Saturday, October 14, 2017

Rey Mysterio Biography, WWE Career and Facts about Him



Rey Mysterio Quick Bio

     Ø Oscar Gutierrez famous by his ring name “Rey Mysterio” was             born on December 12, 1975. 
     Ø His uncle Rey Mysterio Sr. trained him and in 1989 he made              his pro debut.
      Ø Currently he is living in San Diego, CA. His wife name is                    Angie and they also have a daughter (Aalyah) and a son                    (Dominick).
      ØIt was just a fictional story line that he had the battle with                    Eddie Guerrero for the custody of Dominick.
      ØWhen Oscar Gutierrez entered the WWE, he changed to                   Mysterio and he spent much of his early career in the Mexico             and AAA promotion.
      ØHe gained some attention from promoters of North America                when he appeared on their When Worlds Collide PPV. He                   wrestled in ECW in 1995. In 1996 he was signed by WCW.


Cruiserweight Champion

Ø Rey's most famous moment occurred in 1996 in WCW when he was lawn darted by Kevin Nash in the side of a trailer.
Ø  He recovered his career nicely and he became a mainstay in the cruiserweight title scene. Mysterio has various great matches against both cruiserweights and luchadores alike.
Ø  His most famous match of those days is a title vs mask match at Halloween Havoc 1997 against Eddie Guerrero. He lost a match in 1998 and was compelled to join the “Latino World Order”.

    No Limit Soldier & No Mask

   Ø  After losing a tag team match from Scott Hall and Kevin Nash           At Super Brawl 99 he was forced to unmask. Mysterio without             mask became underdog and quickly defeated the home territory          including Scott Norton, Kevin Nash and Bam Bigelow.
   Ø After a year he made a successful tag team with Billy Kidman            and finally joined Master P's No Limit Soldiers.

    The Filthy Animals

Ø After leaving WCW, he made “The Filthy Animals” with Eddie Guerrero and Konan.  Billy Kidman and Juventud Guerrera also joined this group. They joined the New Blood in 2000 and later, they feuded with Team Canada and the Misfits in Action.
Ø Mysterio and Kidman at the final WCW Nitro won the recently created cruiserweight tag team championship.


    WWE Career


Ø Rey played his debut match WWE in the summer of 2002. He came back with his mask and the WWE deleted out all old pictures that shows his face.
Ø He was injured by the Big Show in the beginning of 2003 when he was swung, while attached to a stretcher, into a ring post. When Rey came back to action, he briefly hold the cruiserweight title and then again performed his tag team with Billy Kidman.
Ø  Eddie & Rey won the tag team titles in 2005. Eddie was jealous that he never defeated Mysterio and become his partner.
Ø Rey Mysterio surprised the world when he won the Royal Rumble in 2006. He became the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating champion Randy Orton and Kurt Angle. He held the WWE Championship for less than two hours on July 25, 2011.


Watch Rey Mysterio debut against Chavo Guerrero


      

   Mysterio Title Winnings in WWE

   WWE Championship


On 25 July, 2011, he beat The Miz in the tournament final for the vacant championship and became WWE Champion.

   World Heavyweight Championship


Ø On April 2, 2006 he beat Champion Kurt Angle & Randy Orton at WrestleMania 22.
Ø On June 20, 2010 he beat Champion Jack Swagger, Big Show, and CM Punk at Fatal 4 Way.

   WWE Intercontinental Championship

Ø  On April 5, 2009 he beat JBL at 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.
Ø  On June 29, 2009 he beat Chris Jericho in a title vs. mask match at The Bash at “The Bash”.

  WWE Tag Team Title

Ø  On January 7, 2002 he along with Edge beat Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.
Ø  On December 9, 2004 he along with Rob Van Dam beat Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki.
Ø  On February 20, 2005 - with Eddie Guerrero beat The Basham Brothers at No Way Out.
Ø  On December 16, 2005  he teamed up with Batista and beat MNM.

WWE Cruiserweight Title

Ø  On June 5, 2003 Rey beat Matt Hardy
Ø  On 1st Jan, 2003 he beat Tajiri
Ø  On June 17, 2004 he beat Classic Chavo




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