Watched some great matches from the Rise and Fall.... DVD last night:
Rey Mysterio Jr v Dean Malenko (Cruiserweight title match)
Syxx v Eddie Guerrero (Ladder match for the US title)
Eddie Guerrero v Dean Malenko (US title match)
Superb high-flying and technical wrestling, easy to see why WCW was rated far superior for in-ring action from 96-98, the only negative was the lack of clean finishes (but I think this was the case generally during the Monday Night Wars).
Hate to say it but Mysterio is a fraction of the performer now that he was back then. Was so fast and agile. Will never understand why he decided to pack on so much muscle - it's slowed him down a lot IMO (thus making him a much less exciting/unpredicatable) wrestler, + personally I still can't take him seriously when he's a heavyweight title contender (and clearly a lot of other fans didn't when he was champ), so don't really see what he's gained.
Seriously, any fan of him check out his WCW matches from 96-99, and ECW from 95, it's almost like watching a different wrestler to the 'WWE Universe' version (bloody size-obsessed WWE
).