Rey Mysterio debuted in WWE in 2002, after several years of success fighting in the United States and worldwide, especially in ECW and WCW, where he lost the mask in 1999. However, above all forecast, Rey Mysterio debuted masked in WWE.
And although the story is already known: Vince McMahon made King Mysterio use the mask, despite losing it, because it was a great marketing opportunity, Mysterio recently remembered this fact again in a recent interview with the video podcast no answer Wrestling:
► Rey Mysterio Remember when WWE wanted him to fight masked after several years of losing his mask in WCW
“When I arrived … when Wwe hired me, I thought about my head, because I had been fighting without a mask for two years … 'I have to think what outfit I'm going to take.' Maybe a couple of days before my debut, they told me: 'What mask are you going to use?' They asked me – the office. And I eat: 'How what mask? I've been fighting without a mask. ' 'Ah no, no, no … Vince wants you to return with the mask.' And I was like: nobody told me anything … “
