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Wrestling is one of the most representative cultural manifestations of the country. A representation of the eternal struggle between good and evil: those that use clean wrestling techniques (técnicos) against those that use chicanery (rudos), ethics against illegality reflecting Mexican idiosyncrasy.

In the wrestling congregation a “Saint” of great veneration was proclaimed, the only flesh-and-blood superhero in the world: The Silver-Masked.

Behind the mask, which filled arenas, was Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), born in Tu-lancingo, Hidalgo, but raised in the rough neighborhood of Tepito in Mexico City. His debut on the mat was in 1934 and after several falls —with no time limit— endless booing and discarded names such as Hombre Rojo, Murciélago II and Demonio Negro, in 1942 he appeared at the Arena México wearing the silver mask and the name that turned him into a legend.

The character transcended the wrestling mat to enter the world of comics and star in about fifty films —between 1958 and 1980— in which he fought against murderers, space monsters, vampire women and international gangsters. He is an icon of Mexican popular culture.