Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his
ring name
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Rey Mysterio, is an American
professional wrestler
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. He is currently signed to
WWE
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, where he performs on the
SmackDown
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brand
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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Mysterio is credited for popularizing
cruiserweight wrestling, and is one of the world's most recognizable ''
lucha libre
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'' wrestlers.
The nephew of
Rey Misterio Sr., Mysterio began his professional wrestling career in 1989, at age 14, on the
independent circuit
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, before signing with
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...
(AAA) in 1992. After a brief period performing for
Extreme Championship Wrestling
HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...
(ECW), Mysterio departed to
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW) in 1996. In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize ''lucha libre'' in the United States, which led to the rise of cruiserweight wrestling divisions, while he also won the
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
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five times and the
WCW World Tag Team Championship
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three times. He then wrestled for
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL), and joined
World Wrestling Entertainment
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(WWE) in 2002.
In WWE, Mysterio won the
Cruiserweight Championship three times, the
World Heavyweight Championship, the
Intercontinental Championship, and the
United States Championship, all of them which he won twice, the
WWE Championship
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once, and the
Tag Team Championship
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four times. He is WWE's 21st
Triple Crown
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** Triple Crown Trophy
** Triple Crown Productions
* Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* Tri ...
and
Grand Slam
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* Grand slam, winning category te ...
champion, is a
Royal Rumble match winner, and has headlined several WWE
pay-per-view
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events
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. Mysterio departed WWE in 2015, and appeared in
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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(NJPW) and AAA, before returning to WWE in 2018, winning the U.S. Championship twice and
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
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once with his son
Dominik.
Early life
Óscar Gutiérrez was born on December 11, 1974 in Chula Vista, California.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1989–1992)
Gutiérrez made his debut in Mexico on April 30, 1989, when he was 14 years old. He was trained by his uncle
Rey Misterio Sr. and wrestled early on in Mexico where he learned the ''
Lucha Libre
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'' high flying style that has been his trademark. He had ring names such as "La Lagartija Verde (The Green Lizard)" and "Colibrí (Humming bird)" before his uncle gave him the name of Rey Misterio Jr. In 1991, Mysterio was awarded "Most Improved Wrestler" in Mexico while wrestling as Colibrí.
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1992–1995)
In
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...
(AAA), Mysterio feuded with
Juventud Guerrera
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Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promot ...
. Mysterio's uncle Misterio Sr. also took on Guerrera in a tag match: Misterio Sr. and Mysterio Jr. facing Guerrera and his father
Fuerza Guerrera
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.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1996)
Mysterio signed with
Paul Heyman
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's
Extreme Championship Wrestling
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(ECW) in 1995.
He debuted in September 1995 at
Gangstas Paradise, defeating
Psicosis
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, who was also making his ECW debut.
[ A feud between the two began, which included a ]two out of three falls match
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and a Mexican Death match.[ Mysterio also had a series of matches with ECW-newcomer Juventud Guerrera during early 1996. He wrestled his final bout for ECW at ]Big Ass Extreme Bash
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in March 1996.[
]
World Championship Wrestling
Cruiserweight division (1996–1998)
Mysterio made his World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW) debut on June 16, 1996, at The Great American Bash
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, challenging Dean Malenko
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for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
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in a losing effort. At Bash at the Beach on July 7, he defeated Psicosis in a #1 contender's match to earn another opportunity at the Cruiserweight title. The next night, on the July 8 episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro
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'', he defeated Malenko to win his first Cruiserweight Championship. He reigned as champion for three months, which included title defenses against the likes of Ultimate Dragon at Hog Wild on August 10, Malenko, and Super Caló
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at Fall Brawl
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on September 15 before he lost the title to Malenko at Halloween Havoc
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on October 27. Mysterio challenged Ultimate Dragon for the J-Crown
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Championship in a losing effort at World War 3 on November 24.
In early 1997, he began a feud with Prince Iaukea
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over the WCW World Television Championship
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, culminating in a title match against Iaukea at SuperBrawl VII
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on February 23, which he lost after Lord Steven Regal
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attacked him. Mysterio also lost a title rematch at Uncensored on March 16. He defeated Ultimate Dragon at Spring Stampede on April 6, and Yuji Yasuraoka
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at Slamboree
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on May 18. Mysterio began a feud with the New World Order (nWo), which culminated when he lost a Mexican Death match to nWo member Konnan
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at Road Wild
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on August 9. Mysterio was then involved in a feud with his real-life friend and Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero
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, whom he defeated in a Title vs. Mask match at Halloween Havoc
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on October 26 to win the Cruiserweight Championship for the second time. On the November 10 episode of ''Nitro'', he lost the title back to Guerrero, as well as in a rematch at World War 3 on November 23. On the January 15, 1998 episode of ''WCW Thunder
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The popularity of WCW in 1996 and 1997 allo ...
'', Mysterio defeated Juventud to win his third Cruiserweight Championship, but lost it nine days later to Chris Jericho
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at Souled Out
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. After the match, Jericho continued the beating by using a toolbox he found at ringside. This storyline was used to cover Mysterio's need for a knee operation that kept him out of the ring for six months. At Bash at the Beach on July 12, Mysterio returned and defeated Jericho for his fourth Cruiserweight championship. The next night, however, the result was overturned and the belt returned to Jericho due to Dean Malenko interfering.
Later that year, Eddie Guerrero formed a Mexican stable
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known as the ''Latino World Order'' (LWO) (a spin off of New World Order) that included nearly every luchador in the promotion. Mysterio continually refused to join and feuded with Guerrero and the LWO members, including winning a match against longtime rival and LWO member Psicosis in a match at Road Wild
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on August 8. He was forced to join the group after losing a match to Eddie Guerrero. Mysterio's on-and-off tag team
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partner Billy Kidman
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joined him during the feud with LWO, wrestling against the LWO despite Mysterio being a part of the group. Mysterio faced Kidman for the Cruiserweight Championship at Starrcade
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on December 27, but was unsuccessful in a triangle match also involving Juventud. On January 17, 1999, at Souled Out
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, Mysterio failed to win the title from Kidman in a fatal four-way match
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that also included Psicosis and Juventud.
Giant Killer and unmasking (1998–1999)
After the two factions of nWo reformed, they demanded that the LWO disband. Mysterio refused to take off his LWO colors and was attacked by the nWo as a result. This led to a match at SuperBrawl IX
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on February 21, where Mysterio and tag partner Konnan lost a "Hair vs. Mask match" against Kevin Nash
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and Scott Hall, forcing Mysterio to remove his mask. After the match, he phoned his uncle to tell him the news. Mysterio has publicly expressed his disappointment over being unmasked:
Mysterio later became a "giant killer" by defeating large opponents such as Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow
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, and Scott Norton
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. At Uncensored on March 14, he lost to Nash after Lex Luger
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interfered and helped Nash win. The next night, on the March 15 episode of ''Nitro'', he defeated Billy Kidman to win his fifth Cruiserweight Championship. On the March 22 episode of ''Nitro'', Mysterio got his first shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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against champion Ric Flair
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when the names of (allegedly) nearly everyone in the company were put into a hat and a lottery was held. El Dandy
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was the lottery winner, but he was injured, and Mysterio took the shot instead. The match ended with a disqualification win for Flair, even though Arn Anderson
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's interference on Flair's behalf should have theoretically disqualified Flair. The following week, Mysterio and Kidman defeated Flair's Four Horsemen
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Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand tha ...
stablemates Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship
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, making Mysterio a double champion. Mysterio successfully defended his Cruiserweight Championship against his tag team partner Kidman at Spring Stampede on April 11 before losing the title on the April 19 episode of ''Nitro'' to Psicosis in a fatal four-way match that also involved Juventud Guerrera and Blitzkrieg
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. On the following episode of ''Nitro'', he defeated Psicosis to win his fifth Cruiserweight Championship. At Slamboree
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on May 9, Mysterio and Kidman lost the World Tag Team titles to Raven and Perry Saturn
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in a triangle match, also involving former champions Benoit and Malenko.
No Limit Soldiers and Filthy Animals (1999–2001)
In mid-1999, Mysterio and Konnan joined Master P
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's No Limit Soldiers and feuded with The West Texas Rednecks. At The Great American Bash
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on June 13, they defeated Rednecks members Curt Hennig
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and Bobby Duncum Jr.
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, and at Bash at the Beach on July 11, defeated the Rednecks in a four-on-four elimination tag team match
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. After Master P's departure from WCW, Mysterio formed a stable
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with Eddie Guerrero and Billy Kidman known as the Filthy Animals, turning heel
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for the first and only time in his career. The Filthy Animals soon began a feud with the Dead Pool
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, and defeated them in a six-man tag team match at Road Wild
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on August 14 and at Fall Brawl
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on September 12. On the August 19 episode of ''Thunder'', Mysterio lost the cruiserweight title to Lenny Lane
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.
On the October 18 episode of ''Nitro'', Mysterio and Konnan defeated Harlem Heat
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to win the World Tag Team Championship. Mysterio, however, was injured during the match and was sidelined as a result, Kidman substituted for Mysterio and teamed with Konnan during their title defense against Harlem Heat and The First Family, in which the Filthy Animals went on to lose the title back to Harlem Heat. Mysterio returned in early 2000 and remained a steady performer, eventually joining the New Blood
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faction in early 2000 opposing the Millionaire's Club
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. On the August 14 episode of ''Nitro'', Mysterio and Juventud defeated The Great Muta
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and Vampiro to win the World Tag Team Championship. They were stripped of the title after Ernest Miller
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pinned Disco Inferno
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with the stipulation that if he pinned Disco, Mysterio and Guerrera would be stripped of the title. The Filthy Animals then feuded with The Natural Born Thrillers
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in the fall of the year. At Fall Brawl
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on September 17, the Filthy Animals fought the Thrillers to a no contest in an elimination tag team match. Mysterio reformed his tag team with Kidman and the two challenged for the World Tag Team Championship in a triangle match at Halloween Havoc
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It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view ...
on October 29, facing the champions Natural Born Thrillers and The Boogie Knights in a losing effort.
At Millennium Final
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on November 16, Mysterio and Kidman lost to KroniK
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, but avenged their loss at Mayhem ten days later, defeating KroniK and Alex Wright
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in a handicap match. At Starrcade on December 17, The Filthy Animals lost to The Harris Brothers
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and Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father J ...
in a Bunkhouse Brawl
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. After this, the Filthy Animals starting feuding with Team Canada, to whom they lost in a Penalty Box match at Sin
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on January 14, 2001. At SuperBrawl Revenge
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on February 19, Mysterio unsuccessfully challenged Chavo Guerrero Jr. for the Cruiserweight Championship. Kidman and Mysterio participated in a cruiserweight tag team tournament for the newly created WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship and advanced to the final round where they ended up losing to Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo
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. On the final episode of ''Nitro'' on March 26, they defeated Skipper and Romeo in a rematch to win the Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles before WCW was sold to the World Wrestling Federation
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(WWF).
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2001–2002)
After WCW closed down, Mysterio started wrestling independently in Mexico. He made his first ever Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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appearance, debuting in an eight-man tag team match. Mysterio wrestled a total of 10 matches in CMLL before returning to the United States.
Independent circuit and Puerto Rico (2001–2002)
Upon his return to the US, he worked in IWA Mid-South
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, the Xcitement Wrestling Federation
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The previous number two and three American promotions, World Champio ...
and the Heartland Wrestling Association
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, with the likes of Eddie Guerrero
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and CM Punk
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. Mysterio traveled to Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council
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and wrestled Eddie (Primo) Colon over the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship in early 2002.
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
Championship reigns (2002–2004)
In June 2002, Mysterio signed with World Wrestling Entertainment
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(WWE), and promos that hyped his debut began airing. The "Jr." was dropped from his name and was billed simply as Rey Mysterio.
Mysterio, with his mask, made his WWE debut on the July 25, 2002 episode of '' SmackDown!'' as a face
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, defeating Chavo Guerrero. He eventually began a feud with Kurt Angle
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, culminating in a match at SummerSlam
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on August 25, which Angle won after forcing Mysterio to submit to the ankle lock
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. He later formed a tag team with Edge
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; the two participated in a tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
for the newly created and SmackDown!-exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship
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. They lost to Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
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in the finals of the tournament at No Mercy on October 20; the match was voted Match of the Year by the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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''. They won the titles when defeated Angle and Benoit in a two out of three falls match
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, but lost it to Los Guerreros in a Triple Threat Elimination match
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on November 17.
At WrestleMania XIX
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, hefaced the cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy
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With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team d ...
for the title, but lost after Shannon Moore
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interfered. On the June 5 episode of ''SmackDown!'', he defeated Hardy to win the title. After losing the championship to Tajiri on September 25, he regained it on January 1, 2004. After a successful title defense against Jamie Noble at the Royal Rumble
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on January 25, Mysterio lost the title to Chavo Guerrero at No Way Out on February 15. At WrestleMania XX
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on March 14, Mysterio took part in a Cruiserweight Open for the title, but Guerrero retained the title. On the June 17 episode of ''SmackDown!'', he defeated Chavo Classic to win the title for a third time. He lost the title to Spike Dudley
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on the July 29 episode of ''SmackDown!''.
Teaming and feuding with Eddie Guerrero (2004–2005)
After an unsuccessful attempt at regaining the Cruiserweight Title, Mysterio formed a tag team with Rob Van Dam
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, and went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship from Kenzo Suzuki
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and René Duprée
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on the December 9 episode of ''SmackDown!''. They successfully defended the title against the former champions at Armageddon
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on December 12, before losing the title to the Basham Brothers on the January 13, 2005, episode of ''SmackDown!'' after Van Dam was injured.
Mysterio then teamed up with Eddie Guerrero
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to win the WWE Tag Team Championship back from the Bashams at No Way Out on February 20. In a departure from traditional booking
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, the new champions did not defend their title at WrestleMania 21
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on April 3, but instead had a match against each other which Mysterio won. He once again defeated Guerrero at Judgment Day
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on May 22 by disqualification. At ECW One Night Stand on June 12, Mysterio faced and defeated long-time rival Psicosis for the first time in nearly five years.
The match at WrestleMania was part of a storyline in which Guerrero turned on Mysterio and beat him up after abandoning him during a match against MNM for the WWE Tag Team Championship. After a no disqualification match
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against Chavo, Eddie came out and slammed Mysterio on the steel steps, displaying Eddie's increasing frustration with being unable to defeat Mysterio. Guerrero and Mysterio continued to feud, with Guerrero threatening to reveal a secret he and Mysterio shared involving Mysterio's real life son Dominik, unless Mysterio deferred to Guerrero's authority. Guerrero later revealed that, in the storyline, he was Dominik's biological father. The storyline went that Guerrero knew Mysterio was having trouble starting his own family, so Guerrero left Dominik as a baby with Mysterio and his wife Angie to raise. Guerrero threatened to take custody of Dominik, drawing up custody papers and having his lawyer present them to Mysterio. At SummerSlam
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on August 21, Mysterio defeated Guerrero in a ladder match for the custody of Dominik. On November 13, 2005, Eddie Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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. That same day at a WWE "Super Show" where ''SmackDown!'' and ''Raw'' were both taped, Mysterio gave an emotional speech about Guerrero, and in a show of respect removed his mask (though he put his head down, so his face could not be seen). Mysterio went on to defeat Shawn Michaels in an interbrand match later that night. After the match, Michaels and Mysterio hugged in the ring and Mysterio pointed up to the sky, crying, in memory of Guerrero.
World Heavyweight Champion (2005–2007)
Mysterio participated in the main event of Survivor Series
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on November 27 as part of Team SmackDown! along with Randy Orton
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, Bobby Lashley
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, Batista
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, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield
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(JBL) who defeated Team Raw ( Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show
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, Carlito, and Chris Masters
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). Mysterio then started a feud with Big Show after Mysterio eliminated Big Show at Survivor Series. Mysterio would face Big Show in a match billed as "David
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vs. Goliath
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" in a ''SmackDown!'' special show, and ended as a "no contest
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" when Big Show's tag team partner Kane interfered in the match. Mysterio continued to feud with Raw's World Tag Team Champions, and found a tag team partner in World Heavyweight Champion
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Batista. They were booked to face Raw's Kane and Big Show in a tag match at Armageddon
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on December 18. Before Armageddon, Batista and Mysterio defeated MNM on the December 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'' to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a match they both dedicated to Eddie Guerrero. Mysterio and Batista's match with Big Show and Kane was then billed as "Champions vs. Champions," which they lost. On the December 30 episode of ''SmackDown!'', MNM invoked their rematch clause, defeating Batista and Mysterio after interference from Mark Henry
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to regain the WWE Tag Team Championship. The following week, Mysterio and Batista received their rematch for the titles in a steel cage match, which they lost after interference by Henry. On the January 13 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio was involved in a 20-man battle royal
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for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated by Henry.
Mysterio was the second entrant in the Royal Rumble
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match on January 29, 2006, setting a record by lasting 62 minutes, winning the match, and earning a world title shot by last eliminating Randy Orton
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. Orton urged him to put the title shot at stake in a match at No Way Out. Over the following weeks, Orton made disparaging remarks about Eddie Guerrero, which many felt the comments were unwarranted and distasteful in the wake of Guerrero's death. Orton won at No Way Out on February 19, earning Mysterio's title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22
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on April 2. General Manager Theodore Long
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re-added Mysterio to the WrestleMania title match however, making it a triple threat match between Orton, Mysterio, and then-champion, Kurt Angle
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. At WrestleMania, Mysterio pinned Orton to become the new World Heavyweight Champion
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. On the following episode of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio – billed as an "underdog
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champion", made his first successful World Heavyweight title defense against Orton. Mysterio retained the title again during a WrestleMania rematch on ''SmackDown!'' against Angle three weeks later.
Mysterio quickly moved into a feud with the United States Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). The rivalry kicked off after JBL, celebrating his U.S. Championship win, stated he deserved the World Heavyweight title. This feud saw Mysterio face off against three opponents chosen by JBL in the three weeks leading up to their title match at Judgment Day
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. Mysterio was defeated by Mark Henry and The Great Khali
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in separate non-title matches before wrestling Kane to a "no contest"; Mysterio retained his title against JBL at Judgment Day on May 21. The feud intensified when JBL lost the United States Championship to Bobby Lashley
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five days later on ''SmackDown!'' after being tricked by Mysterio to take on all comers like Mysterio himself had. JBL vowed that if he did not win his rematch against Mysterio, he would quit SmackDown!. In their main event match, Mysterio retained the World Heavyweight Championship, causing JBL to leave SmackDown!, until ECW One Night Stand, when he announced his return as a color commentator
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. Mysterio was booked to defend against ECW wrestler Sabu at One Night Stand. In the weeks leading up to his title defense, Mysterio defeated Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms
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in a Champion vs. Champion match, and lost to Rob Van Dam at WWE vs. ECW Head-to-Head on June 7. At One Night Stand on June 11, Mysterio retained the title, after he and Sabu were ruled unable to continue following a triple jump DDT through a table by Sabu. Mysterio then retained his title in a match against Mark Henry, winning by disqualification after Chavo Guerrero handed Henry a chair and Mysterio acted as if he was hit, a tactic for which Eddie Guerrero was known.
Mysterio began a feud with King Booker after Booker won a battle royal
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to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. Booker attacked Mysterio from behind backstage with the help of Booker's wife Queen Sharmell
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. The next week on ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio gained revenge by attacking Booker and his "court
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". This rivalry continued for several weeks and saw Mysterio defeating Booker's court member William Regal
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on an episode of ''SmackDown!'', moments before attacking the challenger and hitting him with a 619
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around the steel post. On July 23 at The Great American Bash
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, Mysterio lost the World Heavyweight Championship to King Booker after Chavo interfered in the match and turned on Mysterio, hitting him with a steel chair. Guerrero cost Mysterio his rematch the following week. This culminated in a match at SummerSlam
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on August 20, where Mysterio lost to Guerrero after Vickie Guerrero tried to stop both men from fighting, but accidentally knocked Mysterio off the top turnbuckle. Vickie then along with Chavo turned on Mysterio after she hit him in the back with a steel chair and gave him an injury, thus, siding with Guerrero. Mysterio then defeated Guerrero in a Falls Count Anywhere match
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at No Mercy on October 8. Subsequently, Guerrero challenged Mysterio to an "I quit" match for the October 20 edition of ''SmackDown!''. In that match (which Mysterio lost), Guerrero injured Mysterio's knee, using the match to write Mysterio out of the storyline for a while to get knee surgery.
Mysterio made his in-ring return at SummerSlam
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on August 26, 2007, defeating Guerrero, after Guerrero obsessed over Mysterio's return as well as wanting to injure Mysterio again. On the August 31 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio won a "Championship Competition" to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Batista and Finlay
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. On the September 7 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Mysterio had an "I Quit" match with Guerrero, which he won after hitting Guerrero's knee with a steel chair repeatedly in a similar manner to which Mysterio had been put out of action, to end the feud. Mysterio then began a feud with The Great Khali, which led to a World Heavyweight Championship match at Unforgiven
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on September 16. The match was later made a Triple Threat match, also involving Batista, who won it.
Various storylines (2007–2009)
Mysterio then began a feud with Finlay, an opponent chosen by JBL. The rivalry was marked as "Fight vs. Flight", contrasting the fighting styles of both wrestlers – Finlay's physicality, versus the high-flying Mysterio. After fighting to a "no contest" at No Mercy on October 7, followed by a double-disqualification in a number one contender's match for Batista's World Heavyweight Championship on the next ''SmackDown!'' he defeated Finlay in a Stretcher match at Cyber Sunday
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on October 28. During this feud, he lost a match to Finlay on the November 9 episode of ''SmackDown!'' and was part of the winning team at Survivor Series
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on November 18 which consisted of both wrestlers on opposing sides (although Mysterio was second to be eliminated).
He re-entered the World Heavyweight Championship picture on the January 4, 2008 episode of ''SmackDown!'' when he won a Beat the Clock
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The show began on radio as ' ...
challenge for a chance to face the World Heavyweight Champion Edge at the Royal Rumble
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. He was unsuccessful in winning the championship at the event on January 27. WWE's official website announced on February 14 that Mysterio suffered a biceps injury during an overseas tour. Despite the injury, Mysterio faced Edge for the title in a rematch at No Way Out on February 17, which he lost. On the February 22 episode of ''SmackDown'', Mysterio announced that his injury would keep him out of action for at least six months, and he eventually underwent three surgeries within the space of a month.
Mysterio made his return on the June 23, 2008, episode of ''Raw'', as the first wrestler to be drafted in the 2008 WWE Draft from SmackDown
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brand
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to the Raw
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brand. Mysterio made his Raw in-ring debut on July 7, pinning Santino Marella
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after a 619. General Manager
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Mike Adamle announced that John Cena
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was injured and that Mysterio would replace him in the Championship Scramble at Unforgiven
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. The next week, Mysterio made his return to ''Raw'' after an extended absence by attacking Kane, turning back numerous claims that Kane had "ended his career". Mysterio then made his in-ring return at Unforgiven
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on September 7, competing in the World Heavyweight Championship scramble match, which was won by Chris Jericho
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. Mysterio put his mask on the line in a match at No Mercy on October 5, which he won by disqualification after Kane attacked him with a steel chair. He defeated Kane again at Cyber Sunday
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on October 26, this time in a No Holds Barred match, and again at Survivor Series
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on November 23, when the pair were on opposing sides in a five-on-five elimination match. At No Way Out on February 15, 2009, Mysterio competed in the Elimination Chamber
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match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated by Edge when the two were the last men in the match.
Intercontinental Champion (2009–2010)
At WrestleMania 25
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, Mysterio defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield
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for the Intercontinental Championship in 21 seconds. His win made Mysterio the twenty-first Triple Crown Champion in WWE history. Mysterio was drafted back to the SmackDown brand during the 2009 WWE Draft on the April 13 episode of ''Raw'', in the process making the Intercontinental Championship exclusive to SmackDown for the first time since August 2002. He then entered into an extensive feud with Chris Jericho
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, retaining his title against him at Judgment Day
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on May 17. During their second match at Extreme Rules, Jericho won after he unmasked Mysterio and pinned him, losing the title. Mysterio and Jericho were booked in a Title vs. Mask match that was scheduled for The Bash on June 28, which Mysterio won, regaining the title. He then moved into a feud with Dolph Ziggler
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After a prolific career in amateur ...
, whom he retained the title against at both Night of Champions
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and SummerSlam
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. On August 2, WWE announced that Mysterio would be suspended for 30 days, effective September 2, for violating the company's Wellness Policy. Before the suspension, he lost the title on September 1 against John Morrison. In an interview with Mexican newspaper ''Record'', Mysterio stated that he was suspended for a drug he was using for his knee and arm. Mysterio stated that he had a prescription for the drug, but was unable to produce it in time to prevent his suspension due to being on vacation and doing a promotional tour.
When he returned, Mysterio began a storyline with Batista
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. They lost a match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
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at Hell in a Cell
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At Bragging Rights
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, they participated in a Fatal 4 Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Mysterio prevented Batista of winning the title and, after the match Batista attacked Mysterio. Batista defeated Mysterio at Survivor Series
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. Their feud moved around the World title, when Mysterio defeated Batista to gain a title shot, but the match for the title ended in a no contest after Batista interfered. On January, they faced again in a number one contender's match in a Steel Cage match
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, where Mysterio won. However, he didn't won the title at Royal Rumble.
Since February, Mysterio began a feud with CM Punk that also involved Punk's Straight Edge Society
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. During the Elimination Chamber match, Mysterio eliminated Punk. Mysterio continued to feud with Punk and had a match at WrestleMania XXVI
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with the stipulation that if Mysterio were to lose at WrestleMania, he would be forced to join the SES. After Mysterio defeated Punk at, they faced again at Extreme Rules with a defeat for Rey in a match where Punk should have been shaved if he lost. At Over the Limit on May 23, Mysterio faced CM Punk again with both previous stipulations in place (Mysterio's allegiance to the SES and Punk's hair); Mysterio defeated Punk, resulting in Punk's head being shaved.
World championship reigns (2010–2011)
At Fatal 4-Way, Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger
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, Big Show, and CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time. He only retained the title for 28 days, losing it at Money in the Bank against Kane, who had won the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match
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earlier that night. He had the rematch for the title at SummerSlam
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, but he was defeated.
Between August 2010 and January 2011, Mysterio had a feud with the debuting Alberto Del Rio
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, a Mexican wrestler who portrayed a high-class aristocrat. During Del Rio's debut on the August 20 episode of ''SmackDown'', Mysterio lost to him by submission. They both participated at Bragging Rights
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as part of victorius Team Smackdown, but during the match Del Rio attacked Mysterio. At Survivor Series
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on November 21, Mysterio and Del Rio led two oposing teams as part of the traditional Survivor Series match, where Team Mysterio won. They also participated at Tables, Ladders & Chairs in fatal four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship, won by Edge. His feud with Del Rio culminated on the January 7, 2011, episode of ''SmackDown'' in a two out of three falls match, which Del Rio won by countout.
Mysterio next feud was against Cody Rhodes. On the January 21 episode of ''SmackDown'', during a match against Cody Rhodes, Mysterio accidentally broke his nose when he hit him with a 619. WWE used this accident to start a feud and, as part of the storyline, Rhodes began to wear a mask and they wrestled at WrestleMania XXVII
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, where Mysterio lost to Rhodes. At Extreme Rules on May 1, Mysterio defeated Rhodes in a Falls Count Anywhere match to end the feud.
In the 2011 WWE Draft, Mysterio was drafted to the Raw brand. In May, Mysterio started feuding with CM Punk, with the pair exchanging victories on consecutive episodes of ''Raw''. The feud culminated in a singles match on June 19 at Capitol Punishment, where Punk emerged victorious. On July 25, Mysterio won a tournament for the vacant WWE Championship to win his first WWE Championship, but he lost the title to John Cena later that night. On the August 15 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio received a rematch for the WWE Championship against new champion Alberto Del Rio, but lost via submission. Mysterio suffered an injury in late August.
Teaming with Sin Cara (2012–2013)
On April 26, 2012, WWE reported that Mysterio had been suspended for 60 days due to his second violation of the company's Talent Wellness Program policy and that his suspension would expire on June 25. After his return, Mysterio had two matches at SummerSlam
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and Night Of Champions
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for the Intercontinental Championship held by The Miz, but he was defeated both times. Since September 2012, he was paired with Sin Cara, working as a tag team. Despite they worked for 3 months, Mysterio took the decision to leave WWE when he saw no creative direction about his tag team with Sin Cara. The team dissolved on December since Mysterio was taking time off and Sin Cara underwent knee surgery. To write him off television, the storyline was that The Shield attacked them and Mysterio suffered an injury. In March, Mysterio took another leave of absence due to a legitimate knee injury, explained in storyline as an attack by Mark Henry.
Final storylines and departure (2013–2015)
After eight months, Mysterio returned at a WWE live event on October 17, 2013, and returned to television as part of the Spanish commentary team at Hell in a Cell
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on October 27. On the November 18 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio saved CM Punk and Daniel Bryan from an attack by The Wyatt Family
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and The Real Americans (Jack Swagger
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and Antonio Cesaro), which led to Mysterio being part of a 10-man elimination tag team match at Survivor Series
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on November 24, in which Mysterio's team lost after he was eliminated by sole survivor Roman Reigns
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. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs on December 15, Mysterio and Big Show
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unsuccessfully challenged Cody Rhodes and Goldust
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for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way match also involving RybAxel (Ryback
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and Curtis Axel
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) and The Real Americans. At WrestleMania XXX
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on April 6, 2014 Mysterio competed in the André the Giant
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Memorial Battle Royal
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but was eliminated by Cesaro.
On the April 7 episode of ''Raw'', he made an appearance and lost to a returning Bad News Barrett
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, subsequently deciding to take time off to heal a wrist injury. During his hiatus, it was reported that Mysterio wanted to leave WWE, but the promotion had extended his contract without his approval. Mysterio did not return to WWE programming, and instead appeared in a video message at AAA's Triplemanía XXII
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and also visited Lucha Underground
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. On February 26, 2015, WWE officially announced that Mysterio's WWE contract had expired, ending his nearly 13-year tenure with the company.
Return to AAA (2015–2016)
On March 3, 2015, five days after being released from WWE, it was announced that Mysterio had agreed to work for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide for the first time since 1995. He made his in-ring return as part of AAA's 2015 pay-per-view Rey de Reyes
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("King of Kings") on March 18, 2015. Mysterio teamed up with Myzteziz (formerly Sin Cara in WWE) to defeat the ''Los Perros del Mal
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'' team of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo
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and Pentagón Jr., with Mysterio scoring the winning pin. This match is notorious for showing wrestler Perro Aguayo Jr.'s death in the ring following a drop kick from Mysterio. Mysterio delivered a dropkick to Perro's back, causing him to fall to the second rope, setting him up for Mysterio's signature "619" wrestling move, which involve Mysterio running towards the rope, grabbing it, and spinning around 180°, hitting the person on the face with his legs. Mysterio, seeing that something was wrong due to Perro becoming limp, purposely missed. The other wrestlers continued performing while each coming up and checking on Perro. They quickly finished the match after realizing that something serious had happened. The ref, wrestlers, and lockerroom crew came out and took Perro out using a piece of plywood. He was pronounced dead by the doctors later that night. His official death was ruled as cardiac arrest.
On May 24, 2015, Mysterio came together with Myzteziz and El Patrón Alberto to form the "Dream Team" for AAA's Lucha Libre World Cup
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. The trio eventually won the tournament, defeating Johnny Mundo
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, Matt Hardy and Mr. Anderson in the finals with Mysterio pinning Mundo for the win. For ''Triplemanía XXIII
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'', AAA's biggest show of the year, a "dream match" between Mysterio and Myzteziz took place. Both wrestlers teamed during their time in WWE and AAA but had never competed against each other. Mysterio was victorious, forcing Myzteziz to submit to a ''Fujiwara armbar
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''. After the match, Myzteziz turned ''rudo'' and sprayed mist at Mysterio's face and challenged him to a ''Lucha de Apuestas''. In early February 2016, AAA announced that Mysterio had left AAA due to financial issues between Mysterio and AAA. Despite not working directly for AAA, Mysterio Jr. participated in the 2016 Lucha Libre World Cup alongside Dr. Wagner Jr.
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and Dragon Azteca Jr., known as "Team Mexico International" the trio finished in third place.
Return to independent circuit (2015–2018)
Mysterio has also appeared on a number of independent shows, facing Amazing Red
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in House of Glory, Ricochet
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in Drive Wrestling, P. J. Black
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in Black Destiny Wrestling, AJ Styles
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at a 5 Star Wrestling
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show in the UK, Alberto El Patron
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in Qatar Pro Wrestling, amongst others.
Mysterio faced fellow WWE
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alumnus Kurt Angle
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on March 20, 2016 for the upstart URFight promotion. Mysterio successfully defeated Angle in a two-falls match with assistance from rapper Riff Raff
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. In January 2017, Mysterio noted in an interview that he may consider opening up his own wrestling school. During the interview, he said: "I just thought I would never have the time. Now being able to make that time – to not have the busy schedule I had with WWE – gives me plenty of time to be a family man. I'm hoping that this time I'm spending with my son will open up that idea again and create a Rey Mysterio Wrestling school". On April 30, 2017, at the WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup – Mexican Qualifying Round, Mysterio won the Mexico Leg with Penta El Zero M
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defeating Alberto El Patron
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in the semi-finals, and defeating longtime rival Juventud Guerrera
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in the finals. In Round 16, Mysterio lost to the English qualifier Will Ospreay
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.
Rey Mysterio teamed up with Mexican luchadors Fenix and Bandido for the main event of the indy super show All In on September 1, 2018, losing to The Golden Elite team of Kota Ibushi
is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), but is currently inactive due to suffering a shoulder injury. In March 2021, he became the company's inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion by ...
and The Young Bucks
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(Nick and Matt Jackson).
Lucha Underground (2015–2018)
Mysterio signed with Lucha Underground
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on December 12, 2015 and appeared on the second season. On January 10, 2016, Mysterio teamed with Dragon Azteca Jr. and Prince Puma to defeat Ivelisse, Johnny Mundo
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and Son of Havoc and Fénix, Jack Evans, and P. J. Black
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A second-generation w ...
and Cortez Castro, Joey Ryan and Mr. Cisco in a 4-way Trio Tag Team Elimination Match for the Lucha Underground Trios Championship. Mysterio was the second competitor to enter the second ever Aztec Warfare
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match and was the final elimination by the eventual winner Matanza. On January 31, 2016, at Ultima Lucha Dos, Rey Mysterio defeated Prince Puma. On April 9, 2016 Mysterio was in an Aztec Warfare match where he eliminated Matanza Cueto after Mysterio was eliminated by Johnny Mundo
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.
During an interview with ''Title Match Wrestling'' in December 2016, Mysterio was asked if he would ever return to WWE, Mysterio replied:
"You never say never. But I am very, very comfortable in the position I'm in with Lucha Underground. I love their schedule, I love their style, I love what they have to offer. I don't think there will ever be another company that has what Lucha Underground has. It's very unique, exciting, and fresh—this is really something new".
At the end of Season 3, Mysterio was seen locked inside a cell with Matanza Cueto, implying that he had been killed off and would not be returning for Season 4. It was confirmed that Mysterio would not return for Season 4 as he had chosen not to renew his contract with Lucha Underground.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2018)
Rey Mysterio made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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(NJPW) debut on June 9, 2018 as part of NJPW's Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall show. Mysterio teamed up with Jushin Thunder Liger
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and Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, his accolades in NJPW include a record setting eight reigns as IWGP Heavywei ...
, losing to the Bullet Club
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team of Cody
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, Marty Scurll
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and Adam Page
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.
Second return to AAA (2018)
On June 3, 2018, Mysterio returned to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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(AAA) at ''Verano de Escándalo'', competing in a three-way match for the AAA Mega Championship
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against Rey Wegner and Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father J ...
, with Jarrett winning.
Return to WWE
United States Champion (2018–2020)
In 2018, Mysterio made two surprise appearances at Royal Rumble
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and Greatest Royal Rumble
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, but he didn't win the matches. On September 19, it was confirmed Mysterio had signed a two-year contract with WWE.
He participated in the WWE World Cup
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, but was defeated in the semi-finals by The Miz
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Mizanin first gained fa ...
at Crown Jewel. Two nights later on ''SmackDown Live'', Mysterio was attacked by Randy Orton, where he ripped Mysterio's mask off of his face. The two fought the following week, with Orton getting the upper-hand. At Starrcade
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on November 25, Mysterio faced Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship and won the match by disqualification, but not the title; he then teamed with Rusev to defeat Nakamura and The Miz. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16, Mysterio defeated Orton in a Chairs match
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, ending their feud. On January 27, 2019, at the Royal Rumble
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, Mysterio entered at #25, but was eliminated by Orton.
From February to May, Mysterio had several matches for Samoa Joe's United States Championship. He failed to win it at Fastlane and WrestleMania 35
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. After being drafted to Raw as part of the Superstar Shake-up, Mysterio won the title at Money in the Bank, becoming the twenty-first WWE Grand Slam Champion in the process. However, on the June 3 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio announced that he would return the title to Joe due to suffering an injury. Mysterio returned from injury one month later.
On the September 23 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio won a fatal five-way elimination match, which led to Mysterio earning a Universal Championship opportunity against Seth Rollins
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. However, the following week on ''Raw'', Mysterio and Dominik were brutally attacked by Brock Lesnar
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, resulting in a storyline injury for the latter. On the October 4 episode of ''SmackDown'', Mysterio assisted the debut of Cain Velasquez
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to attack Lesnar after the latter's WWE Championship win. At Crown Jewel on October 31, Lesnar defeated Velasquez by submission and continued to apply the Kimura Lock after the match had concluded until Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a chair. On the following week, Lesnar quit SmackDown to move to Raw in order to seek revenge against Mysterio, who had been drafted to Raw. At Survivor Series
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on November 24, Mysterio lost to Lesnar despite interference from Dominik.
Mysterio regained the United States Championship on the November 25 episode of ''Raw'', when he defeated A.J. Styles
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, but 31 days later lost it during a house show
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at Madison Square Garden
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to Andrade. He then attempted to win the title back on the January 6, 2020 and January 20 episodes of ''Raw'', but Andrade successfully retained the title.
Teaming with Dominik Mysterio (2020–2022)
On the April 20 episode of ''Raw,'' Mysterio defeated Murphy
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to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match
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. At Money in the Bank on May 10, Mysterio failed to win the match. On the following episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio and Aleister Black
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fought Seth Rollins
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Prior to signing ...
and Murphy to a disqualification when Rollins pulled Mysterio off of the ring apron and used the corner of the steel steps to pierce Mysterio's eye, taking him out of action. This resulted in speculation that Mysterio would "retire", following weeks of being mocked by Rollins. However, Mysterio and Dominik later began targeting Rollins, with Mysterio challenging Rollins to an Eye for an Eye match at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
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; the match could be won by "removing" an opponent's eyeball. At the event on July 19, Mysterio lost the match in a gruesome manner, but doctors believed his eye was able to be saved. At Payback
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on August 30, Mysterio and his son Dominik Mysterio
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defeated Rollins and Murphy. As part of the 2020 Draft, Mysterio was drafted to the SmackDown
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brand. Mysterio and Rollins faced each other in a No Holds Barred Final Chapter match on the November 13 episode of ''SmackDown'', which Mysterio won after assistance from Murphy, who turned on Rollins. At Survivor Series
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on November 22, Rey and Dominik would both compete in a dual brand battle royal, but both men were eliminated. On January 26, at Superstar Spectacle, Mysterio, Ricochet
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, Dilsher Shanky
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He is also known ...
and Giant Zanjeer defeated Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler
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After a prolific career in amateur ...
, King Corbin, and Shinsuke Nakamura. At Royal Rumble
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on January 31, 2021, Mysterio entered at #26, but would be eliminated by Omos
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.
Soon after the Royal Rumble, Mysterio started teaming up with Dominik, and on the WrestleMania edition of ''SmackDown'' on April 9, they faced The Street Profits
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, Otis and Chad Gable
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, and the champions Dolph Ziggler
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and Robert Roode
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for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship
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in a losing effort as the champions retained. At WrestleMania Backlash
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on May 16, Mysterio and Dominik defeated Ziggler and Roode to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, becoming the first ever father-son tag team champions in WWE history. On the June 4 episode of ''SmackDown'', the Mysterios retained their titles against The Usos
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, albeit with controversy as Jimmy's shoulder was lifted although the referee wasn't aware. After Adam Pearce
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and Sonya Deville
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granted a rematch later that same night, the Mysterios again retained their titles after Roman Reigns
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interfered and attacked the Mysterios, causing a disqualification, and both were assaulted by Reigns afterwards. The following week on ''SmackDown'', Rey called out Reigns for attacking Dominik, and challenged Reigns to a Hell in a Cell
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match at the namesake pay-per-view on June 20, but before Reigns could answer, Rey attacked Reigns with a kendo stick, but was ultimately overpowered, and while Dominik joined the brawl, Reigns powerbombed Dominik over the top rope and out of the ring. The next day on ''Talking Smack'', Paul Heyman
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, Reigns' "special council", formally accepted Rey's challenge on Reigns's behalf. On June 17, however, Rey posted to Twitter
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, stating that he did not want to wait until Sunday, and it was announced that the match would instead take place on the June 18 episode of ''SmackDown'', marking the first Hell in a Cell match to take place on ''SmackDown'', in which was defeated by Reigns. At Money in the Bank on July 18, The Mysterios lost the titles to The Usos in the pre-show, ending their reign at 63 days. At SummerSlam
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on August 21, The Mysterios failed to win the titles from the Usos in a rematch.
As part of the 2021 Draft, both Rey and Dominik were drafted to the Raw brand. In October, Mysterio entered the King of the Ring
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tournament, where he lost to Sami Zayn
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Prior to jo ...
in the first round. On the October 25 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio competed in a fatal four-way ladder match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, which was won by Seth Rollins and featured Kevin Owens and Finn Bálor. At Royal Rumble
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on January 29, 2022, Rey entered at #23 but was eliminated by Otis. On the following episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio lost to AJ Styles
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in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match. Around this time, Rey, along with Dominik, were involved in a feud with The Miz
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Mizanin first gained fa ...
. At Elimination Chamber
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on February 19, Mysterio defeated Miz in the pre-show. On the first night of WrestleMania on April 2, The Mysterios lost a tag team match to Miz and social media star Logan Paul
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. On the June 27 episode of ''Raw'', Mysterio competed in a Money in the Bank qualifying battle royal, which was won by Riddle.
Feud with The Judgment Day (2022–present)
The Mysterios soon began a feud with The Judgment Day
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H ...
(Finn Balor
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, Damian Priest
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, and Rhea Ripley
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), who repeatedly attempted to have Dominik join the stable and betray Rey. At SummerSlam
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on July 30, the Mysterios defeated Bálor and Priest in a no disqualification match due to interference from a returning Edge
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, the Judgment Day's former leader. On the following episode of ''Raw'', they faced The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Rey and Edge defeated Bálor and Priest, and after the match, Dominik hit Edge with a low blow and hit a clothesline on Rey, turning heel and disbanding the Mysterios. On the October 14 episode of ''SmackDown'', he was transferred to the SmackDown brand.
Other media
Mysterio has been a subject of several DVDs during his wrestling career, including ''Rey Mysterio: 619'', a 2003 documentary of Mysterio's career and personal life. WWE also produced ''Rey Mysterio: The Biggest Little Man'', a three disc set featuring Mysterio's best matches that was released on October 23, 2007. He was also featured on the DVD ''Before They Were Wrestling Stars: Rey Mysterio Jr.'' in 2007 which featured matches from his time in Mexico. ''Rey Mysterio: The Life of a Masked Man'' was issued on July 12, 2011. In the UK, Silver Vision
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released a Mysterio DVD as part of their Best of WWE collection. This featured his matches from SummerSlam 2005, WrestleMania 22
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, No Mercy 2006, and SummerSlam 2007.
Movies
Mysterio appeared in the 2000 film ''Ready to Rumble
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'' along with several other wrestlers.
Books
*
Music
Mysterio, along with rapper Mad One, performed the original version of "Booyaka 619", which Mysterio used as his WWE entrance theme around September 2005. Mysterio also performed a rap song, called "Crossing Borders", which appears on the album ''WWE Originals
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R ...
'' and was also used as the official theme song for the 2004 No Way Out pay-per-view.
Video games
Personal life
Gutierrez and his wife Angie have two children: a son, Dominik (born April 5, 1997) and a daughter, Aalyah (born August 20, 2001). He has tattoos of his children's names on his right and left biceps, tattoos dedicated to his wife, Angie, and a tattoo with the initials EG for his best friend and fellow wrestler, Eddie Guerrero
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, who died in 2005. He is a devout Catholic
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, frequently crossing himself before his matches and bearing numerous religious tattoos on his body, most notably a cross on his chest attached to rosaries
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as well as other crosses and allusions to God.
Gutiérrez is part of an extended family of wrestlers, including his son Dominik Gutiérrez, uncle Rey Misterio Sr. and his cousins El Hijo de Rey Misterio
Miguel Aarón López Hernández (born November 9, 1988) is an American luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio. His ring name is Spanish for "The Son of the Mystery King". He is ...
and Metalika.
On March 19, 2007, ''Sports Illustrated
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'' posted on its website an article in its continuing series investigating a steroid and HGH
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ring used by a number of professional athletes in several sports. That article mentioned several current and former WWE wrestlers, including Gutierrez who was alleged to have obtained nandrolone
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and stanozolol
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. WWE subsequently stated that the allegations preceded the Talent Wellness program WWE launched in February 2006. On August 27, 2009, WWE announced that Gutierrez would receive a 30-day suspension due to a violation of the wellness program. Days later Gutierrez defended himself in a newspaper interview by explaining the drugs as being on a prescription for his knee and arm. While the Wellness Policy allows for prescribed drugs, Gutierrez further contested he had been on a family holiday and subsequently in Europe promoting SummerSlam
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, giving him only a day to provide the prescription after being notified. On April 26, 2012, WWE suspended Gutierrez for 60 days due to a second violation of their wellness program.
Filmography
Television
Championships and accomplishments
* Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
** Mexican National Trios Championship
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( 1 time) – with Octagón
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and Super Muñeco
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** Mexican National Welterweight Championship
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( 1 time)
** Lucha Libre World Cup
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(2015
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) – with Myzteziz and El Patrón Alberto[
** ]AAA Hall of Fame
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Inductees
Individuals
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(Class of 2007)
** ''Técnico'' of the Year (2015)
* Catch Wrestling Europe
** CWE World Grand Prix (2017)
*Cauliflower Alley Club
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Established in 1965 by Mike Mazurki and Art Abram ...
**Lucha Libre Award (2020)
* The Crash
** The Crash Heavyweight Championship
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(1 time)
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
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** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
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( 1 time)
* Destiny World Wrestling
** DWW Championship (1 time)
* Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling
** HHW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* International Wrestling All-Stars
** IWAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Konnan
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* Lucha Underground
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** Lucha Underground Trios Championship
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( 1 time) – with Dragon Azteca Jr. and Prince Puma
Trevor Dean Mann (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Ricochet.
Before signing with WWE, Mann is best known for his tenure with ...
* ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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** Ranked No. 4 of the top 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
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in 1999
** Ranked No. 56 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
* World Championship Wrestling
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** WCW Cruiserweight Championship
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( 5 times)
** WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Billy Kidman
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As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Champi ...
** WCW World Tag Team Championship
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( 3 times) – with Billy Kidman (1), Konnan (1), and Juventud Guerrera
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Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promot ...
(1)
* World Wrestling Association
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** WWA Lightweight Championship
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( 3 times)
** WWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Rey Misterio
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...
** WWA Welterweight Championship ( 3 times)
* World Wrestling Council
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** WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)
* World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
** WWE Championship
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( 1 time)
** World Heavyweight Championship (2 times
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** WWE Cruiserweight Championship ( 3 times)
** WWE Intercontinental Championship
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(2 times
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)
** WWE Tag Team Championship
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( 4 times) – with Edge
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(1), Rob Van Dam
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(1), Eddie Guerrero
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(1), and Batista
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(1)
** WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
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( 1 time) – with Dominik Mysterio
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** WWE United States Championship
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(2 times
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** Royal Rumble
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(2006
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** Championship Competition Tournament (2007)
** Bragging Rights Trophy (2010) – with Team SmackDown (Big Show
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, Jack Swagger
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, Alberto Del Rio
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, Edge
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, Tyler Reks
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and Kofi Kingston
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)
** WWE Championship Tournament (2011)
** Twenty-first Triple Crown Champion
** Twenty-first Grand Slam Champion
** Bumpy Award (1 time)
*** Tag Team of the Half-Year (2021) - with Dominik Mysterio
* ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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** Best Flying Wrestler
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(1995–1997, 2002–2004)
** Best Wrestling Maneuver (1995) Flip dive into a frankensteiner
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on the floor
** Match of the Year (2002) with Edge vs. Chris Benoit
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and Kurt Angle
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, for the WWE Tag Team Championship
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, WWE No Mercy
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, October 20
** Most Outstanding Wrestler (1996)
** Rookie of the Year (1992)
** Worst Feud of the Year (2008) with Kane
** Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
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(Class of 2010
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)
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
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