Rey Mysterio honored the twentieth anniversary of Eddie Guerrero’s death with a tribute that read like a message to the brother he still feels beside him, per The Players Tribute. Rey looked back on those early days in Tijuana, when he rode with his uncle to the arena, smelled the food stands near the entrance and carried the gear bag through the same front doors as the fans. One night changed him forever. He watched Eddie perform and realized he had just seen someone who reshaped everything he thought he knew about the craft.

Their bond started inside the ring before it ever took shape backstage. Rey studied Eddie while training and kept finding new lessons in every roll, hold or movement. Whenever Rey thought he had mastered something, Eddie performed it with a sharpness that creat

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