Rey Mysterio

Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. The nephew of Rey Misterio, Mysterio began wrestling on the independent circuit in 1989 at the age of 14 before signing with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. After brief stints with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Association (WWA), and Wrestle Association R, Mysterio signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996. In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize lucha libre in the United States, which led to the rise of cruiserweight wrestling divisions, winning the WCW Cruiserweight Championship five times; the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times; and the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once. He also lost his mask in a Lucha de Apuestas against Kevin Nash, working unmasked until 2002. Following the closure of WCW in 2001, he wrestled for promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), the World Wrestling Council, and the X Wrestling Federation before joining World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002, where he began to use a mask during his matches. He stayed with WWE until 2015, winning the WWE Cruiserweight title (the old WCW Cruiserweight Championship) three times. During his tenure, he won the WWE Championship once; the World Heavyweight Championship twice; the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice, and the WWE Tag Team Championship four times, as well as winning the 2006 Royal Rumble. Mysterio departed WWE in 2015, going on to appear with promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Lucha Underground, and AAA. He returned to WWE in 2018, where he was joined by his son Dominik. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cruiserweight wrestlers of all time, Mysterio is an inductee of the AAA Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, and WWE Hall of Fame.