Sin Cara - suspended!

WWE announced on Monday that Sin Cara (a/k/a Luis Ignascio Urive Alvride) has been suspended 30 days for violating the Wellness Policy. You can read the official announcement at WWE.com.

Jim Ross Blogs: Cyborg to WWE rumor, Mistico, Spoilers

Jim Ross has a new blog entry up at http://www.JRSBARBQ.com/ Here are the highlights..

On Cyborg Santos To WWE: Is Cris Cyborg leaving MMA/Strikeforce to migrate to WWE? Beats the hell out of me just as she would if she chose to but it is an interesting internet rumor. Seeing more athletic, hard hitting women compete in WWE is intriguing for me as a fan. Cris Cyborg is arguably the baddest women on the planet but she would need to learn better English and the art form of pro wrestling or she would run out of opposition in WWE just as she has seemingly done in MMA. Cyborg would be huge draw on a WWE event in Brazil, for example, or so I think.

On Mistico’s Name Change: The Mistico name is owned by the wrestling promotion CMLL in Mexico City which is why the athletes formerly known as Mistico is now known as Sin Cara. I expect Sin Cara to debut after WM27 so as to not get lost in the Wrestlemania shuffle so to speak. Right now it’s all about WM27 and not about introducing new people. Makes sense to me.

On Spoilers: IF I knew TV surprises why would I share them? I generally don’t know the surprises that I see on Raw, for example, and if I did I damn sure wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise for others. Am I wrong here?

Be sure to check out the full blog at http://www.JRSBARBQ.com/

Vickie Guerrero's SD! firing, Mysterio-Mistico, Kofi

– After losing a Mixed Tag Team Match against ex-husband Edge on SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero was fired by SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long. However, unlike Dolph Ziggler and Kelly Kelly, her profile remains on WWE.com’s SmackDown Superstars section days after the dismissal.

– Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston’s losing streak extended to six as a result of his loss to Jack Swagger on last week’s SmackDown!.

– Rey Mysterio tweeted the following on Sin Cara to WWE: “Wish the best 2 SinCara! & hope that more Latino wrestlers make it to the WWE! I think We all deserve a chance to make it Big in Life!”

Bret Hart joins Twitter, Del Rio note, Sin Cara-WWE

– Bret Hart has launched an account on Twitter. The account is verified by Hart’s official website, BretHart.com, as well as his page on Facebook.

– Alberto Del Rio is featured on the cover 200th issue of Power Slam.

– Sin Cara is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Super Luchas.

More on Sin ‘Mistico’ Cara to WWE – Major Media + More

Note from Joe: As you may know, it has been a slow weekend and there aren't many news to post. I've been busy studying for tests for school, but everything will be back to normal by Monday. Thank you!

– WWE.com has a an article on Sin Cara’s (aka Mistico) signing, including a picture that shows off his new mask, photos from the Mexico press conference and more.

– Every major sports paper in Mexico covered the signing, and Sin Cara also filmed interviews for several TV outlets. Jim Ross posted to his Twitter account that he was currently training in Los Angeles. He will be brought right up to the main roster without developmental time or English classes.

– CMLL stated during their press conference yesterday that they had offered Mistico a new deal two weeks ago, though that was after he had signed with WWE. CMLL said they are retaining the rights, and that they will be eventually putting a someone under the mask as Mistico II, a la Tiger Mask II.

Major WWE plans for Mistico, IC title backstage news!

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Many fans have likely noticed that WWE’s Intercontinental championship has been put on the back-burner and really isn’t used for major angles as of late. An example of this was Kofi Kingston’s match against Alberto Del Rio at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. WWE went with a non-title match and the commentators basically ignored it and joked around. We noted prior to the PPV that there was talk of putting the IC title on the line and then doing a ‘champion vs. champion’ match at WrestleMania between Edge and Del Rio but that obviously didn’t happen.

Jim Ross tweeted the following on Sin ‘Mistico’ Cara: “Mistico is signed, sealed & delivered w/ WWE. Now known as Sin Cara. Helluva young hand. A new star looms on the horizon. Congrats Sin Cara. Every major media outlet in Mexico City present 4 Sin Cara media announcement. He’s doing 1 on 1′s now w/ them including espn deportes. It was great 2 rep WWE in Mexico City 4 Sin Cara signing anouncement. Appreciate the opportunity to step back on the field, so 2 speak. WWE has high hopes for Sin Cara. He has many new masks. Major TV ‘rollout,’ He’s 27 & has (opportunity to be) main eventer. A flyer, offensive innovator.” This is obviously WWE’s plan for the next Rey Mysterio.

As noted last week here on the website, RAW producer Kevin Dunn is not a big fan of Sheamus despite Triple H being on good terms with him. So far this year, Sheamus has a 1-8 record on WWE TV and pay-per-view events. Ouch.

Mistico sign with WWE - name revealed!

– The WWE website has posted new photos of Rosa Mendes.
– WWE has launched a WrestleMania XXVII microsite via WrestleMania.com.

– World Wrestling Entertainment held a press conference this afternoon in Mexico City to introduce Místico under his new name, Sin Rostro.

Update on today's WWE press conference in Mexico

At today’s WWE press conference in Mexico City, it is likely that WWE will announce two major things.

The first is that they will announce that they have signed the wrestler formerly known as Mistico. The other announcement could be that they are going to tape TV in Mexico for the first time when they tour there in May.

We’ll have more later.