U wanna know why they did? Because me my brothers and dad only watched wwf back then.. we’d flip to wcw during commercials but we were wwf.. but we watched that whole wcw show that night anticipating seeing rays face..
It was disrespectful, not only to Rey, but to Lucha as a whole in a way. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard Rey had to go in front of some Lucha Council or something, to get permission to wear the mask again.
From my readings on this subject, when Vince Russo took over as the head of WCW, he did not understand the Lucha culture nor the significance of the mask therein. He thought that these highly skilled performers were hiding behind those masks. For the uninitiated, Russo's background is as a writer, with his only exposure to pro wrestling was during his employ with the then-WWF. Given Rey's lineage, him losing his mask was a monumental moment. But since Russo had no concept of that, Rey was relegated back to pack shortly thereafter
I believe I remember right from konnan podcast. He was beefing with nash at that time & since he was close to rey a way to piss off konnan was to get rey to lose the mask
I remember when Conan still wore a mask and when he was unmasked on accident or probably on purpose, but Conan ran out of the ring covering his face to the back and came back out with another mask
Rey, Psychosis, really all the luchadores. 😤 It was sad to see, imo. You know they were pressured to do it, too. At least, I really doubt it was any of their ideas.
What made it ridiculous is that they literally unmasked every single Luchador in that company for no reason.
U wanna know why they did? Because me my brothers and dad only watched wwf back then.. we’d flip to wcw during commercials but we were wwf.. but we watched that whole wcw show that night anticipating seeing rays face..
And yet they didn't capitalize on the merchandise..... tsk tsk
The stipulation wasn't enough to watch the match?
They should've saved the mask under the mask just for that moment.
Character change with the Filthy Animals group. WCW never had an organized merch department
It was disrespectful, not only to Rey, but to Lucha as a whole in a way. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard Rey had to go in front of some Lucha Council or something, to get permission to wear the mask again.
He did. They agreed thankfully
The biggest marks are luchadores 😂
From my readings on this subject, when Vince Russo took over as the head of WCW, he did not understand the Lucha culture nor the significance of the mask therein. He thought that these highly skilled performers were hiding behind those masks. For the uninitiated, Russo's background is as a writer, with his only exposure to pro wrestling was during his employ with the then-WWF. Given Rey's lineage, him losing his mask was a monumental moment. But since Russo had no concept of that, Rey was relegated back to pack shortly thereafter
I believe I remember right from konnan podcast. He was beefing with nash at that time & since he was close to rey a way to piss off konnan was to get rey to lose the mask
I remember when Conan still wore a mask and when he was unmasked on accident or probably on purpose, but Conan ran out of the ring covering his face to the back and came back out with another mask
They unmasked a majority of their luchadors juventud, psychosis, rey and a few others
Rey, Psychosis, really all the luchadores. 😤 It was sad to see, imo. You know they were pressured to do it, too. At least, I really doubt it was any of their ideas.
I heard that it was because Bischoff was not a fan of masked wrestlers so he started unmasking them
It was outsiders, hogan, Eric who killed wwe, this is one reason
Cute
Cause wcw was racist