Will any "substitute latino" wrestler the WWE brings in ever draw as much as Rey Rey?

**Jeritron** · 10-10-2008, 03:07 PM

They'd have to do something new. Rey got over because he was excellent, and made his luchador look less low rent over time.
Since American mainstream wrestling audiences weren't exposed to lucha libre and the mask wearing guys until him (and others), it was fresh and exciting, and the look and style of the guys was interesting. Rey stood out among the crowd of them and got way over.
But now, since Rey has become a huge name, another high flying masked guy like him will be viewed as a ripoff. Of course Rey didn't start the masked look/style, but he represents it to mainstream viewers.
So they'd have to be completely different or they'd play second fiddle.

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10-10-2008, 03:07 PM	#8
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	They'd have to do something new. Rey got over because he was excellent, and made his luchador look less low rent over time. Since American mainstream wrestling audiences weren't exposed to lucha libre and the mask wearing guys until him (and others), it was fresh and exciting, and the look and style of the guys was interesting. Rey stood out among the crowd of them and got way over. But now, since Rey has become a huge name, another high flying masked guy like him will be viewed as a ripoff. Of course Rey didn't start the masked look/style, but he represents it to mainstream viewers. So they'd have to be completely different or they'd play second fiddle.