Rey Mysterio Interview on “619″ move, Mask wear?? and Video games
Rey Mysterio was recently interview at a Toys ‘R’ Us store in Manhattan recently. Here are a few highlights:
How did you learn to do the move 619?
That is the move I have been practicing for almost 10 years now. I have been wrestling for 18 years, and that move I think was first done by a wrestler named Tigermas who is a Japanese wrestler. I am talking about almost 25 years ago. Sometimes you see something and you just want to learn it. I don’t want to say that I stole it, I just wanted to do a variation of that. The next thing I know I was putting opponents on the rope and I was doing the 619. I named it after the area code for San Diego, which is where I grew up.
Why did you want to cover your face with a mask?
The mask has a lot of history. Growing up south of San Diego and in Tijuana, Mexico, I got to see a lot of Mucho Libre, that is what I grew up with. I have to say that 98 percent of the wrestlers in Mexico wear masks. They cover their identity because it is a tradition. It is because the Aztec warriors used to wear them in battle. When I first came to the United States, the fans thought it was really cool with my style, my size and my physique — I wasn’t really big, but there was something special about Rey Mysterio, and that came with the mask.
Do you play the video game Smackdown with your children?
Why did you have to ask me that? I play against my son! We have a PSP, PlayStation2 at home. We have the Xbox and the Wii. It seems that my son spends more time playing than I do, because every time I sit down and play with him he always beats me. It is frustrating and it gets me mad! It is pretty cool; imagine playing yourself in a video game.
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