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WWE star Sin Cara announced on Monday of this week that he has requested his release from WWE.
The former Lucha Dragons member noted on Twitter that after much consideration, he has decided to request his release from WWE as he feels he is not receiving the opportunities that he wants, and feels he will never receive his desired opportunities as long as he is in WWE.
It remains to be seen whether or not WWE will grant Sin Cara's release, or whether or not the company will make him ride out the rest of his contract as the company previously did with Luke Harper, who also asked for his WWE release earlier this year.
With Cara's time in WWE looking to be over, let's take a look at five things you didn't know about the high flyer.
#5 The Sin Cara you see on WWE TV today is not the original wrestler who played the character
Back in February of 2011, WWE held a press conference in Mexico to announce the signing of Sin Cara, and the man who was to play the character is named Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde.
Alvidre made his WWE TV debut as Sin Cara in March of the same year, and in July of 2011 he was suspended 30 days for his first violation of the WWE Wellness Policy.
After a rocky road on the WWE main roster, Alvidre announced in January of 2014 that he would be leaving WWE and returning to Mexico. Despite Alvidre leaving the company, WWE continued the Sin Cara character, replacing Alvidre with Jorge Arias, who previously wrestled unmasked in WWE as Hunico.
Arias has been playing the Sin Cara role since the WWE departure of Alvidre, and Arias is the talent who announced on Monday that he has requested his release from WWE.
#4 Before signing with WWE, Sin Cara wrestled as Mystico
Jorge Arias was born in El Paso, Texas, and began his pro wrestling career in 1999.
Arias first wrestled in Mexico in the early 2000s under the ring name Mistico, and in a very interesting twist of dramatic foreshadowing, Arias was forced legally to change the spelling of the name Mistico to Mystico after CMLL won the rights to the name back in 2005. At the time, Luis Alvidre, who was the first performer to play the role of Sin Cara in WWE, was working as Mistico, forcing Jorge Arias to change the spelling of the name to Mystico. Aria would end up taking over the role of Sin Cara in WWE after Alvidre left the company.
In early 2004, Arias began working for AAA, and it was in the AAA promotion that Arias changed his ring name to Incognito in order to avoid any legal issues with CMLL.
In 2007, Arias made his Chikara debut and worked on and off with the company until 2008. Arias eventually signed with WWE in 2009 and began his WWE career in the company's developmental system which was known then as Florida Championship Wrestling.
#3 Sin Cara made appearances in both TNA and NWA
Jorge Arias made a name for himself in the United States when he made his TNA debut in 2006 and competed in the promotion's World X Cup tournament as part of Team Mexico. Arias competed in one match in the World X Cup tournament which was a 16-man gauntlet match, and he was eliminated in the bout by Sonjay Dutt.
Following his stint with TNA, Arias competed with the National Wrestling Alliance and teamed up with Sicodelico Jr. Arias is best known in the NWA for competing in a tournament to name new NWA World Tag Team Champions, but the team was eliminated from the tournament in a match against current Impact Wrestling star Joey Ryan and current WWE star Karl Anderson.
While Arias is best known for his time in WWE as Sin Cara and wrestling under a mask, it's interesting to note that Arias competed for the majority of his career without a mask, and competed for a brief time in WWE without a mask when he was wrestling as Hunico. Should WWE grant Arias his release from WWE, it will be interesting to see whether or not the Sin Cara character continues in the company.
#2 Sin Cara worked at his grandfather's funeral home while training to become a wrestler
Sin Cara, real name Jorge Arias, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and while he was working towards becoming a professional wrestler, he worked at his grandfather's funeral home in Juarez, Mexico. In addition to working at the funeral home, Arias has a degree in embalming and funeral director services in Mexico.
As for his personal life, Arias appeared on an episode of WWE Superstar Toyz back in 2016 and revealed that he has a son, but it looks like he might have had more children since the episode aired as Arias referred to his "children" in the statement he posted on Twitter, announcing his WWE release request.
The Sin Cara mask in WWE is actually something which has become somewhat of pop culture lore in recent years, as Jorge Arias is good friends with Mexican Raúl Jiménez, who plays football for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. In April of 2019, Jiménez celebrated a goal he scored by wearing a Sin Cara style mask which was a nod to the WWE star. The Sin Cara mask is also something seen worn by numerous WWE stars in and outside of live events.
#1 WWE forced Arias to attend anger management classes following an altercation
Back in November of 2016, it was reported that Sin Cara was forced by WWE to attend anger management classes after a backstage altercation with Chris Jericho.
The incident between Arias and Jericho reportedly took place on a WWE tour bus as the talents were en route to Glasgow, Scotland for a live event.
Following the altercation, Jim Ross spoke with Chris Jericho and Ross noted that Jericho told him the incident was “largely about nothing and that it resembled more of a scuffle than a full-fledged fight. Sin Cara threw one punch and then the minor melee was broken up.”
The altercation with Chris Jericho was not the only backstage altercation Sin Cara has had with a fellow WWE star, as before the Jericho altercation Cara allegedly had backstage fights with Sheamus and former WWE star Simon Gotch.
Following the three incidents, WWE felt the pattern of behavior from Arias had become a problem, and made the decision to send him to anger management classes. WWE did not comment on Arias' backstage altercations in WWE, and Arias had no further altercations with talents following news of the anger management classes.
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