Are we headed for Sin Cara versus Sin Cara? Super Smackdown would indicate yes

If you watched last night's Super Smackdown or read Geno's recap and thoughts on the show (if you haven't, what are you waiting for?? Click here, dagnabit!), you know that after a surprisingly botch-free match with Daniel Bryan, Sin Cara seemed to turn rudo.

A post-match handshake led to a swift kick to Bryan's jaw while the now-seemingly malicious Sin Cara stood over and stared at "Mr. Money in the Bank" while a stunned Wichita, KS crowd looked on.

Some fans may be asking what the purpose of this heel turn was. I will go ahead and answer that question with one of my own:

Anybody remember SummerSlam 1994?

During that year's Royal Rumble, then-champ Yokozuna (plus the entire heel roster of the WWF at the time, it seems like) defeated The Undertaker in a Casket Match. Then, in one of pro wrestling's goofiest moments, 'Taker's "spirit" (or Marty Jannetty?) rose to the ceiling and the "Dead Man" wasn't seen for several months.

In reality, 'Taker was taking some time off and healing up. When the time came for the big return, the WWF ran an angle where Ted DiBiase -- who storyline-wise originally brought 'Taker into the promotion back in 1990 -- claimed he had tracked down the "Man from Death Valley."

The UnderFaker -- portrayed by Brian Lee -- had several squash matches until long-time manager Paul Bearer called shenanigans and claimed that he, in fact, had found the one, true Undertaker.

This led to a match between the two at SummerSlam 1994 where Bearer's 'Taker won while DiBiase's UnderFaker was banished from the WWF -- at least until he returned three years later as Chainz, a member of the Disciples of Apocalypse.

What does any of this have to with with Sin Cara? Pipe down, I'll get to that!

The Sin Cara "character" has gotten over quickly with young kids. That's basically the only reason they've kept the character around after a multitude of drama. Cageside's Keith Harris will bring you up to speed here.

But can you blame the kids? Awesome mask combined with flippy flopping all over the ring? Hell, all Utimate Warrior needed to reel us in was facepaint and a head of hair with about three cans on Aqua Net on it.

The WWE wanted to continue selling the t-shirts, the arm sleeves, and the masks (one of each will run you around $100 on their website, good lawd!) while the original Sin Cara -- heretofore referred to as Mistico Cara -- served his time for a Wellness Policy violation. So they called up FCW wrestler Hunico -- heretofore referred to as Hunico Cara -- to take up the mantle in the meantime.

But as Harris explained, Mistico Cara wasn't only in hot water for the Wellness violation. Botched spots and a poor backstage attitude had the Mexican luchadore rubbing quite a few people the wrong way. When he returned from the suspension, he was told that Hunico Cara would continue on with the gimmick that had been especially made for the former CMLL star.

So one could assume that Mistico Cara would soon be fired since the WWE has a guy trained in lucha libre style to wear the Sin Cara mask. And that would make sense except having the Sin Cara turn heel last night is a poor business decision. Why make the character a villain and have him hated by the fanbase -- the kiddos -- that kept it on television to begin with?

According to Jim Cornette, wrestling storylines or gimmicks can be reused after seven years have passed. In the case of Sin Cara, it seems Vince McMahon went ahead and tacked on another decade just to be safe.

The rumors of a Cara vs. Cara feud seem to have some legs. Hunico Cara will earn heat by cheapshotting guys like Bryan before Mistico Cara shows up to put the pretender to the throne in his place.

Several of you Cagesiders have predicted the same thing and with good reason since it makes a lot of sense. Neither Mistico Cara or Hunico Cara are bad workers. Hell, the former had Mexico in the palm of his hand for a few years while the latter has made the rounds through AAA, TNA, and Chikara Pro before getting scooped up by the WWE.

The problem is that a lot of WWE talent aren't comfortable working with their lucha libre style and as a result, the matches have a tendency to turn out... botchy.

What the WWE seems keen on doing is having both Caras work a program together, make each other look like a million bucks while simulatenously allowing them to adapt their style to something more WWE-friendly much like Rey Mysterio has done. Rey Rey still busts out the high-flying moves but does so within a certain framework that the company has established.

Now how they go about setting up this feud between two seemingly mute wrestlers is anyone's guess. Perhaps Hunico Cara pulls a similar stunt to what he did last night and Mistico Cara comes out to show him what's what. It won't take long to realize which Cara is "good" and which is "evil."

Either way, this looks like a way to salvage one of Triple H's pet projects. He was personally responsible for signing Mistico and Kharma and both have failed to pan out as originally hoped.