Rey Mysterio

Rey Mysterio
Mysterio in July 2018
Birth name	Óscar Gutiérrez[1][2]
Born	(1974-12-11) December 11, 1974 (age 50)[3] Chula Vista, California, U.S.[4]
Spouse(s)	Angie Gutiérrez ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2, including Dominik Mysterio
Relatives	Rey Misterio (uncle) El Hijo de Rey Misterio (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Colibri[5] La Lagartija Verde El Nino[6] Rey Misterio II[6] Rey Misterio Jr.[7] Rey Mysterio[8] Rey Mysterio Jr.[9][5] Super Nino
Billed height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[8]
Billed weight	175 lb (79 kg)[8]
Billed from	San Diego, California[8]
Trained by	Rey Misterio[5]
Debut	April 30, 1989[10]

Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE. He wrestles on the SmackDown brand. Mysterio is often said to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He is credited for making cruiserweight wrestling popular. Mysterio is one of the world's most recognizable lucha libre wrestlers.^[11]

Mysterio is the nephew of Rey Misterio Sr., He began his professional wrestling career in 1989 on the independent circuit. He was 14 years old. He signed with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. After a short time wrestling for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Mysterio went to work for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996. In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize lucha libre in the United States. This led to cruiserweight wrestling divisions being more popular. He won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times and the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times. He then wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mysterio joined World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002.

In WWE, Mysterio won the Cruiserweight Championship three times the World Heavyweight Championship and Intercontinental Championship twice, and the United States Championship three times. He also won the WWE Championship once and the WWE Tag Team Championship four times. He is WWE's 21st Triple Crown and Grand Slam champion, is a Royal Rumble match winner, and has headlined several WWE pay-per-view events. Mysterio left WWE in 2015 and wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Lucha Underground and AAA. Mysterio returned to WWE in 2018. He won the U.S. Championship twice and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. His tag team partner was his son Dominik.

On March 31, 2023, Mysterio was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Konnan.^[12]

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Suspension was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ "Rey Mysterio".
3. ↑ Trejo, Aaron (2011). Rey Mysterio. North Mankato, MN: Bellwether Media. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-60014-639-8.
4. ↑ Mooneyham, Mike (November 28, 2004). "Rey Mysterio Jr: Pro wrestling's human highlight". The Post and Courier. Evening Post Publishing Company. Retrieved August 5, 2009. Born on this side of the Mexican border in Chula Vista, Calif.,
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Rey Mysterio Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Rey Misterio Jr". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
7. ↑ "Rey Misterio Jr". CageMatch.net. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} "Rey Mysterio Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
9. ↑ "STRONG STYLE EVOLVED". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
10. ↑ "Rey Mysterio Jr official web site". Rey Mysterio.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
11. ↑ Wonsover, Michael (December 22, 2017). "Rey Mysterio's career far from over, open to WWE return". ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
12. ↑ "Rey Mysterio is the first inductee into the 2023 class of the WWE Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 23, 2024.