Rey Mysterio Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rey Mysterio

• Rey Mysterio was born in a very poor household that found it difficult to make ends meet.

• As a child, he used to go to school in San Diego, where he used to reach by crossing the Tijuana border on foot.

• As a teenager, he decided to persuade his parents to allow him to drop out of school to become a professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Initially, they were against this decision; however, later, they decided to allow him and supported him.

• He considers his uncle, Rey Misterio, Sr., as his inspiration. Mysterio has been wrestling since the age of 14 and has spent nearly 3 decades inside the squared ring.

• Initially, Rey Mysterio participated in freestyle wrestling competitions in Mexico. However, on his uncle’s persuasion, he started learning the Lucha Libre, a freestyle high-flying wrestling style that has been his trademark.

• Although Rey Mysterio is known as the Master of ‘619’ (Finisher), he wasn’t the one who invented it. The 619 is inspired by ‘The Tiger Feint’ finisher, which was originally used by wrestler ‘Tiger Mask’ aka Satoru Sayama.

• In 1991, while wrestling in Colibri, the wrestlers there named him “Most Improved Wrestler.” This was after he was given the ring name Rey Misterio Jr. by his uncle.

• From 1992 to 1996, Rey Mysterio performed in the ring with his uncle at the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). There, they mostly performed in tag team matches often against Juventud “Juvi” Guerrera and his father Fuerza Guerrera.

• In 1995, Rey moved to Philadelphia, United States of America, where he contacted Paul Heyman, who signed him up for his wrestling franchise Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

• Like a dozen other wrestlers, Mysterio is a ‘Paul Heyman guy.’ Heyman brought in several Luchadors in the ECW to give the United States fans a taste of fast-paced Mexican action.

• His first wrestling match in the US took place in the same year when he participated in the Gangstas Paradise, hosted by ECW. In the match, he faced off against another Mexican wrestler Dionicio Castellanos Torres and managed to defeat him.

• He went on to face Dionicio in several other events including the Mexican Deathmatch at November to Remember 1995.

• In early 1996, he once again came face to face with his old rival Juventud “Juvi” Guerrera whom he fought for the last time in the ECW in the Big Ass Extreme Bash in March 1996, defeating Juvi.

• In the same year, he joined the wrestling franchise World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In the first match, he lost due to which he lost his shot at the WCW Cruiserweight Title. However, he got another opportunity after he defeated ECW rival Psicosis in a #1 contender’s match.

• On 8 July 1996, he fought with Malenko and defeated him. Thus, becoming the Cruiserweight Champion.

• On 15 August 1996, Malenko challenged his legitimacy to the title and asked for a rematch. In the match at the Clash of the Champions XXXIII, Rey successfully defended his title and defeated Malenko.

• In November 1996, Mysterio challenged Ultimate Dragon for the J-Crown Championship; however, he was defeated during the World War 3 event of the WCW.

• Rey challenged Prine laukea (also known as The Artist) in February 1997 for a shot at the WCW World Television Championship. The two fought against one another at SuperBrawl VII in which Mysterio faced defeat and lost his opportunity to win the title belt.

• He re-fought for the title in the March of the same year at the event “Uncensored.” However, he lost the match.

• While wrestling at WCW, Mysterio is known for fighting against the famous faction New World Order (nWo), consisting of Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash. He also started a feud with Eddie Guerrero, who went on to become a good real-life friend of Rey.

• In 1997, an American magazine posted a completely fabricated article about Mysterio having an affair with actress Jennifer Anniston. Instead of confronting Mysterio, his wife laughed after reading the article. She said that doubting a husband as loyal as Mysterio would be a ‘sin’.
  

  A snip of the newspaper talking about Jennifer Anniston’s affair with Mysterio.

• In October 1997, Rey and Eddie fought for the Cruiserweight Championship title. The match had a condition that whoever lost the match had to remove his mask and reveal the face. Rey defeated Eddie in the match and became the title holder for the second time.

• He lost the title to Eddie again in November of the same year during the Nitro event of WCW.

• In January 1998, he faced off against and defeated Juventud in a match for the Cruiserweight Championship title.

• He lost the title in the same month to Chris Jericho at the Souled Out event.

• Thereafter, he sustained a knee injury for which he underwent surgery and had to stay out of the ring for six months.

• In July 1998, he returned to the ring and challenged Chris for a rematch. The match was held on 12 July in which Chris faced defeat resulting in Mysterio becoming the title holder for the third time. He, however, lost the title on 13 July to Chris, who won the rematch because of external interference.

• In the same year, Eddie offered Rey a membership in the Latino World Order (LWO), similar to the New World Order stable. However, Rey declined his offer as a result of which the in-ring relations between the two deteriorated. He, however, later had to join the stable after losing a match with Eddie, who had put a condition on the match that if he defeated Rey he would have to take the membership of the stable.

• In December of the same year, Mysterio was unsuccessful in defending his Cruiserweight title against Kidman. Rey was unsuccessful in regaining his championship from Kidman in January 1999.

• In February 1999, Mysterio was challenged to a tag team Hair vs. Mask match by the nWo, which managed to defeat him as a result of which he had to remove his mask and reveal his face for the first time in his career.

• In an interview, given later, Rey Mysterio expressed his disappointment over the management’s decision to remove his mask in the ring. He also claimed that he had expressed his disapproval of the same. He said,
  

  I was strongly against it! I don’t think WCW understood what the mask meant to me, to my fans and to my family. It was a very bad move on their behalf. The fans wanted Rey Mysterio with the mask and losing it hurt me a lot. It was also frustrating that it didn’t come as the climax to a feud with another masked wrestler, but in a throwaway match.”

• For the remaining time of his at the WCW, he came to be known as “The Giant Killer” as he was able to defeat larger opponents like Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Scott Norton.

• He became a fourth-time Cruiserweight title holder in March 1999 after defeating Kidman at the Nitro event. With this, he earned the opportunity to challenge the then-Heavyweight WCW Champion Ric Flair.

• In the same month, Rey Mysterio teamed up with Kidman to contest the WCW Tag Team Championship title. In the match for the title, the duo managed to defeat Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.

• In April 1999, Mysterio was defeated by Psicosis in a fatal four-way match when the latter challenged him for a Cruiserweight title match. However, Rey regained his title for the fifth time after defeating Psicosis in a one-on-one match the following day.

• Thereafter, Kidman and Rey were challenged by Chris, Dean, Raven, and Perry Saturn for a tag team championship title match in a triangle match. The match took place on 9 May in which Rey and Kidman were defeated by Raven and Perry.

• In June 1999, Rey decided to become a member of the No Limit Soldiers, a stable started by Master P. This took place because the LWO was disbanded. While wrestling for the stable, Mysterio and other members often fought with the members of the West Texas Rednecks, mostly in tag team matches.

• After some months, he and Eddie left the stable and started a new stable called Filthy Animals. The reason for the duo leaving No Limit Soldiers was the rise in internal conflicts among the members after Master P left WCW and retired.

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Rey Mysterio #4 among the top 500 single wrestlers in the year 1999. 4 years later, he was ranked #56 in the same list.

• In October 1999, Kidman and Rey regained their title after defeating Booker T. and Lash Huffman, both were part of the Harlem Heat tag team.

• Later, Mysterio was replaced by Konnan after Mysterio had to undergo another muscle surgery. He remained out of action till the early 2000s.

• After returning from the injury, Mysterio left the Filthy Animals and became a member of the New Blood. With the stable, he fought against the members of the Millionaire’s Club.

• Thereafter, he won the World Tag Team Championship along with Juventud. The duo went against The Great Muta and Vampiro to win the title. However, shortly after, they lost the title.

• In February 2001, Rey and Kidman teamed up to participate in WCW’s first-ever Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. The duo lost in the final round.

• On 26 March 2001, Rey and Kidman managed to win the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. This was the last championship title Rey held before WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

• After WCW closed, Rey relocated to Mexico, where he started wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Before this, he wrestled independently for a while. At CMLL, he used to mostly partake in tag team matches.

• After his tenth match at the CMLL, Rey decided to move back to the US. There, he became a member of the Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South. He then collaborated with Eddie and CM Punk and worked together at the Xcitement Wrestling Federation and the Heartland Wrestling Association.

• In 2002, he was invited by the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council (WWC) to be a part of it. There, he went on to become the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Champion; a title which he held till his defeat in April 2002.

• In the same year, he returned to the US, where he joined the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). According to his contract, Rey Mysterio was required to rejoin WWE with his “sacred” mask and the promos of his return featured him in the mast which he wore in the WCW. Ray was signed up for SmackDown. This was not liked by Lucha Libre Fans back in Mexico.

• His first match was a one-on-one match against Kurt Angle which took place in June 2002. In the match, Rey faced defeat due to submission after Kurt gave him an ankle choke.

• In October of the same year, he and wrestler Edge came together to form a tag team to participate in the SmackDown!-exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship.

• The duo fought and lost against Kurt and Chris Benoit in the No Mercy event. The match was later voted by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter as the Match of the Year. It also gained the maximum TRPs for WWE.

• In WWE, he got his first shot at the title in March 2003 when he faced the then-Cruiserweight Champion title holder Matt Hardy. In the match, Rey was defeated by Hardy due to external interference.

• On 5 May 2003, Rey once again challenged Matt for a title shot. In the match, he defeated Matt and became the Cruiserweight champion.

• In the same year, he was featured in his biography titled Rey Mysterio: 619.

• Thereafter, he developed a feud with the wrestler Tajiri, who defeated him and became the Cruiserweight Champion. However, Mysterio regained his title in January 2004 by defeating Tajiri in a one-on-one match.

• James Gibson, popularly known as Jamy Noble, challenged Rey Mysterio’s title in the same year. Mysterio later successfully defended his title.

• Later, he was challenged by Chavo Guerrero at the No Way Out event; Chavo defeated Rey and won the title. Rey challenged Chavo in February for a rematch in which the latter defended his title.

• In June 2004, he regained the title. This was the third time that he won the title.

• Rey later qualified to participate in the Survivor Series in which he was challenged to a title match by Spike Dudley.

• In the same year, Rey and Rob Van Dam came together to form a tag team. The duo frequently began fighting with the team of Kenzo Suzuki and René Duprée.

• He and Rob became the WWE SmackDown! Tag team champions on 9 December 2004 when the duo defeated Kenzo and René. Previously they both had unsuccessfully tried to gain the title.

• An avid music lover, Rey Mysterio once collaborated with rapper ‘Madd One’ for his entrance theme- ‘Booyaka 619’. Aside from this, he also recorded a song titled ‘Crossing Borders’, which was utilized as the theme for the 2004 PPV- No Way Out.

• In January 2005, the duo lost the title to Doug Basham and Danny Basham, members of the Basham Brothers. They lost the title as Rob fought against the duo despite having an injury.

• Thereafter, Rob Van Dam and Rey broke their team and the latter teamed up with Eddie Guerrero.

• The duo took on the Basham Brothers in the No Way Out series in February 2005 and won the tag team champion title.

• The two later began fighting with each other as a result of which they decided not to defend their tag team title against any challenger.

• In April 2005, they were unsuccessful in defending the tag team title against Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro, members of the MNM stable.

• Thereafter, the duo officially parted ways after Eddie “abandoned” Rey. According to Rey, he thought of Eddie as “a member of the family” and considered it as a betrayal.

• As the conflict between Eddie and Rey intensified, Eddie started threatening Rey by claiming he would reveal a “secret” about Rey’s son, Dominik. In response, Rey challenged Eddie to a match with the terms that if he were to lose, Eddie would not disclose the secret.

• Despite getting defeated in a one-on-one match, Eddie revealed that Rey was not the “biological” father of Dominik, but he was. Thereafter, Eddie and his lawyer served the notice of handing over the custody of Dominik to Rey following which Rey challenged Eddie to a ladder in a steel cage match to determine who would have Dominik’s custody.

• In the match, held in September 2005, Rey defeated Eddie and got to keep his son’s custody.

• Despite having a feud with Eddie in the ring, they both were good and close friends in real life. In November 2005, when Eddie passed away, Rey gave an emotional speech at SmackDown! and Raw. He went on to remove his mask in Eddie’s memory; however, he kept his face hidden and did not reveal it as according to his WWE contract, he was not supposed to show his face to the public.

• He then fought with Shawn Michaels and defeated him. After the match, he dedicated his win to Eddie while pointing towards the sky and crying.

• In November 2005, he was chosen among a few wrestlers to be a member of Team SmackDown! to participate in a Survivor Series match against Team Raw. He participated along with Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, Batista, and John “Bradshaw” Layfield (JBL). They went on to emerge victorious.

• Rey Mysterio has been a part of a Hollywood movie. His part, however, lasted for a few seconds only as he played a stunt double in the 2005 film Freddy vs. Jason.

• His affiliation with Raw further increased after he fought against the Big Show in an elimination match titled David vs. Goliath. Rey won the match; however, after Big Show’s partner Kane intervened in the match, the match was declared as no contest.

• Thereafter, he teamed up with Dave Batista who back then was World Heavyweight Champion. The duo continued to fight against the Raw members. They often intervened in each other matches.

• On 20 December 2005, Dave and Rey were declared as the WWE Tag Team Champions after they defeated the tag team partners Kane and Big Show and MNM.

• The duo lost their tag team title to MNM in a title re-match in December 2005 after wrestler Mark Henry interfered in the match.

• In January 2006, the duo lost their shot at the title rematch after they lost an elimination steel cage match against MNM again due to Henry’s interference.

• In the same month, he was chosen to participate in the Royal Rumble match in which he entered as a second wrestler. Rey managed to stay in the ring without getting eliminated for 62 minutes, which is considered a record as no other wrestler had broken the record till 2024. He won the match. With this, he earned the opportunity to fight for the World Heavyweight Championship title.

• The opportunity was later put at stake after Randy Orton instigated Mysterio to do so by giving derogatory remarks against his deceased friend Eddie.

• The duo clashed at the WrestleMania 22 in which Rey lost the title shot to Randy. However, later, he regained the opportunity to challenge when the WWE Manager re-added Mysterio to the WrestleMania title match.

• On 2 April 2006, Rey went against Randy and the then-Heavyweight title holder Kurt Angle and managed to defeat them; hence, becoming the World Champion for the first time. He went on to defend his championship from both, Randy and Kurt. Rey was named as the “Underdog Champion” due to the WWE Manager’s role in his title re-match.

• In June of the same year, he went against the Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms in a Champion vs. Champion match and defeated him. This was the first of this type of match introduced in WWE.

• He went on to defend his title against heavyweight-class wrestlers like Sabu, Mark Henry, and Chavo Guerrero.

• He then developed a feud with Booker T (known as King Booker in the ring). Booker defeated Rey in a title match held in July 2006 after Chavo interfered in their match, hitting Rey with a steel chair on the head. Chavo later interfered in their rematch for the title, leading to Rey getting pinned once again.

• In October 2006, Eddie and Rey fought against one another in an “I Quit” match in which Rey was defeated. In the match, Eddie injured Rey’s knee which was used as an excuse to give him a break to undergo knee surgery and recover from it in real life.

• In 2007, he returned to WWE and challenged Batista and Finlay to become the number one contender for the heavyweight title. In October of the same year, he managed to defeat them both to become the contender.

• Chavo’s and Rey’s feud came to an end after the latter injured Chavo in the same way he did in 2006.

• In September 2007, Rey fought against The Great Khali and Dave Batista in a triple-threat match. However, Rey was pinned by Batista who went on to take the World Championship title.

• The next month, WWE released Rey Mysterio: The Biggest Little Man, a three-disc set featuring Mysterio’s best matches. He was also featured in the video documentary Before They Were Wrestling Stars: Rey Mysterio Jr. in 2007, which included matches from his time in Mexico.

• On 4 January 2008, Mysterio challenged Edge, the then Heavyweight Champion, to a title match after he won the opportunity to challenge following his victory at the Beat the Clock challenge.

• Thereafter, they faced off against one another in the Royal Rumble match in which Edge pinned Rey.

• In February of the same year, Mysterio sustained an injury in the biceps. Despite the injury, he decided to fight Edge in the No Way Out series in which he was once again defeated.

• After that, Rey underwent muscle surgery thrice and announced that he would not wrestle until June 2008.

• Following his return, he was drafted into WWE Raw. His first match in the Raw franchise took place against Santino Marella whom he defeated after performing his finisher, the 619.

• In September 2008, Mysterio attempted to contest the WWE Raw World Heavyweight Championship in a scramble match but was defeated by Chris Jericho.

• Later, he challenged Kane to a “fight for the mask” match according to which Mysterio would remove the mask should he get defeated. However, Kane lost to Rey after he was disqualified from the match when he used a steel chair.

• In December 2008, he attempted to win the Intercontinental Championship; however, wrestler CM Punk pinned him in the Armageddon series.

• At the beginning of 2009, Rey contested in the Elimination Chamber match for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship; however, the faced defeat when Edge eliminated him to win the match.

• In April of the same year, Mysterio won his first Intercontinental Championship by defeating Bradshaw within 21 seconds. Following his victory, he became the twenty-first Triple Crown Champion in the history of WWE.

• In the same month, he left Raw to join SmackDown! After being drafted into the latter. With this, he became one of the few wrestlers to carry their title won in one franchise to another.

• In May 2009, Jericho challenged him to an Intercontinental title match at the Judgement Day series; however, Rey defeated him and retained the title.

• Rey and Chris once again fought for the title in June 2009 at the Extreme Rules segment. In it, Rey was not only defeated but was also forcibly unmasked by Jericho.

• Thereafter, the duo faced off against one another in a title vs mask match at The Bash series. Mysterio pinned Jericho and won the title.

• After ending his fight with Jericho in 2009, Rey Mysterio started a feud with Dolph Ziggler who initiated the feud by interfering in Rey’s matches and attacking him causing him to lose several matches.

• Ziggler challenged Rey for a title match in July 2009 at the Night of Champions and the SummerSlam in August 2009; Rey defended his titles both times.

• He lost the title to John Morrison in September 2009 before getting suspended from WWE for a month for violating the wellness policy of the company.

• His first WWE tag team title shot came after pairing with Dave Batista against Chris and Big Show in the Hell in a Cell event in October 2009. They lost the match.

• The tag team of the duo ended when Rey and Batista fought against one another at the Fatal 4 Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship. In the match, Batista was obstructed by Rey following which Rey was attacked and wounded by his former partner backstage.

• In January 2010, Rey pinned Batista in a World Heavyweight title number one contender’s steel cage match to fight with The Undertaker; however, The Undertaker defeated Rey to retain his title.

• Thereafter, he developed a feud with CM Punk with whom he fought in an Elimination Chamber match on the condition that if Punk defeated Rey, he would be joining Punk’s villainous wrestling stable Straight Edge Society (SES) that Rey disliked. In the match, Rey defeated Punk.

• Later, in the same year, Rey challenged Punk to a one-on-one no-rules fight in which if he pinned Punk, he would have to have his head shaved. Punk was defeated and had to get his head shaved in the ring.

• In June 2010, he faced off against Punk, Jack Swagger, and the Big Show in a Fatal 4-Way; he pinned the other three wrestlers and won the World Heavyweight Championship title for the second time.

• He lost the title to Kane 28 days later, who defeated Rey after encashing his money in the bank which he had won against Rey’s title after the latter fought against Swagger. In August of the same year, he challenged Kane for a rematch but was defeated.

• WWE created a storyline filled with feud between Cody Rhodes and Mysterio after the latter mistakenly broke Cody’s nose while performing his signature move 619. This accident was used to further their storyline of an in-ring enmity. However, their feud came to an end in just six months as it was not well received by the viewers.

• In 2011, he participated in the WWE draft and was drafted into the Raw brand. He and CM Punk were both taken into the same brand as a result of which they started their in-ring enmity.

• In July of the same year, Rey won a tournament which allowed him to contest for the vacant WWE Championship title; however, the title shot was lost when John Cena defeated him and gained the opportunity from Rey.

• He later challenged Alberto Del Rio for a title match; however, Rio pinned Rey and won the match via submission. In the next match, Mysterio had to leave WWE for some time as he injured himself while performing a stunt. He had to undergo an immediate surgery.

• In April 2012, he was suspended once again for violating the WWE’s Talent Wellness Policy. His suspension was revoked in June of the same year with a warning.

• After resuming wrestling after suspension, he challenged The Miz for the Intercontinental title shot twice, first at SummerSlam in August and then at the Night of Champions event in September; he was defeated both times.

• After the loss, he formed a tag team with Sin Cara, and they both developed a feud with The Prime Time Players, consisting of Titus O’Neil and Darren Young.

• The team broke when the duo were defeated by The Shield in December 2012. As per WWE, the decision to end their team was taken for Sin Cara to undergo knee surgery and Rey to go on a vacation with his family.

• Rey returned in March 2013 but had to leave WWE for knee surgery which he sustained during a practice match.

• In October 2013, he returned to WWE after being cleared safe for wrestling. Initially, till the time he recovered, Rey took part in the matches as a Spanish commentator.

• His first match after the injury was the 10-man elimination chamber in November 2013 in which he faced off against The Wyatt Family and The Real Americans. In it, he teamed up with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan but was defeated.

• Thereafter, he had an argument with Daniel and Punk as a result of which the team was disbanded. He then teamed up with The Big Show and the duo, in December 2013, challenged Cody Rhodes and Goldust for the WWE Tag Team Championship title. They, however, were defeated.

• In April 2014, citing a wrist injury, Rey took a medical leave from the WWE. According to sources, he had expressed his desire to leave the company; however, the WWE denied his request and extended his contract without his prior approval. Due to this, the relations between him and WWE worsened. It was also reported that he had planned on joining another wrestling company known as the Lucha Underground in Los Angeles.

• In February 2015, WWE issued a statement in which it claimed that Rey would not work with the organisation as his contract had expired. This ended his 13-year-old stint with the company.

• Rey joined the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Los Angeles in March 2015. There, he teamed up with his old WWE tag team partner Sin Cara.

• In the same month, he performed a dropkick stunt on the back of a wrestler named Perro Aguayo Jr., which resulted in three fractured vertebrae and led to internal bleeding that caused his death in the ring. As per sources, Rey began blaming himself for Perro’s death and began contemplating leaving wrestling as a career.

• Before the Lucha Libre World Cup, held in May 2015, Rey joined the Dream Team with Myzteziz and El Patrón Alberto. The trio went on to win the cup by defeating a team which consisted of Matt Hardy.

• At the beginning of 2016, Rey Mysterio left AAA due to issues related to his payment. Despite not being a part of the organisation, Rey continued to appear occasionally in events hosted by the AAA.

• Following his departure from AAA, he went to wrestle independently for Qatar Pro Wrestling, House of Glory, WCPW Pro Wrestling, 5 Star Wrestling, and Xtreme Wrestling Alliance (XWA).

• Thereafter, he left independent wrestling and joined Lucha Underground, LLC. He wrestled in the organisation for three seasons and decided not to renew his contract for the fourth one.

• In 2018, he joined the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in its Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall show.

• Later, in the same year, he went back to AAA, where he took part in several matches but did not perform well in them.

• He left AAA and rejoined the WWE in 2018. Before formally appearing on the WWE payroll, he made two surprise appearances at Royal Rumble on 28 January and Greatest Royal Rumble on 27 April; he lost both matches.

• In September 2018, WWE formally announced Rey Mysterio’s return to the organisation. He joined the SmackDown! Stable.

• Soon after entering WWE, he entered into a feud with Randy Ortan which further escalated when Orton frequently began to attack Rey in his matches leading to him losing the match.

• Later, he was chosen as one of the members of Team SmackDown! against Team Raw at the Survivor Series. In it, Mysterio lost to Braun Strowman which led to the defeat of Team SmackDown!

• His altercation with Randy Orton came to an end in December 2018 when the latter was pinned at a TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs match.

• In March 2019, he challenged Samoa Joe for a United States Championship title match. However, he failed to win the title as he was defeated by Joe, who pinned Rey in under one minute.

• In the same year, a Super Star Shake-up event took place in which Mysterio was shifted from SmackDown! to Raw. There, he won the WWE Grand Slam Champion title from Joe.

• In June 2019, he had to return the title to Joe as he had to leave WWE for some time to undergo a knee surgery.

• Upon returning in September of the same year, Rey challenged Seth Rollins for a shot at the WWE Universal Champion title. Rey earned the opportunity to challenge Rollins after he won a fatal five-way elimination match. However, Rey was not able to participate in a title match as he sustained an injury after Brock Lesnar attacked Rey and his son Dominik.

• This led to an on-and-off ring feud between Brock and Rey. Their feud escalated when Rey started interfering in Lesnar’s matches on SmackDown! despite Rey being part of Raw. As a result, Lesnar left SmackDown! and moved to Raw, seeking revenge on Mysterio.

• In November 2019, he once again gained the opportunity to challenge for a shot at the WWE Universal Champion title by winning a fatal-four-way match. He went on to defeat A. J. Styles to win the title.

• Styles and Rey developed a feud over the title and the former challenged Rey to several title re-matches; however, Mysterio was successful in defending his title each time. However, Rey was able to keep the title with him for less than a month as he was defeated by Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza.

• Rey later made two unsuccessful attempts to challenge Andrade but was defeated each time.

• Rey and Seth developed a feud in May 2020 during which Seth caused Rey to be admitted to a hospital after the former “pierced” Rey’s eyes during a match.

• In August of the same year, Rey with his son formed a tag team group called The Mysterios.

• In 2021, the duo won their first WWE SmackDown! Tag Team Championship. With this Dominik and Rey became the first father-and-son team to become tag team champions in the history of WWE.

• The duo lost the title to The Usos during a Money in the Bank match within three months. Thereafter, the duo were drafted into the Raw brand, where they began feuding with The Miz. In the WWE in-show, Miz TV, hosted by The Miz, he claimed that Dominik was not Rey’s son and that somebody else was the biological father.

• The feud between Rey and The Miz ended in February 2022 as WWE discontinued their storyline. As per sources, the WWE decided to quit their storyline to introduce Logan Paul into the franchise.

• Thereafter, he developed a feud with the villainous stable The Judgment Day after Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley tried to lure Dominik to leave his father and join them.

• Later, he and wrestler Edge formed a tag team and began actively feuding with The Judgement Day.

• The tag team of Rey and his son ended when Dominik turned on Rey in the ring.

• In October 2022, Rey was transferred from Raw to SmackDown! As per sources, he was transferred as he refused to fight Dominik.

• At SmackDown!, Mysterio won the Intercontinental Championship match; however, he lost the title in less than a month.

• In March 2023, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2023.

• Later, in the same year, Mysterio founded the Latino World Order (LWO) in SmackDown! To counter The Judgement Day, Rey formed an alliance between the LWO and the Legado Del Fantasma (LDF), which was a villainous stable.

• He then fought against his LWO teammate Escobar in July 2023 for the United States Title Invitational Tournament. He lost the match after being disqualified by the referee.

• He won his third United States Championship in August 2023. The next month, he faced off against Austin Theory, who challenged him to a title match; Rey won the match and retained the title.

• In November of the same year, he lost his title to Logan Paul, who used brass knuckles.

• Thereafter, he took a break for three months.

• In 2024, he and his stable LWO were drafted in Raw from SmackDown!

• Mysterio sports several tattoos on his body. Every brush of ink on his body has some history or meaning associated with it. Not only has he tattooed the word ‘Mexican’ to show that he is proud of his country & heritage, but he also has a cross on his chest, which stands as a testimony to his religious beliefs. As a tribute to late wrestler Eddie Guerrero, he sports the initials ‘EG’. In addition, he even has his children’s names inked on his arms.
  

  Rey Mysterio’s tattoos

• With as many as 8 Cruiserweight titles, Mysterio has the most number of championship reigns in this division as of 2024.

• Rey Mysterio has also appeared in a commercial for Surge soft drinks with the WWE wrestler Bill Goldberg.

• Mysterio once refused to drop the WWE Intercontinental Champion to then-rising star Dolph Ziggler. WWE wanted to put Ziggler over, but Mysterio refused as he was promised a longer title run. Thus, their 2009 feud ended with Mysterio retaining the title.

• Rey Mysterio consumes alcohol, especially beer, occasionally.
  

  A photo of Rey Mysterio taken while he was holding a mug of beer