A look at why the unmasking of one of the biggest stars in lucha libre history, El Santo, was such a tragic moment for lucha ...

While El Santo’s trademark silver mask is known by wrestling fans around the world, but it wasn’t his first. After trying to wrestle as El Hombe Rojo, El Demonio Negro, ...

In this Sept. 3, 2017 photo, a family wearing lucha libre masks pose at the El Santo photo exhibit in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. Although he was not the first luchador to wear a mask, ...

El Santo is, perhaps, the most famous grappler in the history of lucha libre. WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero once wrote that “Calling him a legend doesn’t even do justice to how big he was.

The original mask of mexican wrestler El Santo is displayed inside a glass case on Dec.18, 2015 at the Mexican Antique Toy Museum in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Miguel Tovar/LatinContent/Getty ...

Since inheriting his father’s silver mask in the early 1980s and transforming himself from the less-colorful El Korak into El Hijo del Santo, he has become the official keeper of his dad’s ...

Like his comic book forebears, El Santo never took off his mask in public, ever. If he was on his way to wrestle in California (where he was a huge star to the Spanish population), ...

El Santo, meaning "The Saint," is a well-known Mexican professional wrestler and movie star. He was born on September 23, 1917 in Mexico and passed at the age of 66 on February 5, 1984 from a ...

Friday’s Google Doodle honors “El Santo,” or The Saint, the legendary silver-masked Lucha Libre fighter who wrestled for nearly five decades and is considered one of Mexico’s greatest ...

His masks use famous designs associated with legendary Lucha Libre stars, including El Santo and Blue Demon, and sell for 150 Mexican pesos (£5) each. They are receiving orders from all over ...

In this Sept. 3, 2017 photo, a family wearing lucha libre masks pose at the El Santo photo exhibit in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. Although he was not the first luchador to wear a mask, ...