{"id":166348,"date":"2026-05-10T09:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166348"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:33:47","slug":"bts-members-attend-a-lucha-libre-match-in-mexico-amid-the-arirang-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-members-attend-a-lucha-libre-match-in-mexico-amid-the-arirang-world-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS members attend a lucha libre match in Mexico amid the ARIRANG World Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> continued enjoying their time in Mexico with a fun visit to a local lucha libre match on Friday, May 8, 2026. After meeting Mexico\u2019s president, <strong>Claudia Sheinbaum<\/strong>, and greeting thousands of fans outside the National Palace, some members of the group took time to experience the fun side of Mexican culture. SUGA, Jimin, Jin, and Jungkook were spotted attending a Mexican wrestling event, and shortly after, videos and photos of their reactions at the event quickly moved online.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE WRESTLER FELL ON TOP OF JIN ???%?^? I CAN\u2019T BREATHEEEHBTGJCHFHH <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xV5L9Lm41r\">https:\/\/t.co\/xV5L9Lm41r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mary\u2077 (@koonimies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koonimies\/status\/2052984390704325072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The four BTS members sat near the front and wore masks inspired by <strong>M\u00edstico<\/strong>, the Mexican wrestler they seemed to be supporting during the match. Their visit became even more memorable when M\u00edstico was thrown close to their seats, giving them an up-close view of the fight. Jin, who took off his mask, He, SUGA, and Jimin were later seen booing the opposing wrestler after M\u00edstico was hit and pushed away from the ring.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mistico-wearing-BTS-jacket-2026-860x484.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though 4 members attended the event, V and RM were not seen at the wrestling match, but they reportedly spent time visiting art spaces around the city. J-Hope was also not present with the rest. After the event, the members shared photos from their masked outing and showed their excitement about attending the match. M\u00edstico also seemed to recognize BTS\u2019 presence by wearing the group\u2019s logo on the back of his outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS continued enjoying their time in Mexico with a fun visit to a local lucha libre match on Friday, May 8, 2026. After meeting Mexico\u2019s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and greeting thousands of fans outside the National Palace, some members of the group took time to experience the fun side of Mexican culture. SUGA, Jimin, Jin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":166362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-166348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166364,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166348\/revisions\/166364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166348"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=166348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}