Mil Máscaras

The Man of a Thousand Masks revolutionized lucha libre by introducing high-flying aerial techniques — ranas, topes, and outside the ring plancha dives — that transformed the sport from a ground-based grappling art into the acrobatic spectacle it is today. Mil Máscaras brought lucha libre to Japan in 1971, triggering the technical wrestling revolution that produced the style of the modern Japanese wrestling scene.