As he continued to talk about luchadores, MVP recalled how he loves watching the greatest of them wrestle and sell injuries and pain, suggesting how fascinated he is by them. He then recalled how even while wrestling Mysterio, he’s blown away by the way the WWE Hall of Famer sells and performs.

“When you have somebody like Rey Mysterio, who has the sympathy of the crowd – and dude, I did this for real. This is a true story; this actually happened and the crowd got in on it,” MVP said, recalling a match against Mysterio at a live event. The luchadore took a heavy bump and the crowd immediately showered MVP with boos. Upon hearing this, MVP decided to slow down and play to the crowd, and noticed that when he simply put his hands on Mysterio, the crowd would erupt again. “I learned a valuable lesson: when somebody is as over as Rey Mysterio? Let them sell! Get your heat on them!”

MVP then recalled another former co-worker who was heavily over: Jeff Hardy. As soon as he’d touch Hardy, the crowd would immediately hate MVP. “This is the art of wrestling. This is the art,” he expressed, noting that the feeling of working a match while everything perfectly flows is one of the best feelings ever. He then again praised how luchadores communicate. “They’ve mastered the art of letting you know. And – a little less sexy, a little less glamourous – they got a mask on, they can talk!”

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