Rey Mysterio Reveals He Told AEW Star To ‘Tone It Down’

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Rey Mysterio has opened up about the advice that he gave to El Hijo Del Vikingo when the AEW star was injured, advising him to “tone it down.”

It’s a topic that Konnan has touched upon previously, noting that Mysterio has had fourteen knee operations while Vikingo had gone through his first at the time.

Mysterio recounted the advice he offered the AEW star, reflecting on it being advice the WWE Hall of Famer himself had previously ignored.

Speaking on Marc Raimondi for ESPN, Mysterio revealed how the pair connected, saying:

“I believe he was going through an injury at the time, and I kind of connected him with people to see if he could get his knee taken care of.

“Overall, I said, ‘it happened to me, a lot of people would tell me to slow down. With all due respect, I said thank you, yes, I will, and it would almost come in one ear and out the other. Until you start going through injuries and surgeries, and you’re not slowing down because they tell you, you’re slowing down because you need to, and you can’t risk your body anymore as you did.’

“I pretty much gave him that advice and told him he could still be incredible if he just toned it down two or three beats more.

“Pick the moments where you want to do your things to impact. You don’t have to do it every night because they already know who you are.

“I hope that he takes the advice and doesn’t have to suffer what I did, which is learn the hard way.”

Along with his appearances in AEW, El Hijo del Vikingo is the current AAA Mega Champion.

Rey Mysterio is the current WWE United States Champion and was recently called out by Logan Paul.

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