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Rey Mysterio

American professional wrestler

Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE. He wrestles on the SmackDown brand. Mysterio is often said to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He is credited for making cruiserweight wrestling popular. Mysterio is one of the world's most recognizable lucha libre wrestlers.[11]

Rey Mysterio
Mysterio in July 2018
Birth nameÓscar Gutiérrez[1][2]
Born (1974-12-11) December 11, 1974 (age 50)[3]
Chula Vista, California, U.S.[4]
Spouse(s)
Angie Gutiérrez
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(m. 1996)​
Children2, including Dominik Mysterio
RelativesRey Misterio (uncle)
El Hijo de Rey Misterio (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Colibri[5]
La Lagartija Verde
El Nino[6]
Rey Misterio II[6]
Rey Misterio Jr.[7]
Rey Mysterio[8]
Rey Mysterio Jr.[9][5]
Super Nino
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[8]
Billed weight175 lb (79 kg)[8]
Billed fromSan Diego, California[8]
Trained byRey Misterio[5]
DebutApril 30, 1989[10]

Mysterio is the nephew of Rey Misterio Sr., He began his professional wrestling career in 1989 on the independent circuit. He was 14 years old. He signed with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. After a short time wrestling for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Mysterio went to work for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996. In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize lucha libre in the United States. This led to cruiserweight wrestling divisions being more popular. He won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times and the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times. He then wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mysterio joined World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002.

In WWE, Mysterio won the Cruiserweight Championship three times the World Heavyweight Championship and Intercontinental Championship twice, and the United States Championship three times. He also won the WWE Championship once and the WWE Tag Team Championship four times. He is WWE's 21st Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion, is a Royal Rumble match winner, and has headlined several WWE pay-per-view events. Mysterio left WWE in 2015 and wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Lucha Underground and AAA. Mysterio returned to WWE in 2018. He won the U.S. Championship twice and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. His tag team partner was his son Dominik.

On March 31, 2023, Mysterio was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Konnan.[12]

AAA Return (2015–2017)

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On March 3, 2015, it was announced that Mysterio resigned with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).[13] He made his return to the promotion at the 2015 Rey de Reyes ("King of Kings"). He teamed up with Myzteziz in the main event against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Pentagón Jr.[14]

On March 20, 2015, Mysterio teamed with Extreme Tiger to face El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Manik. In the match, Mysterio used a headscissors takedown to throw Aguayo out of the ring. When Aguayo got back into the ring, Mysterio dropkicked him in the head to set up for his finisher, the 619 which caused Aguayo to land on the middle rope. Aguayo appeared to be limp while hanging on the middle rope. The match was finished when Mysterio pinned Manik. Aguayo was later brought out of the ring and was rushed to the Del Prado hospital. He was pronounced dead around 1:00am on March 21.[15][16] Mysterio and Konnan were pallbearers at his funeral.[17]

Championships and accomplishments

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Mysterio is a two-time World Heavyweight Champion (among three overall world titles in WWE)...
 
...a two-time Intercontinental Champion...
 
...and a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion (shown here during his reign with Eddie Guerrero)

References

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  1. ↑ "Rey Mysterio suspended for 30 days". World Wrestling Entertainment. August 27, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Rey Mysterio".
  3. ↑ Trejo, Aaron (2011). Rey Mysterio. North Mankato, MN: Bellwether Media. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-60014-639-8.
  4. ↑ Mooneyham, Mike (November 28, 2004). "Rey Mysterio Jr: Pro wrestling's human highlight". The Post and Courier. Evening Post Publishing Company. Retrieved August 5, 2009. Born on this side of the Mexican border in Chula Vista, Calif.,
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Rey Mysterio Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Rey Misterio Jr". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rey Misterio Jr". CageMatch.net. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Rey Mysterio Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  9. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Rey Mysterio Jr official web site". Rey Mysterio.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  11. ↑ Wonsover, Michael (December 22, 2017). "Rey Mysterio's career far from over, open to WWE return". ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rey Mysterio is the first inductee into the 2023 class of the WWE Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  13. ↑ "AAA News: Rey Mysterio officially joins AAA in Mexico". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  14. ↑ "Cartel Completo: Rey de Reyes 2015". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  15. ↑ "Perro Aguayo Jr. passes away in Tijuana hospital after match last night (Updated)". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  16. ↑ "Aguayo Sat. Update: New information on death of El Hijo Del Perro Aguayo; match video of Mysterio's 619 spot". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  17. ↑ "Notes on Perro Aguayo Jr.'s burial". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  18. ↑ "Comision de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. National Trios Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  19. ↑ "Comision de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. National Welterweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  20. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (May 24, 2015). "AAA Lucha Libre World Cup Results – 5/24/15 (Live results)". Wrestleview. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Rey Misterio Jr". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  22. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 11, 2016). "January 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Cena out with shoulder injury, New Japan stars to WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 59. ISSN 1083-9593.
  23. ↑ "CWE Catch Wrestling World Grand Prix 2017 In Wien - Das Finale « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  24. ↑ "Happy to publicly announce our first award winner for 2020. The Lucha Libre award will go to one of the most popular and innovative wrestlers of all time, @reymysterio ! Please join us April 27-29th as we present Rey with this prestigious awardpic.twitter.com/921P4DHKGL". October 22, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Rey Mysterio es Campeón en The Crash, Volador Jr. lo masacró". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Viva la Raza: Lucha Weekly (10/4/15)". Wrestleview. October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  28. ↑ "DWW Championship History". cagematch.net.
  29. ↑ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  30. ↑ Westcott, Brian. "IWAS – International Wrestling All Stars IWAS World Tag Team Title History". Solie. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  31. ↑ "1/10 Lucha Underground TV taping spoilers". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Rey Mysterio's Detailed Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "History of the Cruiserweight Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  35. ↑ "W.C.W. World Cruiserweight Tag Team Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  36. ↑ "W.C.W. World Tag Team Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  37. ↑ Will, Gary. "WWA – World Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Title". Solie. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  38. ↑ Duncan, Royal. "WWA – World Wrestling Association World Welterweight Title". Solie. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  39. ↑ Gonzalez, Manuel. "WWC – World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico) Junior Heavyweight Title". Solie. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  40. ↑ "WWE Championship – Rey Mysterio". WWE. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  41. ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship official title history". WWE. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  42. ↑ "History of the Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio (1)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  43. ↑ "History of the Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio (2)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 2, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  44. ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championship official title history". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  45. ↑ "WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  46. ↑ "WWE United States Championship". WWE. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  47. ↑ "WWE presenta the Bumpy Awards 2021". SOLO WRESTLING. August 4, 2021.

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