Masked Wrestlers were banned?

[leemir]

I was reading an on-line bio for Mil Mascaras & found this interesting.

Máscaras also appeared in the World Wrestling Federation, competing in Madison Square Garden several times after a ban on masked wrestlers was lifted, making Mil Mascaras the very first masked wrestler in Madison Square Garden

Was the ban just from MSG & why would masked Wrestlers be banned anyway? I remember seeing a match between Tiger Mask & Dynamite Kid in MSG so did the ban come later on after that then?

[Arturo Classico]

I remember hearing that I truthfully think thats retarted. I mean if they did not have that dumb rule they could have got Mexican Luchadore legend, El Santos!

[leemir]

Yeah that would of been cool, last year when WWE went to Mexico they offered El Hijo Del Santo a WWE contract but he turned it down to stay independent.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Santo and Blue Demon beating the crap out of Frankenstein and Lesbian Vampire Hookers at Wrestlemania 1 would have been a crowd pleaser for sure.

[soultsukino]

I'm not complelty certan but the New York City ban on masks was an attempt to thwart Klan activity.

The ban ended sometime in the 70's if I remember right