Collectors around the world buy the couple's designs, paying as much as $200. "We make everything for the lucha libre experience here at our workshop," he says.

Hijo del Soberano was already designing lucha libre costumes on the side. Since his wrestling venue shut amid Mexico's lockdown, he's turned to making masks. "I just altered my skills a bit," he says.

Collectors around the world buy their wares, which can fetch up to $200. Hijo del Soberano says about a week or two into the lockdown, he started getting desperate. They couldn't pay bills or buy ...

You can buy lucha libre masks from souvenir stores in Mexico City. (Photo: Alexa Torre,CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) El Santo is a legendary lucha libre wrestler until today.

In Mexico, ‘lucha libre’ masks en vogue in virus fight. By. AFP. Published. April 24, 2020 - All around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has left people scrambling for protective face ...

Hijo del Soberano was already designing lucha libre costumes on the side. Since his wrestling venue shut amid Mexico's lockdown, he's turned to making masks. "I just altered my skills a bit," he says.

He not only lost wages from the canceled matches, but his side gig dried up, too. Hijo del Soberano and his wife sew costumes and the colorful, sometimes intimidating, masks the luchadores wear.