7. Rey Mysterio Talks About The Return of The Crusierweight Division
During a recent interview with The Huffington Post, former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio discussed being a part of the Cruiserweight division in WCW & WWE and the Cruiserweight division returning once again to WWE:
“I think starting from the very beginning, the styles have changed a lot. I think that’s due to the fact that you see more lightweights coming around. I didn’t think this would happen at all because for a long time management kind of just pushed us aside. It seems like something that was often talked about in 1996 and 1997—in the early WCW years.
Along with Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko, we got that whole Cruiserweight division pumped up and ready to go. It lasted while it was in WCW. When WWE purchased the company, it kind of just went away.
I remember Dean pushing for the division’s return for so many years and they never really pursued it, you know? Finally, after all these years it’s out there and that’s the whole evolution of this business.”
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