10 Wrestlers WWE Wished They’d Debuted Differently
6. Sin Cara
Even today, there's speculation as to how on earth lucha libre megastar Mistico crapped out so badly in WWE.
Back in 2011, Luis Urive Alvirde’s signing as Sin Cara was a coup - Triple H’s first big project back when he was EVP of Talent Relations. However, right from day one things started to go wrong. Sin Cara immediately gained a reputation for botches that astonished anyone who’d witnessed his pitch perfect flying moves in CMLL.
Was it the language barrier? A disinterest in adapting to the WWE’s distinct style? Rumour had it that Urive refused to learn enough English to communicate with the WWE roster, and had a bad attitude in general.
Was it the new mask, completely covering the eyes - or the WWE’s insistence in lowering the lights and bathing the ring in a weird blue glow during all of his matches? Those restrictions can’t have made it easy to pull off those acrobatic moves.
Common consensus these days is that it was a combination of all those factors. Of course, WWE could have made things a lot easier on him: they could have sent him down to FCW first to get used to his new environment, given him a mask that you could see properly out of, any one of a number of things.
But Triple H’s glorious first signing couldn’t be seen to need help of any kind. Urive lasted three years before being sent home, and saw his Sin Cara identity passed on to another wrestler.