10 Wrestlers You Didn’t Realise Wrestled For WWE In 1998
7. El Hijo Del Santo
One of the most famous ever Mexican professional wrestlers and a pop culture icon south of the border, El Hijo Del Santo was 25 years into his career when he made his WWE debut as a headline attraction of the company's experimental Super Astros broadcast.
Taped before Monday Night Raw from November 1998 through to June 1999, the show was a Lucha Libre/WWE hybrid show screened exclusively on Spanish television stations designed to tap into the lucrative Latin American market.
Of course, WCW had already gobbled up the audience by 1998, largely thanks to an era-defining Cruiserweight division that championed Rey Mysterio and several other lucha stars that had made waves in Mexico, ECW, and the US independent scene.
The short-lived Super Astros was a typical Titan misunderstanding of the appeal, but did play host to several dynamic encounters that may have given the Light Heavyweight Division some genuine traction had they instead appeared on Raw.
With a good grasp of how to delight North American crowds thanks to a wealth of experience, Del Santo was one of the weekly highlights, along with rising stars Papi Chulo (Aguila/Essa Rios) and the similarly iconic Negro Casas.