WATCH: The Only Time WWE Legend Rey Mysterio Unmasked Himself on Live TV
Follow Us
The mask is an extremely important aspect for Mexican wrestlers. They make it a part of their outfit and rarely want to wrestle without the mask. However, Rey Mysterio had to take off his mask at one point or he would have lost his job.
This is a story from the time when Rey Mysterio was working with WCW. In the year 1999, Eric Bischoff came up with the idea that Mysterio had to lose his mask. However, he tried to tell Bischoff he wasn’t comfortable with it and was threatened with a breach of contract legal battle.
Mysterio was supposed to lose his mask in a match with Eddie Guerrero, but he tried his best to not unveil his face to the fans.
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Following that, Mysterio and Konnan came together for SuperBrawl IX to take on Kevin Nash and Scott Hall for a mask vs hair match. When the former team lost, Mysterio had to discard his mask. While he wasn’t comfortable with this at all, this was his only choice. Otherwise, he would probably not have a job anymore.
He worked without his mask for the rest of his WCW career until Vince McMahon purchased the promotion. Rey Mysterio made a WWE debut with the mask back on. Since then, he has kept his mask with himself.
Rey Mysterio reveals who was responsible for the unmasking
The Mexican wrestler believes it was Scott Hall because of whom he had to remove the mask. He kept telling Mysterio to take it off. And eventually, it went to the top authorities. Finally, they decided to make him wrestle without the mask.
“Scott Hall was like ‘Rey what are you doing with that mask, you’re a pretty mother*****r man’. I was like ‘come on man, don’t start rumors’ and that led into another thing and you know, eventually they felt that it was time for me to wrestle without the mask.
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Trending
“Ricky Starks and”: Triple H’s WWE Backed to Sign Three Top AEW Talents From Tony Khan Following Dynasty
April 23, 2024 06:29 AM EDT
Will Brock Lesnar Return at WWE Draft? Potential Spoiler Spotted Days Before Roster Selection
April 25, 2024 10:18 AM EDT
“Men Like It”: Sexual Connotation in Rhea Ripley’s Replacement Angle With Dominik Mysterio Highlighted After Major Raw Moment
April 24, 2024 10:34 AM EDT
“Money I’ve Given”: Shad Khan’s Rumored Reaction to Tony Khan Getting Hurt on Dynamite Discussed
April 25, 2024 08:05 AM EDT
Jey Uso Teases New Alliance With Roman Reigns & Bloodline After Unscripted Matching Gifts Emerge
April 24, 2024 11:26 AM EDT
Get instantly notified of the hottest WWE stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.
Follow Us
“I believe it was one comment made by Scott which then a couple of years later ended up with me taking off the mask.” H/t Sportskeeda
Everything You Need to Know about WWE Legend Rey Mysterio and His Family
Unmasked Rey Mysterio backstage at Nitro 📸 pic.twitter.com/o8xA1IUx2P
— 90s WWE (@90sWWE) August 25, 2020
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Currently, Rey Mysterio is the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion alongside his son, Dominik Mysterio. During this title run, Rey Mysterio had a short feud with Roman Reigns which ended on SmackDown.