Michael Jordan of Bullfighting Returns

FILE - In this April 20, 2008 file photo, Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas makes a pass during a bullfight at the Monumental Bullring in Barcelona. Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style, will come back to the bullring Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Valencia, Spain after he was seriously injured in Mexico over a year ago. (AP Photo / Manu Fernandez, file) (AP)

FILE - Spanish matador Jose Tomas performs during a bullfight at La Malagueta bullring in Malaga, in this April 4, 2010 file photo. Brave and fearless Jose Tomas returns to the bull ring Saturday, the topflight event of the 2011 bullfighting season, in Spain's eastern city of Valencia after a year recovering from a goring in Mexico that almost cost him his life. Tomas is seen as the savior of a spectacle that is going through rough times with falling gate income, a prohibition in the large and powerful region of Catalonia and a ban on live transmission of fights on national public television.(AP Photo/Sergio Torres, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, Spanish matador Jose Tomas performs during a bullfight at 'Las Ventas' bullring in Madrid, Spain. Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style, will come back to the bullring Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Valencia, Spain after he was seriously injured in Mexico over a year ago. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, file) (AP)

FILE- In this July 5, 2009 file photo, Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas holds up his sword before killing a bull during a bullfight at the Monumental Bullring in Barcelona, Spain. Tomas, one of Spain's top matadors known for a daring bullfighting style, will come back to the bullring Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Valencia, Spain after he was seriously injured in Mexico over a year ago. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file) (AP)

FILE-In this June 5, 2008 file picture, Jose Tomas performs during a bullfight at 'Las Ventas' bullring in Madrid. Brave and fearless Jose Tomas returns to the bull ring Saturday, the topflight event of the 2011 bullfighting season, in Spain's eastern city of Valencia after a year recovering from a goring in Mexico that almost cost him his life. Tomas is seen as the savior of a spectacle that is going through rough times with falling gate income, a prohibition in the large and powerful region of Catalonia and a ban on live transmission of fights on national public television. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FILE-In this June 5, 2008 file picture, Jose Tomas is carried on the shoulders of an assistant, after successfully performing on a bullfight at 'Las Ventas' bullring in Madrid. Brave and fearless Jose Tomas returns to the bull ring Saturday, the topflight event of the 2011 bullfighting season, in Spain's eastern city of Valencia after a year recovering from a goring in Mexico that almost cost him his life. Tomas is seen as the savior of a spectacle that is going through rough times with falling gate income, a prohibition in the large and powerful region of Catalonia and a ban on live transmission of fights on national public television. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)