A wrestler gestures to the crowd during a Lucha Libre event in Arena Mexico, Mexico City
A wrestler gestures to the crowd during a Lucha Libre event in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, July 15, 2008. Lucha libre, meaning "free fight" in Spanish, is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries to refer to a certain form of professional wrestling. Mexico's lucha libre is characterized by fighters wearing masks. The sport became a phenomenon in Mexico in the early 1900s and was made popular in the 1940s by the most famous fighter El Santo, or "The Saint." Photo/Chico Sanchez
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Location: Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Photo credit: © Chico Sanchez / Alamy / Afripics
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