Rey Mysterio

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

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

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

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

AAA Return (2015–2017)
On March 3, 2015, it was announced that Mysterio resigned with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). He made his return to the promotion at the 2015 Rey de Reyes ("King of Kings"). He teamed up with Myzteziz in the main event against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Pentagón Jr.

On March 20, 2015, Mysterio teamed with Extreme Tiger to face El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Manik. In the match, Mysterio used a headscissors takedown to throw Aguayo out of the ring. When Aguayo got back into the ring, Mysterio dropkicked him in the head to set up for his finisher, the 619 which caused Aguayo to land on the middle rope. Aguayo appeared to be limp while hanging on the middle rope. The match was finished when Mysterio pinned Manik. Aguayo was later brought out of the ring and was rushed to the Del Prado hospital. He was pronounced dead around 1:00am on March 21. Mysterio and Konnan were pallbearers at his funeral.

 Championships and accomplishments 
 Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
 Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Octagón and Super Muñeco
 Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
 Lucha Libre World Cup (2015) – with Myzteziz and El Patrón Alberto
 AAA Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)
 Técnico of the Year (2015)
 Catch Wrestling Europe
 CWE World Grand Prix (2017)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Lucha Libre Award (2020)
 The Crash
 The Crash Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 DDT Pro-Wrestling
 Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (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
 Lucha Underground
 Lucha Underground Trios Championship (1 time) – with Dragon Azteca Jr. and Prince Puma
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Ranked No. 4 of the top 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999
 Ranked No. 56 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
 World Championship Wrestling
 WCW Cruiserweight Championship (5 times)
 WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billy Kidman
 WCW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Billy Kidman (1), Konnan (1), and Juventud Guerrera (1)
 World Wrestling Association
 WWA Lightweight Championship (3 times)
 WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Misterio
 WWA Welterweight Championship (3 times)
 World Wrestling Council
 WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
 WWE Championship (1 time)
 World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 WWE Cruiserweight Championship (3 times)
 WWE Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
 WWE Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Edge (1), Rob Van Dam (1), Eddie Guerrero (1), and Batista (1)
 WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dominik Mysterio
 WWE United States Championship (3 times)
 Royal Rumble (2006)
Championship Competition Tournament (2007)
 Bragging Rights Trophy (2010) – with Team SmackDown (Big Show, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, Tyler Reks and Kofi Kingston)
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
 Best Flying Wrestler (1995–1997, 2002–2004)
 Best Wrestling Maneuver (1995) Flip dive into a frankensteiner on the floor
 Match of the Year (2002) with Edge vs. Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle, for the WWE Tag Team Championship, WWE No Mercy, 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 (Class of 2010)

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