Trainers, a brand new regional is about to powerbomb their way into the ring, Hawlucha is coming!
Starting with the new Season of Rising Heroes, Hawlucha becomes a new regional Pokémon, only available in Mexico. Hawlucha is known as the Wrestling Pokémon, and is 
Hawlucha was announced via the Latin American Pokémon GO App Twitter account with a fun video (shared below) and a wrestling event style poster.
There has been a lot of hype for Hawlucha and their potential in PvP, but unfortunately with it being restricted as a regional, it isn’t going to be accessible to the vast majority of players. Fingers crossed we will see an event that releases it worldwide at some point in the future, as we have many of the other regional Pokémon.
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Este Pokémon siempre adopta una pose justo antes de dar el tiro de gracia 😎
¡Encuentra a Hawlucha en #PokemonGO y vive su aventura en México a partir del 1 de marzo! pic.twitter.com/qYnTs2tdqJ
— Pokémon GO Latinoamérica (@PokemonGoAppLA) February 28, 2023
Hawlucha Stats and Max CP
Hawlucha
Fighting
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| Max CP at Level 40 2410 | Max CP at Level 50 2724 | |||||
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| ATK 195 | DEF 153 | HP 186 | |||
| Weak to | Resistances | ||||
| Fairy Ice Electric Psychic | Ground Bug Grass Dark Fighting | ||||
| Pokédex Entry in Pokémon GO: | Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama. | ||||
Hawlucha Moves
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Niantic have changed the available moves for Hawlucha last minute, removing their ability to learn the type moves Wing Attack and Sky Attack, nerfing some of their PvP potential. We’ll have a full analysis on their PvP viability soon!
Hawlucha Sprites
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Hawlucha is not going to be released as shiny upon their Pokémon GO debut, but when it is, it will be highly sought after. It is a fantastic shiny!