More than 12 years after their match at WWE Over The Limit 2010, Rey Mysterio still has some of CM Punk's hair in a Ziploc bag.
In 2010, Mysterio and Punk were locked in a bitter feud. They faced off at several pay-per-views, including Over The Limit, where the fan-favorite beat his rival in a Straight Edge Society pledge vs. Hair Match and shaved him bald.
Speaking with Alex McCarthy for Inside The Ropes, Mysterio looked back on the bout and noted that he kept some of the hair because that's what his uncle, legendary luchador Rey Misterio Sr., taught him to do.
"I still have some of his hair in a little Ziploc bag with the date. That’s what we do in lucha libre. When you have a Mask vs. Mask [match], if you win and you take your opponent’s mask, then you keep it as a trophy. If you have a Mask vs. Hair or a Hair vs. Hair match and you happen to win, I learned this from my uncle, just from growing up in lucha libre, my uncle would collect the hair of his opponent and put it in a little baggie, date it, label it with the opponent, where it was at, and it was kind of like a souvenir, a trophy. So I do have CM Punk’s hair in a little Ziploc bag. It’s in one of my photo albums," Mysterio said.
Mysterio was asked how Punk acted about the haircut, and he responded by saying he was cool with it. He also stated that he has always had a great relationship with Punk.
“He was cool, he was cool. I’ve always had a great, still to this day, have a great relationship with Phil. Punk is a great guy. Despite his problems with WWE, we have always got along. During that time, he let me be me. I was always very careful with him," he said.
Mysterio recently stated that he never wanted to go anywhere else because WWE has always been his home. You can check out his comments here.
