What is the appeal to Rey Mysterio?
 

Someone enlighten me, please. I've tried for ten plus years to try and get into him (pause) but I just can't. His matches seem repetitive to me. What do you guys like about him?

**EDIT. (The "Pause" denotes a "no homo" if you guys even know the significance of that.)

"(pause)"

That's what commas are for.

Fuck Rey

HE HAS A MASK!!!!

:lol:

some people still remember how great he was back in 1995-6 ish?

AND HE HAS A MASK!!!!!!

He's someone people can relate to. He wears a mask and has a wife who's twice as tall as he is.

HE ALSO HAS A MASK!!!!!

Pretty sure Lock Jaw was right... twice.

EDIT: and Xero.

He's running on rep. And yeah his matches are very formulaic now, but every prominent face has a routine that he goes through in almost every match nowadays.

Im surprised they didnt pro him up with that 7 foot tall guy on NXT 2

i feel you, I've never liked him, he's always been a channel changer.

There wasn't anything very formulaic about the matches he had with Jericho, Morrison and Ziggler last year.

I don't know how you can watch his awesome WCW work and not at least appreciate the guy.

I appreciate Rey's work in WCW... Don't really much care for him these last few years though.

Even though he was much better in WCW, he is still one of the better works in WWE.

Lol, it went over your head Xero, don't worry about it bro.

Yeah. I quite enjoyed those matches.

he can destroy the Undertaker's face pretty well

Rey is one of the best wrestlers alive today, or ever. Have you ever seen him live? He is amazingly fun to watch in a match with anybody. I love Rey, he has a great character and HE HAS A MASK!

:y: Character wise, he can get real dull, depending on who he's working with. The Punk feud that brought his family into it added a dimension of vulnerability to his character, as he always seems to be the daring underdog, and that changed for a bit leading into Mania.

But his in ring work is also above par. He's still one of the best performers on the roster and can have an atleast watchable match with just baout anybody, even at his age with the laundry list of knee injuries he's sustained.

Also, the mask is the perfect marketing tool. Gets him over with the kiddies, and moves a shit ton of merchandise. And as long as that happens, Mysterio's going to be on the television transitioning in and out of the main event till he decides to retire or loses popularity, the latter which he has never done.

The mask has alot to do with it and the fact that he's a good worker as others have stated. I personally find Rey entertaining he makes the perfect face IMO because he's the kind of guy you just can't help but cheer for. I also really like the fact that he really interacts with his fans during his entrance something very few others including superman Cena don't do.

And don't let the fact that most of his current fanbase wasn't alive back then stop that from sounding like a valid theory as to his popularity.

Seriously I rolled thinking this is the second time hes broken Takers face!:lol:

Doing accidentally what every heel since WMVII has aspired to do.

Rey vs Undertaker could be the most exciting WM match ever. Not because of the drama behind it, but because of the potential that one false move from Rey could end the Undertaker's streak completely unintentionally.

Yeah yeah we get it. The knee brace is bad, but really does it bother you to see blood? You know its bad ass.

Rey vs Taker would be acceptable IMO for a WM Streak match.

Although he did somehow manage to break The Undertakers chest which I am upset about.

he broke the Undertakers face

...people still see him as an underdog...and underdogs usually are cheered.

I can just see the guys in the lockeroom fighting over who's going to wrestle Rey next, just so they can get their face busted open to look bad ass.

...Rey has so much appeal, that not only does he put "Company Man/Legend" Undertaker out of action for a while, breaking his face, basically...but he also not only is put into the Fatal 4Way...HE TAKES UNDERTAKER'S PLACE.

That Brace is the ultimate finisher CM Punk should count himself lucky that all he got was a split open forehead

I liked Rey ok in WCW he started to annoy me when he lost the mask but I was a way bigger fan of Psicosis anyway, nowadays I would change the channel were he not feuding with Punk

He broke his face? Fuck I thought it was his sternum... What's an orbital bone?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/...734698cec8.jpg

I guess he broke his eye socket or some shit.

In most combat sports everyone has A Kryptonite someone who for one reason or another has their number, in Boxing Muhmmad Ali was Joe Fraziers prison bitch/ punching bag likewise Frazier was constantly stomped by George Foreman

In Wrestling though scripted it would seem that Rey is the Kryptonite of The Undertaker

Rey sucks.

That's all I got.

i loved him in wcw just hes old now and doesnt do half the shit he did around 10-15 years ago

I still like him. He's not my favourite or anything, but he can put on some fantastic matches. His fued with Chris Jericho early last year was awesome, and his fued with CM Punk has been pretty good.

The only problem I have with Rey is that his character is stale. He may not have 'heel' written all over him due to his size, but if he'd join the S.E.S, playing a reluctant heel will at least give his character the spark it needs.

Rey's character is slightly annoying, but he's being marketed to kids. They all love him.

As many people have pointed out, he has been class in-ring for a while. His match with Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam, any of his matches with Chris Jericho, or his match on Smackdown vs. John Morrison for the Intercontinental title could all have at least been considered MOTY candidates. The Punk feud is hot shit. I even remember him having an awesome match with Mike Knox last year.

What I don't understand is all of this Rey hatred. I feel like I haven't really been noticing it until recently when he injured the Undertaker. Are you guys really going to completely turn on the guy just because of an accident? I was actually just watching a match with him vs. Eddie Guerrero at Halloween Havoc from some year or another...amazing stuff. He deserves to be able to rest on laurels like those...but he's not. He's still churning out great work on a consistent basis. The Undertaker can't even claim that much.