Rey injured again?

[CrazySting]

Rey Mysterio is said to be working through a lot of pain at the moment, with news that his ACL and PCL are completely destroyed. It's said his injured joint is virtually bone-on-bone and that he requires knee surgery as soon as possible. [Source: Wrestling Globe Newsletter]

[Solid Stryk-Dizzle]

Is it that time of year again?

Well, hopefully he gets better soon.

[Ben Wyatt]

Lord.

I generally dont mind Rey, but this his umpteenth knee injury. I think it's time to call it a career

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Yeah, this is getting kind of old. Rey shows up for all of about four months at the most, something or other happens, then he comes back only to vanish again. At this rate be surprised if he can walk when he hits 40.

Also, guess Taker's retaining, because now SmackDown's completely gutted of top faces. I think he's the only one left, even, unless they slide Morrison up the card.

If nothing else, if there ever was a time for Christian to step up into the main event, this is it.

[nerdinitupagain]

So.. he's going to be even more limited in the quickness and agility departments after this..

He's really one of the most boring wrestlers there is right now because his "high-flying" has been neutered to that dumb Doink splash thing. If he can even do that I'd be surprised after this surgery...

Rey needs to just hang it up in America and go back to Mexico to be treated like a hero on an extremely limited schedule.

[rnrk supports BLM]

Honestly, barring the suspension, I'd say Rey's '09 run has been his best work in years.

At any rate, the obvious booking will be to have Batista absolutely annihilate Rey at Survivor Series (which was probably going to happen anyway), and let him take credit for putting Rey on the shelf.

[rrm15]

Yeah, maybe its time to hang it up Rey.

[hargh]

He seems to be in competition with Kevin Nash.

[nyfleaman]

ugh... sad... was looking forward to Batista (Basketball Jones) and Rey program

[weaselboy]

aren't there some sort of pills you can get to deal with pain like that???

[sloride]

I think maybe its time for Rey to call it a day before he has to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

[Big L]

yea rey damn time to call it quits buddy );

[H-Fist]

Nov 13, 2009 17:40:43 GMT -5 nyfleaman said:

ugh... sad... was looking forward to Batista (Basketball Jones) and Rey program

I think we all knew that this angle had a very good chance of being marred by injury, but...



In regards to Rey, it looks like WWE will need to overdub the "Don't try this at home" video for the number of surgeries Rey's had on his knee. He may only be 35, but as I've said before, he started to wrestle when he was 14. He is a 20+ year veteran. He spent much of that time wrestling in the lucha libre style emphasizing aerial moves and speed. Because of his size, he has had to go the extra mile to earn credibility. No one should be surprised at this.

The two parallels that come to mind are Jeff Hardy (another 15+ year veteran before 35) and retired NBA player Muggsy Bogues, who is 5'3" and eventually retired when his knees had essentially no cartilage left. I bring him up because, like Rey, every step and jump he took had to be that much more intense than his peers because it took more effort to cover the same amount of ground.

[Lionheart]

Dear God. What's left to prove? He had one last great feud with top-notch matches against Jericho this year. Please, Rey, realize enough is enough.

[H-Fist]

Nov 13, 2009 18:37:47 GMT -5 Lionheart said:

Dear God. What's left to prove? He had one last great feud with top-notch matches against Jericho this year. Please, Rey, realize enough is enough.

How many top-tier athletes and entertainers can successfully retire? I don't mean that they have financial security. I mean that they are happy and well adjusted to be outside of it. A lot of these guys only know the life of their sport. Wrestlers who have been successful are travelers, guys who are used to being on the road 250, 300 days a year. Even when they have family to go home to, the reality of what family life is weighs down and causes big adjustments. And for guys whose life has been about moving forward, it's a lot easier to start running again than to face the challenge of standing still.

[Bubble Lead]

KEN AH DAAAAAAY!!!!!!

Er, I mean, MEH STERR EEEOOOOOOOH!

[lionheart21]

Nov 13, 2009 18:37:47 GMT -5 Lionheart said:

Dear God. What's left to prove? He had one last great feud with top-notch matches against Jericho this year. Please, Rey, realize enough is enough.

This.

Mysterio's already gonna go down in history as one of the greatest lucha-libre wrestlers of all time and he's probably got enough money saved up to last him the rest of his life. Its time to call it quits.

[Krimzon]

If he really is injured again, it's time for Rey to hang 'em up. His body is going to be shot and worthless if he keeps on like this.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Wow, it is time to hang it up. This guy hasn't had a whole year of being healthy for a long time. Yes he had a good series of matches with Jericho but come on. This guy has had Major knee surgeries several times. He ready to have yet another reconstructive surgery. I getting it's the other leg this time.

He having just as much as Nash has had but Nash was never gone as long as Rey has been. Outside the quad. But Mysterio was gone for a year once already with it and he looking to go again. Mysterio came in at the summer of 02. He only done four WMs.

[onemanlegacy]

That might come to the conclusion that he will take time off again after Survivor Series after Batista 'injures' him