We are here in Tulancingo, Hidalgo home of extreme wrestling in Mexico.
We are going to meet the people that brought this type of wrestling from Japan to Mexico.
Wrestling is one of the most important cultural events in Mexico.
It's a form of entertainment among Mexican families
that has been practiced for more than eight decades.
It's become so popular that they began wearing masks
in the style of American superheroes.
Today, a new style of Japanese wrestling is growing
in Mexico and the US.
Renewing an old tradition with extreme violence.
Ultra-violent wrestling.
Extreme ultra-violent wrestling is a style that unlike traditional wrestling
ends on the first fall.
They use weapons to hurt their opponents.
Thats why wrestlers start the fight with all of their energy.
In Mexico one of the most recognized companies is DTU
or Total ultra-violent disaster.
We are outside of the carwash BM
where one of the first extreme fights took place in the country.
We are going to meet Crazy boy, founder of DTU,
so he can tell us a little bit about the history.
Here is where the total ultra-violent disaster started.
We started almost 10 years ago.
This was a carwash.
And now it's...
the Tulancingo coliseum.
It's here in Tulancingo, Hidalgo where DTU was born.
When I had the chance to travel to Japan.
That is where the style of extreme wrestling is deeply rooted
totally different from what we do here in Mexico.
We started to gather wrestlers who had that style.
Of... of more risky wrestling.
Different types and modules that they could deal with.
Of this new wrestling trend in Mexico.
At that time there was Pesadilla, Aeroboy, Violento Jack.
With whom I started this dream I had, this extreme dream.
To, to create DTU.
I'm Obet, I'm a professional wrestler.
My Dad was a wrestler and I would see him and that's why I wanted to do it.
In this case they come with me
and when they would say; "I want to be in the ring"
Get in, but lets do things right.
Obet started training his kids when they were very young.
They are willing to give up some a aspects of their childhood
to become professional wrestlers.
I started as a traditional wrestler,
classic wrestling.
But, in 2004 when a company with extreme wrestlers came,
it caught my attention.
At the time, nobody was doing extreme wrestling here in Mexico.
I think you don't take care of yourself.
There is no way of how to take care of yourself.
You can see all of the cuts in the arms, face
Those are the consequences.
Arena Fiction is on of the oldest and most important rinks in Mexico.
Tonight DTU is fighting against the American company GCW.
I see you have the weapons here to show me how you use them.
This is a cutter and it has a lot of...
If you are witty you can use it in many ways.
You can use it to cut the forehead, arms.
That's its main use.
-It's pretty dangerous, no?
Yes, you have to be very witty and go crazy in the ring.
These lamps the moment they hit any part of the body,
we mostly use the head.
They explode and the glass flys and it cuts you, cuts you.
Honestly, all of this has its tricks.
It took as years and years to learn it.
We like it too much, we like it too much.
Not just anybody can go in and break a lamp.
They can do it, but it's not the right way to do it
Obviously you are going to get hurt or get cut. You can't get away from that.
But... you try to get the least cuts as possible
and not hurt the audience.
Since your whole family are traditional wrestlers,
What did they say when you told them you wanted to be an extreme wrestler?
I was like, I was like the black sheep of the family.
My grandfather would always say;
"Thats not wrestling, thats bullshit."
"You're going to hurt yourself, you're not going to last."
I had to show myself that I could do this and I could do it right.
And to show them that its not what they thought.
Good or bad I gained my fame in wrestling
I've always thought that you have to sacrifice things
to obtain others that are better or something good.
I've had to sacrifice many family gatherings,
with my daughter.
When you start they pay you very little.
Or sometimes they don't pay.
So yeah, you suffer a lot.
Far away from your family, you don't eat at your regular times.
Because you are traveling. It's very very complicated.
Before starting the match, DTU sells their merchandising and greets their fans.
Something that very few wrestling companies do.
The young wrestlers, Irving and Edwin!
I almost pooped myself, I almost didn't realize.
It's incredible how the ring can change you.
Being in there and feeling free, you are another person.
It's very beautiful.
They'll either clap for you or you'll get your ass kicked.
The smile of a little boy when they take your hand
and tell you that they like how you wrestle.
Thats, thats something incredible.
You can say that at DTU we teach them how to wrestle.
In DTU we aren't their teachers.
But we guide them side by side.
To somehow achieve their goals.
Reach their goals and complete their dreams.
Thats why being in DTU is a dream.
For Cyclope and other extreme wrestlers
pain is a small toll to pay for doing something they love
and to fulfill the passion of the crowd that follows them in every victory.