Lucha Libre wrestlers fight as the referee looks on during a Lucha Libre event in Puebla Arena in Puebla Mexico

---

Lucha Libre wrestlers Nitro and Starman fight as the referee looks on during a Lucha Libre event in Puebla Arena in Puebla Mexico July 24 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.

---

Size: 5575px × 3699px
Location: Puebla de Zaragoza Puebla Mexico
Photo credit: © Chico Sanchez / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, angeles, arena, color, colour, de, entertainment, fight, fighter, fighting, free, horizontal, indoors, interior, journalismcollection, lib, libre, los, lucha, mask, mexican, mexico, nitro, north, puebla, recreation, referee, show, spectacle, sports, starman, state, wrestlers, wrestling, zaragoza