{"id":6527,"date":"2017-07-17T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2017-07-17T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:09:13","slug":"rey-mysterio-jr-in-talks-with-two-major-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/07\/17\/rey-mysterio-jr-in-talks-with-two-major-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rey Mysterio Jr In Talks With Two Major Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a new article on Sports Illustrated<\/a>, former World Champion Rey Mysterio Jr<\/strong>. is in talks with both the WWE<\/strong> and Global Force Wrestling<\/strong> about a shift in landscapes once his current contract with Lucha Underground<\/strong> expires. Mysterio is signed through Season 3 (the current season) and will become a free agent 90 days after the last episode airs.<\/p>\n

From the article:<\/p>\n

There is strong incentive for both companies to make\u00a0Mysterio\u00a0an offer he cannot refuse. WWE needs a big Latino star, as well as a great ambassador to Latin America.\u00a0GFW\/Impact is very motivated to move away from Alberto El Patron and generate some positive headlines by inking the legendary\u00a0Mysterio.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

WWE also holds an edge with its state-of-the-art Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.\u00a0Mysterio\u2019s\u00a0son, Dominick, is pursuing a career in pro wrestling, and could benefit from the opportunity to train at WWE\u2019s PC.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The possibility also looms that\u00a0Lucha\u00a0Underground will swoop in with an offer to retain\u00a0Mysterio, yet El Rey has yet to announce a fourth season for the show.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rey Mysterio Jr is a former 3x World Champion in the WWE, as well as being an 8x WWE\/WCW Cruiserweight Champion, 2x Intercontinental Champion, and\u00a07x WWE\/WCW World Tag Champion in a 13 year career with the WWE following 5 years with WCW. Both companies could greatly use the former World champion – WWE could use Rey Mysterio Jr to become a huge star to help promote the Cruiserweight Division – a division he made famous while in WCW and later in WWE – as well as become the top Latin American draw they still desperately need. GFW may have a bargaining chip over the WWE if money is no object, as his good friend Konnan<\/strong> is back with GFW and a potential feud with LAX could entice Mysterio to try some new waters.<\/p>\n

No word yet on which way he’s leaning as of yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a new article on Sports Illustrated, former World Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. is in talks with both the WWE and Global Force Wrestling about a shift in landscapes once his current contract with Lucha Underground expires. Mysterio is signed through Season 3 (the current season) and will become a free agent 90 days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":6530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-north-america"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}