One last bash at the Mayan for Lucha VaVoom

The wrestling and burlesque group will say farewell to club, closing next month.

- BY CARLOS DE LOERA

ELANA MARIE For De Los; photos from Luche VaVoom de La Liz

Absurdity. Extravagance. Fashion. Mystique. Physique.

These are the shared ingredients that make up the seemingly incongruous pairing of lucha libre and burlesque that local company Lucha VaVoom de La Liz has offered the public for over two decades at downtown L.A.’s the Mayan theater.

That run will come to an end at 8 p.m. on Friday with VaVoom’s “The Good, the Bad and the Fabulous” showcase. While the cadre of talent at VaVoom is here to stay, the Mayan is permanently closing its doors at the end of September after 35 years under its current management.

The 98-year-old venue's shuttering was announced in a social media post in July. Its president, Sammy Chao, shared a statement with The Times about its closing.

“The past five years have delivered an unrelenting barrage of adversity,” wrote Chao. “We've done everything possible to stay afloat, adapt and serve, but the path forward has been eroded beyond recognition. We have given this business everything we have — and more —and come this far, so the decision to close is not so much one of defeat, but of necessity and truth.”

But worry not, lucha lovers: Lucha VaVoom is determined to send the DTLA staple out with a bang.