18 Ups & 12 Downs From The WWE SmackDown Live Era

By Michael Hamflett /

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12. "Good Lucha Things"

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One of several men Vince McMahon likely assumed eventually capable of replacing Rey Mysterio as a contemporary lucha icon, Kalisto chose the Sin Cara method of botching the living sh*t out of his big moment rather than the Andrade method of knocking out bangers.

The former NXT Champion has doled out "good lucha things" against Mysterio in countless bangers (more on that later), but the Lucha Dragon failed to breathe fire when offered a short opportunity to scorch the earth on 2016's draft night.

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It marked his cards forever - the company even named a new theme "Good Lucha Things" in honour of his atrocious offering. It'd take about a year for somebody to get close to it...