The Future of Rey Mysterio - A View From The Sheriff

Rey is believed to be out for four to six months. During this time, his contract is up for renewal. It is strongly believed that Kurt Angle will try to persuade Mysterio to join him at TNA.

So, my question is - why SHOULD he stay with WWE? After all...

1) What can he do on Smackdown that he has not already done?

He has feuded with most the top guys. The Cruiserweight division will not be pushed, and WWE views Rey as too big a star for that. I think that is the wrong way to go, personally, and we all know that Rey feuding with the bigger men is not a great option. After all...

2) His reign as World Champion sucked

A big disappointment. Although he is a big star, he is not 'World Champion' material. I have always been a fan of Rey, but even I was fuming when he won the World Championship.

Not only did his title reign suck, but he also was very annoying in the programme that followed. After all...

3) The Eddie Guerrero factor

Seriously, this was a major problem. Not only that they kept pushing it, but that in his feud with Chavo, I personally felt that the minute Chavo cut that promo about Rey 'leaching' from the Guerrero name, I was on his side!

Rey should have said no. Which makes me wonder, what are his best options? After all...

4) Raw already has DX and John Cena

So is Rey going to do any better over there? Especially with the likes of Carlito and Jeff Hardy already in the upper mid-card?

Personally I think Rey would get lost in the shuffle. The only plus side would be some potential fresh fueds... or would there? Randy Orton and Johnny Nitro, for example, have been done. If he was to feud with say, Chris Masters, there is a huge size difference. Edge is a main-eventer now. So really, who is there?

I reckon he could have a great feud with the horribly under-utilised Shelton Benjamin, but then after that, I am stumped.

So, ECW is probably his best option. After all...

5) ECW needs star power

Bobbly Lashley moving there helps the brand, and may help Lashley himself. Still, I am not sure he is the man to carry ECW forward. RVD will almost certainly not get a championship run again any time soon, and Sabu is also a long shot to actually get the title. Test is okay, but definitely not world champion material. Thing is, somebody needs to take it, as Big Show has a variety of injury problems.

But we come back to the problem of Rey as a world champion. He would do nothing to help the brand stop looking inferior to Raw, and even Smackdown - which is poor - and his value has plummeted a bit anyway since he took the belt on the blue brand.

So maybe TNA is his best shot, after all.

Did you like the regular 'after all' leads then?! heh heh