Rey Mysterio is considered one of the biggest names in pro wrestling and more specifically, in the WWE. That almost wasn't the case though. When WCW was bought out by WWE, he wasn't signed right away by the promotion and assumed he would be bought out like everyone else.
Things could have been very different for Rey Mysterio had he not signed with WWE. He explained why he wasn't signed right away when speaking on Kurt Angle's show.
“So, when the company was bought out I was told right off the bat that they were interested in me but they wanted me to let my WCW contract run out. Once it ended, we would sit down and do business. I thought that it was a nice way of saying, ‘We’re not interested,’ because a lot of contracts were bought out. Chavo [Guerrero], Booker T, a lot of guys. So, again I’m thinking, ‘Is Vince [McMahon] really gonna open up the doors for me because he doesn’t believe in small guys?’ I would hear that sometimes from [Kevin] Nash, from [Scott] Hall but I never lost hope and sure enough when that contract expired [Jim Ross] reached out and said, ‘Okay, we’re ready to do business,’ and that’s when I signed. So, they kept their word.”
It's safe to say the WWE would have been very different had they not kept their word and opted not to sign Rey Mysterio to the promotion. He led the way for small wrestlers in WWE and has been a fan favorite ever since.
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