Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, (born December 12, 1974 in San Diego, California) better known by his ring names Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Rey Mysterio is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand.
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| Born | December 12, 1974 San Diego, California |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Rey Mysterio Colibri Super Niño Rey Mysterio, Jr. Rey Misterio, Jr. |
| Billed height | 5 ft 3 in (164 cm) |
| Billed weight | 170 lb (75 kg) |
| Billed from | San Diego, California |
| Trained by | Rey Misterio |
| Debut | April 30, 1989 |
- Rey Mysterio redirects here. For his uncle, the original Rey Misterio, see Rey Misterio, Sr.
Mysterio is known for his aerial wrestling techniques, which kick-started the "cruiserweight" revolution in the United States of America in the late '90's. He has won the WCW/WWE Cruiserweight championship eight times - more than anyone else in history.
Career
Mexico
Gutierrez is a luchador as is his uncle and trainer, Rey Misterio, Sr. He debuted as a wrestler in April 1989 at the age of 14 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was too young to wrestle in the United States, as athletic commissions would not give him a license. Technically, he was also underage in Mexico, but enforcement was generally low. In Mexico, using the stage name Colibri (hummingbird in Spanish), he began a feud with another luchador, Psicosis (who was also trained by Rey Misterio, Sr.). This feud lasted several years even after Gutierrez's career moved to the U.S.
When Gutierrez turned 18, his uncle revealed the relationship between the two and allowed him to use the ring name "Rey Misterio, Jr." Gutierrez later changed the spelling to "Rey Mysterio, Jr." and eventually dropped the "Junior". In Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he feuded with Juventud Guerrera which included a tag match with Guiterrez & Misterio, Sr. versus Juventud and his father,
Extreme Championship Wrestling
In 1995, he defeated Psicosis during their debut match on Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). This match was their first real impact in American professional wrestling, outside of the World Championship Wrestling (WCW)-promoted When Worlds Collide pay-per-view (PPV). Their feud stopped for a while after a Mexican Death Match in November 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Mysterio would later appear at both One Night Stand reunion shows, defeating Psicosis at the first one in 2005 and battling Sabu to a "no contest" the following year.
World Championship Wrestling
Mysterio went on to gain fame in World Championship Wrestling in 1996, where he was the flagship of the new "Cruiserweight Revolution" in the United States. His last name was changed to 'Mysterio' to be further marketed as a 'Mystery man.' Mysterio had many famous matches with Ultimo Dragon, Dean Malenko, Psychosis, Eddie Guerrero, and Juventud Guerrera. In time, he would gain the WCW Cruiserweight title five times (and 3 more in the WWE).
Cruiserweight Division
Mysterio quickly made an impact in WCW with his first Cruiserweight title reign. However, at the October '97 Halloween Havoc, Mysterio won his second Cruiserweight Championship against real-life friend Eddie Guerrero in a "title vs. mask" bout. The match was so highly acclaimed for its utter fluency and technicality that it was voted Match of the Year. By now, Mysterio was clearly a staple of WCW's roster.
After much feuding, the WCW Cruiserweight Champion was booked in a match against Chris Jericho. Mysterio would lose the title at WCW/nWo Souled Out on January 24, 1998. After the loss, Jericho continued the beating using a toolbox found at ringside. This would put Mysterio on the sidelines for several months before making a return six months later at Bash at the Beach 1998 to defeat Chris Jericho for the championship, however the next night the result was overturned due to the interferance of Dean Malenko and the belt returned to Jericho.
In 1998, Eddie Guerrero formed a group known as the Latino World Order (a take off New World Order) that included nearly every luchador in the promotion. Although Mysterio was pressured to join, he continually refused. He was finally forced to join in losing a match to Guerrero. As the two factions of nWo reformed - nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac - they demanded the LWO's disbanding. Mysterio showed his loyalty in refusing and inevitably suffered the consequences.
Removing the Mask
In 1999, Mysterio was pitted in a tag team bout against the The Outsiders in a "hair vs. mask" match. He and Konnan would lose at Superbrawl IX on February 21, 1999 in Oakland, California, causing Mysterio to remove his trademark mask. The Lucha Libre community was offended by this move due to their strong tradition of luchadores wearing their masks. Despite this major setback, Mysterio remained one of the company's most popular superstars due to his high-flying, amazing, luchador style, how he always interacted with the fans, and his own personality, which was displayed in his clothing (in and out of the ring), music, and approach.
Mysterio would go on to prove himself without the mask. He became a "giant killer" by scoring upset victories over towering, powerhouse performers like Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Scott Norton. He would also begin a successful tag team with Billy Kidman and join Master P's No Limit Soldiers. After Master P's departure from WCW, a new stable known as the Filthy Animals formed including Konnan, Eddie Guerrero, and Mysterio.[1]
Main Eventer
His success finally led to a WCW World Heavyweight Championship title shot against Ric Flair on the 1999, Panama City Beach, Florida edition of WCW Monday Nitro. In a rare scene, a raffle was conducted to declare the challenger for Flair's title. Low-card performer El Dandy would actually be drawn, but gave the shot to Mysterio due to an injury suffered earlier in the show. This main event match clearly illustrated Mysterio's potential and fan following, but the underdog would come up short.
Despite Mysterio's popularity, WCW President Eric Bischoff refused to allow him a World Championship reign due to his being "too small" and "unmarketable."[citation needed] The top spot would be reserved for older and larger performers. And as Vince Russo came into the WCW picture, the promotion saw drastic changes.
Russo showed an obvious discrimination against nearly all Mexican wrestlers and supressed the majority of them from WCW airtime. Mysterio remained a steady performer through this and joined the New Blood faction in early 2000 to face the opposing "Millionaire's Club." Mysterio and Kidman would then feud with tag teams such as Misfits in Action and Team Canada throughout WCW's final months.
Together, they would win the new WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles on the final edition of Monday Nitro before the company folded in 2001. This would be Mysterio's last TV appearance for over a year.
World Wrestling Entertainment
In 2002, Rey signed with WWE, and promos began hyping his epic debut. And in what came as a surprise to many wrestling enthusiasts, Vince McMahon requested that Mysterio wear his mask again. In Mexico, one could be fined or even have their license suspended in lucha libre by the Box y Lucha Commission for this; there, once a wrestler loses his mask, he cannot regain it. In deference to this tradition, Mysterio continues to not wear a mask when performing in Mexico. This includes non-wrestling appearances in the Rey Mysterio: 619 DVD produced by WWE, although he wore a mask on the recent tour in Mexico.
Rey Mysterio began his WWE career on SmackDown! as a babyface in a feud with Kurt Angle. Rey later teamed up with Edge to win the WWE Tag Team Championship but after the team lost the titles they soon stopped tagging together.
Rey challenged WWE Cruiserweight champion Matt Hardy at WrestleMania XIX in Seattle, but was unsuccessful after numerous interferences by Shannon Moore. Mysterio finally beat Hardy for the title in an emotional match broadcasted on June 3rd in his hometown. He later lost the title to Tajiri.
Rey later began to feud with Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and his father, again over the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. During this time, Mysterio teamed on occasion with Rob Van Dam, or Spike Dudley to face off against the Dudley Boyz. However, while Rey Mysterio was Cruiserweight Champion, Spike Dudley turned heel and joined with the other Dudleys before soon taking the Cruiserweight title from Mysterio.
Rey continued to team with Rob Van Dam, and before long the team was able to take the WWE Tag Team Championship from Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree. However, RVD became injured and Rey soon lost the titles to The Basham Brothers.
Relationship with Eddie Guerrero
On February 20, 2005, Rey won his third WWE Tag-Team Championship with Eddie Guerrero after defeating Doug Basham and Danny Basham (a.k.a The Basham Brothers) at WWE No Way Out 2005. However, in a departure from traditional booking, the new champions did not defend their titles at WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005, but instead faced one another, with Rey winning. This led to a storyline in which the team broke up and had Guerrero turn heel due to being frustrated by being unable to defeat Mysterio on various occasions.
Guerrero and Rey continued to feud, with Guerrero threatening to reveal a secret he and Rey shared involving Rey's son, Dominic. Unless Rey deferred to Guerrero's authority, he threatened to go public with the secret. Guerrero later revealed that he was Dominic's biological father.
The storyline went that Guerrero knew Rey was having trouble starting his own family, so Guerrero left Dominik with Rey and his wife Angie to raise. In subsequent weeks, Guerrero threatened to take custody of Dominic, even drawing up custody papers and having his lawyer present them to Mysterio. At SummerSlam 2005, Rey defeated Guerrero in a Ladder Match for the custody of Dominic.
Rey then became engaged in a brief feud with John "Bradshaw" Layfield with JBL eventually coming out the victor at No Mercy 2005. Rey also debuted a reggaeton entrance song called Booyaka 619 where he sings along with Mad One in October of that year.
Tragedy Strikes
On November 13, 2005, Eddie Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota by hotel security and Chavo Guerrero. That same day at a WWE "Super Show" where SmackDown! and RAW were both taped, Mysterio gave an emotional speech about Eddie, and in a show of respect removed his mask (though he put his head down, so no one could see his face). Mysterio went on to defeat Shawn Michaels in an interpromotional match later the same night. After the match, Michaels and Mysterio hugged in the ring and Mysterio pointed up to the sky, crying, in memory of Eddie Guerrero. This began a span of weeks through which Mysterio, along with friends Chris Benoit and Chavo Guerrero, continued to dedicate their victories to Eddie either by word or by using his moves during his matches; Eddie chants continued to follow Rey and Chavo in their matches.
SmackDown! vs RAW
Mysterio participated in the main event of Survivor Series as part of Team SmackDown! along with Randy Orton, (Eddie Guerrero's replacement) ,Bobby Lashley, Batista and JBL who defeated Team RAW (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters). On the Tuesday after Survivor Series, Mysterio faced RAW's giant, Big Show, in a match billed as David vs. Goliath in a SmackDown! Special, taped in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This grudge match, stemming from Mysterio eliminating Big Show at Survivor Series, ended as a "no contest" when Big Show's tag team partner, Kane, interfered in the match. Mysterio continued to feud with RAW's World Tag Team Champions, even gaining a tag team partner in then-World Heavyweight Champion Batista who, along with Mysterio, would be set to face RAW's Big Show and Kane in a tag match at Armageddon.
However, before Armageddon, Batista and Mysterio defeated MNM to become SmackDown!'s new WWE Tag Team Champions in a match they both dedicated to Eddie Guerrero. Now the Tag Team Champions, Mysterio and Batista's match with Big Show and Kane was billed as Champions vs. Champions. Mysterio and Batista lost this RAW vs SmackDown! encounter when Kane pinned Mysterio after a chokeslam.
On the December 30, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, MNM envoked their rematch clause, defeating Batista and Mysterio, with help from the returning Mark Henry, to regain the WWE Tag-Team Championships. World Champion Batista and Mysterio stayed together as close friends until Batista was put out of action as a result of injury.
Road to WrestleMania
On January 29, 2006 Rey Mysterio competed in the Royal Rumble's "Royal Rumble match" where he entered in the number 2 position, lasting over an hour in the ring to finally eliminate Randy Orton and win the match. By winning the Royal Rumble match, Mysterio gained a World Heavyweight title shot at that years WrestleMania which would be the first time he competed for a World Title during a pay-per-view event. Also, Mysterio set a Royal Rumble record by lasting over 62 minutes in the match.
Rey dedicated his fight, and his later win at the Royal Rumble to Eddie Guerrero. After his win, he was congratulated by Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Rob Van Dam - all old and close friends of Eddie Guerrero.
During the February 3, 2006 episode of Smackdown!, an upset Randy Orton interrupted Mysterio's victory speech. As Rey looked upward for guidance on this decision Orton verbally attacked him and the memory of Guerrero, saying "Eddie ain't in heaven, Eddie's 'down there'-- IN HELL!" Mysterio attacked Orton and later accepted the challenge.
The challenge took place at No Way Out with Randy Orton defeating Rey Mysterio while illegally using the ropes to aid the pin. Having lost the title shot at WrestleMania 22, Rey cried backstage with a few of Guerrero's close family. However on the next edition of Smackdown!, the SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long declared the World Title match would include Mysterio, making the match a Triple Threat that would see Rey face off against both Randy Orton and then-World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle.
Stabbed In The Back
In the weeks leading up to his title defense, Rey got his revenge whilst attacking King Booker during a celebration of his achievement the week before. At The Great American Bash 2006, Rey Mysterio lost the World Heavyweight Championship to King Booker after interference from Chavo Guerrero.
Later that week on SmackDown!, Rey got a rematch against Booker for the title, but Chavo once again cost Rey the match.
On the August 4 episode of SmackDown!, Chavo claimed that he had cost Rey the title because Rey was "disrespecting Eddie's memory" by using his name and his "spotlight" to become champion. Rey came out and attacked Chavo in response, bringing out Eddie's widow, Vickie Guerrero to break up the fight.
At SummerSlam 2006, Rey lost to Chavo after Vickie knocked him off the top rope. During their match at SummerSlam, Vickie Guerrero pleaded with Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio to stop fighting. After Vickie accidentally knocked Rey from the top rope, Chavo delivered a Frog Splash to defeat his former friend. Also, during the Summerslam 2006 match against Chavo, Rey's mask accidentally fell off due to a stiff punch from Chavo. Rey was able to get the mask back on before continuing with the match.
On August 25, 2006, Vickie Guerrero made her first heel turn by becoming the third Guerrero to turn on Rey.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- 619 (Tiger feint kick) followed by:
- West Coast Pop (Springboard hurricanrana)
- Droppin' The Dime (Springboard legdrop or springboard legdrop bulldog)
- Pickin' The Dime (Springboard splash)
- La Silla (Springboard seated senton)
- Frog Splash
- Mysterio Express (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
- Corkscrew tope
- Crossbody press / Twisting crossbody press
- Diving hurricarana from the ring apron to the outside
- Frankensteiner
- Moonsault on a standing opponent
- Satellite headscissors
- Split-legged moonsault
- Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
- Double team moves
- 4:20 (Double leg drop) with Rob Van Dam
Championships and accomplishments
Commission de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
- Mexican National Welterweight Championship
- Won from Fantasma de la Quebrada on October 28 1992 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Lost to Heavy Metal on February 26 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico
- Mexican National Trios Championship (with Octagón and Super Muñeco)
- Won from Tony Arce, Vulcano and Rocco Valente on April 15 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico
- Lost to Fuerza Guerrera, Psicosis and Blue Panther on July 6 1995 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- International Wrestling All-Stars
- IWAS Tag Team Championship (with Konnan)
- Won from Juventud Guerrera and Jerry Estrada on August 17 1996 in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Final champions; title later abandoned
- PWI ranked him # 56 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
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- Won from Dean Malenko on July 8 1996 in Orlando, Florida, USA
- Lost to Dean Malenko on October 27 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (2)
- Won from Eddie Guerrero on September 14 1997 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Lost to Eddie Guerrero on October 26 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (3)
- Won from Juventud Guerrera on January 15 1998 in Lakeland, Florida, USA
- Lost to Chris Jericho on January 24 1998 in Dayton, Ohio, USA
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (4)
- Won from Billy Kidman on March 15 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Lost to Psychosis (match also involved Juventud Guerrera and Blitzkrieg) on April 19 1999 in Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Won from Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko on March 29 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lost to Raven and Perry Saturn on May 9 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (5)
- Won from Psychosis on April 26 1999 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- Lost to Lenny Lane on August 19 1999 in Lubbock, Texas, USA
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (2) (with Konnan)
- Won from Harlem Heat on October 18 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to Harlem Heat on October 24 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (with Billy Kidman)
- Won from Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper on March 26 2001 in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA
- Final champions; titles abandoned upon the WWF's purchase of WCW
- WWA World Lightweight Championship
- WWA World Lightweight Championship (2)
- Won from Juventud Guerrera on November 30 1994 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Lost to Juventud Guerrera on March 2 1995 in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
- WWA Tag Team Championship (with Rey Misterio)
- WWA World Lightweight Championship (3)
- WWA Welterweight Championship
- Won from Psicosis on September 22 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico
- Lost to Psicosis on September 28 1995 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
- WWA Welterweight Championship (2)
- Won from Psicosis on September 29 1995 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- Lost to Juventud Guerrera on April 28 1996 in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
- WWA Welterweight Championship (3)
- Won from Juventud Guerrera on July 20 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to El Hijo del Santo on February 21 1997 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Won from Eddie Colón on January 6 2002 in Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Lost to Eddie Colón on April 6 2002 in Caguas, Puerto Rico
- WWE Tag Team Championship (with Edge)
- Won from Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit on November 5 2002 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
- Lost to Los Guerreros on November 17 2002 in New York City, New York, USA
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- Won from Matt Hardy on June 3 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lost to Tajiri on September 23 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship (2)
- Won from Tajiri on December 30 2003 in Laredo, Texas, USA
- Lost to Chavo Guerrero on February 15 2004 in San Francisco, California, USA
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship (3)
- Won from Chavo Classic on June 15 2004 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lost to Spike Dudley on July 27 2004 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2) (with Rob Van Dam)
- Won from René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki on December 7 2004 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Lost to the Basham Brothers on January 11 2005 in Tampa, Florida, USA
- WWE Tag Team Championship (3) (with Eddie Guerrero)
- Won from the Basham Brothers on February 20 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to MNM on April 18 2005 in New York City, New York, USA
- WWE Tag Team Championship (4) (with Batista)
- Won from MNM on December 13 2005 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Lost to MNM on December 27 2005 in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
- 2006 Royal Rumble winner
- Won by last eliminated Randy Orton on January 29 2006 in Miami, Florida, USA
- Set new record for the longest time in a Royal Rumble match with 62 minutes, 28 seconds
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- Won from Kurt Angle in a triple threat match, which also included Randy Orton, by pinning Orton; at Wrestlemania 22 on April 2 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Lost to King Booker on July 23 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- 1992 Rookie of the Year
- 1995 Best Flying Wrestler
- 1996 Most Outstanding Wrestler
- 1996 Best Flying Wrestler
- 1997 Best Flying Wrestler
- 2002 Best Flying Wrestler
- 2002 Match of the Year (with Edge vs. Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle, WWE No Mercy, October 20 2002)
- 2003 Best Flying Wrestler
- 2004 Best Flying Wrestler
Luchas de Apuestas record
| Wager lost/won | Winner | Loser | Where | Date | Note |
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| Mask | Rey Mysterio | Mr.Condor | Acapulco, Guerrero | 8/14/92 | - |
| Hair | Rey Mysterio | Rocco Valente | Tampico, Tamaulipas | 10/18/92 | - |
| Hair | Rey Mysterio | Tony Arce | Acapulco, Guerrero | 11/6/92 | - |
| Mask | Rey Mysterio | El Bandido | Querétaro, Querétaro | 5/28/93 | 1 |
| Hair | Rey Mysterio | Vulcano | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 9/11/92 | - |
| Mask | Rey Mysterio | Eddie Guerrero | Winston Salem, North Carolina | 9/14/97 | - |
| Mask | Rey Mysterio | Misterioso | Tijuana, Baja California | 12/19/97 | - |
| Mask | Kevin Nash & Scott Hall | Rey Mysterio & Konnan | Oakland, California | 2/21/99 | 2 |
- Three way match involving Angel Mortal
- The match was scheduled to be Konnan & Mysterio vs. Kevin Nash & Lex Luger, but Luger claimed to be injured and was replaced by Scott Hall. The wager was Mysterio's mask vs. Elizabeth's (who was managing the Outsiders at that point) hair. Since joining WWE, Mysterio has begun wearing the mask again, and WWE never makes any mention of his having lost it.
Trivia
- Rey currently resides in San Diego, California with his wife Angie. He has two children, Dominik and Aalyah (both of their names are tattooed underneath his left and right biceps). Mysterio is a Catholic, and makes the Sign of the cross before every match.
- Mysterio has numerous tattoos, including his children's names, his wife Angie's name, various designs, his masks, and the word "Mexican" on his stomach. He also has a large spine tattooed back bone on his back.
- He graduated from high school with P.O.D. members Paul "Sonny" Sandoval and Noah "Wuv" Bernardo. P.O.D. played a version of his entrance theme Booyaka' 619 at WrestleMania 22.
- He threw out the first pitch during a Cincinnati Reds game in early 2006.
- Rey Misterio (as he was named in WCW) appeared (unmasked) in the 2000 film Ready To Rumble.
- For almost all WWE appearances, he keeps his face covered by his mask. These mask colors vary. He also wears contact lenses to match the color of his clothes. For non-wrestling appearances he generally wears a black mask, but sometimes has been seen with highly custom masks such as one made by Louis Vuitton, which he wore at the 2006 WWE Hall of fame ceremony, Wrestlemania 22, and the Judgment Day Pay-Per View.
- He has been unmasked three times while in the WWE. The most recent was during Summerslam, 2006 where his entire mask came off due to a punch deliverd by Chavo Guerrero. he removed his mask in his testimonial video on the Eddie Guerrero RAW tribute show, but put his head down so no one could see his face. He also did this on an episode of Tough Enough , though the camera was behind him.
- He currently wears the "EG" Armband in every match to pay tribute to his friend Eddie Guerrero. He had recently worn pants with Eddie Guerrero's "Latino" sketch on them into the ring.
- During his World Heavyweight Championship reign, two former tag team partners, Edge and Rob Van Dam, won the WWE Championship (Van Dam won the title at ECW One Night Stand and Edge won it on an episode of RAW).
- Rey Mysterio performed on the WWE Originals CD (2004) with a bilingual song called "Crossing Borders". The song served as the official theme song for 2004's No Way Out PPV.
- Rey Mysterio comes from the same area code as New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, also similar to Bush who wears the number 619 on his eyeblack, Rey Mysterio tributes his signature move the "619" to show support of his hometown.
- Rey has been on the SmackDown! brand his entire WWE career (since 2002). He has appeared on WWE RAW however (during Homecoming) and competed at Taboo Tuesday, which was a RAW event. He also wrestled at the Eddie Guerrero Tribute show on Monday Night Raw .
- Rey has the rare distinction of being a face his entire WWE career although he was in a heel stable for a brief time in WCW.
- If Rey were to win the WWE United States Championship, he would become the first ever Smackdown! Grand Slam champion, as a United States title reign would make him the first wrestler to hold all four championships from the Smackdown! brand, as well as a Triple Crown Champion.
- While Rey was champion Tony Chimel announced him as World Champion not the World Heavyweight Champion.
- The Virtua Fighter 5 character El Blaze is speculated to be loosely based on him. [citation needed]
- Rey's wife Angie designs his Louis Vuitton masks.
- He played Freddy Kruger in the film Freddy VS Jason as a stunt jumper double. Watch when Freddy jumps out of Crystal Lake onto the dock. The camera goes wide to hide how short he is before going back into focus. He jumps out of the water in his ring entrance form. He is listed in the film credits in the stunt section under his real name.
DVD
- Rey Mysterio 619