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Mysterios (2020–2022)

Main article: Mysterios
Mysterio feuded with Seth Rollins, being defeated by him at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules in a Eye for an Eye match.[243] At Payback on August 30, Mysterio and his son Dominik Mysterio defeated Rollins and Murphy.[244] As part of the 2020 Draft, Mysterio was drafted to the SmackDown brand.[245] 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.[246] At Survivor Series on November 22, Rey and Dominik would both compete in a dual brand battle royal, but both men were eliminated.[247] On January 26, at Superstar Spectacle, Mysterio, Ricochet, Dilsher Shanky and Giant Zanjeer defeated Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin, and Shinsuke Nakamura.[248] At Royal Rumble on January 31, 2021, Mysterio entered at #26, but would be eliminated by Omos.[249]
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, Otis and Chad Gable, and the champions Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a losing effort as the champions retained.[250] At WrestleMania Backlash 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.[251] On the June 4 episode of SmackDown, the Mysterios retained their titles against The Usos, albeit with controversy as Jimmy's shoulder was lifted although the referee wasn't aware. After Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville granted a rematch later that same night, the Mysterios again retained their titles after Roman Reigns interfered and attacked the Mysterios, causing a disqualification, and both were assaulted by Reigns afterwards.[252] The following week on SmackDown, Rey called out Reigns for attacking Dominik, and challenged Reigns to a Hell in a Cell 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, Reigns' "special council", formally accepted Rey's challenge on Reigns's behalf.[253][254] On June 17, however, Rey posted to Twitter, 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.[255][256] 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.[257] At SummerSlam on August 21, The Mysterios failed to win the titles from the Usos in a rematch.[258]
As part of the 2021 Draft, both Rey and Dominik were drafted to the Raw brand.[259] In October, Mysterio entered the King of the Ring tournament, where he lost to Sami Zayn in the first round.[260] 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.[261] At Royal Rumble on January 29, 2022, Rey entered at #23 but was eliminated by Otis.[262] On the following episode of Raw, Mysterio lost to AJ Styles in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match.[263] Around this time, Rey, along with Dominik, were involved in a feud with The Miz. At Elimination Chamber on February 19, Mysterio defeated Miz in the pre-show.[264] On the first night of WrestleMania on April 2, The Mysterios lost a tag team match to Miz and social media star Logan Paul.[265] On the June 27 episode of Raw, Mysterio competed in a Money in the Bank qualifying battle royal, which was won by Riddle.[266]

Feud with The Judgment Day (2022–2023)

In the following weeks, The Mysterios began a feud with The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley), who repeatedly attempted to have Dominik join the stable. At SummerSlam on July 30, the Mysterios defeated Bálor and Priest in a no disqualification match due to interference from a returning Edge, The Judgment Day's former leader.[267] On the following episode of Raw, they faced The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.[268] At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Rey teamed with Edge to defeat Bálor and Priest. After the match, Dominik hit Edge with a low blow and hit a clothesline on Rey, thus disbanding the Mysterios.[269] On the October 14 episode of SmackDown, he was transferred to the SmackDown brand.[270]
On Thanksgiving, Rey was attacked by Dominik and Ripley after Rey refused to let them into the house.[271] On Christmas Eve, Dominik and Ripley visited Rey's parent's home. A confrontation ensued between Dominik, Ripley, Rey and Angie (Rey's wife and Dominik's mother) outside of the house with Dominik shoving Rey and Angie slapping Ripley. The police arrived shortly after and (kayfabe) arrested Dominik.[272] At the Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023, Rey was scheduled to enter the Royal Rumble match at #17, but was unable to compete due to presumably being attacked either solely by Dominik, who entered the match at #18 or the entire The Judgment Day.[273] On Valentine's Day, Dominik and Ripley intruded on Rey's and Angie's Valentine's Day dinner, where the latter party immediately gave way to the former. At the end of the dinner, Dominik fled the restaurant after two police officers entered the premise thinking there was a sting operation on him as "[he was] the most wanted man on TikTok." Ripley was left to pick up the bill before leaving.[274]

Latino World Order (2023–present)

Main article: Latino World Order
On March 10, WWE announced that Mysterio would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2023.[275] On the March 24 episode of SmackDown, with the Mysterio family in attendance, Mysterio would lose to LA Knight due to Dominik interfering, Dominik would then go up to the Mysterio family and antagonize them to the point where Dominik told his mom to shut up, this resulted in Rey finally hitting Dominik, where a match between Rey and Dominik at WrestleMania 39 would be made official.
On the March 31 episode of SmackDown, before he would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame later that day, Rey would reform the Latino World Order by gifting LWO shirts to Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro) as the group had aided Mysterio against The Judgment Day for several weeks prior. On April 1, the first night of WrestleMania 39, Rey would defeat Dominik, thanks to the help of Bad Bunny. On the August 11 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio defeated Austin Theory to capture his third WWE United States Championship after replacing LWO stablemate Santos Escobar due to injury. Mysterio became the second WWE Superstar to win the United States Championship after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, after Bret Hart. In a rematch, Mysterio successfully defended his title against Theory at Payback. On the September 29 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio faced off against Santos Escobar for the United States Championship, where Mysterio emerged victorious. After the match, Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits attacked them both. On SmackDown LowDown, it was announced that the LWO would take on Lashley and the Profits in a 6-man tag-team match at Fastlane. On the October 6 episode of SmackDown, during a match between Lashley and Mysterio, the Street Profits would attack Del Toro and Wilde, making them ineligible to compete at Fastlane. However, at Fastlane, Carlito returned to team up with Mysterio and Escobar, winning the tag match for the LWO. On the October 20 episode of SmackDown, Logan Paul returned to WWE, after defeating Dillon Danis at a boxing event, and challenged Mysterio to a United States Championship match at Crown Jewel, which Mysterio accepted. At the event on November 4, Mysterio lost the title after Paul used brass knuckles, ending his third reign at 85 days. [276] On the following episode of SmackDown, Carlito blamed Escobar for Mysterio losing the title, saying he intentionally left the brass knuckles in the ring for Paul to use against Mysterio. Later that night, after Carlito lost to Lashley, Escobar attacked Mysterio as he was checking on Carlito. It was later reported that Mysterio had underwent surgery for his injured knee and will be out of action for at least six weeks.

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 released a Mysterio DVD as part of their Best of WWE collection. This featured his matches from SummerSlam 2005, WrestleMania 22, No Mercy 2006, and SummerSlam 2007.[277]

Movies

Mysterio appeared in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble 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.[278] Mysterio also performed a rap song, called "Crossing Borders", which appears on the album WWE Originals[279] and was also used as the official theme song for the 2004 No Way Out pay-per-view.[280]

Filmography

FilmYearTitleRoleNotes2003Freddy vs. JasonStunt double: Robert EnglundTelevisionYearTitleRoleNotes2021–presentBooyaka! Rey Mysterio vs. The DarknessHimself (voice)

Video games

WCW Video gamesYearTitleNotes1997WCW vs. nWo: World TourVideo game debut1998WCW NitroWCW/nWo Revenge1999WCW/nWo ThunderWCW Mayhem2000WCW Backstage AssaultWWE Video gamesYearTitleNotes2003WWE WrestleMania XIXVideo game debutWWE Raw 2WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The PainCover athlete2004WWE Day of ReckoningWWE Survivor SeriesCover athleteWWE SmackDown! vs. Raw2005WWE WrestleMania 21WWE Day of Reckoning 2WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 20062006WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007Cover athlete2007WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 20082008WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 20092009WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010Cover athlete2010WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 20112011WWE All StarsCover athleteWWE '122012WWE '132013WWE 2K142014WWE 2K152018WWE 2K19As pre-order bonus[281]2019WWE 2K202020WWE 2K Battlegrounds2022WWE 2K22Cover athlete[282]2023WWE 2K23

Personal life

Gutiérrez is of Mexican descent. He and his wife Angie have two children: a son, Dominik and a daughter, Aalyah.[283] 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, who died in 2005.[284] He is a devout Catholic, frequently crossing himself before his matches and bearing numerous religious tattoos on his body, most notably a cross on his chest attached to rosaries as well as other crosses and allusions to God.[284]
Gutiérrez is part of an extended family of wrestlers, including his son Dominik, uncle Rey Misterio, and his cousins El Hijo de Rey Misterio and Metalika.[6]
On March 19, 2007, Sports Illustrated published an article in its continuing series investigating a steroid and HGH 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 and stanozolol.[285] WWE subsequently stated that the allegations preceded the Talent Wellness program WWE launched in February 2006.[286] On August 27, 2009, WWE announced that Gutierrez would receive a 30-day suspension due to a violation of the wellness program.[1] 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, giving him only a day to provide the prescription after being notified.[citation needed] On April 26, 2012, WWE suspended Gutierrez for 60 days due to a second violation of their wellness program.[287]

Championships and accomplishments

Mysterio is a two-time World Heavyweight Champion (among three overall world titles in WWE)a two-time Intercontinental Championand a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion (shown here during his reign with Eddie Guerrero)

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesColibri (mask)El Salvaje (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event1991[note 1]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Mr. Cóndor (mask)Acapulco, GuerreroLive eventAugust 14, 1992[314]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Rocco Valente (hair)Tampico, TamaulipasLive eventOctober 18, 1992[314]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Tony Arce (hair)Acapulco, GuerreroLive eventNovember 6, 1992[314]Rey Mysterio Jr. (mask)El Bandido (mask)Querétaro City, QuerétaroLive eventMay 28, 1993[note 2][314]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Vulcano (hair)Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive eventSeptember 11, 1993[314]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Misterioso (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventDecember 19, 1996[314][315]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask)Eddie Guerrero (championship)Las Vegas, NevadaHalloween HavocOctober 26, 1997[314]Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (hair)[note 3]Rey Misterio Jr. (mask) and KonnanOakland, CaliforniaSuperBrawl IXFebruary 21, 1999[314]Rey Mysterio (mask)KanePortland, OregonNo MercyOctober 5, 2008[note 4]Rey Mysterio (mask)Chris Jericho (championship)Sacramento, CaliforniaThe BashJune 28, 2009[316]Rey Mysterio (stable pledge)CM Punk (hair)Detroit, MichiganOver the LimitMay 23, 2010[159]

Notes

  1. ^ This was a tag team match where El Salvaje was teamed with Caballero de la Muerte, who was also wagering his hair. It is not known who Colibri's partner was.
  2. ^ This was a three-way match that also involved Ángel Mortal.
  3. ^ Manager Elizabeth's hair.
  4. ^ Kane did not wager anything during this match.


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