7. Rey Mysterio Reveals Why He Joined Lucha Underground
We recently reported that former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio made his Lucha Underground debut during the Season 2 tapings. Mysterio ended up working the “Aztec Warfare” Battle Royal to crown the Lucha Underground Champion. He entered the match at #2 and was the last man eliminated.
Mysterio was recently interviewed by PodNasty Wrestling Podcast where he revealed why he decided to go to Lucha Underground, and not WWE. Below is what Mysterio said:
“This is the style that I grew up in, the style that I started training, this is my base, my fundamental. I never dreamed of going to WWE or WCW, my dream was always making it to CMLL because AAA didn’t exist back then. And then, next thing you know AAA started, the opportunity came. My base was always high-flying. I always wanted to get the opportunity to show the world what I can do. So there was no other company out there that was displaying that but Lucha Underground. When I saw the first season, I was blown away.”
Mysterio was also asked if he still watches WWE or not. Below is what Rey said:
“On occasion, now that Alberto Del Rio went back, I’m good friends with Alberto so I keep him on point. Lucha Dragons, I’m great friends with the Sin Cara that’s there right now. I can’t watch a whole show, not even when I was there. Actually, when I was there I would hardly watch the shows. I would DVR them, but it was just hard for me to sit down and watch wrestling, not because it was a bad show or a good show, it was just because when I got home I didn’t want to have nothing to do with wrestling. I just wanted to be around my kids and my wife.”
