One Week Until Rey Mysterio. Possibly.

Publish date: 2024-04-15
There've been younger, more athletic superstars than Rey on the roster for years and they've never been more interesting, never had better feuds, never had better matches. Rey's been afforded better opportunities, sure, but he's also spent the majority of his recent career in the midcard with those guys. Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, Sin Cara - none have impressed like Rey. Ironically - being a luchadore and all - Rey has proven that there's more to being a great wrestler than being able to jump the highest or do the most turns in the air.

Besides, a Rey Mysterio way past his prime is better than the vast majority of wrestlers in theirs. The only people who've outperformed Rey over the last few years - and narrowly at that - have been the truly exceptional: Cena, Punk, Orton, Christian. I'd argue, on a match by match basis, nobody is as consistently good as Rey. Cena, Punk et al. might have had these incredible five star matches but they've also been prone to having the odd duff one - whereas you can throw out Rey Mysterio on TV and have him wrestle ten minutes against your Uncle Barry and you can guarantee a great show.

I don't know where Rey's reputation as a "whiner" has originated from. My guess would be A) him reportedly refusing to drop the intercontinental title to Dolph Ziggler (even though he would drop it to John Morrison shortly thereafter in an incredible match) and/or B) him, God forbid, negotiating for a better contract. What a bastard. If he's going to perform as he does, I'd gladly give him fifty new t-shirts, ten intercontinental title reigns and maybe a cheeky handjob.

It confounds me why people find Rey defeating large men difficult to swallow, particularly in this business. Sure, you could declare, "Putting your puppy on the line in a steel cage, ladder on fire match makes perfect sense - a small man defeating a large man is just too rich for me!" but you'd sound like a raving lunatic. Professional wrestling has endured fantastic amounts of bollocks - Rey Mysterio pulling off an upset against Mark Henry is nothing.

Anyway, here's my list of people that I really want to see Rey feud with. You know, for funsies. You're all familiar with the concept of funsies, right?

  • Christian - Has long been on my wish list. A face/face feud for the title would be, in the common vernacular, off the hook.
  • Anyone not Sin Cara - I get it, yeah, they're both luchadores. Great. Maybe we'll talk about it when Sin Cara can get a five minute flipfest right. I will agree that he might benefit from working with a caliber of talent above Heath Slater, though.

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