both in the United States and Japan as they worked with New Japan Pro Wrestling , the World Wrestling Federation and Japan Women ' s Pro - Wrestling ( JWP ). A ___MASK46___ , or fighting sport , is a competitive contact sport with one - on - one combat . Determining the winner depends on the particular contest ' s rules . In many fighting sports , a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent or by disabling the opponent . Boxing , wrestling , Muay Thai , Tae Kwon Do , ___MASK30___ , Brazilian Jiu - jitsu , Sambo , and Mixed Martial Arts are examples of combat sports . El Hijo del Santo (" The Son of the ___MASK88___ "), is a Mexican ___MASK91___ , political activist , and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre . He is the youngest son of El Santo , the legendary ___MASK91___ , film actor , and Mexican folk ___MASK27___ . Lucha libre ( meaning " Free fight ") is a term used in Mexico for a form of ___MASK95___ developed in the country . ___MASK95___ is an athletic form of ___MASK68___ based on a portrayal of a combat sport . Although the term today refers exclusively to ___MASK95___ , it was originally used in the same style as the American and English term " freestyle wrestling ", referring to an amateur wrestling style without the restrictions of Greco - Roman wrestling . A ___MASK7___ ( also federation or fed ) is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling . " Promotion " also describes a role which entails management , advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event (" see promoter "). Within the convention of the show , the company is a sports governing body which sanctions wrestling matches and gives authority to the championships and is responsible for determining the divisions , rankings , etc . of wrestlers . In truth , the company serves as a touring theatre troupe , as well as event promotion body for its own events . Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices , which are practiced for a number of reasons : as self - defense , ___MASK3___ and ___MASK20___ applications , mental and spiritual development ; as well as ___MASK68___ and the preservation of a nation ' s intangible cultural heritage . Catch wrestling is a classical hybrid ___MASK49___ style that was developed in Britain circa 1870 by J . G . Chambers , then later refined and popularised by the wrestlers of travelling funfairs who developed their own submission holds , or " hooks ", into their wrestling to increase their effectiveness against their opponents . Catch wrestling derives from a number of different styles , the English styles of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling , Cornwall and Devon wrestling , Lancashire wrestling , Irish collar - and - elbow wrestling , Greco - Roman wrestling , styles of the Indian subcontinent such as Pehlwani , Jujutsu and Iranian styles such as Varzesh - e Pahlavani . The training of some modern submission wrestlers , professional wrestlers and mixed martial artists is founded in catch wrestling . Naucalpan , officially Naucalpan de Juárez , is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining State of Mexico . The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means  place of the four neighborhoods or four houses .  de Juárez was added to the ___MASK54___ name in 1874 in honor of Benito Juárez . The history of the area begins with the Tlatilica who settled on the edges of the Hondo River between 1700 and 600 B . C . E ., but it was the Aztecs who gave it its current name when they dominated it from the 15th century until the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire . Naucalpan claims to be the area where Hernán Cortés rested on the  Noche Triste  as they fled Tenochtitlan in 1520 , but this is disputed . It is the home of the Virgin of Los Remedios , a small image of the Virgin Mary which is strongly associated with the Conquest and is said to have been left here . Today , the city of Naucalpan is actually larger than the municipality itself , with part of it extending into neighboring Huixquilucan Municipality . It is a major center of industry in Mexico . It is , however , best known as the location of Ciudad Satélite , a development from the 1960s and the site of the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos bullring , which was recently demolished . The only unurbanized areas of the municipality are the Los Remedios National Park and a number of ejidos , however , the lack of housing has put serious pressure on these areas . In ___MASK95___ , kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as " real " or " true ," specifically the portrayal of competition , rivalries , and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or pre - determined nature of any kind . Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this " reality " within the direct or indirect presence of the ___MASK39___ public . Though the staged nature of ___MASK95___ had been a frequent topic of conversation among the media and public since at least the latter years of the early 20th century , the ___MASK95___ industry did not formally acknowledge this until changes in the business during the 1980s ___MASK95___ boom prompted attitudes within the business to change . In 1989 , World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon testified before the New Jersey state senate that wrestling was staged . Long sanctioned by New Jersey and other states as an athletic exhibition for regulation and taxation purposes , McMahon sought to eliminate oversight , and hence taxation , on the WWF ' s house shows and pay - per - view events held within the state . ___MASK95___ is a dramatized athletic performance inspired by competitive combat sports . Taking the form of live events held by touring promotions , it is a unique style of combat based on a combination of adopted styles , which include classical wrestling , catch wrestling and various forms of martial arts , as well as an innovative style based on ___MASK49___ ( holds / throws ), striking , and aerialism . Various forms of weaponry are sometimes used . The content  including match outcomes  is choreographed and the combative actions and reactions are performed to appear violent without injuring the wrestlers . Before the 1980s , these facts were kept highly secret , after which they were openly declared . By and large , the true nature of the content is ignored by the performing promotion in official media in order to sustain and promote the willing suspension of disbelief for the audience by maintaining an aura of verisimilitude . ___MASK42___ communications by individual wrestlers and promotions through outside media ( i . e ., interviews ) will often directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the spectacle , making the predetermined nature of the sport something of an open secret . The presentation of scripted events as legitimate is known as " kayfabe ". José Díaz Velázquez ( July 6 , 1929  April 16 , 2003 ) was a Mexican " Luchador ", or ___MASK91___ , better known under his ring name Ray Mendoza . Diaz had great success in the National Wrestling Alliance , where he was a five time World Light Heavyweight Champion , as well as the first Mexican to hold the championship . In 1975 , Diaz helped establish Universal Wrestling Association with Francisco Flores and Benjamín Mora . During his many title reigns , Diaz faced many present or future stars , such as Gran Hamada , Killer Kowalski , John Tolos , El Solitario , Fishman , René Guajardo , Gory Guerrero , El Santo , and Cavernario Galindo . After retiring , Diaz became an actor and appeared in several Mexican films . Mendoza was the father of Los Villanos , Villano I , Villano II . Villano III , Villano IV , and Villano V . The term suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief has been defined as a willingness to suspend one ' s critical faculties and believe the unbelievable ; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment . The term was coined in 1817 by the ___MASK22___ and aesthetic ___MASK71___ Samuel Taylor Coleridge , who suggested that if a writer could infuse a " human interest and a semblance of truth " into a fantastic tale , the reader would suspend judgement concerning the implausibility of the narrative . Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action , comedy , fantasy , and horror genres . Cognitive estrangement in fiction involves using a person ' s ignorance to promote suspension of disbelief . In ___MASK39___ , spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates . Derived in Middle English from c . 1340 as " specially prepared or arranged display " it was borrowed from Old French " spectacle ", itself a reflection of the Latin " spectaculum " " a show " from " spectare " " to view , watch " frequentative form of " specere " " to look at ." The word " spectacle " has also been a term of art in theater dating from the 17th century in English drama . Francisco Flores ( date of birth unknown ) is a former Mexican ___MASK95___ ___MASK9___ who is most known for his part in creating and running the Universal Wrestling Association from the mid - 1970s until the 1990s when it closed down . At one point in time the UWA ' s shows as the Toreo de Quatro Caminos arena were the biggest drawing shows in all of Mexico , putting the UWA in contention for being the biggest wrestling promotion in Mexico at the time . As a ___MASK9___ Flores helped make such wrestlers as El Canek and El Hijo del Santo world - renowned wrestlers .