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In the early 1960s, a female wrestler called "La Novia del Santo" (Spanish for "the Bride of El Santo") worked the Mexican circuit. Under the silver mask was Irma González, a well-known wrestler who had promised her fiancé that she would stop wrestling, but went back in the ring under a mask when she could not resist the draw of competition ...
The Masked Canadian: National Wrestling Alliance: 1975 United States [2] [14] The Masked Crusader: Maple Leaf Wrestling: 1973 Canada: The Masked Crusader was unmasked by The Sheik in 1973. He continued wrestling under a mask as one-half of The Crusaders with Crusader#2 until again being unmasked by The Sheik a year later. [5] The Masked Destroyer
Star Black (born October 18, 1993) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked ...
Ten years later, Santo was a beloved household name, despite being a rudo ("bad guy wrestler"), and he was asked by José G. Cruz to star in a television serial named El Enmascarado de Plata, in order to capitalise on his popularity and change his image into that of a técnico ("good guy wrestler"). Santo declined as he feared that it would not ...
From the glory days of the Olympic Auditorium to Rey Mysterio's WWE Hall of Fame induction at Wrestlemania 2023, here's a brief history of lucha libre in Los Angeles.
In the following years El Signo primarily worked on the Mexican independent circuit, wrestling other wrestlers who were considered "Old School", wrestlers who made their debut in the mid-1980s or before. He had a number of matches against Villano III, including at least two occasions where he lost a Luchas de Apuestas against him. [20]
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 ...
Alejandro Cruz Ortiz (May 3, 1921 – March 8, 2007) was a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler), known worldwide as Black Shadow (Spanish: Sombras). Cruz's mask vs. mask match against El Santo in 1952 is generally considered one of the most important matches in the history of Lucha Libre. [ 1 ]