{"id":36571,"date":"2016-12-20T12:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=36571"},"modified":"2016-12-20T12:44:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:44:35","slug":"interview-highlights-rey-mysterio-talks-life-wwe-dealing-smallest-kid-son-aspiring-wrestle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/20\/interview-highlights-rey-mysterio-talks-life-wwe-dealing-smallest-kid-son-aspiring-wrestle\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Rey Mysterio talks about life after WWE, dealing with being smallest kid, his son aspiring to wrestle too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2616880281\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>The following are highlights of Rey Mysterio&#8217;s interview on the &#8220;Lilian Garcia; Making Their Way to the Ring&#8221; podcast this week. The full show is available on iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/making-their-way-to-ring-lilian\/id1178198030?mt=2\">HERE<\/a> and YOU TUBE via AfterBuzz TV <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bVq-oPlgGI8\">HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u2022On moving back and forth between Tijuana and the U.S.:<\/strong>\u00a0My mom and I had to cross the border every morning, so she can go to her part-time job and I can go to school&#8230;We would literally leave the house, depending on what day it was, sometimes we&#8217;d leave at\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_356369498\">5 a.m<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>There were times that the traffic was just way too heavy. I would take my naps in the car when my mom saw that it was getting too late and I would be late to school, she would wake me up and she would tell me, you&#8217;re going to have to cross [the border] walking today. That happened numerous times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On how he discovered wrestling:<\/strong>\u00a0I loved staying with my uncle, my mom&#8217;s younger brother,\u00a0Rey Mysterio. So I would spend my off times with him. That&#8217;s when I found out about wrestling. That&#8217;s when I found out about the mask, Lucha libre, what Lucha libre was. It kind of opened up this imaginary world for me, where there was a lot of super heroes that wore masks, but they were humans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On dealing with his size growing up:<\/strong>\u00a0I was always the smallest and the youngest. Now probably not the youngest, but the smallest in weight class. That&#8217;s something that&#8217;s always haunted me. Well, for many years. Not now. But it was always an obstacle in my career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On training with his uncle:\u00a0<\/strong>He was definitely harder on me. He liked to make an example out of me. I think that&#8217;s because the rest of the class knew who I was, knew we were related. Anytime that he used me as an example everybody else just panicked. They said, wow, that&#8217;s his blood. What&#8217;s going to happen to us?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On his son wanting to pursue wrestling:<\/strong>\u00a0He said, &#8220;I want to see if you can start training me.&#8221; I was like, wow! That&#8217;s awesome. Deep down inside, I wanted him to say that. This is a very tough sport. 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