![]() ![]() Maybe Rey Mysterio would been factored in the MITB Match or US Title who knows. Perhaps Eddie's death accelerated that but the feuds and matches he was working on already indicated that he was one of the top guys in the WWE at the time.īut to answer the original thread starter's question: No - because Rey Mysterio was already being pushed at the time And also worked other high profile matches on TV and angles.Īll signs pointed that Rey Mysterio was bound to become a Champion someday. He was feuding with a former WWE Champion that lasted for 5 months. So no Rey Mysterio was not in the "lower mid" card feuding Chavao Guerreo. What else was he doing in 2005 before Eddie passed away? He had TV Matches with Randy Orton, was in the Final Four at the 2005 Royal Rumble (along side other "nobodies" like Edge, John Cena, and Batista), and was already one of the focal points during the RAW/Smackdown! feud in 2005 (I also believe he was already added in the Smackdown! team before Eddie's death). His feud with Eddie took a bulk of Smackdown's TV time which started at Wrestlemania then culminated in a Ladder Match at Summer Slam. I love how you changed history to fit your agenda but Rey Mysterio was involved in one of the top, if not the top, feud in the Smackdown! brand with Eddie Guerrero in 2005. It was Rey losing a friend in Eddie, gaining a gimmick in Eddie, losing a friend & tag team partner in Batista, & WWE losing a main eventer that caused the triple threat & Rey walking out of Mania 22 the World Title IMO. Or even get put into MitB and use Eddie's popularity for Rey to win it and later cash in for a short world title reign if WWE really wanted to capitalize on Rey and his relationship w/Eddie. Rey could have easily wrestled Benoit or Chavo in a tribute match of some sort if Batista didn't get hurt. All the reports say it was Batista(c) vs. ![]() I think the thing that played a bigger part in Rey getting the World Title and a Mania Main Event was Batista getting injured. ![]() (Which I always felt a little wierd about having your gimmick be you stealing your best friends glory, that'd be like if Edge died instead of retired right before Christian won the title but anyways I digress.) Ofcourse Eddie's passing helped push Rey, it was the center of his whole entire gimmick at the time. But that moment should've been Chavo's time to shine. But no matter what, the storyline woulda worked for Chavo, but due to his place and position in the company he couldn't get that push. Yeah Rey and Eddie was close, but Los Guerrero's were closer. Chavo was hit harder by Eddie's Lost than Rey was. Even through his 2nd time around, he wasn't a beleivable world champion. Now don't get me wrong, Rey Mysterio is an Excellent Wrestler but he just wasn't a beleivable world champion. C'mon he beat Kurt Angle and Randy Orton in the Triple Threat Match to win it, and people really saying he only won the title cause Eddie Died. But if you ask me, the storyline had a climatical ending, but in the same way was a flop b/c after it was all said and done, Rey Won the title in memory of Eddie, but at the same time Rey didn't make a beleivable World Champion. The closest thing he's gotten to a big push was beating JBL that following Monday night on Raw. And it wasn't fair to Chavo b/c he was Eddie's Nephew and had family ties and looked up to his uncle. Yeah I think The Reason's for Rey's Push was because of Eddie Guerrero's death. Honouring Eddie, yes, I think that is great, but Rey Mysterio would've gotten a push anyway, so I think Chavo should have gotten it in 2006. Personally, I don't mind Rey became the World Heavyweight Champion, and I don't mind he became a main eventer, but I'm not a huge fan on why it happened. In the end, Rey has to thank Eddie for that. This would then lead to a feud between the two and since then Rey has been a main eventer. Simple point, Rey was pushed in honour of Eddie Guerrero, which I think is a spit in the face to Chavo Guerrero, seen as he is family, but Rey was so much more over with the crowd than Chavo ever was, so that was obviously WWE's thinking. Eddie Guerrero would then face Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania and Kurt Angle would face the Undertaker. According to sites like WrestleZone, the original plan was for Randy Orton to win the Royal Rumble in 2006 and beat Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22.
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