WWE Coloring Pages

Pro wrestling is part sport and part show, and both halves make good coloring. These WWE coloring pages follow a wrestler through fight night, from lacing the boots in the locker room to raising a championship belt under the lights, with plenty of masked luchadors along the way.

The big moments are all here. A wrestler walks out through the curtain onto the entrance ramp, another strides down the aisle in a hooded coat, and a long haired wrestler opens his arms in a fringed ring robe under the lighting rig. In the ring, two wrestlers lock up at the opening bell, grapple head to head, and one is pinned while the referee counts. A masked high flyer leaps into a split above the ropes, another climbs the turnbuckle, and one does a handstand in the middle of the ring. The winners celebrate with raised fists, on the corner ropes in a shower of confetti, and with a championship belt held high above the head. Sportsmanship gets its pages too: a wrestler shakes hands with the referee, another helps his opponent up from the mat, and tag team partners stand back to back with their arms crossed.

Behind the scenes there is just as much to color. A wrestler laces his boots on a locker room bench, drinks water on a stool, stretches on the mat, lifts a heavy barbell, carries a training partner across his shoulders and does push ups with his coach sitting on his back. Female wrestlers jump rope, cool off with a bottle of water and pose in the spotlight. A wrestler carries a young fan on his shoulders at the signing table, and a masked wrestler arrives at the ARENA in the snow with his kit bag. The lucha libre pages are all about masks: a close-up of a patterned mask, a flame covered mask, a page full of different masks and a round medallion of masks and stars, and an empty ring waits for whoever comes next.

Lucha libre and the masks

Many of these wrestlers wear masks, a tradition that comes from lucha libre, the style of wrestling that grew up in Mexico in the 1930s. In lucha libre the mask is part of the wrestler's identity, often kept for a whole career, and designs usually feature bold shapes around the eyes and mouth: flames, wings, crosses, stars and sharp stripes. Luchadors are known for fast, high flying moves off the top rope, like the leaping pages here.

A few things fans like to know:

• A championship belt is heavy, with a large metal plate in the center and smaller side plates.
• Ring entrances are carefully planned, with music, lights and a signature pose at the top of the ramp.
• Wrestlers train hard for strength and flexibility, which is why so many pages show the gym and the warm up.

Coloring the costumes

Wrestling gear is meant to be seen from the back row, so bold colors work best:

• Trunks and boots in two strong colors, like black and gold or red and white, repeated on the knee pads and wrist tape.
• Lucha masks in a bright base color with a contrasting pattern: blue with silver, red with gold, green with white.
• Championship belts in gold or silver on a black leather strap.
• The ring with a white or gray mat, colored ropes and turnbuckles to match the champion.

The spotlight and confetti pages look great with a dark background around a bright center.

Big moments and busy scenes

The simplest pages show one wrestler or one mask, drawn large. Quick to color, above the grid, begins with:

• Game face
• Entrance
• Spotlight

The detailed pages are full of ring ropes, gym equipment and lighting rigs. Lots of detail begins with:

• Mask medallion
• Ring robe
• Handstand

A wrestling party

For a wrestling themed birthday, print a mask page for every guest and let each child design their own luchador mask, then cut the masks out and tape them to paper plates or card. The championship belt page makes a perfect prize for the birthday child.

Printing

Every page is a free A4 PDF drawn at 300 dpi. A4 prints at full size, and on US Letter "fit to page" shrinks the drawing by about six percent so nothing is cut off. The printing guide shows the setting. Add to pack prints the whole card at once. More matches are in the wrestling coloring pages, more heroes in the superhero coloring pages, and more sports in the football coloring pages and the sports coloring pages.

These are original drawings of wrestlers made for this site. They do not show real wrestlers, and the site is not affiliated with or endorsed by WWE.