
The Mask
2/17/2026 | 8m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Examine the lucha libre mask as both art and identity.
This episode explores the lucha libre mask as an artistic extension of a wrestler’s spirit and identity. It examines the craft of building a luchador persona, blending visual design and physical performance. Highlighting Rey Misterio Sr.’s legacy of elegance and self-promotion, the story also features Lady Lee’s mask maker who reveals the intimate process of creating a mask and persona.
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Legends of Lucha Libre is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal

The Mask
2/17/2026 | 8m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode explores the lucha libre mask as an artistic extension of a wrestler’s spirit and identity. It examines the craft of building a luchador persona, blending visual design and physical performance. Highlighting Rey Misterio Sr.’s legacy of elegance and self-promotion, the story also features Lady Lee’s mask maker who reveals the intimate process of creating a mask and persona.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship-After the 80s, Rey Misterio's influence on lucha libre became international.
Certain things he did in his mask and his gear, you can still see them in a lot of wrestlers maintaining some of the designs that are part of the Rey Misterio look.
-A luchador loses his mask or hair in a bet match against somebody who's truly a great rival.
-Every time he stepped into the ring, he had a different ring gear, different mask.
Rey Misterio incorporated like a hawk design.
The mohawk, I really never knew why he incorporated it in a lot of his masks.
Then you have the symbol, the question mark, on the front because that's part of it.
-I like to wear, for example, his old school masks that I know new fans haven't seen them, or they didn't get to see my dad, but they heard about him.
Maybe their parents did.
My dad was my idol.
I started wrestling as amateur wrestling when I was 15.
I used to wrestle at schools for free.
Why?
Because I wanted to be-- one day wear this mask, wear my father's mask.
-His ring jackets, he also had like the fur he had and the mohawk.
Then he put it on some of his jackets.
There's certain things you can see in him that are part of the Rey Misterio look.
[music] -The Misterio legacy can be seen on the mask, but it is forged by training in the ring, a practice now continued by Lady Lee and her students.
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