Cinta de Oro - aka Sin Cara - opens up about backstage fights in WWE with stars like Chris Jericho,

Cinta de Oro left WWE in 2019, but the pandemic that closely followed has slowed him following his passions as he intended. Known as Sin Cara for the bulk of his run in WWE, as well as Hunico, de Oro is now 43 and ready to embark on the next chapter of his career.

Cinta de Oro left WWE in 2019, but the pandemic that closely followed has slowed him following his passions as he intended.

Known as Sin Cara for the bulk of his run in WWE, as well as Hunico, de Oro is now 43 and ready to embark on the next chapter of his career.

He has written two books - one a kids book - is starting a gaming stream with his son and is ready to get back in the ring this June. His plate and his heart seems pretty full.

As much as Sin Cara was known for his high-flying aspects in a WWE ring, he gained notoriety for his role in backstage fights.

As the rumours go, de Oro was involved in fights with the likes of Sheamus, Chris Jericho and Simon Gotch, all of which variations of the story have him winning.

When talkSPORT had the chance to talk to the former NXT Tag Team champion this week, we asked to get some clarity around those stories and we started with Sheamus.

“We had a little misunderstanding, me and him. But the one thing that I mentioned before about men is maybe we can have a misunderstanding and we can battle it out, then the next day, we’ll be fine. 

“And I understand, imagine being in a locker room where everybody wants to be number one and fighting for that one spot. I understand there is going to be some misunderstandings, not everyone is going to be on the same page and things like that. 

“I say this from the bottom of my heart: Everything that happened, I was never trying to prove anything to anybody, that I was better than anybody. 

“It was a matter of respect for me. That’s how I grew up. It’s kind of like in the hood where you’ve got to earn your respect - that’s all I was asking for. Nothing more than that; I’m not trying to prove I’m better than you or I’m this and that - never.”

At the time, Dave Metlzer reported that the El Paso-born star had to attend anger management classes and de Oro confirmed this.

“Unfortunately all those things happened, but we learn from those things you know? And I did get sent to anger management. It was pretty funny when I was ‘I’m here in anger management?! I don’t think I have an anger problem!’ But I had to do it because the company told me they needed me to see what’s going on. 

“Heath Slater used to call me firecracker. That’s what Heath Slater used to say ‘what’s up firecracker. That latino brother, hot blood’ and I’m like ‘no’ and he’s like ‘yes!’ [laughs]. I don’t think I’m a bad guy. 

“When you get to know me, you understand where I come from and why sometimes I react in a certain way, but I don’t think I’m a bad person. But I did have a couple of altercations here and there, but, who doesn’t! In wrestling, if you don’t do it, then you’re not a part of the business to be honest with you [laughs].”

One of de Oro’s more famous altercations came against Jericho during a European tour.

The pair made light of it with Jericho wearing the Sin Cara mask during a run-in on RAW after the incident, but they certainly did have a problem.

“People make a bigger deal out of the things! For us, for me, we can talk about it after it happened and everything is fine. 

“But it’s funny because that happened [with Jericho] and that 10 minutes later it was already on the internet. All kinds of stuff  like ‘yeah, Jericho beat up Sin Cara, he threw him off the bus’ and all kinds of stuff!’ 

“And I never said anything, people can talk and say whatever they want to say but that wasn’t what happened - that wasn’t what happened. 

“But again, the next day, me and him had a talk, we straightened things out and everything was fine. Later on, I let him borrow my mask for the little spot he had and that was it.

“Everything is cool now. I think it was one of those things where people try and make something small way bigger than it is. I got nothing against anybody, but I do defend myself a lot [laughs].”
Where de Oro comes from and his heritage plays a part in how he stands up for himself, but it’s no more than that as far as he is concerned.

“I would put on the gloves when I was a little kid with the kids from El Segundo Barrio, when I was 10, 12 years old, I would put the gloves on and fight guys that were bigger than me. And I would get beat up sometimes, but that’s how you learn.”

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