Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sometimes workers wore masks in one territory and unmasked in another territory in order to keep their two identities separate. Several wrestlers used one or two personas for their entire career such as The Destroyer (1962–1984), Mr. Wrestling (1965–1983) and Masked Superstar (1976–1986). [2]
The wearing of masks has developed special significance, and matches are sometimes contested in which the loser must permanently remove his mask, which is a wager with a high degree of weight attached. Tag team wrestling is especially prevalent in lucha libre, particularly matches with three-member teams, called trios.
A selection of Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) masks sold at stores. A wrestling mask is a fabric-based mask that some professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Lucha Libre in Mexico.
Lucha libre is a unique form of professional wrestling in Mexico that dates back more than 100 years, with Luchadores wearing Spandex costumes and colorful masks. Mexican wrestlers creating ...
Ángel Rebelde (wrestler) El Ángel (wrestler) Aníbal (wrestler) Apocalipsis (wrestler) Hologram (wrestler) Argenis (wrestler) Arkalis; Arkangel de la Muerte; Bob Armstrong; Brad Armstrong (wrestler) Astral (wrestler) Asuka (wrestler) Atlantis (wrestler) Atlantis Jr. Audaz; Australian Suicide (wrestler) Averno (wrestler) Ax (wrestler) Axiom ...
Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets are eight real-life professional wrestlers who wear masks and work under pseudonyms to conceal their true identities. The reason given is that, by explaining wrestling's secrets (known as "breaking kayfabe" within the industry), their livelihood was at risk. The wrestlers are featured in a series of vignettes ...
Mil Máscaras (born Aarón Rodríguez Arellano, July 15, 1942) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) and actor.He is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of the lucha libre tradition in Mexico – along with El Santo and Blue Demon – and has been described as the first international superstar of lucha libre. [1]
Little is known of McManus' career due to McManus often wrestling under masks. He wrestled as "Bruiser" McManus and was a journeyman wrestler. He made appearances as Inferno #3 as early as 1967 for NWA Mid-America and was part of the Infernos team from 1975-1976 in NWA Hollywood Wrestling and in New Japan Pro Wrestling. [20]