Youthful wrestling followers will know Mistico from his sporadic appearances in AEW, in addition to being one of many greatest stars in Mexico due to his work because the ace of CMLL. However again within the early 2010s, he was one of many greatest Mexican signings in WWE historical past when he went by the title Sin Cara.
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Between 2011 and 2014, Sin Cara had an underwhelming run in WWE that noticed him return to his residence nation, with him blaming WWE for not permitting him to wrestle the model that led him to turning into one of many greatest field workplace attracts of the 2000s. Throughout a latest version of “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer touched on how Mistico is handled as a giant star every time he reveals up in AEW, a far cry from how he was perceived in WWE, particularly by these within the locker room.
“When he went to WWE and got here in, it was form of like, I assume perhaps with the old-fashioned wrestlers, not the brand new college wrestlers, it was like he was strolling round like he is a star, they usually’re like, ‘You by no means did something.’ It is just like the dude’s like the most important drawing card on the earth aside from perhaps John Cena and these guys are performing like he is by no means finished something as a result of he by no means did something of their firm.”
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Meltzer famous that as a lot as WWE was at fault for not totally understanding who that they had on their palms with Mistico, the Mexican star additionally wanted to take some duty for his disappointing run, notably for the truth that WWE advised him to be taught English which he refused.
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