While masses in North America know professional wrestling as the orbit for muscled grapplers like Hulk Hogan and the Rock , the imitate competitor has a different flavor in Mexico . There , it ’s known aslucha libre , andluchadorathletes often take to the ring tire mask to honour the tradition of the sport . Now , onelucha librewrestler is using skill honed on costumes to put up tocoronavirusefforts .
consort toNPR , a wrestler known asEl Hijo del Soberano — luchadores often protect their identity operator — is using the downtime owing to shuttered wrestling area by turning his talents to protective coverings . Both Soberano and his wife Marissa Espinoza Rodríguez had sewing supplies and cloth and decide to change their wrestling - orient workshop into one that produces fount masks .
These are no plain coverings . Owing to Soberano ’s involvement in lucha , his mask are design in part as a tribute to iconicluchadoreslikeEl Santoand the Blue Demon , with promising colour that recall the vibrant costumes of in - ring performing artist .
Soberano , who had been clamber to make ends meet , quickly visit business take off . The mask sell for 150 pesos , or about $ 6.26 , and he ’s moving roughly 200 per hebdomad . Orders are being fielded via hisFacebookpage , where Soberano is require requests to be sent via his WhatsApp write up . It ’s not readable whether he ’s shipping to the United States , but either style , business appear to be boom .
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