10 Reasons WWE Will NEVER Be Able To Replace Rey Mysterio
3. Rey Perfectly Mixed Lucha Libre And American Wrestling Styles
What ultimately made WCW as a cruiserweight haven also killed luchadores from shattering the glass ceiling in WCW. There was once a time where lucha was lucha and US wrestling was US wrestling. In being one of the first luchadores to really attempt to incorporate selling and more of an awareness of dramatic pacing into his wrestling style, the groundbreaking Mysterio bridged an important gap in pro wrestling that has allowed the American/Japanese/Lucha-hybrid dominating companies like NXT to exist and thrive.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
