10 Wrestlers Who Were Unmasked In The Ring

Emanuel Rodriguez is best known under the ring-name "Kalisto" in WWE where he has held NXT tag-team gold as part of the Lucha Dragons and been the United States Champion twice. Prior to working for the WWE, he used the name "Samuray del Sol" (Samurai of the Sun) and worked for AAA and other promotions.

Competing initially on the SmackDown brand, he was drafted to Raw where he formed Lucha House Party with two other wrestlers on this list - Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik. The team were drafted back to SmackDown in 2019 before Kalisto was left alone when the others went back to Raw this year.

During a match with Alberto Del Rio, a turnbuckle spot went awry when Del Rio grabbed at his opponents head and inadvertently almost pulled his mask clean off.

In a pattern that we will see repeated in other "accidental" unmaskings, Del Rio realised what he had done and quickly assisted his opponent with replacing the mask properly while trying not to further expose Kalisto's face.

While this blatant act of cooperation breaks kayfabe entirely, it is seen as less harmful than a wrestler losing their mask in an inadvertent manner. The match continued after.