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<a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-8/">Real, live luchadors will take control of downtown Tulsa this weekend at Luchapalooza</a>, which is pretty much the most exciting smack-down event of the entire freaking century.

Starting on Saturday at 5pm, Luchapalooza goers can get choke holds, DDTs, elbow drops, clotheslines and so, so much more on Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The event packs a dozen fights in all, including title matches and the awarding of big, beautiful, shiny championship belts.

Boston will be closed to make room for the ring and tons of entertainment, including plenty for the kiddos to do between 5-8pm. Fights continue until midnight.

<a href="http://elotetulsa.com/news-events">Get the line-up of matches here</a>, and you can get to know the contenders <a href="http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores/getting-to-know-your-luchadors">here</a>.

In anticipation of this mega-event, I snagged one of my very favorite of Tulsa's luchadors for a little Q&amp;A. What follows is my exchange with none other than Killa Whatt, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457">who will shed his domestic routines and antics</a> to put the smack down on downtown and the luchador El Tluacuache Saturday night.
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<strong>TDT:</strong> Were you born in a luchador mask, cape and studly stretchy pants, or did some tragic and catastrophic life event propel you into your life as a luchador?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I was born from a great storm in Ampere, a small village under the rule of a wicked baron. For years, the baron had trampled the people of Ampere under his boot of oppression. One night a powerful thunderstorm rolled through the land. A flash enveloped the sky and a spear of lightning so brilliant that it could only have been hurled straight from the hand of God struck the pole of a tent, throwing everyone inside to the ground. The bolt swam through the air at ferocious speed, darting from guard to guard until it had reduced their rifles to so much slag.

A second bolt of lightning landed at the foot of the baron, knocking him on his prodigious buttocks. A ball of crackling energy emerged from the stricken floor, slowly taking the form of an almost too-perfect man. A scream of justice erupting from his lips, the storm-born hero called down the fury of the tempest, and immediately a wave of electricity charged through the clouds, tearing through the wretched ruler until only a charred mass of burning flesh remained.

The people, eager to know their savior, scrambled toward him to glimpse his face. But the hero, knowing that the sheer power of purity and justice emitting from his naked visage would blind the poor townspeople, quickly grabbed a nearby banner and wrapped it around his head in the form of a mask, its tail forming a cape, whipping in the wind behind him. As the villagers reached out to kiss the hands and grasp the cape of their liberator, he called out "Justice has been served! You are free!" Then he vanished in a flash of light and static, and the people heard the name Killa-Whatt echoing on the whispering wind.

The studly stretchy pants came later.
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<strong>TDT:</strong> What's your winning/signature move?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Shocker. Being 100% pure electricity, I’m able to jolt my opponents at will.
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<strong>TDT:</strong> What is your favorite food at Elote?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Fish Tacos.

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<strong>TDT:</strong> The pint-sized one who appears in some of the photos/videos on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457">your Facebook page</a> - is he your sidekick, or is he a luchador in training?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Gigga-Whatt is still in training, which is why he remains mask-less. However, I named him Gigga-Whatt because I know that one day he will become so powerful that he will surpass Killa-Whatt.

<strong>TDT:</strong> Boxers or briefs?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Boxers
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<strong>TDT:</strong> Who is your luchador inspiration?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Opossum. For a rodent, he has mastered a great many fighting styles. Which is why it will be bitter sweet when I destroy him Saturday at Luchapalooza.

<strong>TDT:</strong> Describe your luchador training. Any tips or tricks?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I regularly shadow-box electrical panels and suck on jumper cables. Plus Gigga-Whatt keeps me on a tight training schedule.

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<strong>TDT:</strong> How does one choose a luchador name? Any special meaning behind your luchador moniker?

<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Omega symbol that I wear symbolizes everything encompassed - all electrical calculations. By day I dawn the guise of an average electrician.
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>TDT:</strong> If you could be any kind of animal, what kind of animal would you be?</p>
<strong>K-Dub:</strong> An electric eel, of course.

<em>All photos courtesy of Killa Whatt. While feisty, he is also generous.</em>