In June 2005 WWE brought in three lucha libre wrestlers known the world over as Super Crazy, Psicosis and Juventud (Guerrera). They debuted as the Mexicools, the anti-American, stereotypical Mexican immigrants who rode out on lawnmowers! When I first saw this I have to say I wasn't too pleased with the way three incredible lucha libre stars had been brought in (and probably not so flattering to the Mexican fans in the arena). But like the fans at the next few PPVs the Mexicools wrestled at, the gimmick grew on me. In fact the crowd liked them so much I didn't know if they were face or heel (as you can imagine they were originally supposed to be heel). Their first PPV match was as a team against the Blue World Order (Steven Richards, Simon Dean and the Big Blue Meanie) it was, in my opinion, a good match. In fact compared to the rest of the card that night it was a great match. But more than the regular comic stylings of the B.W.O the match was a chance to showcase the talents of the three luchadors (which it did considering their opponents consisted of a 300 pounder, an uncharismatic Shawn Michaels rip off and Simon Dean).

The three have had success all across the globe holding 34 titles between them (quite impressive if you ask me). Psicosis is someone I will always remember as the insane, mask-wearing luchador wrestling in Japan. Super Crazy had early success in ECW (a place where all three spent extended periods of time) and even a small stint in the WWF as Super Loco and many a year on the Mexican independent circuit and AAA. Juventud like his Mexicool buddies spent time in ECW as well as the WWF but I think he was best known for his decent to really good matches in WCW against the likes of Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. One of the main reasons the trio got to WWE was because of their outstanding performances at ECW: One Night Stand.

The point I'm trying to reach here is these three men all have illustrious singles careers, so was putting them together a good idea" Imagine the matches they could have had with the likes of Paul London and others (I do understand that at the time of their debut the cruiserweight division pool was a shallow one). They could have even had great matches between them if given the chance. In response to the question I posed earlier: no, putting them together wasn't the best of all ideas. It ended up forcing Juventud out of the group (and out of the WWE) as he competed in half as many matches on Smackdown! as the other two. Instead WWE used Juvi on the house shows rather than the weekly TV shows. Since Juvi's departure the remaining two Mexicools have continued as a tag team and as most teams in WWE will tell you (apart from MNM) life is hard for a team these days with the tag team divisions on both RAW and SmackDown not being used properly. Although week in and week out the team of Psicosis and Super Crazy are a joy to watch; their lucha libre styles are a breath of fresh air in the normally stale heavy weight tag team division. Who knows maybe sometime in the future the Mexicools could be holding the tag team titles"!

by Tariq Orbay ..