Then there's the tradition. Enrique Medina is a barber in Los Angeles, a Lucha Libre promoter and at 59 he still wrestles. "I'm not superman, but I fly," he says.

There's a huge circuit in LA called lucha vavoom, which combines Lucha Libre, cabaret, stand up comedy, and these regular events in the Mayan theatre in LA. And they are huge.

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The D-backs and Univision KTVW-TV Channel 33 will pass out lucha libre masks to the first 15,000 fans at the July 7 game against the first place Los Angeles Dodgers.

The new exhibition at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts is titled "La Quebradora." Aficionados of lucha libre will be familiar with the term - it's the wrestling hold that roughly ...

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But for Lucha T.O. events, he re-brands as a tecnico named El Craneo, or The Skull. He dons a black mask and red tights, flexes his muscles and drinks in praise from fans.

“The mask is everything. It’s what drives lucha to another level,” Savinovich said. Lucha libre wrestler Red Viper at a match in Westminster (KDVR) Savinovich wrestled for 20 years.