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WWE: Looking back at the many highs and lows of Sin Cara’s career

By Graham GSM Matthews

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 25: Mexican American professional wrestler Sin Cara poses for pictures during the photocall to announce the WWE Lucha Dragons at Hacienda Los Morales on June 25, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/LatinContent via Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 25: Mexican American professional wrestler Sin Cara poses for pictures during the photocall to announce the WWE Lucha Dragons at Hacienda Los Morales on June 25, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/LatinContent via Getty Images) /
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Low: Move to the Cruiserweight division

WWE experimented with Sin Cara in the Cruiserweight division (being billed at 198 pounds) in Oct. 2016, which allowed him to lend legitimacy to all of the fresh faces that were being brought in.

It seemed to be a good fit for the former NXT Tag Team champion and gave him the chance to work with the talented likes of Drew Gulak, Tony Nese and The Brian Kendrick.

Before he could appear on the premiere of 205 Live, he was bumped out of the Cruiserweight division out of nowhere.

This may have had to do with an altercation he had at the time with Chris Jericho, where it was reported by The Wrestling Observer (per Pro Wrestling Sheet) that he got into it with Y2J during WWE’s tour of the United Kingdom. Interestingly enough, he continued to compete on Raw in the remainder of 2016, just not with the Cruiserweights.

He wrestled sparingly going into 2017 and won the occasional match on Main Event before being drafted to SmackDown Live in the Superstar Shake-Up that spring.

High: Feuds with Baron Corbin and Andrade

Sin Cara didn’t do a ton for the rest of his tenure with WWE, but feuds with Baron Corbin and Andrade did highlight his time on SmackDown Live.

He and Corbin had a string of matches against each other in the fall of 2017 with Sin Cara beating Corbin by count-out and disqualification on multiple occasions.

Each of their bouts was better than the last, culminating in a great United States Championship match on the Nov. 14 episode of SmackDown. Even in defeat, Sin Cara proved he was still an incredible athlete and a lot of fun to watch in the ring.

He disappeared from the blue brand after that and resurfaced in the spring for a feud with Andrade, who was calling out the masked luchador on a weekly basis. They had excellent outings on the Jul. 10, 2018 SmackDown and six days later on the Extreme Rules Kickoff show.

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It seems ironically fitting that Sin Cara closed out his career in WWE with another solid series of match-ups against Andrade, this time on Raw.

He put over WWE’s next breakout Latino star to the best of his ability and now that he’s officially a free agent, there’s no telling what he’ll accomplish next and where.

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