Every Original WWE NXT Black & Gold Roster Member - Where Are They Now?

41. Sin Cara

Sin Cara Debut
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What was he doing at the time?

Hitting career lows, the former and future Mistico ended up in a dark match slot on one of the first ever Full Sail NXTs, working against the man that took on his WWE gimmick when a doomed and laboured relationship finally came to an end in March 2014. Sin Cara was victorious over Hunico, but considering the taping took place just over a year on from his post-WrestleMania XXVII debut, things weren't exactly looking up. 

What is he doing now?

Plodding on in WWE until the end of 2013, man behind the mask Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde felt as though he had a reputation to rebuild, and did just that. Only remaining under the "Sin Cara" moniker for a few months as WWE proceeded with Hunico under the hood, he eventually rebranded himself as Myzteziz, then Caristico before finally reclaiming the Mistico name when Mistico II parted ways with CMLL in 2021. As of 2026, he's a bona fide lucha legend with his WWE/NXT run confined to the footnotes of a glittering career. 

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