Kevin Nash says he was responsible for the decision that led to Rey Mysterio losing his mask in WCW, and he still believes it was the right move more than two decades later.
Mysterio was forced to unmask at SuperBrawl IX on February 21, 1999, after he and Konnan lost a Hair vs. Mask match to Nash and Scott Hall, according to Slam Wrestling. Had Mysterio and Konnan won that match, Nash and Hall would have been the ones losing their hair.
The unmasking is remembered as one of the more controversial booking decisions of WCW’s late-1990s run, given Mysterio’s mask was central to his identity as a high-flying luchador. Nash’s comments confirm he views himself as the one who pushed for that outcome, though the specifics of how the decision was reached have not been detailed beyond his defense of it.
Mysterio would go on to leave WCW and later become one of WWE’s most recognizable masked competitors before periods of wrestling unmasked as well, but no further details on the aftermath of the SuperBrawl IX result were included in the available report.
