To WWE fans Luis Urive is known as the original Sin Cara. To rest of the wrestling world he is often known as legendary lucha libre star 'Mistico'. To the internet wrestling community, following a less than spectacular few years, he is known as 'Botch-Cara'. And in time he may be known as one of the most costly and underwhelming performers to ever grace a WWE ring. Sin Cara was one of the first big acquisitions of the 'Triple H' era - although it'd be tough to point the blame at anyone with the reputation Luis Urive had coming into the WWE. Established as the biggest star in South American wrestling and having a large, global fan base, Urive/Mistico was seen as the man to fill Rey Mysterio's shoes, debuting in 2011 and within a month tagging top talent John Cena in a Raw-headlining appearance. A spectacular move set and exhilarating high flying style failed to mask the difficulty Urive had adapting to the WWE-style of performing. Televised mistakes and a succession of injuries proved poor value for an expensive contract, and initial excitement soon turned to awkward disinterest on the audience's part. So desperate were the company to keep the Sin Cara character alive that when Urive was on the treatment table, fellow talent Jorge Arias/Hunico took on the mask in an ill advised impostor programme. A short lived tag team with Rey Mysterio ended with injury once again, as did a 2013 Royal Rumble return. In December the same year Arias took over the character permanently, and by February 2014 Urive was heading out of WWE and back to Mexico. Fanning the flames Urive blamed WWE for his lack of success, but one imagines the company would like to forget all about him as soon as is possible.
