Sin Cara...

I've started this here, even though it leads on from the SD roster coversation in the other section, as it's not about the game but the man. Not watching wrestling with any regularity anymore I'd heard about Sin Cara but not seen much of him. So I decided to youtube it up and find out more...

On the 'mood lighting', I like it. I also love the costume. Anything vaguely superhero like always plays well with me! I watched his finisher and that looked awesome, at least in the Mexican matches that I saw.

I wish they had gone with his previous name, Mistico. Although with it being so close to Mysterio I can understand why they changed it. Plus I like the back story they gave him about being taken in by a wrestling priest! Although one of his previous ones (Astro Boy) rocks too...

Thing is, he's having real trouble working a WWE style match. His timing is slightly off, he sometimes botches moves, and he can't seem to gel easily with people who aren't used to his style. That's why the WWE took him off TV. Someone else played him last week. Supposedly they are working with him to tune his style.

Having seen some of stuff from Mexico I can understand that. It'd be a shame if it didn't work for him because, like I say, he's got a lot to offer. Do you think they should have kept him off camera a bit longer and worked him in a bit better?

Yes. He's a big star in Mexico, but a couple of months of dark matches to tune him in would have helped I think.

Again, I can understand why they wanted to milk him straight away. Those masks, etc...they are going to sell big! But I think that's one of the problems these days. There's no time for things to work in. I was reading about the Rock yesterday. How he didn't get over first up, when he was the Blue Chipper'. These days they would probably have dumped it and moved on!

Btw, is The Rock's book worth reading?

I said this before. These days Rock and Austin would both have been dumped before they ever got a chance to shine. And no, it's not really. Think you would like Regal's and the one I'm reading at the moment "sex lies and headlocks" it's a bio of Vinnie and how he built the WWE.

Cheers. It got good fluff but I wanted a non-biased opinion. The two you mention sound good.

Next time I see you...

Cheers

Total switch of topic but last night we watched White Fang. In it there's a bar called Klondike. All I could think off was Klondike Kate. So, to show Helen who I meant, I've just brought up some pics and videos. By gods KK was a bruiser...

She's on Facebook, and was still wrestling until recently. Fantastic female wrestler.

Watching the stuff on youtube she could certainly teach the divas and knockouts a thing or two...

Just looked up Sin Cara on Youtube. Seems like another Rey Jr.
Nice finisher though, the top rope C4 Exploder suplex.

Also known as "The Spanish Fly". Not a new move though, it's been knocking around for a while. In fact I think Burchill might even have done it a couple of times in the FWA.

Ah yeah I knew it had another name. I remember watching a video of 2 blokes using it on someone else, think it might have been CZW or something. It looked brutal!

Yup. For the name of me I can't remember the name of the sodding tag-team that used to use it!