Backstage News on Rey Mysterio’s Status With WWE

It had been previously reported that Rey Mysterio’s contract with WWE is coming to an end soon and it is not sure if he will be re-signing with the company. However, there is some new news that is coming from backstage that may indicate what his future holds.

According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, one of the most important things to him is the future of his son. There is a notion that Mysterio does not want to do anything to upset WWE, because it could negatively affect his son’s career. However, he also has a very high contract with WWE because they didn’t want him working for New Japan, which he had just started doing.

He signed before AEW had come to be, but after all of the new TV deals were made, WWE knew they had all the money they’d ever need to sign people they wanted. Mysterio not only got a great monetary deal, but he was also able to negotiate an 18-month out-clause, which the feeling was would make it perfect timing to be a free agent.

However, the word is that WWE is not giving any raises right now, so the guys who signed in the last year or so, after AEW started, and got the big offers based on them wanting to own everyone marketable looks to be a lot more limited.

Last week on Raw, Seth Rollins took out Mysterio by dealing severe damage to his eye. It is unknown if this was to write him off television, or to simply set up an angle in the future. You can see a clip of that below:

Editor’s Opinion:

None of this makes sense to me. I seem to be hearing different reports about what his future holds and can’t figure out what he is actually going to do. We will have to see what the future holds for the 619!

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