During an appearance on this week’s episode of WWE’s The Bump, Rey Mysterio spoke highly of AEW producer Dean Malenko.
The two stars have had some classic matches in WCW. Here is what he had to say:
“Dean was the first guy that took me in when I went to WCW. The Great American Bash was actually my first tryout match in WCW,” Mysterio mentioned. “There was definitely a connection right off the bat. Dean had already been – numerous times – to Japan and did the J-Cup. So, you know, I think the size and the weight difference and him wanting to learn and do a little more Lucha, as well as being around Eddie [Guerrero] and [Chris] Jericho, it definitely gave him a different vision of what could really happen with that Lucha Libre style.
“I tip my mask off to Dean because he was the one that kind of held me by the hand and took me along the way. I learned so much from him. I have so much respect, and I love that man very, very much.”
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