Rey Mysterio

Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, better known as Rey Misterio, Jr. or Rey Mysterio (born December 11, 1974 in San Diego, California, USA) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment in its SmackDown! brand.

He is a luchador as is his uncle, Rey Misterio, Sr. He debuted as a wrestler in 1991 in Tijuana, Mexico because he was too young to wrestle in the United States as no athletic commission would give him a license at his young age. There he feuded with another luchador, Psicosis (Psychosis) which carried over in to the States and lasted several years.

In 1995 he and Psicosis went to Extreme Championship Wrestling, making their first real impacts in American professional wrestling, outside of the WCW-promoted When Worlds Collide Pay Per View. Their feud stopped for a while after a Mexican Death Match in November 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1996, he joined Psicosis (now Psychosis) in World Championship Wrestling, continuing their feud on and off for a few years. Rey would find success there, winning the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship on numerous occasions.

In 1998 he was involved in a feud with Kevin Nash which culminated with a Caballera vs. Mascara Match (Hair vs. Mask) which Rey lost. Now unmasked, he still found moderate success in WCW until it was sold to the WWF in 2001.

Rey then went back to Mexico to work for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, unmasked, being involved in some high profile matches. In 2002, Rey was then signed by WWE, but was forced to wear the mask again, which is considered insulting and distasteful in lucha libre because once a wrestler loses his mask, he cannot regain it. However, donning the mask again wasn't Mysterio's decision. In deference to this tradition, when WWE produced the Rey Mysterio: 619 DVD, Rey did not wear his mask during segments shot in Mexico.

A popular performer and multiple-time WWE Cruiserweight champion, Rey has already made his mark in WWE. He is considered a great aerial wrestler and many also consider him a legend in the making.

He has held the WCW/WWE Cruiserweight championship eight times, more than anyone else in history.

Finishers/Signatures

• West Coast Pop
• "Dropping The Dime" (a springboard leg-drop in w/c either the back of the neck or the face itself is the target)
• 619

References

• Óscar Gutiérrez (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347595/) at the Internet Movie Database
  • Note: His family name is spelled "Guttierrez" on his main IMDb page. His IMDb bio renders it "Gutiérrez".
• http://www.wwe.com

External links

• Official Website (http://www.reymysterio.com/)