#3 Sin Cara
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This character has seen two wrestlers don the lucha-style mask - Luis Urive (Mistico) from 2011 through 2013 and Jorge Arias, from 2013 onwards.
Following WWE’s lucha-libre tradition that found prominence with Rey Mysterio, the inception of this character was a move to capitalize on the expanding international market of the WWE, particularly with an appeal towards its Mexican audiences.
The underdog act had seen an explosive debut on Raw and the masked, high-flying action brought a whiff of fresh air into the doldrums that the WWE was in. Amidst interesting storylines and exciting matches with both power wrestlers and highflyers alike, Sin Cara suffered a setback when the wrestler wearing the mask decided to leave the company, after an unmasking match storyline.
Following his departure, Urive began using the gimmick in matches at Mexico. Sin Cara made a return under a new wrestler on December, 2013. Although Arias began with a winning streak, it was cut short and the character faded into misuse.
Respite came in the form of a tag team, the Lucha Dragons, together with fellow luchador Kalisto. The team found relative success in recent times, but Sin Cara has only paled into the shadows before his more successful tag partner.
Numerous botches inside the ring have only added to the flavour of apathy that the Universe already feels for him. Since the Draft, the Lucha Dragons have spilt in order to pursue their singles careers.
Things might change with adequate space granted to each luchador gimmick in Raw and Smackdown Live respectively. Sin Cara had lost to Baron Corbin in a singles match preceding the Draft. While this guarantees him his own storyline, the same cannot be said for his push on Raw.
