One night I was selling cold beer at the wrestling arena. I was distracted and didn’t noticed that the wrestler Superpig jumped off the third rope and almost fell on me. I thank the Virgin of Juquilia because I stepped away in time. Otherwise he would have squashed me.

Severino Guzman
Oaxaca

I’m thanking the Virgin of Fatima for giving me enough strength to became the first parish priest in wrestling, even though I already have three imitators.

The wrestler Gaudencio Morales thanks Saint James for winning the hair vs. hair match against Eduardo Sanchez.

“Cabellera contra cabellera” (hair vs. hair) is a type of wrestling match where both wrestlers place their hair as a wager and the loser gets his head shaved.

“The Golden Mask” is thanking the Virgin of San Juan with this retablo because he fairly won the wrestling championship. His rival, “The Sinister Ghost”, wanted to beat him with a trick but “The Golden Mask” noticed it and quickly applied a camel clutch oh him and defeat him.

One night I was selling cold beer at the wrestling arena. I was distracted and didn’t noticed that the wrestler Superpig jumped off the third rope and almost fell on me. I thank the Virgin of Juquilia because I stepped away in time. Otherwise he would have squashed me.

Cosme Reyes, Mexico City

My life was a chaos. Although I was a good wrestler, I wasn’t happy, until one day The Green Mask made me understand that I was gay. It cost me a lot to accept this, but now I’m happy, and we with the Green Mask have a beautiful relationship. I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for sending him to me.

I thank Saint Jude Thaddeus for my beautiful wife. I met her while wrestling. She always sat in the fist row and she was always very excited. Her support made me fight super good, and I always won. Afterwards I invited her to meet me, and then we got married.

«The Yellow Threat» & Jasinta Ramirez
Tijuana, 1983

The boy Manuel thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe for El Mistico won over Doctor Wagner at the Arena Mexico. The boy’s father had promised him that, if El Mistico would win, he would take Manuel to see every fight of his idol.

My two step-sisters and I thank the Virgin Mary Help [of Christians] because thanks to her compassion we had a splendid idea to dedicate ourselves to the female wrestling. We got lucky and we won all the fights. So now we don’t have to work as prostitutes.

Puebla, 1981

The sisters R. & A. M. found good job fighting in oil in a local bar. They thanks Saint Rita of Cascia with this retablo for they are doing very well.

We thank the Lord of Chalma for protecting the father Fray Tormenta during his wrestling career. He has a good heart and he’s continuing to help to all the children in need who are looking for a support. We hope his dream to build “The Children’s City” will come true.

San Juan Teotihuacan
7 August 2000

Soul in Purgatory, I thank you for helping me with my problem with women in bed which I had after I had been hit in balls.

Calixto Rojas
Mexico, 1980

Little boy Marco Antonio Huerta gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe because El Santo beat The Red Demon. El Santo had promised, if he won the fight, to give his mask to the boy. The boy thanks because El Santo won and gave him his mask.

October 14, 1975
Mexico City