The enormously-popular-in-Mexico, completely-mystifying-to-the-rest-of-North-America phenomenon known as Mexican wrestling, which proves how weird you can make something as ordinary and apple-pie-American as the spectacle of staged clashes between over-pumped guys in colorful briefs when you thrown in vaguely-bondage-style masks, has finally stepped into the ring with Al Gore and the rest of the eco-celeb movement. (I meant the metaphoric ring, not the literal ring. I’m not saying Al Gore will be fighting Mexican wrestlers. I wish I could say that Al Gore will be fighting Mexican wrestlers, but I can’t. Yet.)

El Hijo Del Santo, who is the hijo of legendary wrestler El Santo, has joined forces with enviro group Wildcoast in a campaign to protect and preserve the oceans. He is planning a match with eco-villain “SewageMan” and his nefarious cohort “The Pirate Who Robbed Turtle Eggs” (which I imagine sounds cooler in Spanish.) Perhaps, at the end of this unpredictable and harrowing trial, if El Hijo Del Santo is the victor (cross your fingers!) he can come to the United States and take on “OilCompanyStooge” and “The Fiend Who Leaves The AC On With The Windows Open.”

Mexican Wrestler Takes On Eco-Enemies (MSNBC)