Masked Wrestlers
A wrestling mask is a fabric-based mask that some Professional wrestling, professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Mexican professional wrestling. History At the 1865 International Exhibition, 1865 World's Fair, Theobaud Bauer debuted the mask, wrestling as "The Masked Wrestler" in Paris, France, Paris, France. He continued wrestling using the mask throughout France as part of a circus troupe in the 1860s before moving on to the United States in the early 1870s. December 14, 1874, The Charlotte Democrat reported on an interesting story from Bucharest Romania about an open challenge made by local wrestler, Jules Rigal being accepted by a gentleman wishing to remain anonymous. The gentleman was a masked wrestler named "The Great Unknown," and rumored to have been Prince Stourja, a Moldavian nobleman ...
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Lucha Masks
Lucha is Spanish for "fight" or "struggle". It may refer to: * Wrestling, a martial art that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques * Lucha libre, a style of predetermined professional wrestling originating in Mexico * ''Lucha Underground'', an American-Mexican television series which aired on El Rey Network * ''Lucha'', a publication by the Communist Party of Labour in the Dominican Republic * Lutte Pour Le Changement, a civil rights organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo also known as "LUCHA" {{disambig ...
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