Feb 15th, 2009
Luchador Mask-Wearing Sean Sullivan, 215-pound Wrestler from Wasatch High School, Minutes Before Winning the 3A State Wrestling Title in His Weight Class in Utah
Life is too short to be taken seriously all the time.
In that regards, major kudos to Sean Sullivan, the 215-pound senior wrestler from Wasatch High School in Heber, Utah, who strode into the spotlight on Saturday prior to the finals match at the state wrestling championship tournament held at Utah Valley University wearing a luchador mask. (And yes, Sullivan won, pinning Delta High School’s Spencer Nielson in the first period to win the title for the second year in a row.)
According to Dictionary.com, luchador is the Spanish word for a wrestler, and it takes its name from the spanish term “lucha libre,” which means, literally “free wrestling.” Lucha libre defines the high-flying form of professional wrestling made popular in Mexico and parodied in the 2006 Jack Black film Nacho Libre.
Thanks to award-winning photographer Trent Nelson for sending me a copy of this photo to use in this blog post. Trent works for the Salt Lake Tribune, and more of his work can be on the SLTribune’s photo blog here. You can also check out Trent’s Fly on the Wall blog here or The Click, Trent’s personal blog about photography here.
So from one wrestler to another (105s and 115s in 1972 and 1973 at San Carlos High School in California), congrats Sean. 
hey this is sean “the masked man” sullivan…i just wanted to say that when i saw this for the first time i laughed my ass off…i didnt know this picture would spread like it did…anyway my junior year i wore this same mask into the finals but it didnt get me as much attention as it did my senior year, just a little fun fact for ya…anyway im going to be wrestling for utah valley university at 197 so keep your eyes opened…the masked man may be back
SEAN YOUR A FUCKING PUSSY BITCH AND YOU KNOW ILL BEAT YOUR ASS, MEMBER WHEN I PUNCHED YOUR DUMB ASS IN THE FACE AND YOU DIDNT DO SHIT? YEAH NIGGA FUCK YOU HOE.