Happy Halloween! Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio is a legendary rivalry across multiple promotions in professional wrestling with their most prolific and acclaimed match being their Halloween Havoc 1997 Title vs Mask Match being their magnum ops...and it almost didn't happen. WCW President Eric Bischoff was insisted that Mysterio lose his mask while Rey didn't feel like it was right. We go back and look at the perspectives of Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and Eric Bischoff to get a clear picture on all sides of the story and how close this match came to not happening! Who gave Mysterio the idea of not showing up? Why did Bischoff want Mysterio's mask off so badly? What was the surprising backstage reaction to this critically acclaimed match? All this will be revealed and more so sit back, relax and relieve one of the most interesting backstories in WCW history! Twitter/IG/TikTok: @RetoldRichieMars

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