Rey Mysterio Bio

Mysterio is always exciting to watch with his high flying act. Rey Mysterio made his wrestling pro debut in 1989 at the age of 14 at a small church in Tijuana, Mexico and spent most of the early part of his career in AAA promotions in Mexico. In 1995 he wrestled for ECW and then in 1996 signed with the WCW. In the summer of 2002 Rey made his WWE debut and his first feud was with Kurt Angle. In 2003 he became the cruiserweight champion and in 2005 he became a tag team champion with the late Eddie Guerrero until Eddie turned on him. Eddie then held a secret that Rey's son was really Eddie's son and was adopted by Rey. They had a match to see who would win custody and Rey won. Since Eddie's real life death Rey has dedicated every match he has to his real life good friend. In 2006 Rey shocked everyone when he won the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 22 by beating Kurt Angle and Randy Orton. Chavo and Vickie Guerrero celebrated with him but later would turn on him. He was put out of action for many months by Chavo Guerrero who severely injured his leg by bashing it repeatedly with a steel chair. At Summerslam of 2007 Rey came back and beat Chavo and has returned to Smackdown and already has taken the number one contender spot for the current heavyweight champion Khali's belt. Rey then started feuding with MVP and beat MVP in the8ir 2007 Armageddon match but did not take MVP's United States title because he won the match via count out. On February 14, 2008 Smackdown announced that Mysterio had suffered a bicep injury on an overseas tour. On February 22nd Rey announced that he would have to take around 6 months away from wrestling as his injury will require surgery.

Some Mysterio facts:

Birth Name: Oscar Gutierrez

Birth Date: December 11, 1974
Height: 5' feet 6' inches
Finishing Moves: The 619 and the springboard splash

He was born in San Diego, California
Resides still in San Diego with his wife and two children
Mysterio means king of 'mystery in spanish'