Masked Wrestlers You Forgot About
In today's wrestling other than Luchasaurus or a Black Taurus masked wrestlers are typically confined to Lucha Libre wrestlers or Lucha inspired wrestlers. Often the gimmick is just that, they wear a mask. In previous eras of wrestling, masked wrestlers were more common. Often of different sizes and weight classes, at times used to hide wrestlers true identities. Other times to give wrestlers something new to try. In the spirit of spooky season, I'm covering masked characters and who played them. Here are 10 masked wrestlers you forgot all about. 10. Avatar It's 1995, the kids are loving everything Power Rangers . Teenagers and young adults can't get enough of Mortal Kombat . And Vince Mcmahon and the WWF wanted a piece of that pie too. Thus Avatar was born with Al Snow pegged to portray him. Matching the superhero trope of a mask giving powers. Snow would come to the ring unmasked, put his mask on for the match (guess it granted him powers). And take it off afterward...
