http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28A2xkJIGys So not content with having the reputation of a) being more injury prone than Wile E. Coyote, b) being the MVP of Botchamania since 2011 and c) generally being the worst Mexican export since cartel beheadings, Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde eventually managed to turn even Vince McMahon off the idea of continuing to employ him as his Latino babyface figurehead. How did he manage this, you ask? I mean, this is a man who suffered at least three serious injuries in the short, short amount of time that he wrestled for WWE. This is a man who became synonymous with messed up spots and who, on multiple occasions, even botched his own ring entrance. This is a man who managed to fall over while alone in the ring taunting a downed opponent. After all that, what was the final straw for the former Místico? The above match on August 19th 2013 on Monday Night RAW, it would appear. Alberto Del Rios very first kick seems to injure Alvirdes finger, and thirty seconds later, following the dive to the outside, he signals to the referee to end the match. Heel Del Rio attempts to get at least a little more heat by attacking Sin Cara after the match has been stopped, but its not that great a loss to the show: it leads nicely into his no more heroes speech which is meant to introduce Ricardo Rodriguez and his new client, Rob Van Dam. To Vince McMahon, however the man who prides himself on maintaining an old school mentality despite his 21st century sports entertainment empire, who willingly threw himself into matches and gimmicked spots that resulted in injury, who prizes toughness and strength of will above almost anything else in his talent that would have been it. Professional wrestlers have suffered ripped and torn muscles in the ring, fractures and dislocations, separations and lacerations: and still gone on to finish the match as planned. A damaged finger causing the complete abortion of a match on live television? Unheard of. Alvirde never wrestled on WWE television again, and WWE superstar Jorge Hunico Arias, whod worked the imposter Sin Cara Negro gimmick back in 2011, went back under the hood, this time for good. Alvirde was kept on the shelf for the next seven months before quietly being released in March of this year.
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