12 Cursed Comparisons That DOOMED Promising Wrestlers
7. Sin Cara (Rey Mysterio)
Almost unbelievably, there's been talk about WWE bringing back the Sin Cara gimmick with a fresh wrestler in late-2026. File that under 'stories nobody thought they'd be hearing/reading' pronto! Mistico's time as Cara between 2011-2014 and Hunico's stint under the mask until 2019 proved largely uneventful.
The hype was unreal for Mistico's reinvention as Sin Cara in 2011 though. WWE told anyone who'd listen that he was going to be their biggest masked star yet - an odd statement considering one Rey Mysterio was still on the books and had been so successful.
Forget Rey Rey (as if anyone could) for now: Sin Cara is here, and he's going to rock your world with high-flying matches and dazzling moves nobody has ever seen before. Not quite, eh? Cara was a disaster from the off, and never quite fit into WWE's way of doing things.
Hunico, owning mainly to his tag-team run alongside Kalisto as The Lucha Dragons, fared slightly better, but few tears were shed when he departed and the character was put into storage.
The original teamed with John Cena, had Mysterio attempt to pass the torch his way, and was supposed to light up WWE cards with his moveset, but...it wasn't to be. Fans weren't as impressed by Cara as they had been by Rey during his debut months on SmackDown back in 2002.
It was maybe unfair to brag about someone who hadn't settled in yet, but WWE refused to slow down on the hyperbole. That made Cara's unflattering matches and entrance flubs even more of a disappointment.