At a press conference in Mexico City, WWE announced that former CMLL star Mistico will perform for the company as Sin Cara. For those of you not familiar with Mistico, he’s been the lead face in CMLL for the last six years and one of the biggest draws (of any kind) in all of Mexico.
Time will tell if Sin Cara can make the transition from luch libre to the WWE television style, but the signing will surely nab viewers in Mexico and other countries where CMLL is popular. The WWE has been aggressively pursuing viewers in Central America and Latin America for the last few years. Signing the biggest face in CMLL will go a long way in those markets.
Check out the clip of Mistico embedded above and let me know what you think (please). I absolutely love his tilt-a-whirl head-scissors take-down that transitions into an arm-bar submission. It’s a nice, modern twist on a classic move.
WOW, this guy is incredible. He will be a great addition to the WWE roster especially since Mysterio can't do what he used to do anymore.
I'm pretty familiar with him. I've watched CMLL quite a few times.
I think the name change is stupid though. I wonder if CMLL started copyrighting names in America after the "La Parka" incident, or Vince is just being stupid.
It's Vince wanting to own the trademark and rights to the name. He does it all the time. I hated when he turned Taz into "Tazz". It's also why The Dudley Boys had to go by Team 3D in TNA.
DAMN! That guy is awesome. I would totally watch WWE just to see this guy. The WWE needs more acrobatic people like this. I really can't get into it when you have these big, slow, lumbering behemoths slap each other across the chest like women.
-M
Dude… try to find replays of CMLL. You'll be astounded.