Wrestling
Lucha libre: the masks, the arenas, the técnicos and rudos, and the poster art. El Santo, who wore his mask for almost fifty years, removed it on live television in late January 1984 and died a week later, and was buried in it. The photographic record here is thin and the facet is carried by film.
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- - Mil Mascaras battles the unpredictable Cactus Jack. Mil Máscaras faces Cactus Jack, from the WWE archive. Cross-promotion footage survives best where a large company holds the library.
- - CMLL: Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra vs. Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Negro Casas, 2009/03/24. Místico, Volador Jr and La Sombra face Atlantis and Rey Bucanero. La Sombra later worked internationally under a different name.
- - Sensacional de Diseño Mexicano - Explosivo cartel de lucha libre (08/03/2012). Sensacional de Diseño Mexicano examines the lucha libre poster on Canal Once. The hand-lettered fight bill is a graphic tradition in its own right and predates the sport's television era.
- - Max Lucha Libre - Escuela 2012 - Capítulo 4. An episode from a lucha libre training school. Wrestlers train for years before being allowed a professional debut.
- - WWE Classics- HOF: Mil Máscaras. WWE publishes a Hall of Fame piece on Mil Máscaras. He was among the first Mexican wrestlers to build a major career in the United States and Japan.
- - CMLL - El Juicio Final 2011 [Máscara vs Máscara]. CMLL's Juicio Final 2011 mask against mask bout. CMLL is the oldest continuously operating wrestling promotion in the world.
- - ¿Vas a la Arena México? Documental Parte 1. The first part of a documentary asking what going to the Arena México is like. The crowd is as much the subject as the wrestlers.
- - ¿Vas a la Arena México? Documental Parte 2. The second part of the same Arena México documentary. Regular attendance is a family habit passed down in Mexico City.
- - CMLL: Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra vs. Mr. Niebla, Felino, Último Guerrero, 2009/09/01. Místico, Volador Jr and La Sombra against Mr Niebla and Felino in CMLL. Trios pit stables against one another rather than individuals.
- - Documental Lucha Libre Mexicana. A documentary treatment of Mexican wrestling. The masked identity is the element that separates the Mexican form from every other tradition.
- - Mil Máscaras en Lucha Libre. Una Historia Jamás Contada @3museos. Mil Máscaras appears at the museum exhibition in 2013. The name means a thousand masks and he was known for changing them constantly.
- - Conferencia: Mil Máscaras. Exposición Lucha Libre. Una Historia Jamás Contada.. Mil Máscaras speaks at a conference tied to that Nuevo León exhibition. He is among the small number of luchadores who built careers in Japan and the United States as well as Mexico.
- - 5 de abril 2013 / Actividades de Exposición "La Lucha Libre. Una Historia Jamás Contada".. A museum programme accompanying the exhibition La Lucha Libre, Una Historia Jamás Contada in Nuevo León. Museum exhibitions gave the sport its first sustained scholarly treatment.
- - Trailer, El hombre detrás de la máscara. IMCINE releases the trailer for El hombre detrás de la máscara. The national film institute has funded documentary work on the sport's private side.
- - La historia detrás del mito - La Arena México. A programme on the history behind the Arena México. The venue holds roughly 16,000 people and hosts CMLL's Friday cards.
- - Perro Aguayo vs Konan -- Cabellera vs Mascara -- marzo 1991-- Arena México. Perro Aguayo faces Konan with hair against mask in March 1991. Hair and mask can be staked against each other when one wrestler works unmasked.
- - Mil Máscaras vs Canek (por campeonato). Mil Máscaras meets Canek for a championship. Canek's win over Mil Máscaras is one of the most cited results in Mexican wrestling.
- - Documental "y en la otra esquina... " Un apunte audiovisual sobre la Arena México.. An audiovisual note titled y en la otra esquina. Short documentary work often reaches the small arenas that broadcasters skip.
- - La pasión por la lucha libre y la creatividad los llevó a realizar un taller de mascaras. A report on people whose passion for lucha libre led them to make their own work about it. Fan production is a substantial part of the sport's record.
- - Salón de la Lucha Libre Mexicana, Museo del Juguete Antiguo México (MUJAM). Canal Once visits the lucha libre hall at the Museo del Juguete Antiguo México. Toy and mask collections are where much of the sport's material history survives.
- - Documental Lucha libre Mexicana (completo). A complete documentary on Mexican lucha libre. The sport's century in Mexico has produced its own vocabulary, costume and moral code.
- - Atlantis vs Mano Negra, máscara vs máscara. Atlantis against Mano Negra in a mask match. Atlantis built a reputation as a specialist in apuesta bouts.
- - Reportaje lucha libre. A short report on lucha libre. Weekly arena cards remain cheap entertainment in a way televised wrestling elsewhere is not.
- - Conversando con Cristina Pacheco - Canek (05/02/2016). Cristina Pacheco interviews Canek for Canal Once in 2016. Canek held a long career as a técnico and is among the few luchadores to have beaten Mil Máscaras for a title.
- - Mil Máscaras habla del accidente del Hijo del Perro Aguayo. Mil Máscaras speaks about the accident that killed El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. The 2015 death in the ring forced a reckoning over in-ring safety.
- - D Todo - Coleccionista de lucha libre (01/09/2016). Canal Once's D Todo meets a lucha libre collector. Masks, programmes and figures form a collecting field with its own scholarship.
- - "A dos de tres caídas" un documental sobre la historia de la Arena México. A documentary on the history of the Arena México presented by Culturas Veintidós. The building is the largest purpose-built wrestling venue in the country.
- - Blue Panther vs Love Machine, máscara vs máscara, Aqui La Lucha. Blue Panther meets Love Machine in a mask match. Love Machine was the American wrestler Art Barr, who died in 1994.
- - Blue Demon vs El Matemático (máscara vs máscara). Blue Demon faces El Matemático with masks at stake. Archive channels are where mid-century bouts of this kind survive.
- - Mil Máscaras, Canek Y Latín Lover Vs Cibernético, La Calaca Y Pierroth. Mil Máscaras, Canek and Latin Lover face Cibernético and others. Multi-generation cards put veterans alongside current headliners.
- - El Solitario vs Dr. Wagner. Máscara vs Máscara. Aquí La Lucha. El Solitario against Dr Wagner, mask against mask. The elder Dr Wagner was one of the defining rudos of the 1970s.
- - Canek vs Universo 2000, máscara vs máscara. Aquí La Lucha. Canek faces Universo 2000, mask against mask. Losing a mask ends an identity that may have taken a whole career to build.
- - Dr Wagner Jr vs Psycho Clown Mascara vs Mascara Triplemania 25 Lucha Completa. Dr Wagner Jr against Psycho Clown, mask against mask at Triplemanía. The 2017 bout drew one of the largest audiences in modern Mexican wrestling.
- - Mil Máscaras: "Alberto del Río y el Hijo de Dos Caras son ignorantes". Mil Máscaras gives his view on other wrestlers in a Más Lucha interview. Veterans speak freely about the business once they stop working for a promotion.
- - Itinerario - Taller de máscaras de luchador. Canal Once visits a workshop where wrestlers' masks are made. Mask designs are enforced trademarks, so the maker works to a licensed pattern rather than freely.
- - Mil Mascaras Regresa a la Arena Mexico en 2003. Mil Máscaras returns to the Arena México in 2003. Comeback appearances by veterans are a staple of the arena's programming.
- - Mil Máscaras vs Canek. Aquí La Lucha. Mil Máscaras against Canek, presented by a lucha archive channel. The pairing drew crowds for years across multiple rematches.
- - Blue Demon Jr Interview with The Hannibal TV!. An interview with Blue Demon Jr. Inherited identities pass to sons or chosen successors, which keeps names in the ring across generations.
- - Mil Máscaras: “Te voy a decir quiénes son culpables de que no haya más cine de luchadores”. Mil Máscaras names who he blames for the state of the sport. Internal criticism of the promotions is common among retired luchadores.
- - Lucha Libre Patrimonio Cultural de MÉXICO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Lucha Libre AAA marks the cultural heritage declaration on its own channel. AAA and CMLL are the two promotions that hold the rights to most modern footage.
- - Luchas en Zócalo CDMX declarada patrimonio cultural de la humanidad 2018. Wrestling staged in the Zócalo after the heritage declaration. Free public cards in the main square were part of how the city celebrated the designation.
- - Lucha Libre, patrimonio cultural de la CDMX. A short report on the heritage designation for the capital's lucha libre. The city's arenas had been closing before the measure.
- - ¡Gobierno reconoce a la lucha libre mexicana como patrimonio cultural!. Imagen Noticias reports the government recognising lucha libre as cultural heritage. Recognition arrived roughly eighty years after the sport established itself in the capital.
- - Entre rudos y técnicos, la lucha libre es declarada Patrimonio Cultural Intangible de la CDMX. NotimexTV reports the heritage declaration, framing it between rudos and técnicos. The rudo and técnico division is the moral architecture the whole sport runs on.
- - Lucha Libre mexicana declarada patrimonio cultural de la Ciudad de México. A report on lucha libre being declared cultural heritage of Mexico City in 2018. The measure was intended to protect arenas and trades as much as the spectacle.
- - Nombran a la lucha libre como Patrimonio Cultural Intangible de la CDMX. El Universal reports lucha libre named intangible cultural heritage. The newspaper treated it as a civic story rather than a sports one.
- - ¿La lucha más EXTREMA en Triplemanía? | Mercenarios Vs Hermanos Extremos | LUCHA COMPLETA. An extreme match at Triplemanía between Mercenarios and Hermanos Lee. Hardcore stipulations entered Mexican wrestling through AAA in the 1990s.
- - A dos de tres caídas. Arena México. Canal 22 films A dos de tres caídas at the Arena México. Two falls out of three is the standard match format and gives the sport its dramatic shape.
- - Lucha Libre, Patrimonio Intangible Ciudad de México. A segment on lucha libre as intangible heritage of the capital. Mask makers, seconds and arena staff are part of what the declaration covers.
- - The Canek Jr comic at the book fair. The comic Canek Jr by Dan Lee and Raúl Valdés presented at the Café Literario of the international book fair on the Zócalo, 16 October 2019. Mexico City. El Canek was a masked wrestler who held the UWA world heavyweight title through most of the 1980s, and the mask passes down as an inheritance.
- - Dr Wagner Jr Vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr (Máscara Vs Máscara). Dr Wagner Jr against Máscara Año 2000 Jr in an apuesta match. Second-generation wrestlers frequently stake identities their fathers created.
- - ¡La lucha libre: Nuestro Patrimonio mexicano!. The Mexico City government marks lucha libre as heritage. The designation was made in 2018 and covers the practice, not any promotion.
- - Tinieblas en El minuto que cambió mi destino | Programa completo. Tinieblas appears on a programme about a decisive moment in his life. He was among the giants of the 1970s and 1980s scene.
- - Lucha Legendarios (2005 Documentary). A 2005 documentary on legendary wrestlers from the CMLL archive. CMLL was founded in 1933 and has run continuously since.
- - Mascaras y Caballeras (2005 Documentary). A 2005 documentary on masks and hair published by a CMLL archive channel. The promotion's library reaches back further than any other in the country.
- - DOCUMENTAL LUCHA LIBRE MEXICANA. A documentary survey of Mexican lucha libre. The sport arrived from the United States in the 1930s and was reshaped by the mask into something distinct.
- - VERDAD Y FAMA - LA PARKA - DOCUMENTAL. A documentary on La Parka. The original La Parka's skeleton costume became one of the most recognisable designs in the sport.
- - Nuestra Lucha - Largometraje documental. Nuestra Lucha, a feature documentary. Independent filmmakers have covered the sport more consistently than broadcasters.
- - VILLANO III vs ATLANTIS Máscara vs Máscara. Villano III against Atlantis, mask against mask. The 2000 bout is regularly named among the greatest apuesta matches ever staged.
- - DOCUMENTAL Vivir en la lucha libre. A documentary on living inside lucha libre. Most wrestlers hold other jobs and work cards at weekends.
- - Santo contra los cazadores de cabezas - película completa. Santo contra los cazadores de cabezas, complete. Location shooting kept budgets down and gave the series its distinctive look.
- - ¿CÓMO SE HACE UNA MÁSCARA DE LUCHA LIBRE? - Lalo Elizarrarás.. A demonstration of how a lucha libre mask is made. Masks are cut and stitched from synthetic leather to a pattern owned by the wrestler.
- - 62 años de Historia | Documental Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara. A documentary on 62 years of the Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara. Regional arenas sustain the sport outside the capital.
- - DOCUMENTAL - Jerry Estrada - El Puma de Monclova. A documentary on Jerry Estrada, el Puma de Monclova. Careers in the sport often end without pension or medical provision.
- - Documental sobre la historia de la Arena México. The Canal del Congreso publishes a documentary on the history of the Arena México. Legislative broadcasting covered the sport when the capital moved to protect it as heritage.
- - Documental de Máscaras y Cabelleras, en la Lucha Libre Mexicana 🇲🇽 Hazaña El Deporte Vive. A documentary on masks and hair in Mexican wrestling. The two wagers are the sport's oldest dramatic device and long predate television.
- - ¿EL MEJOR DOCUMENTAL DE LUCHA LIBRE? "GLADIADORES EN LA ARENA MEXICANA". A documentary billed as Gladiadores en la Arena. Long-form documentary on lucha libre is scarcer than the sport's cultural weight suggests.
- - El Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro Máscara vs Cabellera 13 de Enero 1991. El Hijo del Santo faces Brazo de Oro in a mask against hair match, published on his own channel. The son took the identity and has defended the mask his father never lost in the ring.
- - Elaboración Máscara Lucha Libre. The elaboration of a wrestling mask filmed in a workshop. A working luchador may go through dozens in a season.
- - Al rescate del patrimonio audiovisual popular mexicano.. The Museo Arocena hosts a session on rescuing Mexican popular audiovisual heritage. Wrestling film and video decayed badly because nobody treated it as worth archiving.
- - Santo en la Venganza de la Momia (1971) | Película Mexicana Completa | Cine Mexicano | Lucha Libre. Santo en la Venganza de la Momia from 1971. The mummy cycle drew on Mexican archaeology for its settings.
- - LA LUCHA LIBRE ES PATRIMONIO CULTURAL DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO/ DOCUMENTAL. A report on lucha libre becoming cultural heritage of Mexico City. The declaration is municipal rather than a UNESCO listing, which is a distinction often blurred.
- - Blue Demon y Zovek En La Invasión de los Muertos - 1973 - English Subs. Blue Demon and Zovek in La Invasión de los Muertos from 1973. Zovek was an escapologist rather than a wrestler, which shows how loose the genre's casting was.
- - Santo y Blue Demon En El Mundo De Los Muertos | Película Completa 4k 60FPS Retro Lucha. Santo y Blue Demon en el Mundo de los Muertos, a full feature. The horror-wrestling hybrid was a Mexican genre with no real equivalent elsewhere.
- - PENTAGÓN JR Vs VILLANO IV MÁSCARA VS MÁSCARA Triplemanía XXX Lucha Libre AAA. Pentagón Jr against Villano IV at Triplemanía XXX, published by AAA. Triplemanía is AAA's flagship annual card and its apuesta match is the traditional main event.
- - La Lucha libre mexicana como industria creativa y su importancia como patrimonio de la Cd. de México. An academic session on lucha libre as a creative industry. University treatment of the sport is recent and follows the 2018 heritage designation.
- - Cassandro El Exótico (Michael Ramos-Araizaga-2010). Cassandro El Exótico, a 2010 documentary by Michael Ramos-Araizaga. Cassandro was among the first exóticos to win major titles rather than serve as comic relief.
- - Los Exóticos (Versión Original Completa). The full documentary Los Exóticos. Exóticos are wrestlers who perform in flamboyantly camp personas, a tradition dating to the 1940s.
- - Aerolínea mexicana bautiza como “Blue Demon” a un avión. A Mexican airline names an aircraft Blue Demon. Masked wrestlers function as national brand figures long after their careers end.
- - Aquí nos tocó vivir - De una a mil noches (16/09/2023). Canal Once's Aquí nos tocó vivir looks at the arena at night. Neighbourhood arenas run weekly cards that have nothing to do with television.
- - ORIZABA: Evento Completo 2023 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. A complete AAA event staged in Orizaba, Veracruz. Touring cards take the promotions to cities without a permanent arena.
- - Rudos vs Tecnicos (2004 Documental). A 2004 documentary on rudos and técnicos from the CMLL archive. Every card is built on that division and audiences take sides accordingly.
- - Reportaje: Lucha Libre en la Arena México I Once Niñas y Niños. Once Niñas y Niños reports from the Arena México for a young audience. The arena opened in 1956 and remains the CMLL's home building.
- - El Fin de un Ídolo: La Conmovedora Historia de Blue Demon. A biography of Blue Demon told as the end of an idol. His identity stayed protected in public throughout his working life.
- - Documental completo | La lucha libre en México, vida y dolor en el ring de técnicos y rudos. Azteca Noticias publishes a documentary on the life and pain of wrestling in Mexico. Injuries and low pay sit behind the spectacle.
- - Santo y Blue Demon Vs Drácula y El Hombre Lobo (1973) | Película Clásica Mexicana. Santo y Blue Demon vs Drácula y el Hombre Lobo from 1973. Pairing the two biggest masked stars was the commercial logic of the later films.
- - MÁSCARA VS MÁSCARA: Batman vs Niño Torta | PANTHERMANÍA VIII | Lucha completa. A mask against mask match between Batman and Niño Torta. The apuesta match is the sport's highest stake: the loser is unmasked permanently.
- - Mano a mano: Místico vs Volador Jr. | Arena Puebla | Lucha completa | 22-Marzo-2010 #MásLuchaRETRO. Místico faces Volador Jr one on one at the Arena Puebla. The rivalry has run across two decades and several promotions.
- - LOS CAMPEONES JUSTICIEROS 1971 Pelicula completa de luchadores. Los Campeones Justicieros from 1971, complete. Team-up films gathered several masked wrestlers into one cast.
- - Todas las películas del Santo - Parte 1. The first part of a survey of every Santo film. He made at least 53 films between 1958 and 1982, an output no other wrestler approached.
- - Todas las películas del Santo - Parte 2. The second part of the same filmography survey. The Santo pictures were shot fast and cheap and exported across Latin America.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: La Trayectoria Fílmica de El Santo. - Parte 3. A study of El Santo's film career, first instalment. His comic ran from 1952 to 1987, thirty-five years continuously.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: La Trayectoria Fílmica de El Santo. - Parte 4. The second instalment on El Santo's filmography. The films made a wrestler into a national figure without ever showing his face.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: La Trayectoria Fílmica de El Santo. - Parte 5 / FINAL. A third instalment tracing El Santo's screen work. His debut in the ring was in 1934 or 1935, with sources disagreeing.
- - La Historia del Santo. A short history of El Santo. Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta adopted the Santo persona on 26 July 1942, at the age of 24.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: La Trayectoria Fílmica de Blue Demon - Parte 1. A survey of Blue Demon's film career. He appeared in dozens of features, second only to El Santo in output.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: Todas las películas de Blue Demon - Parte 2. A catalogue of Blue Demon's films, first part. The wrestling cinema cycle ran roughly from the late 1950s into the early 1980s.
- - Cine y Lucha Libre: Todas las películas de Blue Demon - Parte 3 / Final. The second part of the Blue Demon filmography. The films were often shot back to back with the same crews and sets.
- - Mil Máscaras, Jefe Tiburón en Japón. Mil Máscaras appears as Jefe Tiburón in Japan, from his official channel. Japanese promotions imported Mexican masked wrestlers from the 1970s onward.
- - Bajo la Máscara Azul: La Historia de Blue Demon. The story of Blue Demon under the blue mask. Blue Demon was El Santo's principal rival and later his most frequent screen partner.
- - Especiales del Once - Lucha libre, nostalgia y lo que viene (06/05/2025). An Especiales del Once hour on lucha libre, its nostalgia and its future. The sport has survived television, the collapse of the film cycle and the rise of foreign promotions.
- - LUCHA COMPLETA: Octagón & El Hijo del Santo vs. Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero: When Worlds Collide 1994. Octagón and El Hijo del Santo against Art Barr and Eddie Guerrero, published by WWE. The 1994 rivalry is among the most admired tag feuds in the sport's history.
- - Las Tóxicas vs Las de Rancho | Lucha completa | La Batalla Final 2025. Las Tóxicas against Las de Rancho in a complete match. Women's wrestling in Mexico was banned in the capital for decades and only returned in the 1980s.
- - Hagamos que Suceda - Orgullo y tradición: la lucha libre mexicana (20/09/2025). Canal Once devotes an episode to Mexican lucha libre as pride and tradition. The Mexico City government declared it intangible cultural heritage of the capital in 2018.
- - CMLL “Místico, Atlantis JR. Y Titán VS Soberano JR., Euforia Y Mephisto” PELEA COMPLETA. Místico, Atlantis Jr and Titán against Soberano Jr and Euforia in CMLL. Místico is the stage name that made the modern high-flying style commercially central.
- - CMLL “Místico, Máscara Dorada Y Neón VS Volador JR., Magnus Y Rugido” PELEA COMPLETA. Místico, Máscara Dorada and Neón against Volador Jr and others in CMLL. The trios match is the standard format of a CMLL card.
- - Cine de luchadores : La venganza del Huracán Ramírez (1967) ep. 9. A note on La venganza de Huracán Ramírez from 1967. The character is unusual for having moved from screen to arena rather than the other way.
- - LUCHA COMPLETA: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. El Mesías en Héroes Inmortales | Lucha Libre AAA. Dr Wagner Jr faces El Mesías at Héroes Inmortales, published by AAA. The annual card is one of the promotion's fixed events.
- - LUCHA COMPLETA: La Parka vs. L.A. Park en Triplemanía | Lucha Libre AAA. La Parka against L.A. Park at Triplemanía. Two wrestlers using versions of the same skeleton identity fought a long legal and in-ring dispute over it.
- - Especiales del Once - Lucha libre, nostalgia y lo que viene. Canal Once returns to the subject later in 2025. Public broadcasting treats lucha as a cultural institution rather than as sport coverage.
- - El Santo Contra el Vampiro | Película Completa | Cine Mexicano. El Santo contra el Vampiro, presented complete. The films pitted a real working wrestler against monsters drawn from Universal horror.
- - Lucha libre en sábado CDMX: Es en la Arena Coliseo (Guía 2026). A guide to Saturday wrestling at the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. The Coliseo is the older of the capital's two principal buildings.
- - Mil Máscaras contra la Llorona | Película Clásica Mexicana | Cine Clásico. Mil Máscaras contra la Llorona, a full feature. The Llorona is a folk figure the wrestling films borrowed repeatedly.
- - Luchadores Contra Las Momias | Película Completa | Cine Mexicano. Luchadores contra las momias, a full feature from the cycle. Wrestling films filled Mexican cinemas for two decades after the Golden Age ended.
- - LUCHA COMPLETA: L.A. Park vs. Psycho Clown vs. Penta vs. Fantasma | Máscara vs. Máscara, Triplemanía. L.A. Park, Psycho Clown, Penta and Fantasma in an AAA match. The modern main event style favours four-way matches over single bouts.
- - LUCHA COMPLETA: Cibernético vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. vs El Mesías | AAA Verano de Escándalo 2009. Cibernético against Dr Wagner Jr and El Mesías in an AAA triple threat. Multi-man matches became an AAA signature.
- - BLUE DEMON VS EL SANTO: en 1953 le quitó el título, dos derrotas seguidas que nadie esperaba. An account of Blue Demon taking a title from El Santo in 1953. The rivalry was the sport's central storyline for two decades.
- - HURACÁN RAMÍREZ Y LA MONJA NEGRA | Película Completa Español Latino |. Huracán Ramírez y la Monja Negra, complete. Huracán Ramírez began as a film character before real wrestlers took the identity into the ring.
- - Cómo fue el funeral de EL SANTO tras su terrible muerte "EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA" (1984). An account of El Santo's funeral. He was buried in the mask in accordance with his wishes, with roughly 10,000 people at Mausoleos del Ángel in Mexico City.
- - Cómo fue el funeral de BLUE DEMON tras su terrible muerte "LA LEYENDA AZUL” (2000). An account of Blue Demon's funeral. Like El Santo he was buried masked, which has become the expected end for a career-long masked wrestler.
- - Así Fue el Último Día de EL SANTO: el INFARTO en pleno ESCENARIO que Estremeció a México (1984). An account of El Santo's last day. He unmasked on the television programme Contrapunto in late January 1984 and died a week later, on 5 February 1984.
- - Máscaras que transforman: de las danzas tradicionales a la lucha libre | Reportaje. Culturas Veintidós traces masks from traditional dance to lucha libre. Masked performance in Mexico long predates the wrestling ring and the lineage is not merely decorative.
- - EPISODIO COMPLETO: Lucha Libre AAA: Agosto 22, 2026. A full AAA episode from August 2026. Weekly television is how the modern promotions reach audiences beyond the arenas.
- - Así Era la Vida de BLUE DEMON: De Niño Pobre en Nuevo León a Leyenda Invicta del Ring. An account of Blue Demon's early life in Nuevo León. He came out of the northern industrial working class, as many luchadores of his generation did.
- - EPISODIO COMPLETO: Lucha Libre AAA: Septiembre 5, 2026. A complete AAA television episode from September 2026. AAA was founded in 1992 as a breakaway from CMLL and built a more televisual style.
