Bix Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 From WO.com: --At least as of yesterday, WWE was still expecting Mistico to wrestle in San Jose tomorrow night. It is expected CMLL officials will try and notify border authorities to not allow him in the country.I love wrestling.
Loss Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 Wow! Mistico coming to WWE is a bad move on his behalf anyway, so if he gets detained at the border, CMLL is doing him a huge favor in the long run.
Bix Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Posted February 28, 2007 A report from backstage in San Jose is that Mistico has arrived in the building, but he is not going to wrestle on tonight's show. He is going to do a tryout before the agents very shortly before fans arrive.This was probably amusing.
sek69 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 Are luchadores that big of marks for working for WWE that they don't see how they'd be misused? I mean for every Rey-Rey there's a million El Dandys jobbing in WCW and Mil Mascaras(es) being eliminated from the Rumble in minutes. Wouldn't someone raised in the tradition of wrestling actually being respected rather be a hero in their own home than being made into a Heat jobber?
kjh Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 I'd say the appeal of working for WWE for Mistico is the potential to make more money for doing less than he would working in Mexico. His current schedule is insane, working almost every day, regularly wrestling two or even three matches a night. Such a schedule is going to take an awful toll on his body, particularly working such a high risk style. And for all that effort he probably is still making less than an average WWE midcarder.
Al Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 Are luchadores that big of marks for working for WWE that they don't see how they'd be misused? I mean for every Rey-Rey there's a million El Dandys jobbing in WCW and Mil Mascaras(es) being eliminated from the Rumble in minutes. Wouldn't someone raised in the tradition of wrestling actually being respected rather be a hero in their own home than being made into a Heat jobber? In fairness, Mascaras had a significant title program versus Superstar Billy Graham in 1977.
Tim Evans Posted March 3, 2007 Report Posted March 3, 2007 This doesn't shock me. I really hope he gets into the WWE because it will be intresting. He wrestles in mexico close to 10-15 times a week with double shots every couple of days. Going to wwe, It will be more money and less work in the long run.
sek69 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 Yeah, but there's even odds that he'd end up jobbing on Internet-only shows and being wished the best in his future endeavors. Also, what would happen if he did sign with WWE? CMLL owns the gimmick don't they? Would they have him drop the mask on the way out? Wow, that's a lot of questions in one post.
Loss Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 Supposedly, they were very impressed by the American-style psychology he used in his tryout match for the agents. He worked against Dean Malenko.
Tim Evans Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 If they sign him, He's going to smackdown. He'd probably win the Crusierweight title and not get much higher than that. CMLL owns the gimmick, in Mexico. He can use it in America I beileve. Same thing happened with Psicosis.
Loss Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 Alvarez has been reporting that WWE wants him on RAW as their answer to Rey.
Tim Evans Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 Oh. Well that would be a mistake. Rey should go to Raw and Mistico to smackdown
kjh Posted March 5, 2007 Report Posted March 5, 2007 I would suspect he would headline the Hispanic brand with the likes of Rey Mysterio and Carlito *if* that idea ever gets off the drawing board. At least I hope WWE would be sensible enough to do that.
sek69 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Posted March 10, 2007 I'm thinking this deal's not going to happen if someone points out to Mistico the fact that if he leaves and CMLL has him drop the mask, his career's pretty much over if WWE ends up not using him/releasing him after a few months.
sek69 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Posted March 10, 2007 Looks like the deal's off. WWE is pissed Mistico waited to tell them till after the tryout that he's signed to a long deal with CMLL. Their legal team decided it wasn't worth the effort to get him out of it.
sek69 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Posted March 18, 2007 Some fun tidbits in the latest WON, basically WWE could probably still get Mistico if they wanted but too many people think it wouldn't be worth all the effort that would be required. Also, had WWE signed him, Stephanie wanted to repackage him without the name or mask because in her mind there's only room for one masked WWE Superstar (Rey). So basically, WWE decided not to go through a lot of hassle just to change everything about the guy that made him attract attention. I really don't get how this company makes money sometimes.
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