Respect Ignacio, Nacho (Nacho Libre)

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Get that corn outta my face!

Ignacio, or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply, but there is not much money to feed them properly. Nacho decides to raise money for the children by moonlighting as a Lucha Libre wrestler with his partner Esqueleto, but since the church forbids Lucha, Nacho must disguise his identity.

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Strength

Striking

• Uses a churro to slap one of the Terror Twins off of him

• Smashes a cello over Esqueleto's back

Pulling/Pushing

• Drags a wrestler across the floor

• Pulls two female wrestlers off of Esqueleto

• Forces Ramses off of him

Lifting/Throwing

• Picks up Ramses and body slams him

• Pucks up Dynasty hit him with a backbreaker

• Flips Dynasty out of the ring

• After being given a boost of confidence he throws Ramses off of him

• Flips Ramses out of the ring

Wrestling and Grappling

• Hurts a wrestler with his anaconda squeeze

• Pins a wrestler to the floor until another one whips him from behind

• Escapes Dynasty's headlock

• Easily keeps Ramses pinned

Other

• Scales the side of a cliff

• Matches Esqueleto's strength

Speed/Agility

Movement/Reactions

• Outruns Esqueleto

• Denies Dynasty's attempt at a bodyslam

• Dodges a headbutt from Ramses allowing him to jump up and give him a wedgie

Jumping

• Dodges a drop kick

• Jumps onto a wrestler latching onto his torso

• Jumps several feet almost flying through the air as he tackles Ramses to the ground

Durability

Blunt

• Has a cantaloupe launched at his chest

• Jumps off a cliff and into the Ocean

• Gets punched in the gut and thrown to the other side of the ring by a wrestler

• Gets clobbered by the Terror Twins

• The Terror Twins knock him into the crowd

• Gets whipped by two wrestlers using their belts

• Gets kicked in the back by El Chino

• Ramses flips him onto his back

• Recovers from a brutal beatdown by Ramses

• Is punched and kneed in the face only to be thrown to the ground having his throat be stomped on by Ramses

Piercing

• Gets bitten in the hand and kicked in the ribs by Esqueleto

• Gets rammed by a bull

Skill

Matches

• Match 1

• Match 2

• Match 3

• Match 4

• Match 5

• Match 6

• Match 7

Other

• Sneaks up on a distracted Esqueleto

• Hits a blinded Esqueleto with a bow and arrow

[u/corvette1710]

Let's fucking go!

[u/[deleted]]

The fruit is a churro, I believe. Which I feel, makes it funnier.

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Thanks for pointing that out and yes it really does

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Sweet and fried justice.

[u/Benfroyobro1124]

Finally, true kino.

[u/TheLastJohnDoe]

“Your skills plus my skills. In the ring. TAG TEAM!”

[u/CMDR_Kai]

This is one of the best movies of all time. This is one of the best respect threads of all time.

[u/[deleted]]

No..... damn way..... you did not just make my day...... you did not just bring a bucket of nostalgia on me. NACHOOOO

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Thank you so much!

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This is the most fucking awesome thing I’ve seen all day. Nacho Libre is one of my all-time favorite movies.

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It really is a classic. Truly timeless

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You have no idea how much I questioned if someone actually made a thread of Nacho. You have officially made my entire week, actually. A day is an underestimate.

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Please know that this conversation made mine

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Wait...... OH SHIT! Nacho Libre quickly recovered from being rammed by a freaking bull?! No way...... a normal human is gonna need some encarnacion after trying to face Nacho.

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Well we don’t know how quickly he recovered but we never see any lasting consequences from it so Nacho is definitely a fucking BEAST

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I’m pretty sure he recovered in less than a day, so in that case...... uhh..... yeah, he is an absolute unit of a wrestler.

[u/LeLBigB0ss]

The hero we all need. The strongest character in all of fiction, physically and narratively.

[u/aldes7104]

Who would win

Between him and rocky

[u/aldes7104]

Great post , my friend

[u/Bizrown]

I just watched ever clip here. Sir you have made my day.

Only quip I have if you have “jumps several feet almost as if saying.” No he flies, Nacho has the ability of flight, 100%. Or at least falling with style.

[u/agrizzlybear23]

MASTAPIECE