Rey Mysterio is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
82 Facts About Rey Mysterio
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In WCW, Rey Mysterio helped popularize lucha libre in the United States, which led to the rise of cruiserweight wrestling divisions, while he won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times and the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times.
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Rey Mysterio then wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, and joined World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002.
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In WWE, Rey Mysterio won the Cruiserweight Championship three times, the World Heavyweight Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the United States Championship, all of them which he won twice, the WWE Championship once, and the Tag Team Championship four times.
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All totaled, Rey Mysterio has held 24 championships between WWE and WCW.
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest cruiserweight wrestlers of all time, Rey Mysterio was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
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Rey Mysterio was trained by his uncle Rey Misterio Sr.
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Rey Mysterio had ring names such as "La Lagartija Verde " and "Colibri " before his uncle gave him the name of Rey Misterio Jr.
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In 1991, Rey Mysterio was awarded "Most Improved Wrestler" in Mexico while wrestling as Colibri.
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Rey Mysterio signed with Paul Heyman's Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1995.
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Rey Mysterio debuted in September 1995 at Gangstas Paradise, defeating Psicosis, who was making his ECW debut.
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Rey Mysterio had a series of matches with ECW-newcomer Juventud Guerrera during early 1996.
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Rey Mysterio wrestled his final bout for ECW at Big Ass Extreme Bash in March 1996.
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Rey Mysterio made his World Championship Wrestling debut on June 16,1996, at The Great American Bash, challenging Dean Malenko for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in a losing effort.
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Rey Mysterio was forced to join the group after losing a match to Eddie Guerrero.
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On January 17,1999, at Souled Out, Rey Mysterio failed to win the title from Kidman in a fatal four-way match that included Psicosis and Juventud.
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Rey Mysterio refused to take off his LWO colors and was attacked by the nWo as a result.
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Rey Mysterio later became a "giant killer" by defeating large opponents such as Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Scott Norton.
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El Dandy was the lottery winner, but he was injured, and Rey Mysterio took the shot instead.
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Rey Mysterio was injured during the match and was sidelined as a result, Kidman substituted for Rey Mysterio and teamed with Konnan during their title defense against Harlem Heat and The First Family, in which the Filthy Animals went on to lose the title back to Harlem Heat.
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Rey Mysterio returned in early 2000 and remained a steady performer, eventually joining the New Blood faction in early 2000 opposing the Millionaire's Club.
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Kidman and Rey Mysterio participated in a cruiserweight tag team tournament for the newly created WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship and advanced to the final round where they ended up losing to Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo.
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Rey Mysterio made his first ever Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre appearance, debuting in an eight-man tag team match.
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Rey Mysterio wrestled a total of 10 matches in CMLL before returning to the United States.
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Rey Mysterio traveled to Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council and wrestled Eddie Colon over the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship in early 2002.
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In June 2002, Rey Mysterio signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, and promos that hyped his debut began airing.
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The WrestleMania match was part of a storyline in which Guerrero turned on Rey Mysterio and assaulted him after abandoning him during their match against MNM for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
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Guerrero said he knew Rey Mysterio was having trouble starting his own family, so Guerrero left Dominik as a baby with Rey Mysterio and his wife Angie to raise.
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Rey Mysterio went on to defeat Shawn Michaels in an interbrand match later that night.
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Rey Mysterio continued to feud with Raw's World Tag Team Champions, and found a tag team partner in World Heavyweight Champion Batista.
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Rey Mysterio was the second entrant in the Royal Rumble match on January 29,2006, setting a record by lasting 62 minutes, winning the match, and earning a world title shot by last eliminating Randy Orton.
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At WrestleMania, Rey Mysterio pinned Orton to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
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Rey Mysterio quickly moved into a feud with the United States Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
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Rey Mysterio was booked to defend against ECW wrestler Sabu at One Night Stand.
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Rey Mysterio then retained his title in a match against Mark Henry, winning by disqualification after Chavo Guerrero handed Henry a chair and Rey Mysterio acted as if he was hit, a tactic for which Eddie Guerrero was known.
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Rey Mysterio began a feud with King Booker after Booker won a battle royal to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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In that match, Guerrero injured Rey Mysterio's knee, using the match to write Rey Mysterio out of the storyline for a while to get knee surgery.
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Rey Mysterio then began a feud with Finlay, an opponent chosen by JBL.
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Rey Mysterio made his return on the June 23,2008, episode of Raw, as the first wrestler to be drafted in the 2008 WWE Draft from the SmackDown brand to the Raw brand.
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General Manager Mike Adamle announced that John Cena was injured and that Rey Mysterio would replace him in the Championship Scramble at Unforgiven.
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The next week, Rey Mysterio made his return to Raw after an extended absence by attacking Kane, turning back numerous claims that Kane had "ended his career".
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At No Way Out on February 15,2009, Rey Mysterio competed in the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated by Edge when the two were the last men in the match.
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Rey Mysterio's win made Mysterio the twenty-first Triple Crown Champion in WWE history.
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Rey Mysterio was drafted back to the SmackDown brand during the 2009 WWE Draft on the April 13 episode of Raw, in the process making the Intercontinental Championship exclusive to SmackDown for the first time since August 2002.
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Rey Mysterio then moved into a feud with Dolph Ziggler, whom he retained the title against at both Night of Champions and SummerSlam.
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Rey Mysterio stated that he had a prescription for the drug, but was unable to produce it in time to prevent his suspension due to being on vacation and doing a promotional tour.
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However, Rey Mysterio lost the title match to The Undertaker at the Royal Rumble.
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Rey Mysterio continued to feud with Punk and had a match at WrestleMania XXVI with the stipulation that if Rey Mysterio were to lose at WrestleMania, he would be forced to join the SES.
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At Fatal 4-Way, Rey Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger, Big Show, and CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time.
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Rey Mysterio only retained the title for 28 days, losing it at Money in the Bank against Kane, who had won the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match earlier that night.
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Rey Mysterio had the rematch for the title at SummerSlam, but he was defeated.
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Between August 2010 and January 2011, Rey Mysterio had a feud with the debuting Alberto Del Rio, a Mexican wrestler who portrayed a high-class aristocrat.
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WWE used this accident to start a feud and, as part of the storyline, Rhodes began to wear a mask and they wrestled at WrestleMania XXVII, where Rey Mysterio lost to Rhodes.
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Rey Mysterio teamed up with Myzteziz to defeat the Los Perros del Mal team of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Pentagon Jr.
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Rey Mysterio, seeing that something was wrong due to Perro becoming limp, purposely missed.
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Rey Mysterio was pronounced dead by the doctors later that night.
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The trio eventually won the tournament, defeating Johnny Mundo, Matt Hardy and Mr Anderson in the finals with Rey Mysterio pinning Mundo for the win.
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Rey Mysterio was victorious, forcing Myzteziz to submit to a Fujiwara armbar.
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Rey Mysterio faced fellow WWE alumnus Kurt Angle on March 20,2016, for the upstart URFight promotion.
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Rey Mysterio successfully defeated Angle in a two-falls match with assistance from rapper Riff Raff.
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In January 2017, Rey Mysterio noted in an interview that he may consider opening up his own wrestling school.
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In Round 16, Rey Mysterio lost to the English qualifier Will Ospreay.
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Rey Mysterio teamed up with Mexican luchadors Fenix and Bandido for the main event of the indy super show All In on September 1,2018, losing to The Golden Elite team of Kota Ibushi and The Young Bucks.
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Rey Mysterio signed with Lucha Underground on December 12,2015, and appeared on the second season.
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On January 10,2016, Rey Mysterio teamed with Dragon Azteca Jr.
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Rey Mysterio was the second competitor to enter the second ever Aztec Warfare match and was the final elimination by the eventual winner Matanza.
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On January 31,2016, at Ultima Lucha Dos, Rey Mysterio defeated Prince Puma.
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Rey Mysterio made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut on June 9,2018, as part of NJPW's Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall show.
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Rey Mysterio teamed up with Jushin Thunder Liger and Hiroshi Tanahashi, losing to the Bullet Club team of Cody, Marty Scurll and Adam Page.
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In 2018, Rey Mysterio made two surprise appearances at Royal Rumble and Greatest Royal Rumble, but he didn't win the matches.
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Rey Mysterio participated in the WWE World Cup, but was defeated in the semi-finals by The Miz at Crown Jewel.
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Two nights later on SmackDown Live, Rey Mysterio was attacked by Randy Orton, where he ripped Rey Mysterio's mask off of his face.
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Rey Mysterio failed to win it at Fastlane and WrestleMania 35.
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Rey Mysterio then attempted to win the title back on the January 6,2020, and January 20 episodes of Raw, but Andrade successfully retained the title.
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On Thanksgiving, Rey Mysterio was attacked by Dominik and Ripley after Rey Mysterio refused to let them into the house.
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On March 10, WWE announced that Rey Mysterio would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2023.
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Rey Mysterio was featured on the DVD Before They Were Wrestling Stars: Rey Mysterio Jr.
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Rey Mysterio appeared in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble along with several other wrestlers.
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Rey Mysterio performed a rap song, called "Crossing Borders", which appears on the album WWE Originals and was used as the official theme song for the 2004 No Way Out pay-per-view.
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Rey Mysterio has tattoos of his children's names on his right and left biceps, tattoos dedicated to his wife, Angie, and a tattoo with the initials EG for his best friend and fellow wrestler, Eddie Guerrero, who died in 2005.
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Rey Mysterio is a devout Catholic, frequently crossing himself before his matches and bearing numerous religious tattoos on his body, most notably a cross on his chest attached to rosaries as well as other crosses and allusions to God.