Rey Mysterio Publicly Comments On Reasoning Behind WWE Departure

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Rey Mysterio finished up his WWE contract and is now working indies and in Mexico.

In a new interview, he talked about some of the reasons he ended up leaving WWE.

I think that was the main focus regarding my departure from WWE is first off to have my own time. I wanted my family time before anything else. Family to me comes first, especially now in this stage of my career.

I knew that I wasn’t going to have a strong commitment to another company if I was going to sign with someone else. I wanted to do something on my own terms and call my own shots. That time came. I’m doing a couple of events for AAA and independent work.

Not too much wresting, but signings and appearances. I think the second major factor in this is I have been on the grind doing this for 25 years. So my body needed to rest without a doubt

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