History
In 1915 a North American wrestler became the first masked wrestler ever when Mort Henderson started wrestling as the "Masked Marvel" in the New York area. In the subsequent years many wrestlers would put on a mask after they had been used in an area, or territory, that their popularity and drawing ability diminished, it would be an easy way for a wrestler to begin working in a new area as a "fresh face". Sometimes workers wore masks in one territory and unmasked in another territory in order to keep their two identities separate.
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