Juventud Guerrera was recently a guest on the Wrestling Inc Daily podcast and discussed his relationship with Vince McMahon, the Mexicools, and more.
Juventud Guerrera had the following to say about the Mexicools faction in WWE:
“I never liked it. I respect it, I know that was what they wanted to do, that’s what they were paying for, right? They were the bosses. They were in charge. That’s their company. As a talent, I was just following the rules. And that’s cool, but I wanted to do something different. I wanted to give more credit to the Mexican guys, I wanted to give more [of] the style to the Mexican people. And we, as Mexicans, we are more than just gardeners. We are more than that. And I wanted to do something, perhaps, like Andrade, [and] what he did in his character. He was glamorous, he was showing something different. And I wanted to do that with the Mexicools. That’s why I came up with that name.”
Guerrera also commented on coming up with the Mexicools name:
“I actually made up that name in a meeting with Mr. Vince [McMahon] and John Laurinaitis. And they asked me ‘Hey, we need a name for you guys. What do you think, Juvy?’ And actually, Chavito [Chavo Guerrero] was there. Because they were asking Chavito, too, what he was thinking. And then I just called out that name. Because I want to be cool, right? I wanted to be like ‘What is going to be different for a Mexican guy, being in America? What is the coolest thing?’ In America, just the word cool is cool. So why don’t we put ‘cool’ together with ‘Mexicans’? And that’s how I came up with the name, and [Vince] loved it.”
Juventud lastly spoke about his relationship with Vince McMahon:
“It was difficult, my friend. I was looking for that platform. Being in a major company, being in the major leagues. After what I had accomplished in WCW, breaking the mold of this big guy, Superstar, and they’d never seen a lucha guy. And then finally the lucha guy is 5’7”, which is super small compared to the big guy. And I think we did it, we [broke] the walls of wrestling. Because we trusted ourselves, and in this case, Rey Mysterio and myself. We [trusted] in our talent, not just the size, we trust in our talent. And as long as they put us on TV, we were just taking over. We were just the best match of the show, every show, every pay-per-view. And I wanted to the same thing in WWE, that was like my main thing, right?”
Credit to Wrestling Inc Daily Podcast and H/T to 411Mania for the transcription.
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