Lucha libre – wrestling, Mexican style – is coming to London’s Roundhouse From: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Sitting opposite me in a small, wood-panelled office in his house in the posh suburbs of Mexico City is the country’s most famous lucha libre wrestler, El Hijo del Santo. He is behind an expensive-looking desk, dressed in a smart suit and white shirt. He looks every inch the successful businessman – but his head is completely encased in a silver mask.

The phenomenon that is lucha libre is about to hit London when, on July 4, a clutch of top luchadores – including El Santo – comes to the Roundhouse. The sport involves men, often wearing masks and capes, wrestling each other mano-a-mano or in teams of up to four. Sometimes they dress as women and often there are dwarfs involved. It is Mexico’s biggest sport after football”*

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