Arn Anderson reflected on the WCW debut of Rey Mysterio Jr. at the Great American Bash in 1996 during the latest episode of the ARN podcast. Mysterio, then 21 years old, wrestled Dean Malenko in a match that Anderson remembers vividly. Anderson was quick to praise Malenko, stating he was the perfect, and often overlooked, dance partner for Mysterio’s revolutionary style.

Malenko And Mysterio

“As soon as the bell rang, look, it was the first time I saw him. He’s walking around backstage . He looked 12 years old,” Anderson recalled . “Tony Young, you know, talking about how excellent his work was . Somebody was on the other end of that, and Dean Malenko will never get the due that he should, because he man could, God, some of the stuff that Dean could do, some of the catches that h

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