Rey Mysterio redirects here. For his uncle, the original Rey Misterio, see Rey Misterio, Sr. Óscar Gutiérrez Statistics Ring name(s) Green Lizard Colibri Super Niño Rey Misterio, Jr. Rey Mysterio, Jr. Rey Mysterio Height 5 ft 3 in (162 cm) Weight 170 lb (74 kg) Born December 11, 1974 San Diego, California Resides San Diego, California Trained by Rey Misterio, Sr. Debut April 30, 1989 Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, (born December 11, 1974 in San Diego, California) better known by his ring names Rey Misterio, Jr., Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Rey Mysterio is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand as the current World Heavyweight Champion. 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. Contents 1 Career 1.1 Mexico 1.2 Extreme Championship Wrestling 1.3 World Championship Wrestling 1.4 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.4.1 Relationship with Eddie Guerrero 1.4.2 SmackDown! vs RAW 1.4.3 Road to WrestleMania 1.4.4 World Heavyweight Champion 2 Finishing and signature moves 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Luchas de Apuestas record 5 Trivia 6 External links 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 lax. 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 reunion show, ECW One Night Stand 2005, where he beat Psicosis. Rey was also in a match at ECW One Night Stand 2006 with Sabu which went to a no contest. World Championship Wrestling This section is a stub. You can help by adding to it. 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 Mysterio as an "underdog"--he had a string of singles victories against behemoths such as Bam Bam Bigelow and Kevin Nash. In WCW, he had many famous matches with Ultimo Dragon, Dean Malenko, Psychosis, Eddie Guerrero, and Juventud Guerrera. He won the WCW Cruiserweight title numerous times, as well as Tag Team titles with Kidman, of the Filthy Animals. 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 luchas keeping their masks on. World Wrestling Entertainment Rey Mysterio performing a Springboard Seated Senton on D-Von Dudley. In 2002, Mysterio 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. Mysterio began his WWE career on SmackDown! as a babyface in a feud with Kurt Angle. Mysterio later teamed up with Edge to win the WWE Tag Team Championship but after the team lost the titles they soon stop tagging together. Mysterio 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 broadcast on June 3rd. He later lost the title to Tajiri. Mysterio 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 Mysterio was Cruiserweight Champion Spike Dudley turned heel and joined with the other Dudleys before soon taking the Cruiserweight title from Mysterio. Mysterio 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 Mysterio soon lost the titles to The Basham Brothers. Relationship with Eddie Guerrero On February 20, 2005, Mysterio 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 Mysterio winning. This led to 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 Mysterio continued to feud, with Guerrero threatening to reveal a secret he and Mysterio shared involving Mysterio's son, Dominic. Unless Mysterio 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 Mysterio was having trouble starting his own family, so Guerrero left Dominik with Mysterio 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, Mysterio defeated Guerrero in a Ladder Match for the custody of Dominic. Mysterio then became engaged in a brief feud with John "Bradshaw" Layfield with JBL eventually coming out the victor at No Mercy 2005. Mysterio also debuted a reggaeton song called Booyaka 619 where he sings along with Mad One in October of that year for new entrance music. 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 his late friend Eddie, and was so emotionally upset that he even took off his mask off and cried softly, (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. 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. Batista and Rey Mysterio following their victory over MNM 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 Mysterio competed in the Royal Rumble's "Royal Rumble match" where he entered in the number 2 position, lasting over an one 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 Mysterio competed for a World Title during a pay-per-view event. Mysterio 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 Mysterio for his WrestleMania title shot. As Mysterio 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 Mysterio while illegally using the ring ropes to aid a pin. Having lost the title shot at WrestleMania 22, Mysterio 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 Mysterio face off against both Randy Orton and then-World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. 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 Jr. and Vickie Guerrero, and backstage by his good friend Chris Benoit. On the April 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, 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 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, Mysterio retained his title after both men were ruled unable to continue following a DDT from Sabu which drove both men through a table. On the June 23rd edition of Smackdown! Mysterio retained his title against Mark Henry, with the help of Chavo Guerrero. Finishing and signature moves Rey Mysterio hits the 619 on Randy Orton. Rey Mysterio performing a Crossbody on Doug Basham. 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) 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 4:20 (Double leg drop) - with Rob Van Dam 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 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 World Heavyweight Championship Won from Kurt Angle (match also included Randy Orton) on April 2, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Current 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, SmackDown!, November 5, 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 Acre 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. 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 and his masks always have a cross on them (most of the times right in the centre). He 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). External links Official website Official MySpace profile Search Term: "Oscar_Gutierrez" Categories: Articles with sections needing expansion | 1974 births | ECW alumni | Living people | American professional wrestlers | Mexican American professional wrestlers | Mexican professional wrestlers | People from California | San Diegans | Roman Catholic entertainers