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text: List of masked wrestlers
List -- Single wrestlers

This is a list of masked wrestlers. The earliest known masked wrestler in the United States was The Masked Marvel who famously crashed the international tournament, which featured many of the top stars of the Farmer Burns-Frank Gotch era, held at the Manhattan Opera House in 1915. In North America, many professional wrestlers have traditionally worn masks after they had been used in an area, or territory, that their popularity and drawing ability diminished, it would be an easy way for a wrestler to begin working in a new area as a fresh face. Sometimes workers wore masks in one territory and unmasked in another territory in order to keep their two identities separate. Several wrestlers used one or two personas for their entire career such as The Destroyer (1962-1984), Mr. Wrestling (1965-1983) and Masked Superstar (1976-1986). Wrestling masks also have a significant cultural importance in lucha libre, and puroresu to a lesser extent; famed luchadores such as Blue Demon, Mil Máscaras and El Santo have achieved an almost iconic status in Mexico. In Japan, masked wrestlers are also very popular. Many are heavily influenced by anime and manga characters such as Tiger Mask and Black Tiger during the 1980s, and Jushin Thunder Liger in the 90s. Many of these stars would appear in World Championship Wrestling during the Monday Night Wars period. In recent years, World Wrestling Entertainment has re-used masked characters for comedic purposes. Edge and Christian donned the masks worn by the WWF's original Los Conquistadores in their feud with World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz in 2000. Under the guise of El Gran Luchadore, Paul London, Shannon Moore, Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle each challenged JBL for the WWE Championship in 2004.
Name Promotion Years Active Country
Abismo Negro AAA , Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 1997-2009 Mexico
Abyss Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2002- United States
Agent Orange Independent circuit 1983 Canada
Aldo Montoya World Wrestling Federation 1994-1997 United States
American Dragon New Japan Pro Wrestling 2003-2004 United States
The Apocalypse Philippine Wrestling Revolution 2014- Philippines
Arachnaman World Championship Wrestling 1991-1992 United States
Australian Suicide Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide 2013- Australia
Atlantis Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 1983- Mexico
Avatar World Wrestling Federation 1995 United States
The Avenger ( original ) Jim Crockett Promotions 1968-1980 Canada
The Avenger Stampede Wrestling 1986 Canada
Badstreet World Championship Wrestling 1991 United States
Battle Kat World Wrestling Federation 1990 United States
Battman World Wide Wrestling Federation 1966-1970 United States
Beetlejuice Pacific Northwest Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling 1988-1990 United States
Big Van Vader All Japan Pro Wrestling , New Japan Pro Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Federation 1987-2006 United States
Black Blood World Championship Wrestling 1991 United States
Blitzkrieg All Pro Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling 1994-2004 United States
Blue Blazer World Wrestling Federation 1988-1991 ; 1998-1999 Canada