Rey Mysterio admits that he came very close to retiring, but a surprising name gave him the motivation to keep going.
WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio was a recent guest on La Platica. When asked about the idea of retirement, Mysterio admitted it’s closer for him than many think.
“Oh, it’s definitely really close [retirement],” Rey Mysterio said. “It’s really close, but at the same time, I’m so motivated. A lot of people ask me, ‘What keeps you going?’ I think that once my son started to wrestle, that kind of pushed me to continue, ’cause I was really getting very close to calling it quits, but that just kind of gave me that second wind, and it pushed me to keep going. To be honest, I know I’m going to still enjoy it when I retire, but I’m going to have to tap out. I still love what I do and I always have.
“The fact that I was inducted into the Hall of Fame before I even tapped out. I was like, I don’t want to, I’m not ready to retire. [WWE said] ‘Like no, we’re presenting this to you.’ So truly honored to have been considered, you know, one of the Hall of Famers” [H/T: Wrestling Inc.]
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