Installation view of Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas at Arizona State University Art Museum, October 2022–May 2023 (photo by Tim Trumble) Since the first luchadores put on their masks in the early ...

Phoenix artist Emily Costello has created four new designs for the Arizona Lottery. Each features characters wearing masks associated with a form of freestyle wrestling called lucha libre. Her Mexican ...

For the first time, Mexican wrestling will be showcased at the Comic-Con Museum in a new exhibit: “Sangre, Sudor y Mito: The Art and Tradition of Mexican Lucha Libre.” It debuted Thursday and tells ...

As a child growing up in the Rio Grande Valley, Xavier Garza remembers being mesmerized by reruns of now-classic El Santo movies. Religiously, he followed the exploits and adventures of the legendary ...

There’s ritual, flamboyance, larger-than-life characters and aerobatic maneuvers in the world of lucha libre wrestling. So I went into “La Lucha,” a new immersive, interactive theater production ...

The wrestling may be staged, but the community created by lucha libre is anything but scripted. Lucha libre, or “free fight,” is often known as professional Mexican wrestling, with roots tracing back ...

Stacy Xilom's "Tears of a Clown" is part of the "Lucha Libre 2020" exhibition at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Nan Coulter / Special Contributor Upon entering the “Lucha Libre 2020” exhibition ...

Professional wrestling’s popularity worldwide has lasted for decades, but there’s been a debate growing recently among fans about whether or not it can be considered performance art. But even those ...

"Lucha Teotl" cast member Dylan Cantu as the masked luchador Huitzi, right, goes nose to nose with veteran wrestler Aski the Mayan Warrior, the show's fight coordinator. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...

Luchadores during a kermes at Buena Vista Horace Mann last year. Photo courtesy of Jenny Pritchett. Mexican and Bay Area luchadores are taking the ring on Saturday afternoon at Buena Vista Horace Mann ...