Oscár Gutiérrez (born December 12, 1974)
[3] is a
Mexican-American professional wrestler better known by his
ring name Rey Mysterio. He is currently signed to
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its
SmackDown brand. Gutiérrez was trained by his uncle
Rey Misterio and wrestled early on in Mexico where he learned the
Lucha Libre high flying style that has been his trademark. Despite weighing only 175 lb (79 kg) Gutérrez has achieved success wrestling in both the
heavyweight and
cruiserweight weightclasses, as well as
tag team competition.
Gutiérrez originally worked for
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico, from 1992 to 1995.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), from 1995 to 1996 and
World Championship Wrestling, from 1996 to 2001, as
Rey Misterio, Jr./Rey Mysterio, Jr. but dropped the "Junior" from his name when he began working for the WWE in 2002.
Mysterio is known for having a
high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight wrestling revolution in the
United States in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. In WCW, Mysterio won the
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship five times, the
WCW World Tag Team Championship three times and the
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once with
Billy Kidman as part of the
Filthy Animals. In WWE, Mysterio has won the
World Heavyweight Championship, the
WWE World Cruiserweight Championship three times, the
WWE Tag Team Championship four times and the
WWE Intercontinental Championship twice, making him the 21st person to win the
Triple Crown Championship. Mysterio was also the winner of the
2006 Royal Rumble.
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1992–1995)
In
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he feuded with
Juventud Guerrera, including a tag match with Misterio, Sr. and Misterio, Jr. taking on Juventud and his father
Fuerza GuerreraEarly career
Oscar Gutierrez was born on December 11, 1974. He was trained by his uncle
Rey Misterio, Sr. and made his pro debut in 1989.
[5] He began a
feud with
Psicosis using the
ring name Colibrí (
Spanish for
hummingbird). The feud lasted several years, continuing even after Mysterio's career moved to the United States of America.