Christian asks Mysterio how he came up with the idea to give young fans at ringside a replica mask before each match. Mysterio informs that he was a big fan of Bret Hart, and he loved watching Hart go up to kids in the front row and give them his glasses before matches. The smiles on those kids’ faces always stuck with Mysterio, and he was happy to be able to do something similar for young fans years later.
Mysterio informs that while working in WCW he heard rumblings that WWE wouldn’t be interested in him based on his height. When WCW was bought out by WWE, Jim Ross told him they’d negotiate once his contract ran up, and as soon as his contract expired Ross called. Mysterio was so excited to work in WWE, and he considered WWE to be place he was supposed to be all along.
Edge points out that he and Mysterio worked well together, and every time WWE didn’t have anything creatively for either of them they’d just be thrown together and they’d always find a way to make entertaining television. They worked several tag matches with Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and those matches were always very good.
