Step into the ring at the Comic-Con Museum's newest exhibit, "Sangre, Sudor, y Mito: The Art and Tradition of Mexican Lucha Libre," opening Thursday, May 22, in Balboa Park.

Mexican wrestling is on display at the Comic-Con Museum with the exhibit Sangre, Sudor y Mito: The Art and Tradition of ...

Lucha Libre, the colorful and high-energy form of Mexican wrestling, is more than just a sport — it’s a cultural phenomenon. ...

It isn’t just the masks that made the wrestlers. As Magno, explains, it’s that sense of awe that makes lucha libre so appealing to both hardcore wrestling fans and unfamiliar eyes.

The show highlights “the art and tradition of Mexican lucha libre.” It begins Thursday ... a prominent local female wrestler. Authentic masks from different eras, championship belts, elaborate ...

If you wrestle for WWE, you’re not necessarily performing for millions on Raw and Smackdown every week. NXT is the ...

Reynoso’s Optika Moderna and presented in collaboration with San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art, where it will ... outfitted with hundreds of lucha libre masks. The visor I was wearing ...

She followed them into arenas, their dressing rooms and their homes and to their regular jobs, rarely depicting them without the signature lucha libre masks that ... in visual arts in 1960.

THE MASK IS WELL RESPECTED IN LUCHA LIBRE. IT’S MORE THAN A SPORT. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO AND ENJOY IT AS A FAMILY. THE WAY I DID IT. YOU KNOW, IT’S. IT’S BEAUTIFUL. IT’S. IT’S ART.

KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando got a behind ... We have had folks in Lucha Libre masks come through. It's also been interesting to see some people do show up to the show expecting something ...

Initially drawing mainly from the area's lucha libre talent (theatrical wrestlers with colorful masks and high-flying moves), the program has kept its moniker while expanding its scope to include ...

Adrienne “Brush Breaker” Berkland is ready to defend her title as reigning champion of the SOY X SOY Art Rumble next Saturday ...