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Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, (born December 11, 1974 in
San Diego, California) better known by his ring names Rey Misterio Jr. and Rey
Mysterio is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently performing for
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown!.
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. He's touted as the
greatest "underdog" champion of all time, given his height and weight compared
to his opponents.
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Ring name(s) Colibri
Super Niño
Rey Misterio, Jr.
Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Rey Mysterio
Height 5 ft 3
Weight 165 lb
Born December 11, 1974
San Diego, California
Trained by Rey Misterio, Sr.
Debut April 30, 1989
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Career
Mexico
Gutierrez is a lucha libre 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 he turned 18,
his uncle 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, Fuerza Guerrera.
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 also appeared at the both One Night Stand],
reunion shows, defeating Psicosis at the first and having a match with Sabu at
the second which went to a no contest.
World
Championship Wrestling
After leaving ECW, Rey went on to gain fame in WCW,
where he was the main wrestler to kickstart the new "Cruiserweight Revolution"
in the United States in the late '90's. WCW ran an angle which promoted Rey as
an "underdog"--he had a string of singles victories against behemoths such as
Bam Bam Bigelow and Kevin Nash. His last name was changed to 'Mysterio' to be
further marketed as a 'Mystery man.' In WCW, he had many famous matches with
Ultimo Dragon, Dean Malenko, Psychosis, Eddie Guerrero, and Juventud Guerrera.
He won the WCW Cruiserweight title five times (and 3 more in the WWE). In 1998,
Rey was asked (and booked) to lose a match where the wager was Rey's trademark
mask. The Lucha Libre community was offended by this move (this lasted until WCW
folded), because of the tradition of luchadors keeping their mask's on. During
his run in WCW, Mysterio was 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 (on and off
the ring), music, and approach. However, despite his immense popularity, WCW
President Eric Bischoff refused to give Mysterio a shot at the WCW World
Championship due to his being "too small" and "unmarketable." Therefore, he was
booked to lose his mask in a match. He would lose his mask and go on in the
Filthy Animalz stable, winning the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles with Billy
Kidman at the final WCW Monday Nitro.
World
Wrestling Entertainment
In 2002, Rey signed with WWE, but was asked to wear
the 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 on January 1 and January 20, 2006.
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 song called Booyaka 619 where he sings along with
Mad One in October of that year for new entrance music.
Death
of Eddie Guerrero
On November 13, 2005, Eddie Guerrero was found dead
in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. Batista left SmackDown! and his World Title;
pointing out that Mysterio would be a deserving Champion .
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 to challenge him for
his WrestleMania title shot. As Rey looked upward for guidance on this decision
Orton verbally attacked him and the memory of Guerrero, saying "Eddie Guerrero
isn't in heaven, he'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 ring ropes to aid a pin.
Having lost the title shot at WrestleMania 22, Rey cried backstage with a few of
Guerrero's close family. However on a later edition of Smackdown!, the
sympathetic 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. Some questioned Long's decision, namely Orton, who was furious that he
would not be the only one challenging for the title at WrestleMania. However,
Angle, the champion, didn't seem to care because he had no qualms about
defeating the both of them.
World
Heavyweight Champion
At WrestleMania 22 in Chicago, Mysterio became the
World Heavyweight Champion by pinning Randy Orton in a Triple Threat Match,
following a 619 and a West Coast Pop. San Diego based rock band P.O.D. performed
Rey's theme, "Booyaka 619", live at WrestleMania. This victory was historic on
many levels, as Mysterio became the shortest (5'3") and lightest (165 lb) world
champion in WWE history. He is the third masked wrestler (after Kane and
Mankind) and third Hispanic wrestler (after Pedro Morales and Eddie Guerrero) to
win a WWE world title. Following this victory, Mysterio was congratulated on the
entrance ramp by Chavo Guerrero and Vickie Guerrero, and backstage by his good
friend Chris Benoit.
On the April 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Rey
Mysterio, who was billed as being an "underdog champion", made his first
successful World Heavyweight Title defense against Randy Orton. Mysterio went on
to retain his title in a rematch against Kurt Angle before starting a feud with
the United States Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
This feud with JBL saw Mysterio face off against
any opponent of JBL's choosing in the weeks leading up to his title match
against Mysterio at WWE Judgement Day 2006. Mysterio was defeated by Mark Henry
and squashed by The Great Khali in non-title singles matches before facing RAW's
Kane in a match, that went to a no contest, leading up to the PPV. He retained
his title at Judgment Day using a frog splash to win the match. And the next
SmackDown Rey faced JBL again, and the World Heavyweight Title was on the line.
Beforehand, Mysterio played JBL's own game from leading up to 'Judgement Day' by
putting JBL in a title-defense match against Bobby Lashley. JBL lost the US
championship which lead him to vow that if he didn't win his match against
Mysterio, he would quit. In the main event, JBL was beating Mysterio in the
early going and even thought he had won it by pinning Mysterio. However, the
referee then saw Mysterio's foot on the ropes and cancelled his decision and
continued the match. Mysterio won with a 619 and then a springboard legdrop to
retain the World Heavyweight Championship and causing JBL to leave Smackdown!
once and for all.
Mysterio was defeated by Rob Van Dam at WWE vs. ECW
Head to Head on June 7, 2006. Immediately after WWE vs. ECW, WWE.com reported
that Paul Heyman approached Mysterio about jumping to ECW. It was announced on
the June 9 edition of SmackDown that Rey would stay home, on WWE's SmackDown!.
After that, he would go on to be defeated by Finlay after ECW's Sabu interfered.
After the match, Sabu put Mysterio through a table as SmackDown! went off the
air. At One Night Stand, he was met with loud boos from the hostile ECW crowd,
who did not like the Smackdown! superstar. Mysterio retained his title after
both men were ruled unable to continue following a DDT from Sabu which drove
both men through a table.
Mysterio would later defend his title against Mark
Henry, he would win the match via DQ when he gave a chair to Henry and he lay on
the ground motionless (one of Eddie Guerrero's signature heel tactics). He would
then feud with King Booker after Booker won a Battle Royal to see who would face
Mysterio at The Great American Bash for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Mysterio beat King Booker in a single match two
days before The Great American Bash when Chavo helped him.
Finishing and signature moves
619 (Tiger feint kick) followed by:
West Coast Pop (Springboard hurricanrana)
Droppin' The Dime (Springboard legdrop or diving
legdrop bulldog)
Pickin' The Dime (Springboard splash)
La Silla (Springboard seated senton)
Frog Splash
Mysterio Express (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
1904 (Bronco buster)
Mysterio Moves (Modified huracanrana, sometimes
preceded by a cartwheel)
Crossbody press / Twisting crossbody press
Wheelbarrow counter (bodyscissors) to moves like
bulldogs, roll-ups and arm drags
Satellite headscissors
Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
Baseball slide to headscissors takedown
Diving hurricarana from the ring apron to the
outside
Frankensteiner
Missile dropkick
Springboard dropkick
Springboard diving headbutt
Somersault plancha
Corkscrew tope
Moonsault on a standing opponent
Split-legged moonsault
Sitout facebuster
DDT variations
Slingshot split-legged moonsault - in WCW
Double team moves
4:20 (Double leg drop) - with Rob Van Dam
Manager(s)
Torrie Wilson
Chavo Guerrero
Championships and accomplishments
Comision 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
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 56 of the 500 best singles
wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
World Championship Wrestling
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
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
WCW World Tag Team Championship (with Billy Kidman)
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
World Wrestling Association
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)
Won in 1995
Lost to Fuerza Guerrera and Juventud Guerrera on
March 2, 1995 in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
WWA World Lightweight Championship (3)
Won from Juventud Guerrera on June 16, 1995 in
Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Title later vacated
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
World Wrestling Council
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
World Wrestling Entertainment
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
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
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 Indianapolis,
Indiana, 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
World Heavyweight Championship
Won from Kurt Angle (match also included Randy
Orton) on April 2, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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
Luchas de Apuestas Wager lost/won Winner Loser
Where Date Note
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 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.
DVD
Rey Mysterio 619 DVD
Trivia
Rey currently resides in San Diego, California with
his wife Angie. He has two children, Dominik and Aalyan (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 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 Judgment Day Pay-Per View.
He has been unmasked twice while in the WWE. The
most recent was during his testimonial video on the Eddie Guerrero RAW tribute
show. 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.
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.
Although Rey Mysterio is currently the World
Heavyweight Champion, he weighs less than the current WWE Cruiserweight Champion
Gregory Helms by 45 pounds.
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 pinning Shawn Michaels.
Rey has the rare disinction of being a babyface his
entire WWE career although he was in a heel stable for a brief time in WCW.
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