Super Libre

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Super Libre is a no disqualification match. To give the wrestlers complete freedom, the referee(s) for the match will traditionally stand outside the ring, leaning in under the bottom rope to count pinfalls or submissions.

Dates back to 1934 at the Old Arena Mexico, the first match billed as a Super Libre having taken place on either June 14, when Charro Aguayo defeated Jack Morgan, or July 6, when Tigre Morgan in-turn defeated Charro Aguayo.[1]

In the 1980s, LLI (aka UWA) coined Lucha Estilo Toreo ("bullfight-style fight") to denote their own relaxed-rules stipulation, as their main venue was the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos bullring in Naucalpan. LLI generally had a less conservative approach to lucha libre than CMLL, with a lot more blood & brawling. So referees were not expected to stand outside. It is sometimes used in modern lucha on indie shows.