One of WCW's most iconic moments was when Kevin Nash and Scott Hall took King Mysterio's mask after he lost a fight in pairs along with Konnan. Although over time it was learned that Eric Bischoff and The WCW directives did this to generate ratings, there were much more.
And that was the fact that Bischoff promised Rey Mysterio a great thrust in WCW, which never arrived. Recently, Mysterio talked about the topic in the video podcast no answers Wrestling. These were his interesting words:
► Rey Mysterio says that WCW y Eric Bischoff They did not respect the tradition of Mexican wrestling
«On WCW at that time, many of the Mexican fighters were losing their masks … there were a couple of guys who wanted to remove the mask, but did not accept. And then my name began to sound … Scott Hall, as they told me, he told Eric: 'King, why do you use a mask, man? If you are an attractive guy … 'So I suppose that eventually reached Eric. Eric Bischoff did not really understand the importance of the mask. “
«Halloween Havoc 1997… the fight that put me on the map against Eddie Guerrero … That was the night I was going to lose the mask for the first time … I received an Eric call: Eric: 'You better present yourself, because if you don't, you'll be breaking your contract.' I introduced myself, I tried to talk to him the night before – I was not coming out in my favor … Literally, a fight before, the end was changed. That night I realized that working under pressure is very good … but yes, later I ended up losing the mask ».
Recall that Mysterio lost with Konnan a fight where they put the king's mask at stake and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall), put Miss Elizabeth's hair into play. This was February 21, 1999 at the PPV WCW Superbrawl IX.
