Psicosis (also spelled as Psychosis) was one of many talented Mexican wrestlers that WCW brought into the company in the mid-1990s having debuted in July of 1996 right around the time Rey Mysterio Jr. also debuted. He has a close affiliation with Rey because he was actually trained to wrestle by his uncle Rey Mysterio Sr. He wrestled with a cool mask and, like most of WCW's cruisers at the time, was always capable of having great matches. For whatever reason, WCW felt like unmasking the Mexican guys. Maybe the wrestlers suggested it because they realized the masks didn't matter too much in America, but it was completely unnecessary. When Psychosis unmasked after losing a random match to Billy Kidman on Nitro in September of 1999 it really didn't matter. He didn't cut promos or do anything different after that. When Psicosis got hired by WWE in June of 2005 he was a part of the blatantly racist Mexicools group with Juventud Guerrera and Super Crazy that rode to the ring in riding lawnmowers. The group was mostly there to help bolster WWE's on again-off again Cruiserweight Division and they had some significant tag matches although nothing that was really special. About a year after he showed up, he was gone after getting arrested for an attempted carjacking when he took his friend's car and drove away with it. With or without the mask, Psicosis was always capable of having good matches. The problem is that once he lost the mask he stopped looking like some cool luchador wrestler and reminded us that he was just a regular guy like everybody else.
John wrote at WhatCulture from December 2013 to December 2015. It was fun, but it's over for now. Follow him on Twitter @johnreport. You can also send an email to mrjohncanton@gmail.com with any questions or comments as well.