Mexico's legendary masked wrestlers thrown out of ring by coronavirus

A masked wrestler "Fantasma," (R) President of the Mexico City Lucha Libre Commission and fellow masked wrestlers are pictured before they receive food parcels donated by a local supermarket to wrestlers who are facing hard times as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Mexico City August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's legendary masked wrestlers have been economically body-slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, with some resorting to food parcels or even underground fights to survive a ban on sporting events.

Several months into the pandemic, the arenas that would usually draw thousands of rowdy spectators watching the country's free-style wrestling, known as Lucha Libre, have remained closed.