El Dolor de la Luchadora
[Synopsis: Carmen Azteca, a comic relief female wrestler in the luchadora tradition, must endure a spanking from a wrestler playing a hammy villainess, known as a ruda. Will Carmen be unmasked and shamed?] El Dolor de la Luchadora By Yu May Once upon a time, in Mexico, a mysterious luchador known as El Santo appeared in the ring, wearing a silver-white mask. Over the course of his career, Santo would face many worthy opponents, such as Demonio Azul (the “Blue Demon”), Sombras (the “Black Shadow”), and Mil Máscaras (the “Man of a Thousand Masks”). Even after becoming a Mexican folk hero, Santo refused to remove his mask, even in private, to preserve the mystique of his heroic persona, and only revealed his face when he neared the end of his life, as a final farewell to his fans. By the time of his death, the tradition of the masked fighter, el luchador enmascarado , had forever been established in Lucha Libre. And like many wrestlers in the luchador tradition, El Santo’s legacy ...