Little Lucha and The Big Deal is Finally Streaming for that Front Row Experience!

Filmmakers Scarlet Moreno and Josh Stifter are stepping back into the ring as their short film, Little Lucha and the Big Deal, is finally available online. My review can be read here, and it’s a fun nostalgic romp to acknowledge the years when wrestling was more than an escape. It’s a way to recognize what goes on behind the ring. This short film that has lots of hear is now streaming exclusively on GeekTyrant.com (and Vimeo). We also have it linked to watch from the comfort of this post too.

Co-directed by and starring this duo, the short is a larger-than-life love letter to 80s era professional wrestling. The story follows aspiring superstar Little Lucha and his partner The Big Deal, two underdog performers chasing glory inside the ring while wrestling with the realities of life beyond the ropes. It’s a tale built on body slams, big dreams, and the emotional toll that comes with refusing to quit.

“Little Lucha and The Big Deal is one of the most heartfelt films I’ve been a part of creating,” said Moreno. “It’s got an ‘art mirrors life’ aspect for me as it’s a story of two people, nearly at the end of their ropes, doing everything in their power to make a dream come true. And what artist or creative doesn’t know that feeling?”

Framed as both sports homage and creative allegory, the film leans into the grit behind the spectacle. Rather than focusing solely on championship glory, it celebrates the less glamorous side of pursuing the impossible, the setbacks, the sacrifices, and the emotional bruises that accumulate along the way. Between the events taking place on the ring and at a diner, we see a lot of emotion being delivered like that pile-driver no one expects!

“This movie reflects so much of what I love and believe in as an artist,” added Stifter. “The struggles, the joy, the families you form. And wrestling!”

Complete with flamboyant costumes and the exaggerated pageantry that defined wrestling’s 80s boom period, this short functions as both homage and metaphor. Beneath the piledrivers and promos sits a universal question about how far someone is willing to go to realize a dream that may never fully love them back.

“I’m so excited to put this story into the world and see what these larger than life characters elicit from an audience,” Moreno said.

And who knows, maybe this pair will get their big break finally. Sometimes, even the underdogs needs their own story to shine instead of wondering if the WWE will notice.

Little Lucha and The Big Deal (Vimeo)