It can be a game changer. For a Hispanic wrestler, a mask is the most important thing in the world. It represents their identity and is the kind of thing that only one wrestler can wear. The right mask can change your career, but losing it can absolutely ruin everything they’ve built up with a complete derailing of their wrestling lives. So what about one of the most famous masked wrestlers in the history of wrestling? Oddly enough he’s lost his mask more than once, but what happened to the people who took the mask away?
What’s underneath the hood? Check out the latest episode of WWE List This:
WWE has released another edition of List This, looking at 5 Superstars Who Unmasked Rey Mysterio. These moments have taken place several times over the years and in different promotions, with villains both in WWE and WCW taking Mysterio’s mask. While Mysterio’s face has never been seen in WWE, Mysterio wrestled without a mask for over a year in WCW before putting it back on for his WWE career.
Opinion: I get why this is the kind of thing that has been teased so many times in WWE without ever pulling the trigger. In addition to the obvious bad idea of taking away the easy merchandise money that comes with selling Mysterio masks, losing his mask would ruin his aura. Mysterio isn’t a big guy, but if you put a mask on him, he’s a superhero. That’s what lets him be the star that he is and that’s worked for a very long time.
What is your favorite Mysterio mask? Should he ever wrestle without one? Let us know in the comments below.
Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 1997 Monday Night Raw Reviews.
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