Update: The Real Sin Cara Sent Home

WWE sources indicate that Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde, the original Sin Cara, was sent home from Tuesday's SmackDown taping in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He left the Scotiabank Saddledome before the event's conclusion.

Company sources state that developmental talent Jorge Arias (a/k/a Hunico) will exclusively portray the Sin Cara character going forward. WWE wants to maintain the character since its been very popular among kids and in merchandise sales.

Many employees expect Alvirde to part ways with the organization, but it is not 100% confirmed.

- Mistico (the original Sin Cara) has not been released by WWE. While WWE Developmental Talent Hunicio worked under the hood for TV this week, Mistico worked the gimmick at the house shows. Word is that creative is in a state of confusion, but as of right now, Hunico is Sin Cara going forward.

- For those wondering, it was Hunico who wrestled as Sin Cara at this weekend's WWE live events and all signs point to him continuing as Sin Cara unless something changes.

Word is that people within WWE are telling Vince McMahon that Hunico may be the death of the Sin Cara character and because of merchandise sales, among other things, officials are afraid of having to drop the character. Vince was upset at both Hunico and the former Mistico at last week's tapings. Vince had received reports that the original Sin Cara still had the same cocky attitude and ego once he returned from suspension. According to a source, he didn't behave the way they wanted him to upon returning. Vince got the negative reports and made the decision to send the original Cara home.

It still has not been confirmed that WWE and the original Sin Cara, Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde, have parted ways.

The fact that Mistico still hasn't been fired yet by WWE suggests that Vince McMahon is hedging his bets over whether Hunico can get as over as Mistico was in the role of Sin Cara.

The problem is that Hunico isn't as charismatic as Mistico, doesn't know how to carry himself like a star, has a much smaller downside guarantee (so he isn't paid so much that they just have to push him no matter what) and he isn't Triple H's special project with guaranteed protection. Thus, it would be quite easy for someone like that to become just another guy on the WWE roster.

Moreover, Hunico has already come under fire from McMahon for his performance as the new Sin Cara, due to his match at last Tuesday's Smackdown tapings with Heath Slater being such a "ridiculous botchfest" that they were sent back to reshoot the finish and then again later in the night to reshoot the spots they got wrong earlier in the bout. Hunico can't afford to be so sloppy that he makes Mistico look silky smooth in comparison, because that's a guaranteed ticket back to Florida Championship Wrestling for him.

For all these reasons, some people within WWE creative are telling Vince McMahon that Hunico will be the death of the Sin Cara character, something they wish to avoid as Sin Cara merchandise is already selling well with young kids (including masks for 75 dollars a pop). In a fit of madness on Tuesday, Vince even dabbled with the idea of putting someone else in the costume.

WWE has six weeks to make a decision. If they're going to bring back Mistico as Sin Cara then they need to do so before their tour of Mexico in mid October. The fact that Rey Mysterio will miss that tour due to his recent knee injury may force their hand, because without him they can't risk Hunico being rejected as an impostor by the more savvy local fans.

One of Mistico's biggest sins seems to be that he didn't follow the WWE locker room protocol of introducing himself to everyone and shaking their hands when he gets to the building. Tut tut, how rude! Ridiculous as that may sound, not following that archaic ritual can kill WWE careers before they even get started. The Young Bucks shouldn't have bothered turning up for their recent WWE tryout, their chances were shot as soon as Rob Van Dam gave them the rep of dodging veteran's handshakes. In a predictable development, RVD's good friends Booker T and Goldust made sure to concur with his assessment via Twitter that they were a couple of disrespectful young punks and thus the Bucks could kiss their WWE chances goodbye.

More specifically, when Mistico returned for that house show run, WWE management were upset that he didn't come back humble enough and was still rubbing people up the wrong way with his cockiness and ego, so he got bad reports from the producers and was sent home again. The reason for his persistent attitude problem may be that he's one of the few guys in WWE who isn't scared of being fired, as AAA are surely in his ear courting him, telling him he doesn't need to put up with WWE's political bullshit and he should return home where he'll be treated like the star he deserves to be.

It seems that being Triple H's pet project may have even bit him on the ass too, as many of the boys were all too happy to see the guy Hunter was so fully behind sent home for being a cocky prick. Well, they'll never be able to see Triple H sent home, so this may be the next best thing.