{"id":247664,"date":"2026-04-13T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/247664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:17:07","slug":"lucha-libre-event-in-east-el-paso-raises-funds-for-best-friends-forever-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/247664\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucha libre event in East El Paso raises funds for Best Friends Forever association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 High-flying lucha libre took over East El Paso over the weekend, drawing families for a community event that organizers said was aimed at giving back.<\/p>\n<p>The community gathered for a family-friendly show benefiting the Best Friends Forever association. Fans watched an action-packed card featuring masked luchadores, with high-flying moves and crowd-pleasing moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important to help out the community first of all. We gotta help El Paso, we gotta help each other. So we\u2019re always trying to see who we can help, what organization,\u201d said El Dragon, a professional wrestler. \u201cAlso Lucha Libre is part of the culture, part of the tradition here in El Paso so we have to support that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by God of the Ring, bringing the community together not only for entertainment but also to support the cause.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/utep-dance-team-wins-national-title-at-nda-college-nationals-in-daytona-beach?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UTEP dance team wins national title at NDA College Nationals in Daytona Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 High-flying lucha libre took over East El Paso over the weekend, drawing families&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-247664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}