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1. www.thesportster.com › lucha-libre-why-do-mexicanLucha Libre: Why Do Mexican Wrestlers Wear A Mask? - TheSportster

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   Sep 16, 2022 · Los Ingobernables member Andrade El Idolo, a man who used to wrestle under a mask, always threatens to unmask the brothers, which is a sign of disrespect in Mexican wrestling culture. Wearing masks in lucha wrestling remains an important tradition, one that most wrestlers today still hold in the highest regard.

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3. wrestletalk.com › features › the-history-of-the-luThe History Of The Luchador Mask In Wrestling, Explained

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   Much like we discovered when we looked at the creation of the green mist, lucha masks actually started life as a US export. Now masks have been used in wrestling for over a hundred and fifty years if reports of a “Masked Wrestler” appearing at the 1865 World’s Fair in Porto, Portugal are to be believed. Frenchman Theobaud Bauer was said ...

4. www.cbsnews.com › news › behind-the-mask-of-lucha-libreBehind The Mask Of Lucha Libre - CBS News

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   Jul 2, 2006 · The "Lucha" is for Lucha Libre, Mexican-freestyle wrestling where the combatants wear masks. ... Like some sacred mantle, a mask or a name, he says, often is handed down from father to son.

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6. www.theguardian.com › film › 2018Walk Like a Panther review – Brit wrestling comedy that ...

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   Mar 6, 2018 · Dave Johns in Walk Like a Panther Photograph: Nick Wall/Fox. ... It’s a film about wrestlers: wrestlers like Big Daddy, Mick McManus, Les Kellett and Jackie Pallo, that is, those British grip ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_masked_wrestlersList of masked wrestlers - Wikipedia

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   Wore the "Phantom" mask after he broke his oribtal bone. Tiger Mask I: New Japan Pro-Wrestling: 1981–1984 Japan: Tiger Mask II: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: 1985–1990 Japan: Tiger Mask III: All-Japan Pro Wrestling: 1990–1994 Japan: Tiger Mask IV: New Japan Pro-Wrestling: 1995– Japan: Tinieblas: World Wrestling Association: 1971–2019 Mexico

   Name	Promotion	Years Active	Country
   Abismo Negro	AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	1997–2009	Mexico
   Abyss	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	2002–2019	United States
   Agent Orange	Pacific Northwest Wrestling, Mid-Eastern ...	1983-2011	Canada
   Aldo Montoya	World Wrestling Federation	1994–1997	Portugal

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   Who wore a mask in Lucha wrestling?

   • Soon, wrestlers from Japan and Mexico became as well known for their masked, colorful personalities as they did for their athletic moves. Ironically, the first person to bring masks into lucha wrestling came when an American wrestler named Cyclone McKey worked in Mexico in 1933, wearing a mask and calling himself La Maravilla Enmascarada.

   Lucha Libre: Why Do Mexican Wrestlers Wear A Mask? - TheSportster

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   Why are masked wrestlers so popular?

   • Tony Atlas debuted as the Black Atlas in a feud with Randy Savage around 1976. Wrestling masks also have a significant cultural importance in lucha libre, and puroresu to a lesser extent; famed luchadores such as Blue Demon, Mil Máscaras and El Santo have achieved an almost iconic status in Mexico. In Japan, masked wrestlers are also very popular.

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   Are lucha masks a real thing?

   • Much like we discovered when we looked at the creation of the green mist, lucha masks actually started life as a US export. Now masks have been used in wrestling for over a hundred and fifty years if reports of a “Masked Wrestler” appearing at the 1865 World’s Fair in Porto, Portugal are to be believed.

   The History Of The Luchador Mask In Wrestling, Explained

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   Why do Mexican wrestlers wear masks?

   • However, there is more to the masks in Mexico than just a sign of respect for tradition. The luchador wrestler is more than a professional wrestler to many fans, and for many of the wrestlers who take on the roles. They are superheroes (técnicos) or villains (rudos).

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9. www.tpww.net › 2024 › 03Various: Bryan Danielson on His Arena Mexico Debut & Blue ...

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Bryan Danielson Comments on His Upcoming Arena Mexico Debut for CMLL, Blue Panther Received Approval to Wear His Former Mask CMLL’s Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024 event later tonight in Mexico City, Mexico will be featuring an Eight-Man Tag Team match of Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson) & Matt Sydal vs ...

10. www.ringsidenews.com › 2020/03/09 › excaliburExcalibur Explains Why He Wears A Mask On AEW Commentary

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    Mar 9, 2020 · Some newer fans might like to know why their commentator wears a mask. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Excalibur explained the origin of his mask. He used to wrestle and comes from the lucha ...