1. Rey Mysterio is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
72 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, winning the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times; the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times; and the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once.
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Rey Mysterio lost his mask in a Lucha de Apuestas against Kevin Nash, working unmasked until 2002.
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Rey Mysterio stayed with WWE until 2015, winning the World Heavyweight Championship twice; the WWE Championship once; the WWE Cruiserweight Championship three times; the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice; the WWE United States Championship three times, and the WWE Tag Team Championship four times, as well as winning the 2006 Royal Rumble.
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Rey Mysterio departed WWE in 2015, going on to appear in promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Lucha Underground, and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion.
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Rey Mysterio returned to WWE in 2018, where he was joined by his son Dominik.
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Rey Mysterio's parents are Mexican nationals Maria del Rosario and Roberto Gutierrez, both from very poor, uneducated backgrounds; Maria was a house cleaner and Roberto was a factory worker.
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Rey Mysterio was trained by his uncle Rey Misterio and wrestled early on in Mexico, where he learned the Lucha Libre high flying style that has been his trademark.
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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, while wrestling in Mexico as Colibri, Rey Mysterio was named "Most Improved Wrestler".
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Rey Mysterio signed with Paul Heyman's Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1995.
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Rey Mysterio debuted on September 16,1995, at Gangstas Paradise, defeating Psicosis, who was making his ECW debut.
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Rey Mysterio went on to have 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, defeating Guerrera.
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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 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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El Dandy was the lottery winner, but he was injured, and Rey Mysterio took the shot instead.
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Kidman substituted for Rey Mysterio and teamed with Konnan during their title defense against Harlem Heat and the First Family at Halloween Havoc six days later, where the Filthy Animals lost the titles 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, opposing the Millionaire's Club.
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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 defeated Eddie Colon for the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship on January 6,2002, holding the belt until losing it back to Colon on April 6.
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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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At the Royal Rumble on January 25,2004, Rey Mysterio successfully defended the title against Jamie Noble.
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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 threatened to take custody of Dominik, drawing up custody papers and having his lawyer present them to Mysterio.
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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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On January 29,2006, Rey Mysterio was the second entrant in the Royal Rumble match, setting a record by lasting 62 minutes, winning the match, and earning a world title shot by last eliminating Orton.
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Rey Mysterio quickly moved into a feud with the United States Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield, who stated he deserved the World Heavyweight title.
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Rey Mysterio was defeated by Mark Henry and The Great Khali in separate non-title matches before wrestling Kane to a "no contest".
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Rey Mysterio was booked to defend against ECW wrestler Sabu at ECW One Night Stand.
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At ECW One Night Stand, Rey Mysterio retained the title, after he and Sabu were ruled unable to continue following a triple jump DDT through a table by Sabu.
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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, who won a battle royal to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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Vickie then turned on Rey Mysterio by hitting him in the back with a steel chair and gave him an injury, thus, siding with Guerrero.
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Rey Mysterio then began a feud with Finlay, an opponent chosen by JBL.
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Rey Mysterio returned on the June 23 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 the last man eliminated by Edge.
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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, making the Intercontinental Championship exclusive to SmackDown for the first time since August 2002.
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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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Rey Mysterio then entered a feud with the debuting Alberto Del Rio, a Mexican wrestler who portrayed a high-class aristocrat.
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Rey Mysterio then reignited his feud with CM Punk, with the pair exchanging victories on consecutive episodes of Raw.
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Rey Mysterio subsequently decided to take time off to heal a wrist injury.
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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 has appeared on a number of independent shows, facing the likes of Alberto El Patron in Qatar Pro Wrestling, Amazing Red in House of Glory, AJ Styles at a 5 Star Wrestling show in the UK, and Ricochet in Xtreme Wrestling Alliance.
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Rey Mysterio faced fellow WWE alumnus Kurt Angle on March 20,2016, for the upstart URFight promotion, defeating Angle in a two-falls match with assistance from rapper Riff Raff.
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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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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 on January 28 and Greatest Royal Rumble on April 27, but lost both matches.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 27,2019, Rey Mysterio entered the Royal Rumble match at No 25, but was eliminated by Orton.
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In May 2020, Rey Mysterio began feuding with Seth Rollins, who used the corner of steel steps to pierce Rey Mysterio's eye and take him out of action.
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At Royal Rumble on January 31,2021, Rey Mysterio entered at No 26, but was eliminated by Omos.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 28,2023, Rey Mysterio was scheduled to enter the Royal Rumble match at No 17, but was unable to compete due to presumably being attacked either solely by Dominik, who entered the match at No 18 or the entire The Judgment Day.
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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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Three weeks later, Rey Mysterio lost to Escobar after interference from Dominik.
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Rey Mysterio was assisted by Andrade to fend off Escobar and Dominik.
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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 2004 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, 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 fervent 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, crosses on his mask, as well as other crosses and allusions to God.