Eddie Guerrero had been pitching a feud with Rey Mysterio to WWE creative/management practically since the masked marvel arrived in WWE in the summer of 2002, a few short months after Eddie's own return to the promotion following a very public firing and a battle with substance abuse. The new and improved Eddie, both inside the ring and out, knew that he and Rey could produce magic if they were only given the chance to do so. The two men were constants in the cruiserweight division in WCW and stole countless PPVs and episodes of Nitro with their unique blend of Mexican, American and Japanese wrestling styles. Who could forget their five-star Mask versus Title match at Halloween Havoc 1997, or Eddie's quest to get Rey to join the Latino World Order (lWo) a year later? Whenever Rey and Eddie were in the same ring at the same time, you knew you were going to get, at the worst, a very good match. After listening to Eddie's pleas and deciding (eventually) to run with the programme, Eddie and Rey began a long, months-long feud in 2005 which would play host to amazing matches and promos, as well as some frankly bizarre storyline developmments. The seeds were sewn long before they began warring with one another, however, as the two first clashed inside a WWE ring in mid-2002...
