We haven’t taken a visit to the Wrestling Salvage Yard in a while. Let’s look at WWE SmackDown’s former midcard trio the Mexicools.
The Mexicools in WWE
This trio of cruiserweights included former WCW Cruiserweight champions Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis as well as former ECW Television champion Super Crazy.
The three of them were known for a gimmick that saw them dressed as lawn keepers and riding on out to the ring on a riding mower.
I mean, they were actually in mechanic’s jumpsuits but the riding mover easily let you know that WWE was aiming for a Mexican lawn care gimmick—which got mixed reactions.
Some fans thought it was cool—remember this was the mid-to-late 2000s and entrances with vehicles were popular on SmackDown. Others thought it was racially insensitive.
I tend to go with “a little from column A, a little column B” with this one. This isn’t to the levels of say Samba Simba years earlier in WWE but it’s definitely a low-hanging fruit gimmick.
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Then again, this wasn’t the gimmick to run on a show that was doing well in the Hispanic demographic at this time.
Their matches were pretty middle of the road for most of them. Psicosis came in with his ECW One Night Stand best, Super Crazy was often consistent in-ring, and Juvi Juice—while not at his WCW and post-WCW levels—could still go if motivated.
The problem here was that collectively they weren’t out in too many favorable positions. Juvi was used as well as he was going to be and picked up two WWE Cruiserweight titles.
For two of the members—Juventud and Psicosis—behavioral problems would be their undoing in WWE and they would be released in 2006, a little over a year after debuting in the company.
Super Crazy stuck around for about two years afterward, appearing on RAW and then the ECW brand. He was cut from the company in 2008.
Could They Have Been Salvaged?
To quote wrestling podcast host Conrad Thompson: “There’s a lot to unpack.” Of the three, Juventud Guerrera was obviously the charismatic one and did a decent enough job on the mic.
If anything, he should’ve been the sole Mexicools as a brash, snotty “real cruiserweight” type heel who mocked Mexican-Americans for the cheapest crowd disdain—especially in towns with that large Mexican-American population.
I can see him cutting taunting vignettes at the Alamo, in San Diego, insulting Mexican food made in the U.S by Mexicans, and so on.
Hell, he could’ve been “Secretary of Latino Relations” in JBL’s Cabinet faction before the faction petered out. Super Crazy was the most likable face-face of the group. Even while working as a heel, people still liked him because he was going to do crazy stuff.
If he blue balls the crowd by wrestling a more technical, mat-based style and going to top for the most basic of high-flying maneuvers, I could see him as a decent heel. Outside of that, as a face, he could honestly be himself and just mix it up with the other cruiserweights.
He didn’t have the chops on the mic and while being just a competitor on WWE at this time and would’ve been a good hand to have in the cruiserweight division for some higher-risk bouts and multi-man matches.
Super Crazy could’ve even held the Cruiserweight title given stories around the belt at this time weren’t too heavy on long-term storytelling.
It was kind of like a Television title with a weight limit meant to give fans something of a competitive match on shows.
As for Psicosis, he probably has the lowest upside of the trio. A natural heel, I maintain that his best rival will always be Rey Mysterio.
However, when you look at 2005 and 2006, Mysterio had already moved beyond the cruiserweight division. He was tagging with Eddie Guerrero, RVD, and Batista and held the Tag Team Championship three times in 2005 alone.
At WrestleMania 22, he won the World Heavyweight title and left most of his WCW cruiserweight division rivals outside Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho in the dust.
Of the Mexicools, Juventud Guerrera was the most salvageable but only dismantling the idea and putting it all on him. Super Crazy could’ve been someone who was on the roster for a longer time and probably out by 2010 or 2011 at the latest.
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