Mexico's famed wrestlers return to the ring

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Mexico's iconic wrestlers are back in the ring

with a drive-in audience

Location: Mexico City

Fans of the country's free-style 'Lucha Libre' wrestling

can watch body slams from the comfort of their cars

while arenas that would usually draw thousands are closed

(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LUCHA LIBRE FAN, LILIANA SANCHEZ, SAYING:

"I think it's an option for us to feel very safe and you have the possibility to be at the fights, to enjoy them again, and to shout and get excited again."

Lucha Libre is one of Mexico's most popular sports

It features masked fighters with mysterious identities

who put on eccentric and dramatic performances